I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.
Short bus roof raise.
Our bus was a little less than 9 tall in its original state.
In order to keep things legal the bus cannot be more than 13 6 in height.
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This dramatic option basically involves chopping off the entire ceiling of the bus fabricating support struts to elongate the existing ones replacing the severed roof onto the higher struts and then sealing all the gaps with sheet metal and so forth.
The roof was raised a total of 18.
We plan on living in it full time so we definitely want a decent kitchen shower and permanent bed space.
This turned out to be unnecessary even for bart who is 6 4.
We have been tossing around the idea of raising the roof just past.
The most popular reason is value.
Our new 6 ton car jack.
A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value.
By raising the roof 8 you now can be standing and look out your windows without leaning as much.
They fit our rented scaffolding.
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One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.
So we prepped the bus for the raise most of the day on saturday removing rivets removing windows setting up the scaffolding and putting the whole bus up on blocks.
Things we had to consider.
Short bus skoolie roof raise.