My cool knotty pine tool

Scott & Heather · June 09, 2016, 04:54:03 AM

Trying to hang knotty pine on my own has been a challenge. Getting the roof joints tight is impossible without help. So I took my pocket hole jig apart and used the clamp portion of it. I screw it to the wood furring strip next to the panel I'm trying to tighten and clamp it which pushes the panel tight into the tongue and groove joint and then I screw it down. Works like a charm. I know we had our ceiling spray foamed but we added rock wool sound batts in the ceiling to help with noisy hail rain or acorns dropping on the roof waking us up lol. Stuff works. Itchy as all getout tho. Way worse than fiberglass.

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somewhereinusa · June 09, 2016, 08:01:38 AM

Good idea.

scanzel · June 09, 2016, 08:04:10 AM

Looks Great, with all the wood now you can attach anything you want anywhere. Just nail or screw it in and yes rock wool is really bad stuff, real gritty if you breath it into your mouth.

Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM · June 09, 2016, 10:33:24 AM

Now if you bought yourself a Kimberly Energy Efficient wood stove, you could heat your entire bus with all of the scraps of knotty pine left over. Worst case scenario, if you run out of firewood, you can always heat your bus using your bus.

Check them out at www.unforgettablefirellc.com/

Seangie · June 09, 2016, 04:26:37 PM

Looking good Scott. I thought you were going to put all the wood in at 45 degrees?

HAHA. Im just jealous.

Wish we could be there to help out.

-Sean

DoubleEagle · June 09, 2016, 06:45:30 PM

The layout seems to be heavily reminiscent of your MCI 9, or did the pictures get mixed up?

Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM · June 09, 2016, 07:08:10 PM

Yes, something went haywire with the Forum. Here is another pix of his bus which looks exactly like mine.

Scott & Heather · June 09, 2016, 07:39:32 PM

Gary, you're confusing me. That is indeed a photo of YOUR bus but not ours. Our Old MCI 9 does have a knotty pine interior with a more red hue to the stain. Knotty pine only on the walls of the 9 not the ceiling. We LOVE knotty pine. Not for everyone, but we love it. Here's a photo of our 9. We sold that bus in 14 days for our asking price. Being delivered to new owners in a week and a half. Honestly, we're a little sad to see her go. She's been remarkably reliable. I'm going to try to get the new owners on this forum...if he has any issues with the coach down the road, he needs the resources this forum offers. We moved out of it this week... with a heavy heart.:

Jim Eh. · June 10, 2016, 06:29:06 AM

Time to edit the ol' signature.

Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM · June 10, 2016, 08:27:27 AM

I agree with you Scott. My Knotty Pine bus is for sale, but I took one prospective buyer out on a test drive two weeks ago and he really wanted it bad but unfortunately he couldn't get financing because of his bad credit so the deal fell thru. However after driving it again and thinking about it, I would hate to see it go. It has been very reliable since I bought it about 7 years ago and it has not let me down once. Those MC-9's are bullet proof and maybe one of the best buses built in my opinion and it will run forever. I am now considering keeping it to use it for trips to Colorado and other mountain trips where my big wide/tall Eagle will not take me. Doesn't cost hardly anything to keep and maintain it and taxes and insurance are minimal, so unless someone wants to buy it really bad, I will keep it. I have had the Eagle for over a year now and doing minor maintenance on it and taken it on a few trips, but I still live in my Log Cabin waiting for the right buyer to show up.