You’re shopping for a bus and you’ve got a preference — or maybe just a question — about whether school buses ever came with a stick shift. Yes, manual transmission school buses exist, but they’re rare and getting rarer every year. Most school buses built after the mid-1990s came with automatic transmissions, almost always an … Read more
If you’ve ever seen a double decker bus rolling through a city and thought “that would make the coolest house on wheels,” you’re not alone. It’s one of those ideas that sounds incredible on paper, but raises about a hundred practical questions the second you start digging into it. Yes, you can absolutely convert a … Read more
When I first started looking into getting a skoolie, this was one of the first questions I had to figure out. I kept seeing forum posts where people were saying they found a bus for $1,500, and then other folks claiming they spent $8,000, and I couldn’t figure out where the middle ground actually was. … Read more
How Much Does It Cost to Register a Converted School Bus? (See our guide on Can You Get Insurance for a Converted School Bus? for more on this.) When I first started looking into getting my skoolie, this was one of the first questions I had to figure out. Registration costs can vary wildly from … Read more
When I first started looking into getting my skoolie, laundry was one of those things that seemed like a bigger problem than it actually is. I mean, you’re living in basically a very small apartment on wheels. Where are you supposed to wash your clothes? But once I started digging into how people actually handle … Read more
When I first started looking into bus conversions, this was one of those questions that genuinely worried me. I’d watch YouTube tours of finished builds and see people with open shelving, heavy TVs mounted on walls, dishes stacked in cabinets, and I kept wondering, “Wait, when this thing goes around a corner or hits a … Read more
When I first started digging into what a bus conversion actually involves, this was one of those questions that seemed obvious but also kind of daunting. Like, of course you have to remove the seats, right? But then I started reading forum posts and watching videos and realized there’s way more to it than just … Read more
I’ve lost count of how many times someone has asked me some version of “how much does this actually cost?” And the follow-up is always the same: “and how do you pay for it?” Those are two very different questions, and most articles online mash them together into a vague mess that helps nobody. So … Read more
If you’re thinking about moving your family into a converted bus, you’ve probably already gotten the look from at least one person. That mix of curiosity and judgment. I get it. The idea of raising kids in 250 square feet sounds either incredible or insane depending on who you ask, and honestly, some days it’s … Read more
I’m going to level with you, when I first started researching bus electrical systems I thought I’d be able to figure it out in an afternoon. Solar panels, batteries, inverter, done. How hard could it be? Well, I spent about three weeks going down a hole of YouTube videos, forum threads, and spec sheets before … Read more