Converting a new bus. // Skoolie Build Ep. 1

[@rebeccabaradas7699]

“Peeing in the snow in cursive “??? 😂😂😂 that’s hilarious! 😂😂😂😂

[@mariajoseandchase]

Hahaha I know it sounds ridiculous, but I might have better "pee-writing" than I do handwriting...

[@lourdeswaite9465]

I’m to support.❤❤❤

[@theeteenahtee]

Mariajose eating her anger and pain with eyes closed is so relatable 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Meghanandmatt]

I️ wish I️ watched this yesterday. We both were clenching our jaws so much during our build we had to stop and take a nap 😂. Crazy amount of work you guys got done!😊

[@pilgrimpeace7763]

Definitely keep the wheelchair lift. How cool will it be for the pram. Also an deck. Yep, you gotta keep it. Great work. Lovely to have you both back.

[@mariajoseandchase]

It's great to be back! We're looking at all options to keep it or use the space similarly.

[@thepricefamadventures]

Loving this so so much!! We must travel together in our buses now!🚌 so excited to see what you guys do with this beautiful build ❤

[@tammycruz8189]

Can't wait this is going to gorgeous 😍🥰

[@FnAVanLife]

peeing in the snow in cursive lmao. hahaha something i have done too. You might be doing that before the end of this build since you are building a mansion on wheel. I'm excited to see the progression and the finished product of this dream bus.

[@AnthonyFlores-vq9ji]

OMG! I love it! I can't wait to see what you do with it. My build is almost finished. Probably January. Hope to see y'all on the road! Oh, and I wish I had a huge climate controlled shop to work in. I would have been done a year ago...

[@dtowngrl2013]

Keep the wheelchair lift for the stroller!!

[@stevenannett1739]

Man this is going to be cool ! As for the wheelchair ramp, Would be soo cool if you could convert it into a deck,,Maaybe have extra sides that could fold in ?? lol Would be cool and ive never seeen one done.

[@apluspressurecleaning3758]

I’m not kidding, of all the bus builds I’ve watched on KZbin, I always thought Tio was the best floor plan. The L-shaped kitchen, with a hallway on the side, gives so much more room for bathrooms, etc. I’m curious to see what changes you make on your new build. I will likely steal some of your ideas. My 12 window Thomas w 5.9 Cummins is waiting.

[@jrhuda4312]

Elevator bed!

[@mrmotofy]

Make yourself a shop air filter system with one of those $10 walmart 20" box fans and a 20x20 furnace filter attached to the back of it. Then run it to help draw the dust from your work and filter the air. Makes a world of difference and it's super cheap. If you wanna get fancy find an HVAC shop and get a 20x20 furnace filter housing to attach

[@mariajoseandchase]

Funny enough, Chase surprised himself, and me, last week when a massive box showed up and it happened to be a huge dust collector. Then more boxes showed up and they were extra lengths of hose and other things he said we really needed in the shop. Apparently a CNC was really needed too.

[@TheLanges]

If you have an underbelly storage. One persons can hold the nut in the underbelly while the other person loosens the bold inside. Once we figured that out it saved so much time. You can do it for the ones you can reach under the bus but the gas tank got in the way for a lot of them.

[@cjg8822]

Can’t wait for the layout and design 🎉👏🏻👍🏻

[@mariajoseandchase]

Can't wait to share what we're thinking in our initial draft!

[@MobileDwellings]

5:39 I just started finally wearing (some) PPE too. Wth was wrong with us back in the day?!

[@mrrustygray]

If you stop and think about it, those buses are built to protect your children. They are built well. Understand they are not going to be easy to take apart, because they were not intended to be taken apart. I was a product manager at a plant in the 90's and every section supervisor, had school age children. They built those buses as if their kids would be on them.

[@mariajoseandchase]

Our thoughts exactly. That’s why we converted our first one as well. We didn’t do a full demo on that first bus though, this one… no screw was left unturned. Thankfully it was an IC bus and it was screws and not rivets 😂

[@lef242]

They are significantly easier to work on and disassemble than any coach bus I have ever worked on.

[@NoCaping]

This is gonna be awesome I was so devastated when you guys got rid of Betsy!! 🎉😂

[@RevGerryRM]

I am happy to see you are going to Lowe's as opposed to that orange store that doesn't care about Veterans! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mariajoseandchase]

We're most definitely Lowe's people. I've always had great experiences at their stores. There are only ever a few things we have to go to HD for.

[@MISSIONSEETHEWORLD]

Incredible!! Can’t wait to see what you do with the place. What do you do with all the seats? Do you try to reuse anything, sell it, scrap it?

[@mariajoseandchase]

We're keeping two of them for the shop, and two more potentially for the bus. The rest we've stacked for a guy locally who makes stuff with the metal. Our last bus we took them to a recycle center.

[@ijarei97]

I believe ur keeping the deck

[@mariajoseandchase]

Mariajosé most definitely wants to keep it.

[@mrmotofy]

Use like a 5-10 pound weight...ya know like those dumbells everyone has laying around from good intentions. Then use a bungie to hook to a tripod to help weight and stabilize. Bonus then when you're not using the dumbells people see them and they will think you're so amazing and work out with them

[@mariajoseandchase]

Got a pretty good chuckle out of this, that was definitely needed. That's a great idea, plus with as often as we move the tripod we should actually be getting a little bit of a workout in, right? We've got some kettlebells somewhere that would work perfectly.

[@mrmotofy]

@@mariajoseandchase Hey I'm not gonna be the one to say you should be working out. Yep if you remember any physics from school. You can hang the weight low just off the floor/ground that keeps the center of gravity low and even less likely to get knocked. Attaching it high still leave more probability to get knocked. But any weight is better than no weight. This was the 2nd vid I watched in a day that had a tripod knocked and cam damaged. A week ago or so I seen another one that had the same issue. But that involved an unexpected explosion that sent protective plexiglass and wood stud framing flying. It may not have helped

[@lockelamora0717]

It's too late now, but you can break the bolts by tightening them with an impact wrench instead of loosening them. Snap, snap, snap.

[@mariajoseandchase]

You wouldn’t believe it, but we tried that after getting under the bus and trying to get one out from on top and below. All but one just spun, tightening or loosening. We employed every lesson we thought we learned from our first bus build removing seats.

[@AnthonyFlores-vq9ji]

ok. I'm only at @4:44 but if you loosen the bolts and then put a pry bar under them and then pry up while the other person loosens the bolts, you'll be done in an hour! OK...now back to watching.

[@dianedamadio9577]

you guys should put a washer and dryer in the bus

[@dianedamadio9577]

stink or nomad because you are sponsored

[@mariajoseandchase]

We're definitely considering a washer, but will likely hold off on a dryer from a power constraint standpoint.

[@mariajoseandchase]

Are those the names of a brand of Washer/Dryer? I wish we had more sponsors, but we've already purchased ~$16,000 in items for the bus all out of pocket, and another almost $10,000 on a machine for the shop that we had contacted several companies for a sponsorship and ultimately ended up purchasing one on our own. I'd be surprised if we end up using a sponsor at any part of the build.

[@sunnydaze136]

Yay!!!! You're Back!!! Where is Isla?

[@mariajoseandchase]

Hiiii! We're back! Isla gets to hang out with her Grandma on days where we're actively building. We take lunch and other breaks to spend time with her, but try to keep her away from the loud noises, irritants, and other harmful things involved in the deconstruction and build. She'll be in future videos of the build when we get to a point that it's safe to have her out there.

[@jyoungmusic23]

Small Network rack for inside the bus 🙂

[@mariajoseandchase]

I don't know if I'd even know what to do with a server rack. Give me some ideas and we'll see if I can implement them.

[@jyoungmusic23]

I will find some samples@@mariajoseandchase

[@vedaendevoets3717]

You should try to make a little room for baby with her bed up high and room for her toys and play under the bed

[@mariajoseandchase]

Oh my goodness. It’s almost like you’ve been around our brainstorming sessions. This is almost exactly what we’re thinking for her.

[@2AZSUN]

I'm here just for the cursive snow peeing. Maybe some bus building too, we'll see how it goes. 🤷‍♂

[@mariajoseandchase]

I'll be sure this winter to share some of my writings.😂

[@2AZSUN]

@@mariajoseandchase Perfect!! Maybe you could start a new competition vid series.

[@mariajoseandchase]

@@2AZSUNhahaha I have a feeling I might win. -Chase

[@2AZSUN]

@@mariajoseandchase Somebody has to. May as well be you.

[@claybournebagenal3833]

Promo sm 🙃