Tow Rig idea (1 Viewer)

[Church Crawler]

So I'm sitting here thinking up stuff to think about and the idea comes to mind to put together a tow rig.

The idea came after I recently acquired this short bus from our kids' daycare. I use it for my live sound side business to haul around equipment - and church will be using it for Habitat builds.

It's a 1991 Chevy 6.2 diesel with 70k. I got it into DMACCs diesel school; they went through the engine and it purrs like a kitten. It also has a fresh coat of paint. So all I need now is the trailer. You guys have any input?

Chris

 

[Church Crawler]

grrrrr, I'll get this photo this down someday.

 

[Luke Graham]

Awesome!

The old chevy diesels aren't the best motors but they will definitely get you there and back!

 

[Doc]

Input? sure:

Chop off the people hauler portion behind the cab and make it a flat bed.

 

[Luke Graham]

Input? sure:

Chop off the people hauler portion behind the cab and make it a flat bed.

That would be about the worst thing to do since it is multi-purpose. But for a tow rig only, sure.

 

[Doc]

That would be about the worst thing to do since it is multi-purpose. But for a tow rig only, sure.

Isn't he asking about a tow rig?

* edit- oops! I guess I missed the part where he was keeping it as a multi-purpose vehicle.

 

[Church Crawler]

yep, the bus is going to stay as is, I need to get a trailer now for the toy

Put away your sawzall Doc...

 

[Doc]

I love the sawzall!

I was thinking that that short truck would just fit nicely on a little flat bed diesel.... and look pretty going down the road!



PS, I need a good trailer too. Let me know what you find. I'd like to tow the 80 to some events with my Ford- just in case.

 

[Luke Graham]

Isn't he asking about a tow rig?

* edit- oops! I guess I missed the part where he was keeping it as a multi-purpose vehicle.

lol, couldn't you just imagine a bunch of habitat people riding around on a flatbed.

 

[packman73]

Put a 6-12" lift on it and some 40" tires and wheel the heck out of it! Problem solved, your "tow rig" is now capable of "towing" out the 80 series... ;p

Benefits:
1. It would look cool as heck
2. The HFH folks would know that you mean business when you show up.
3. Who else drives a lifted shortbus?
4. You can sell your mini-truck and make some cash.

 

[Church Crawler]

Well it's a year later and I made the idea into reality.

It pulls really well on the flat 60mph easy; going up a hill takes some patience...some Jet A might change that...

 

[jeepgod]

Looks good The bus needs some color that is just to much white for me. I say you paint a Land Cruiser on each side of the bus to make it look like an over sized one.

 

[Church Crawler]

Update: A friend and I put on a 4 inch high flow muffler and exhaust Wednesday to help it breathe a bit better. A neat side-effect is it sounds awesome!