Posted by Grandpa's Fords on January 20, 2019 at 08:09:54 from (50.107.184.112):
In Reply to: School Bus Chassis posted by modirt on January 19, 2019 at 15:43:01:
In the mid 90's helped a fellow install a glider kit in a Blue Bird school bus. The original had been in a front end collision. Damage was done to the front clip. The laws prohibited the repair to the front end for use as a school bus again so he research it and found he could put a new glider kit under it. He bought the bus as a wreck so it wasn't going to be insurance job. The wrecked bus was only 3 years old, beside the collision damage the rest of the bus was in excellent condition.
As Jim stated it was an inch by inch bus raising, bottle jacks and cribbing removed as many bolts as possible with out torching and had to torch of few. Slowly pulled the frame out had to do a lot of jockeying to get it out. It was to my surprise how ridged the body was as the frame twisted and torque to clear it. As we moved the old frame away that thing looked like a long wet noodle all bowed and twisted as it was pulled up in field next to the shop.
The closest delivery of the glider was about 25 miles away to a IH dealer so he had opted to drive it home. Quite a site to see him pulling in with helmet on driving a 40' frame with just a hood covering the engine him on a padded milkcrate. Wired so back lights so some what legal . He did encounter the local leo that just shook his head and smiled.
We reassembled it in reverse order of disassembly quite a project. all while he ran full time bus company and I working full time elsewhere. Without labor cost the project cost him 1/3 of the price of a new bus. With the proper inspections he put it into service for 7 years the remainder of the original bus's legal usable life.
This guy has been my mentor for many years before this and I still consider him that to this day.
To answer the original post can be done easier that we did it, we were trying to salvage everything as we went. they are remarkably ridged and can withstand a lot of jockeying around the frames are very flexible but strong, mostly due to the length. The ride home from the dealer that day he said it was like spring board because it flexed as he hit bumps or ridges in the road.
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