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Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
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09/21/20 02:44 PM
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JacksonBean
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I was coming home from Tawakoni and saw this guy in the Quinlan Wal-Mart. This was the best shot I could get without dragging my boat through that chaos. Look closely.... This is using your noggin! I'm especially fond of the modified bed conversion over to a toy hauler. Then comes the plywood for the "bedroom" windows. Are those 110 outlets installed into the exterior? I love the cables run down the side. That should pass inspection. Am I missing anything? Any guesses as to total investment?
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 02:47 PM
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TexDawg
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Looks very...............improvised
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 02:50 PM
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CCTX
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Is that a generator bolted down on the front?
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 02:53 PM
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My guess is that guy bought the bus at auction for less than $5K and did the conversion work in his garage using only scrap materials he had on hand.
He probably got all the bedroom materials from his RV that was stripped down to cook meth.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 02:57 PM
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Gusick
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I see school bus conversions fairly regularly, but that's probably one of the more ghetto examples.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 02:59 PM
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RayBob
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Investment on the modifications (not the bus) if done yourself could be done for under $1,000. I can't see what's done on the inside obviously.
Looks like the generator on the front is one of those 4,000 watt Champions. $500 at TSC. Bad idea for it to be mounted on the front due to higher potential for damage. The plywood window covers painted dark brown is a nice touch.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 03:00 PM
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Nickbyrd
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It’s definitely setup for the lease . Poor mans version of an rv with a toy hauler mixed in . It’s cool just looks like carp.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 03:24 PM
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RayBob
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On the other end of the spectrum:
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 03:28 PM
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You should have stayed around to get pix of how these Wal Mart folks were dressed!
Family is everything! Life is precious. We don’t have forever. We have now. This moment. We can choose to love our lives now.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 03:31 PM
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TCK73
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Only in Quinlan, where the men are men, sheep run scared, and cows don't stand in front of stumps.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
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09/21/20 04:07 PM
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Dave-0
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All new meaning to the word short bus.
Laws won't fix a sin problem. What this world needs is a revival, change of the heart. ~The Skipper
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 04:13 PM
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T Bird
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Are those Texas plates on that rig?
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 11:49 PM
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lowew79
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my great grandfather lived in a bus on the most beautiful piece of Arkansas Ozark mountains I've ever seen. Bus didn't even move. He loved it
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/21/20 11:59 PM
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ReelBusy
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That would make a great kayak hauler. Just back and down the ramp and unload.
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Re: Yellow Dog Conversion..... This is ingenuity!
[Re: JacksonBean]
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09/22/20 12:00 AM
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lconn4
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A friend of mine found an ad for a Leer 25 in Ennis. $5000.00 fixer upper. No engine or interior.
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