HAMOM Request - Disassembling a Bus - Nov 22nd

[GLTHFJ60]

Hello friends. Requesting some help disassembling a bus for scrap.

Short Story:
I bought this bus this week for the engine. Engine would have cost $4300, and the whole running/driving bus cost just $4500, so I went for the bus. The engine will eventually put in my F550.

The Plan:
The body of the bus needs to be cut up and loaded into Pablo for hauling off to the scrap yard. Literally the whole body, all the way down so that the only thing left is the rolling chassis. All the demo tools. I expect it'll be a few different loads of scrap, so if we can load pablo once then stack the subsequent loads that I can move myself at a later date, that would be killer.

Gantry crane is now at Ryan's.

The Date+location:
November 22nd, starting maybe 10am
Ryan's house, where the bus currently lives
@UZJ105 :
"For any locals or out-of-towners that plan to attend, you are welcome to camp on my property or bring a sleeping pad and sleep in the house. "

Post up if you can make it on November 22nd!

Here are some pics of the victim:

 

[thecapedcapper]

I'm uninitiated here and will still be out of town on the 22nd, but gotta ask, what kind of engine could a bus with split rims have that would be an upgrade for the F550? I take it you're using it as a base build it?

 

[JohnVee]

I want to help destroy that thing so badly. I'd be good for that Saturday.

My demo tools need some real exercise.

 

[Hokie LX]

I’m a solid maybe at this point. Need to see how the new kiddo is doing.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I'm uninitiated here and will still be out of town on the 22nd, but gotta ask, what kind of engine could a bus with split rims have that would be an upgrade for the F550? I take it you're using it as a base build it?

International navistar dt360. Not a base, just an engine swap from the bus to my f550

 

[IcutYourCruiser]

I’ll try my best to make it out

 

[Fort Knox]

I’ll try my best to make it out

Gonna have to modify your username if you do.

I'm totally down for this!!

 

[UZJ105]

I'm going to try my best to make this. Since it's in my backyard.

 

[UZJ105]

In viewing the pictures Johnny posted, you may think to yourself, "Ryan has some cool project vehicles". No, all 3 belong to Johnny.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

In viewing the pictures Johnny posted, you may think to yourself, "Ryan has some cool project vehicles". No, all 3 belong to Johnny.

It's crazy how far $5700 (not including the trailer) can go sometimes, lol.

 

[UZJ105]

@gon2mnts bus activities

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Bu(tt)s stuff!!

 

[xychromosome]

Sounds like fun, count me in!

 

[Fort Knox]

Bu(tt)s stuff!!

And we don't have to be gentle with it!!!

 

[IcutYourCruiser]

In viewing the pictures Johnny posted, you may think to yourself, "Ryan has some cool project vehicles". No, all 3 belong to Johnny.

We might have different ideas about what’s cool

 

[onemanarmy]

Why does the body have to be dismantled? Just take the engine out, right?

Seems like a crap ton of work to save $200...and you'll still have the frame to deal with, or are you using it?

Could just take the engine out and tow the rest to the scrap yard early one morning.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

It has to be dismantled to bring to scrap. I expect to earn back 1-2 grand in scrap, maybe more, so it's worth the effort. Makes the engine cheaper.

How exactly would you suggest towing an air brake truck with no engine (no air for brakes) through a city to the scrap yard? Can't flat tow it, and I am not about to hire a semi with a flat bed to tow it to the scrap yard. It's not a car, it probably weighs 25,000lbs, lol

Also, it'll be fun, and an excuse to get the boys together for some shenanigans.

 

[AJR]

I bet it doesn’t weigh 10k after you pull the motor. Cage the brakes and make a tow bar out of some scrap laying around, or maybe a chunk of the frame. I used to see the trains of cars headed to Mexico going down the interstate all the time. Those dudes would pull 3 of those buses all tow barred together with a 1997 Dodge Neon. You can do it with your 550.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I bet it doesn’t weigh 10k after you pull the motor. Cage the brakes and make a tow bar out of some scrap laying around, or maybe a chunk of the frame. I used to see the trains of cars headed to Mexico going down the interstate all the time. Those dudes would pull 3 of those buses all tow barred together with a 1997 Dodge Neon. You can do it with your 550.

The motor only weighs about 1250#

Edit: I'll think about it more, but right now disassembling it seems like the best option.

 

[AJR]

Here’s what I was thinking: GVWR is probably around 26k. It would have been designed to handle 40 ish passengers and still be legal. Thats about 8k of freight. The seats are gone so there’s another 3k. The motor and trans probably weigh 2k plus another 1k of fuel and fluids. So 14k is gone from the max weight. I guess my math was a little off, but not too far. Maybe it weighs 12.

You could always get a medium duty wrecker to take it away. There’s a scrap yard that’s not too far from there.

It’ll be in November so it could be a cold night. Cut a hole in the roof and have the campfire inside the bus so Ryan can’t complain about you killing his trees with fire.