If you’re deep into planning your bus kitchen, the stove question is one of those decisions that touches everything else in your build — your power system, your ventilation, your counter space, even your budget. It’s not as simple as picking a burner. For most skoolie builds, a propane stove is the better choice. Propane … Read more
This is one of those questions that comes up the second someone mentions living full-time in a vehicle. Your family asks it first, and then strangers on the internet ask it in a way that sounds a lot more like a warning. (See our guide on How Do You Get a Mailing Address Living in … Read more
You’re looking at buses online, trying to figure out if you’ll actually be able to stand up inside one. Maybe you’re tall, maybe your partner is, and the last thing you want is to buy a bus and spend six months converting it only to bonk your head every time you walk to the kitchen. … Read more
If you’re looking at buying a school bus to convert, you’ve probably stared at those massive fuel tanks and thought, “What’s it gonna cost me every time I pull into a station?” Fair question. I had the same one. Filling up a full-size school bus costs between $200 and $700 depending on your tank size … Read more
You found a bus you like but the odometer has you second-guessing everything. That’s where most people get stuck, staring at a number and trying to figure out if it means the bus is a steal or a money pit. There’s no single number that’s “too many miles” for a school bus, but here’s what … Read more
This is one of those questions that kept showing up everywhere when I was researching bus life, and I think it’s because people want a number. They want someone to say “you can last exactly 14 days” or whatever. But it doesn’t work like that. The real answer is that a well-built skoolie with a … Read more
This is probably the most common question I see in comments on skoolie tour videos. Someone shows off their beautiful shelves or their mounted TV and within five comments somebody asks, “Yeah but what happens when you actually drive that thing?” (See our guide on What Happens If Your Skoolie Breaks Down? for more on … Read more
This was one of those tasks I figured would take an afternoon but ended up being a bigger deal than expected. Removing school bus windows sounds straightforward until you actually start looking at how they’re attached, and then you realize there are like four different methods depending on the bus manufacturer and year. The short … Read more
If you’ve ever sat inside a school bus on a hot day, you already know the problem. These things are metal boxes with giant windows and zero shade, and they turn into ovens fast. So how do people actually live in them through July and August? The honest answer is that keeping a skoolie cool … Read more
If you’ve got kids and you’re thinking about bus life, this is probably the question that keeps you up at night. I know it was for me. You can figure out plumbing and solar later, but your kids being safe while a 30,000-pound bus is rolling down the highway? That needs to be answered first. … Read more