What happened to the guy that use to post here a lot with the gray schoolie? I think it's been about 3 months since I've seen a post from him.
Quote from: Branderson on May 09, 2018, 01:21:39 PM
What happened to the guy that use to post here a lot with the gray schoolie? I think it's been about 3 months since I've seen a post from him.
the one with chartreuse purple painted plywood interior ?
i think he left...
Yep. He left. Same way he left the skoolie forum. Kinda does this to himself sadly. I followed his threads a little over there over a year ago and it was rough.
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I know he was full on schoolie mode but he was motivated and i could appreciate that.
Welp long as hes ok...
Quote from: Branderson on May 09, 2018, 06:52:38 PM
I know he was full on schoolie mode but he was motivated and i could appreciate that.
Welp long as hes ok...
to be clear, this fellow ?
http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?action=profile;u=11018;sa=showPosts (http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?action=profile;u=11018;sa=showPosts)
Yep, good ol' Zephod. I think my last comment about him put him over the edge. He was enthusiastic, but he had some strange ideas. I think the moderator kicked him out for his abusive comments. :(
Be nice, seems like Gary puzzled him but spared his fingers. lurking here recently.
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Ahh that is him but I completely missed that convo posted. The last convo I remember was talking about our different ideas of camping/fulltiming/using a bus.
He seems to be set on the minimalist kind of way and I want to use it for vacations and comfort. But I did get a laugh at the thought of using a bucket for a toilet like him. Well, I laughed at the thought of what my wife would say when I pointed at the bucket.
If you missed the Vietnam experience you missed having piss pipes set in the sand, and cut-down 55 Gal barrels to crap in. Our wives would not go for all of that fun, so Zephod's bucket is not too bad. ;D
Having spent as much time in the woods as I have I used to find 5 gal buckets left behind after hunters vacated their campsites all the time. Some even had toilet seats attached to them. 55gal drums-yeah those were the days... :o I'd like to say I miss the old bus driver, but I'd be lying. :)
Will
Lol yea im not sorry i missed those days. I also never had the privilege of burning poop barrels.
I think the final straw for me was the feces in garbage bags that he merely dumped on the property occasionally burying them. At some point you just gotta realize that this forum has a different mindset than that. The skoolie group is really really relaxed. You have to reach a pretty high level of obnoxious behavior before they run you off.
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Beyond the waste disposal methods, what really bothers me is the use of paint rollers to coat their schoolies. Spray painting is expensive alright, but rolling paint diminishes the image of bus conversions, in my opinion (roofs excepted?).
Quote from: DoubleEagle on May 11, 2018, 06:42:41 AM
Beyond the waste disposal methods, what really bothers me is the use of paint rollers to coat their schoolies. Spray painting is expensive alright, but rolling paint diminishes the image of bus conversions, in my opinion (roofs excepted?).
Stuff like this is why a lot of camp grounds won't let schoolies in their camp grounds It is like dog poop 'A few rotten apples causes problems for every one else!!
I personally don't care if someone rolls or brushes paint but at the same time, there's a line and you can't be mad if campgrounds don't let you in.
On the other hand, I can't stand when a campground will ask what year my bus is and over the phone say that it can't come. (1974) I usually lie or tell them the year it was converted but that was 98 so even now that is pushing it.
There's no excuse for the feces part I agree. The only way I could see it is if I was in the woods by myself and honestly, you shouldn't be able to get a bus into woods that deep.
I don't know what his situation was but I don't understand b/c if you are at a campground even without hook ups, aren't there always a restroom nearby? That part was confusing to me.
Quote from: Branderson on May 11, 2018, 07:20:55 AM
I personally don't care if someone rolls or brushes paint but at the same time, there's a line and you can't be mad if campgrounds don't let you in.
On the other hand, I can't stand when a campground will ask what year my bus is and over the phone say that it can't come. (1974) I usually lie or tell them the year it was converted but that was 98 so even now that is pushing it.
There's no excuse for the feces part I agree. The only way I could see it is if I was in the woods by myself and honestly, you shouldn't be able to get a bus into woods that deep.
I don't know what his situation was but I don't understand b/c if you are at a campground even without hook ups, aren't there always a restroom nearby? That part was confusing to me.
I have been RV'ing for a lot of years ,and trust me when we started the shape (and the smell) of some camp grounds rest rooms would have made a pail look good .Sure made me proud to have somthing with my own bath.Don't know if there are any of these *mom and pop "camp grounds left or not but some of them sure was an experience.
Quote from: eagle19952 on May 09, 2018, 06:30:46 PM
the one with chartreuse purple painted plywood interior ?
I have to correct you there, the color is right, but it sadly was not plywood of any grade, it was Oriented Strand Board, and/or particle board. It must have been difficult to paint with a roller.
Quote from: Branderson on May 11, 2018, 07:20:55 AM
I personally don't care if someone rolls or brushes paint but at the same time, there's a line and you can't be mad if campgrounds don't let you in.
On the other hand, I can't stand when a campground will ask what year my bus is and over the phone say that it can't come. (1974) I usually lie or tell them the year it was converted but that was 98 so even now that is pushing it.
There's no excuse for the feces part I agree. The only way I could see it is if I was in the woods by myself and honestly, you shouldn't be able to get a bus into woods that deep.
I don't know what his situation was but I don't understand b/c if you are at a campground even without hook ups, aren't there always a restroom nearby? That part was confusing to me.
One of the justifications for schoolies is that they have higher clearances, and they are not too worried about scraping the paint off when they drive down logging roads with branches rubbing on both sides to go deep into the woods to park off-grid. Just like the bears, schoolies do it in the woods.
As far as campground owners go who want to know what year coach you have, that is a good way to screen out places you might not want to stay at. I have not tried it yet, but I wonder if we offered to send a picture of our coach to answer their concerns and forewarn them of what to expect, whether that would work to save trouble. The campground owners have undoubtedly been exposed to an amazing array of derelict RV's that have leaking fluids, fumigate the area, and break down in inconvenient locations, but to prejudge someone over the phone is a bit inappropriate. Maybe we should show up as a group, and then refuse to stay because the campground does not meet our standards (What no 50 Amp hookup, no cable TV, no view of the lake
and the mountains?). It's just like the insurance companies and the warranty outfits, they want to deal with late model RV's that have published book values and lesser miles on the odometer. ;)
We have never been turned away from an RV park in our skoolie.
We have been given a site that some folks might not appreciate (not with all the fancy new machines but off in the back corner) but they gave us a place to stay when there were not a lot of options in the area (Skagway and Valdez Alaska come to mind).
We have taken our bus down quite a few logging roads, but from what I have learned on this board and others l think I could keep up with most of you on the interstate. Someday, 400+ HP and air ride but the old skoolie gets the job done for now.
Even though my bus is technically a skoolie (at one time it transported sprogs for Mid-Placer Public Schools in CA), I really don't think that it, or me, has much in common with the typical skoolie crowd. I wince when I read what some folk on the Skoolie forum do, or what they think is acceptable or even legal. There are some very good conversions there, but there are also some that make Mr.Zephod's look like the paragon of tasteful design and exquisite workmanship. I prefer to hang out here not only because my bus has exactly the same drivetrain as an MC9, but because I feel I can learn more from the collective wisdom and experience here. I'm not taking any shortcuts with my conversion, and I want it to (eventually . . .) look as nice inside as most of the BCM buses, so I'm more inspired to do my best after reading the posts here. However, reading the Skoolie forum puts everything into perspective!
John
Quote from: Iceni John on May 11, 2018, 09:16:15 PM... I wince when I read what some folk on the Skoolie forum do, or what they think is acceptable or even legal. There are some very good conversions there, but there are also some that make Mr.Zephod's look like the paragon of tasteful design and exquisite workmanship. ...
And I will probably end up with a conversion that is drab by comparison to the "Rolling New Orleans Cat House" aesthetic of many of the Nashville entertainer buses and much less lustrous than the virgin-tropical-hardwood-and-mirror shine (or gaudiness??) of the multi-million $$ boutique Prevost new buses, I won't be sitting down to a nice breakfast at a lovely and scenic spot with buzzing flies that have just crawled out of a honey bucket a few feet away. I don't mind discussions about the best tires and benefits of 24V versus 12V inverters (in fact I find them helpful and enlightening), but if someone is crowing about the benefits of living in cheapness and nastiness, they pretty well lose me.
I'd have to agree with all that has been said despite the fact that I have a skoolie and that it is way over 10 years old. I think private RV parks should be able to set entrance standards since once an RV is in and hooked up to utilities it becomes a residence in most states thereby falling under all of the eviction and right of entry regulations etc etc. I have made it a point to email my feelings on the matter to which ever camp ground I may be wanting to stay at --along with a picture and description of my rig-- and so far I have been welcomed everywhere I have applied. Jack