Timing the re-registration of your bus is one of those decisions that seems simple until you start asking around and realize everybody’s got a different answer. The best time to re-register your school bus as an RV is as soon as you meet your state’s minimum conversion requirements, which usually means a permanent bed, a … Read more
You’ve got the bus, you’ve started your build, and now you’re wondering if some state inspector is going to take one look at your DIY conversion and shut the whole thing down. It’s a legit fear, and it comes up constantly in the skoolie community. The hardest states to pass vehicle inspection with a skoolie … 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
If there’s one part of the skoolie journey that makes people’s eyes glaze over, it’s this one. Nobody gets excited about paperwork. Nobody’s filming a YouTube tour of their trip to the DMV. But I’ll tell you what, this is the part that trips people up more than the actual build, and I’ve seen it … Read more
This was one of those things that kept tripping me up when I was researching bus conversions. Every state seems to have slightly different rules, and the DMV websites are about as helpful as you’d expect. I spent a solid weekend just trying to figure out what paperwork I actually needed, and what I found … Read more