Got my bus stuck (in the driveway no less!)

belfert · September 14, 2014, 09:14:05 PM

I just bought a new house and this evening the second time taking the bus into the driveway I got stuck. The drive wheels on the left side ended up in the ditch and the back end is stuck in the sand driveway. Coach-Net is sending a tow truck at 8 am in the morning to get it out.

bevans6 · September 15, 2014, 04:49:41 AM

I got my bus stuck in my driveway this spring. It was a horrible spring, ground was saturated. My driveway has a quite tight curve, I got the driver's side rear wheels about a foot off the gravel base and it sank to the floor. I cut a bunch of wood blocks, dug a hole for a jack, and started jacking it and blocking it. Eventually I got it to where I could start putting planks under the rear tires, and was able to drive it out. Took three hours. Each time I jacked it and blocked it I put more wood blocks under the jack, and there is still about a foot thick stack of wood blocks buried in the driveway. I put about a ton of gravel in to widen the driveway at the apex of that curve, and next year I won't get stuck... I'll leave the bus in the shed! I just finished top-dressing the driveway with 50 ton of 3/4 minus driveway gravel.

Brian

sledhead · September 15, 2014, 05:14:46 AM

nice to here you bought a house . as Brian has said get it out and get some 2" stone to start a base then next spring or summer finish the top coat . I work in construction and day after day I see people build a new house and not make a good driveway 1st and every truck that comes in and it turns to muck . a lot harder to fix now

dave

belfert · September 15, 2014, 05:39:22 AM

The house is 35 years old so the driveway is well established. The house is just new to me. It was totally dark and I drove off the edge of the driveway and put the wheels in the ditch. The driveway has a curve at the street which will be corrected when the driveway is paved shortly. I should have approached from the other direction. I gotta go meet the tow truck up there as I am not living there yet.

Oonrahnjay · September 15, 2014, 06:18:24 AM

Quote from: belfert on September 15, 2014, 05:39:22 AM
The house is 35 years old so the driveway is well established. The house is just new to me. It was totally dark and I drove off the edge of the driveway and put the wheels in the ditch. The driveway has a curve at the street which will be corrected when the driveway is paved shortly. I should have approached from the other direction. I gotta go meet the tow truck up there as I am not living there yet.

Best wishes with your new house Brian. Let us know how your garage plans have worked out.

Dave5Cs · September 15, 2014, 07:19:38 AM

Congrats on the new to you house with which bus barn? I stuck our too way back and had to dig a little then jambed two mud flaps off a big rig I bought up to the back of the tires. I put it in reverse and when they caught It drove up on them. I have 6 more I put in front of the tires and just walked it out on top of them. I carry them with me now.

Dave5Cs

TomC · September 15, 2014, 07:31:34 AM

That's what is nice about having built in landing lights on the front side of the bus. You could have illuminated your pathway better. Good Luck, TomC

belfert · September 15, 2014, 09:35:47 AM

It took maybe 20 minutes for the tow truck to get me out.

This house has no bus barn. That is a future project in a few years. I bought a foreclosed house that is undergoing a $100,000 renovation with new heating/cooling, windows, siding, doors, bathroom, flooring, and interior doors/trim. The only things original will be the kitchen and drywall on the walls and ceilings.

Dave5Cs · September 15, 2014, 10:57:35 AM

How did they replace the framing and leave the drywall up and on with out it falling out of the air?

belfert · September 15, 2014, 11:32:19 AM

Quote from: Dave5Cs on September 15, 2014, 10:57:35 AM
How did they replace the framing and leave the drywall up and on with out it falling out of the air?

Yes, smarty, the framing is still original along with the roof. The contractor did have to replace a bay bumpout as the previous homeowner installed it and it was rotten and nearly fell off the house.

NewbeeMC9 · September 15, 2014, 02:28:23 PM

I got my bus stuck in a friend s driveway one time. Had to air down bus. Then Jack up axle and block. Then air the bus back up. Was able to drive off then. Jack wasn't stout enough to lift bus.

HB of CJ · September 15, 2014, 02:46:41 PM

Back when I had the Banana Boat lll, (her name!) (VIN 37317) plus a complete lack of common sense and boredom, we did some burnouts, donuts and fish tails in 6 inches of wet fresh snow. With the drivers locked up, at times the snow was being plowed by the front bumper. No chains necessary. Silly and fun. Getting stuck with a Crown 10 wheeler would take some doing....but then it would take a really big tow truck....to un stick her. HB of CJ (old coot)

Oonrahnjay · September 15, 2014, 07:44:59 PM

The worst stuck I ever got (so far) was in the driveway at my parents' house. Got in, wouldn't come out ...

harleyman_1000 · September 15, 2014, 07:55:23 PM

I haven't been stuck yet. Should I get Lefty stuck and get it out of the way

belfert · September 16, 2014, 07:22:53 AM

I thought about just jacking up the bus and putting boards under the wheels, but I don't have a compressor at this house yet to run the jack and I never added an air connection to the bus. I wasn't in the mood to operate the jack manually which takes a lot of strokes. I decided just to use Coach-Net since I have it.