Our new 6 ton car jack.
Short bus roof raise.
Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest.
This turned out to be unnecessary even for bart who is 6 4.
We originally planned to raise the roof a full two feet.
In order to keep things legal the bus cannot be more than 13 6 in height.
Our bus was a little less than 9 tall in its original state.
I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.
One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.
A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value.
View from under the bus.
The most popular reason is value.
Things we had to consider.
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Short bus skoolie roof raise.
They fit our rented scaffolding.
I am new to this sub as me and my partner just purchased our short school bus yesterday and are working on the floor plan.
This dramatic option basically involves chopping off the entire ceiling of the bus fabricating support struts to elongate the existing ones replacing the severed roof onto the higher struts and then sealing all the gaps with sheet metal and so forth.
The roof was raised a total of 18.
We plan on living in it full time so we definitely want a decent kitchen shower and permanent bed space.