Whose bus is in this video ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laa5AW3Hs6M
Is there a write up of the build ? What was done to the rear frame to do this ?
How about a more in depth video ?
Thanks
I don't do u tube but guessing you are talking about Steve's Prevost that the ramps fold up on the back
Wow, it looks like that car would bounce a lot being that far behind the axle. Like at the end of a diving board.
I like the ingenuity though. I bet he draws a crowd everywhere he goes.
David,I have not seen it years but a guy at a MAK rally in 2000 (i think) had a Eagle bus he carried a car over the engine at floor level,not my cup of tea but it was well designed his ramps were hidden and were hydraulic
Quote from: David Anderson on April 12, 2021, 05:56:44 PM
Wow, it looks like that car would bounce a lot being that far behind the axle. Like at the end of a diving board.
He has a chain on each side holding the ramps. Should make them pretty stiff ?
I'm wondering how the structure was beefed up to handle the loads.
He has a chain on each side holding the ramps. Should make them pretty stiff ?
But a chain only works in one direction (tension). Nothing to keep the ramp from pivoting up.
The Eagle with the car over the engine was in Bus conversion magazine years ago. Don't know what year. Will look it up
Wow. Found it right away. June 2000 copy.
Quote from: Raymond smith on April 13, 2021, 03:37:37 PM
The Eagle with the car over the engine was in Bus conversion magazine years ago. Don't know what year. Will look it up
I remember that coach. Very cool design of the back end door that opened. Didn't he carry a Subaru?
David
Quote from: David Anderson on April 13, 2021, 04:42:22 PM
I remember that coach. Very cool design of the back end door that opened. Didn't he carry a Subaru?
David
He had a Mustang too he carried
Looks like a Suzuki Samarai
The way a bus twists side to side and flexes up and down, the condition of some of the interstates, not to even mention the US Highways, extending the rear of the bus by 8 or 10 feet, the way bus frame structures are under the roof, holding the engine cradle, what could possibly crack under the additional pressures?
Right now, we are looking at the engine cradle rail trusses, on my bus. cracks in the vertical and angled truss supports, and separated welds, on my 600,000 mile 8V92 engine compartment, WW Williams says this is a common problem! How much more can you way down the bus over the engineered designs, before a catastrophic failure, where the engine drops out of the bay?
The extra force on the engine cradle is definitely a concern. People put Hydralifts on the back of their motorhomes and sometimes trailers all the time. Not sure how they handle the extra force on the frame.
Apparently there is an extra heavy duty frame cradle for when heavy loads are towed behind buses.
The other issue is length. As far as I know the maximum length of a vehicle in most jurisdictions is 45 feet. A Smart car adds at least 8 feet to that.
I'd like to haul a couple motorcycles on the back of a bus. As well as tow a vehicle.
Rv's get a break on length I have friend in Idaho that his truck conversions are 53 ft long check Powerhouse truck conversions they are long
This should end the turning radius complaints about 45' Eagles. These trucks might have trouble in campgrounds.
Quote from: DoubleEagle on April 14, 2021, 08:04:42 PM
This should end the turning radius complaints about 45' Eagles. These trucks might have trouble in campgrounds.
They are not that bad really Doug sells a lot of what he call the garage models he has this thing about calling one a super C
www.powerhousecoach.com
Reminds me of Squidbillies with their Truck/boat/truck/jetski
jim
Quote from: Jim Blackwood on April 15, 2021, 07:50:22 AM
Reminds me of Squidbillies with their Truck/boat/truck/jetski
jim
It's different strokes for different folks
Are you referring to two stroke vs four stroke?
I wonder if it is even legal to have it sticking out that far?