Got A School Bus For A Camper!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 เม.ย. 2021
- Well, here it is. We picked this up last week and finally got the video done for the introduction of our future camping bus. I am accepting suggestions for the name of this creature, and very glad to be able to share our new family addition with the world! It will be hard to be stealthy in this thing, but it will make for some very cool adventures. Cheers!
I love how the dude who sold you the bus is a fan of the channel and discussed previous episodes.
And he said what we were all thinking in the drainage pipe video... what the heck was with the car that stopped in the middle of the night? Pretty funny...
I bet the car that stopped above the pipe was merely stopping for a quick leak 😂
@@Beth-ie I wonder if it was a fan messing with him. Crazy Neighbor? Beautiful Wife messing with Steve?
Plot twist - it was dude who sold you the bus who stopped on the culvert
@@theRockSalter Like serial killers that revisit the scene of the crime when the police/investigators show up.
I drove a school bus for a couple of years! I would love to fix one up. You could name the bus The Hunker Bunker!!
Oooi likes hunker bunker!
Brilliant
Brilliant hunker bunker! for the win
Hunker Bunker is perfect! 👏
Great name!
I dont think I can think of a better name than Hunker Downey Jr. That's got my vote
so fitting for a short bus for so many reasons hahah
lmao
I bought a Shuttle bus that I bought about a year ago and is finally about ready to take camping. Good luck to you I know the how exciting it is!
You got my vote.
Another vote for Hunker Downey Jr.
I like that you are gonna start camping straight away instead of waiting till it's "finished."
Simply call it "Step One" since you're all set on your shelter. Love how excited you are about it.
I like it
great idea!
Damn I was gonna say "project step two" but you're right
Like this idea!!!
Nice, would be great to have a "STEP 1" or "STEP ONE" custom plate too :)
You should name it “The Hunker Bunker” I saw someone else came up with the name but I want to mention It again because it’s so great.
Yes I like Hunker Bunker
Mobile Hunker Bunker
Not taking credit for someone elses idea....good shit. And yea awesome name.
Lol that was me in his previous video with Crazy Neighbour and the SUV tarp tent!
YES !!! THE HUNKER BUNKER !!!
I’m voting “Hunker Bunker”. Looks like a fun project.
Agree!
Steve's so mellow, when i see a slight smirk i know he's jumping for joy inside
Hmm, maybe call her the Hunker Bunker? Can't wait to see what you come up with Steve!
Yes this one!!
This.
i came here to suggest that, but saw your comment near the top! good stuff!
Great one!
YES! Best name suggestion yet!!
Bro hear me out, lots of batteries underneath, solar panels on top, make it self sufficient. Imma call you solar steve
Well, at least then you wouldn't have to worry about the crappy engine... Which I'm still gobsmacked about. 200 HP? My wife's Ford Escape has 250 HP! My Chevy BOLT has 200 HP!
Yeah, yeah, torque and all that... :P
@@Chordonblue yeah cause a schoolbus is all about horsepower and driving fast and stuff 🙃
@@pinut187 Which is why I mentioned torque. I get it, but 200 HP still seems pathetic.
Solar sounds like a great way to go. Hope to see this project.
@@sethflix I'll say this: If Steve does this, he's going to have a whole new subsection of fans.
Love seeing him react with a fan. You can tell how much other Canadians like him
Not just Canadians but across the globe as well
You could tell he was a genuine subscriber haha
I for one, think its awesome that Steve is getting a real job, driving kids to school. He can't go camping all the time.
School bus Steve, always arriving on time!. :D
That is the most Canadian conversation I have ever heard inside that bus, love it!
Your heart must've been givin' 'er! :D
And now you're ridin' the short bus with Steve!😀
The Sloppy Jalopy or the Hunker Junker..Love the bus! Makes my old 81 look like a relic. Looking forward to seeing you out on the road!
So much for building the one for the truck, this is more practical hope we can have a fireplace in it!
I think you need to put a couple of those seats in your treehouse!
Couldn’t agree more. But he seems to have totally ignored that tree house
Excellent idea!! 👍
I'm still crying from the end of the monster tarp camping ending...😂🤣❤
Me too! Haha
The blooper reel needs to be included in all new videos, I was dying
Man me too, went to sleep with a huge smile on my face
I've never been so happy to watch a guy drive to Lac La Biche to pick up an old bus.
Forget the bus, I've never seen a guy so happy to drive to LacLaBiche. :)
I love the onboard mini-bar disguised as a first aid kit.
I remember seeing a bus in the early 70's being used for the same purpose. They painted over the "S H" and it was named " C OOL BUS"
That’s awesome we need more of this
I love how the alternator is "roast chicken size." It transcends standard and metric
Best.
I knew exactly the size.
I figured steve was just hungry
Love the beginning, "got up today and figured...buy a school bus". Okay then...I'm excited for this!
Steve, I think it would be an awesome spelunking expedition to peer into your ear and dive into your expansive mind.
You are a wonderful example of what we should be!
Thank you for these videos, lessons, and entertainment!
Never cut what you can unbolt.
As a german, i cant handle that much kindness between two canadians. :'-)
Germany is beautiful !!!
Really didn't have very much bad weather. But then again, the weather there is very similar to where I grew up and now currently live.
Even the air smelled wonderful when we lived there. ( Been a long time. About 30 years. )
Especially when we were downwind from the chocolate factory. Mmmm
We loved exploring and "castle"climbing. We watched one burg go from ruins to almost complete re-build. I truly loved living there. ❤️
@@jpconway5698 Do you cry a lot?
@@jpconway5698 I was only saying WHEN WE LIVED THERE (30 years ago)
That we found it great in the area where we lived.
From what I have heard in the last 10 years or so, that things have drastically changed.
MY COMMENT was merely meant HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AT THE TIME.
I'm sorry that offended you. Definitely NOT my intent.
@@jpconway5698 Yes, I'm talking about you crying, genius.
@@jpconway5698 cool. So many people take offense at everything.
You could tell someone the sky was blue and they would argue what shade of blue. Lol
Hope you have a great (evening, afternoon day) 😁
Small glimpse of freedom would be a good name I think. Just because camping is the only feeling of being free we have left in this country.
"#5... means i need to buy 4 more" Solid dad joke.
''The Hunker Bunker'' is all i could think of for a name.
I was thinking close to the same, i came up with "Hunker Klunker" ;-)
Please show the work being done on the bus, and not just updates of what has been done! Love those conversion videos!
I like how they covered up "school" but left "bus" visible. Just in case anyone wasn't sure. I also never gave a single thought to the electrical situation on these buses, but it looks pretty conducive to RVing
I have a CDL in the states that allows me to drive a bus. In the states (can't speak for Canada) the term "school bus" is actually a legal term. If you are using a bus for anything other than specifically picking kids up/dropping them off to and from school you legally can't call it a school bus. You fix that little issue by painting over the word "school".
@@coutmae just spell it SKULE 😁
This rebuild is perfect content for your step 2 channel! Keep us updated on the build, and keep tabs on the cost, I think a lot of people would love seeing your schoolbus turn into the hunkbus, and know how much it costs!
".... and now you're riding the short bus with Steve!"
He needs to collaborate with Larry the cable guy and get him to say "get er done and hunker down"😃
Man I loved the convo in the bus. Just good vibes all around. The authentic canadian "you betchas" and "oh yas" are so great!
Felt like a TPB east-coast conversation.
Oh, I feel so bad. I thought the guy sounded like a car salesman. I’ve never had any man (including my husband) show as much interest in me as a car salesman.
Sounds like you're from northern Minnesota... eh? Right? 🤣
Or Wisconsin
Steve, you’re living the dream that a lot of us want to live. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
Steve I've found that reseating fuses in a vechile seems to help abs problems. It is helpful to reseat them all vibration seems the culprit.
The bus should be called "Step One" since the first step is setting up camp.
I like the sound of The Step One. It sounds like it should be in a Saturday morning cartoon. "Quick Crazy Neighbor! To The Step One! Then grab me a Step Two!"
@@partridgestorm Exactly what I was thinking!
If step 2 is enjoying a cold one after setting up shelter, you should name the bus Step 1.
Its like you bought a bus to bring your whole TH-cam family around in. All aboard! 😄😊
With everything going on in today’s world, these videos bring so much peace. I can’t wait for every new upload. Thank you soo much for posting. Stay blessed.
"Hunker Bunker" is great! Kuddos to who came up with that. A camo paint job would go really well with the name. Hit me up if you need a logo design (on the house of course, or should I say on the bus ;) )
On the entry steps where it reads; ‘watch your step’, you need to add the numeral 2
Sick purchase guy! You’re going to learn all about that pig! Can’t wait to see it in action.
We had a converted bus camper like this when I was a young child. There was always something broken on it, parts falling out, etc. It took one final trip from Red Deer to northern montana, losing a starter, a wheel and all but the emergency brakes on the way. And there it rusted for a decade on my grandpa's little plot of land until he died and it was taken away for scrap.
It was a nice little camper to stay in when we visited, had a propane stove, a propane fridge, a queen bed in the back and a fold-down twin bed in the front, and a porta-potty closet.
Good luck with your conversion!
Looks like you got a good bus! I was sure by the sound it was a International 466 engine but that derated 6.0 will be just fine as long as your kind to it. Recreational diesel mechanic here. Also that is probably a 300 amp alternator, which can easily support charging a lithium iron phosphate battery pack if you don't want to be bothered with solar. Best thing about it being a diesel is you can add a heater for the whole bus in an afternoon for less then $200 and pull right from the tank. If you have any battery or heater questions let me know! Glad you got a good diesel mechanic lined up. I think you will be fine, take care of it and it will take care of you.
“Mechanic” and you can’t tell the difference between a VT365 and a DT466? They have very distinct sounds
1:50 Steve and buddy conversation code switches from "international Engilsh with Canadian accent" to "Full Canadian"... We got a "Yeah no", "Not the best", "That would be the ticket", "Winch, Snatch block, beauty!", "Pull your loop around and that's her", "That's a pretty fancy camera ya got here", "I put a word in with the boiz"... etc. That's just beauty English, there boiz.
“Your heart musta been givin’ er.”
OH I know EH !!?!
{CANADIAN INTENSIFIES}
You betcha!
Really close to Wisconsinite. We have similar/same speech.
The wheels on the bus go round and round...the 'Hunker Down' bus 🚌.
Steve, you'll have plenty of room for sleeping 💤, your gear ⛺ and...step 2s 🍺!!
Bussing with Steve!!!
I did this 50 years ago with a slightly longer bus. Complete conversion with a queen bed, full bath and shower, full kitchen etc. Mounted a surplus submarine battery (about 400 lbs) underneath the chassis. Able to live with no electric for about 10 days. In 3 years full time drove all over the US, Canda, Mexico. So many adventures! It will take more time and money than you think. You'll get your first experience with that when you swap out the crap tires it has now. Please, don't go cheap on those, you'll be very sorry! And, your first step, taking out the seats; oh, it will be harder than you think! But, now matter what, you'll be able to fix or replace anything you install while you enjoy the great feeling of being self-contained with whatever level of comfort suits you! Best of luck
Steve is outfitting a bus, Shawn James is building a new cabin. This is going to be a great summer of entertainment.
Kent Survival (Andy) just build a smoker. Good times
Two videos in less than 24 hours? Everything's coming up Milhouse!
Oh good lord I love that reference
Thrillhouse !
@@bulkhungry Bonestorm!
@@SteveWallisStep2 you and me both
Millhouse could be a good name for the bus. Though I'm sure it was named soon after this video.
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I agree “Step One” as the name! every where it actually is marked as “School Bus” should be labeled as “Step One”..
And please repaint as ‘flat black’ or ‘primer gray’ .. even a camo wrap would cool!
or military Olive drab
Glad to see the trust old Corolla again
Rather than cutting out all the seats, remove the backs to the second to last seats, reverse the third to last seats and then you can lay a couple of twin mattresses down on a sheet of plywood and go camping in a king size bed . Can also do the same further up and make a dinette on one side
I did this on my bus. It works really well and gives you the flexibility to lay either way and still have a built-in cushion to sit up against.
@@MichaelMiller_WI_US looks like is five benches on either side? So yeah take the backs off benches 4 reverse benches 3 take out benches 1and two on one side and then reverse bench one on the other and make a table that can’t fit between them (set it up so that flipping bench one back to forward can be easily done) with that open space you have created that becomes your kitchen and heat source.
@@MrSheckstr My plan was even less complex. I just removed one seat and reversed the next forward seat. I removed the seat cushions. Then a placed a piece of plywood across the seat frames. Boom, one twin bed was done.
One of the most purely Canadian conversations I’ve ever listened to
Oh you betcha
I felt like I was on display for the rest of the world by proxy.
Yer heart musta been givener ahy
I'm watching thinking "this is the most Canadian thing I've ever seen"
Name it johhny 05 steve
Hey Steve👋
Please make more content🙏
I love your videos mate✌️
Nothing better than an adult in kids clothing. The best memories of my childhood are of camping.
I’m looking forward to watching your bus conversion. 🙏❤️🙏⭐️✌️
Awesome! Looking forward to watching the process of fixing it up too.
My grandfather was a goldminer in Anchorage, Alaska and had a converted schoolbus that was his base camp. I would go visit him in the summers and spend some time in it, it was pretty fun. The back of the bus had a queen size bed with a privacy wall, after that there were 2 bunk beds on each size of the hall. and towards the front there was a propane stove and fridge on one side, and the table which used 2 of the bus benches across from it. Hope you have a blast with your new ride!
Or a wood-burning stove and a cute little chimney. I have seen a video were someone had that setup, don't remember if it was a converted school bus or something else, but they did have it, and it looked and sounded so cozy.
Friend of mine over in Whittier Alaska had a very similar setup except he had two buses. Was always fun to go up and BBQ at his place during the summer or winter. Best view of anyone in town!
My friend Sarah funk Alaska grew up in one and we would go over there all the time!
@@magnuslindgren9460 "Cute and cozy"? Steve isn't a fruity boy.
@@SwampDweller67 Well, wasn't just thinking about Steve, he's got a wife right? I'm sure they have their moments when the camera is off.
Brilliant line "that's an alternator the size of a chicken". Had me in tears. 😂
Lol only Steve would compare an alternator to a chicken and not any chicken but a roasted chicken.😂😂(edited for clarification)
Me 2, what a comparison, we conclude Steve craved chicken?
nice bus glad you have it for camping Steve thanks
Got a 1979 ward School bus standard. Converted it into a complete hunting trailer with all the trimmings lasted us about 10 years with a lot of good times but the rust and rot really gets to you specially when you're trying to do a valve job in the middle of the woods because the bus is so damn old good luck with it I'm here with plenty of suggestions and assistance if you need it
Finally I learned who shuts the door after the bus driver gets off.
If you're thinking of using it in stealth mode, maybe give it a name like "Hunker Academy - A School for Restless Youth" Make it seem like a legit school bus on the outside, but on the inside let the hunkering begin!
Oh that’s the best. Hunker Academy I love it!
i was going to say bayyyyyy sickly the same thing. Good comment, I can attest.
Good luck, my husband and I are building our 4th bus and we are making it our new bus a camper for 2 people. 1st just gutted it and we all just slept in it, 2nd did a sad camper! 3rd food bus which was awesome, mad money and sold her for awesome price, 4th is for the both of us!!
It's great havin a alternator the size of an oversized stuffed chicken keep rockin it Steve
Solar panels on the roof must be on the plans. You've either bought an adventure of a lifetime, or a money pit! Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
I love “Hunker Downey Jr.” Or the “S.S. Beautiful Wife”
Edit: “S.S. Beautiful Wife” was a suggestion from my beautiful wife 😊
"S.S. Beautiful Wife" sounds good as well
@@AidaJof "S.S Beautiful wife" for the win
Put my vote down for S.S. Beautiful Wife!
Wins
Ss beautiful wife or step 2
That's great Steve! Been wanting and planning to do this over the last couple years, nearly there! You're going to have a blast building her and making her an all off grid hunker bunker! Can't wait to see the progress :)
Yessss Steve has a skooooooolie, glory, glory, hallelujah! So excited to watch this new project
"Size of a big roast chicken" someone hasn't had dinner yet lol
Congrats on the "Stealth Bus-ter"! Looking forward to watching all your new adventures in the bus!
Dude, he is just so nice. I just want to be his friend.
Hello Steve!
Great little bus, by jingo!
On my school bus, I fastened window screening on the outside of every window, which helped GREATLY for mosquitos!
I bet you will get all sorts of recommendations how to improve your bus! Happy Trails Steve~!!!
Maybe you can take beautiful wife and crazy neighbor on a bus tour all over North America. You can stop and camp and visit with your many fans. There are lots of fans and places to camp in Colorado!
Oh yeah
Could crush a ton of step 2s in that beast!
Hey, is “Crazy Neighbour” actually THE crazy neighbor?!? 🥰
Yes, there is!! We live up in the Roosevelt National Forest @ 9K ft elevation! Beautiful places to explore in the "Wallis Wagon"! 😉😁
(I personally love the name "Big Bird", cuz the bus is big & yellow!) 🤣🤣👍
Whatever you name it, your fans will watch! Thanks for sharing this Steve, and congratulations on the newest addition to your neverending adventures!
@@tycolb2881 that have me a good laugh lol
"Your heart must've been given 'er!" Hahahahahahaha that's the most Alberta thing ever.
“You betcha”
Bud
No doubt
That part was awesome
Loved it, there's also the good ol, one minute your on tha road looking at the scenery and the next your in the scenery lookin at tha road.
You could convert that into a van life dream. A hotel room on wheels. They even put showers in those. Bed in the back, kitchen and bathroom in the front. Boom. It will take alot of work over time but it could be a nice van life travelling vehicle one day.
Awesome congrats on the new purchase I can’t wait to see how you build out Hunker Downy Jr 😎👍👍🇨🇦
3 great things from Canada. Rush, Neil Young and Camping with Steve.
Classic
Tragically Hip.
Id give yall Gordon Lightfoot
4! Leonard Cohen
1 good thing from Canada. Camping with Steve lol
Congratulations on the bus! Can’t wait to follow along on all the adventures.
What an original idea! Who would ever have thought about making a bus into a camper!
You are a living folk hero Steve, it's awesome to watch!
Looked like the hand brake was partially on. That would give you the ABS error light. I've done that.
Peace from the Navajo Nation ✌🏽✊🏽
Great job with the bus! Can’t wait to see what’s to come. That’s for sharing your passion with us.
STEP 1 or THE HUNKER BUNKER for sure, both great names! 👍
There's enough room in that battery compartment to store a 500W battery pack (like a Jackery), and you could easily run some solar on the roof to keep it charged. Open the hatch and instant camping power!
Hunker Downy Jr. is AMAZING. I think you nailed it first go!
I love these old buses. You can floor it at anytime and the engine just makes more noise it doesn’t accelerate any faster 😎
Excited to see the camper build!
Just remember its not the destination that matters, its the journey that makes the memories! Thanks Steve love both channels! Cheers from Athens Georgia time for a step 2....!
I would call that ride The Hunker Clunker! I'm not sure who will have more fun - you camping in it or us watching you camp in it!!! Sweet ride, Steve!
That’s awesome Steve! I look forward watching lots of exciting vids with your newly purchased camp bus!
I've converted a couple old buses into campers... they work pretty great 👍
You shouldn't have told us you owned it and pretended you were Stealth Camping in an active school bus, missed opportunity for an April Fools video right there 😅 Would have been an awesome way to reveal it too!
Two videos in one day? Lucky.
I thought that too!
I am so happy to see Steve continuing his camping & channel.
Congratulations. Looks in good order. Roof looks good. Good height. Best of luck. Exciting watching builds
so i was just half paying attention to this till "plamondon joe dirt" mentioned his family went from canada, to michigan, back to canada and founded the town of plamondon. My family did the same thing so i got curious. Looked up the town on wikipedia and yep, the town in michigan they came from is where i'm from. He has to be a distant cousin of one of my life long friends.
What’s up cuz lol 😆
I’m a school bus driver for the 4th largest school district in Ohio. We have a lot of busses that have traction control and ABS lights on and it’s no big deal. They still pass weekly inspection by the state. It’s a short that causes the lights to come on. Busses especially the internationals are notorious for it.
In NoCal our school buses have on demand chains. A rod drops down and spins chains under the tires.
That’s funny I also work for the 4th largest school district in Ohio too lol
Damn I wish I was Canadian.... I can honestly listen to this guy's telling his family history over a couple step 2s and just enjoy. I love the Minnesota "you betcha" from this guy... or maybe that bleeds over into Canada. What do I know.
That's how everyone in Alberta talks! Definitely not related to Minnesota
For crying out loud!!! Lol
I’ve never been so excited for someone I’ve never met! I can’t wait to see what you do with this thing and where you end up.