HAMOM Request - Disassembling a Bus - Nov 22nd

[GLTHFJ60]

About 5500# so far, less than expected based on how sore and tired I am, lol. The left was what we loaded into pablo, the right is pablito.

Edit: funnily enough, this only covers the cost of the 20 sawzall blades we went through, and the beer we drank. Have to pay for food and the extra $200 I paid for the bus on top of the engine before I break even on the motor, so hopefully the chassis/axles/suspension weigh at least 10,000#

 

[lt1fire]

Please tell me there was a group singing of "the wheels on the bus" at least once

 

[mwalls54]

Wow I figured you would have got a little more $$

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Wow I figured you would have got a little more $$

Same, I thought the body was heavier than it turned out to be.

 

[Fort Knox]

The frame and axles have gotta be pretty effin' heavy then. According to Google, a "Type C" school bus (the bigger ones, like this one) are between 15,500 - 30,500 pounds. The "Flat-Front Engine (Transit-style)" are 22,000 - 26,000 pounds. Granted, you took out all the glass and the seats, but still.......ain't no way the motor is thousands of lbs.

 

[IcutYourCruiser]

About 5500# so far, less than expected based on how sore and tired I am, lol. The left was what we loaded into pablo, the right is pablito.

Edit: funnily enough, this only covers the cost of the 20 sawzall blades we went through, and the beer we drank. Have to pay for food and the extra $200 I paid for the bus on top of the engine before I break even on the motor, so hopefully the chassis/axles/suspension weigh at least 10,000#

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I too was extremely tired and sore. It’s pretty rad that we collectively cut up and moved over 5k lbs of steel. Nice job everyone!

Still waiting for someone to post up the video of it driving

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I too was extremely tired and sore. It’s pretty rad that we collectively cut up and moved over 5k lbs of steel. Nice job everyone!

Solid amount of weight yeah. 10 guys cut up a 5000lb vehicle and loaded it onto truck/trailer in less than 6 hours. That's pretty bad ass.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Bu(tt)s stuff part deuce, Ryan and I (thanks bro!) . Planning on hitting the scrap yard tomorrow to see what this bit weighs.

 

[Malleus]

Until I saw the last picture, I thought, "there's a hold my beer trailerload for sure".

 

[GLTHFJ60]

This weighed this. Less than I expected. @AJR 's weight prediction of about 10k overall looks like it was super close, lol.

 

[mwalls54]

are you going to break even on the Hamon? lol

 

[GLTHFJ60]

are you going to break even on the Hamon? lol

I have now, and made back the extra $200 I paid for the bus. Hopefully I'll get a few more bucks to make the motor cheaper, lol.

I am getting a lot more parts than had I just bought the motor, so I gotta take that into account too.

 

[IcutYourCruiser]

I’m surprised it wasn’t heavier. It’s gotta feel good getting more grunt work done and be closer to doing the fun stuff.

 

[Green Hell Mustang]

This weighed this. Less than I expected. @AJR 's weight prediction of about 10k overall looks like it was super close, lol.

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This is depressing, especially given how much the price of materials costs at the moment.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

This is depressing, especially given how much the price of materials costs at the moment.

Yeah, but it's all good. I get the motor I want and get a bunch more parts on top of it.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

The bus is fully disassembled, and the motor is home. Need to scrap the trailer stuff and a few other things, but the motor is home.

DIY gantry crane for the win. Really need an electric hoist.

Thus, this thread is concluded. Thanks again to everyone who came to my hamom! Thanks especially to Ryan for putting up with me.