Tour This ROUGHED IN SKOOLIE CONVERSION
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- A walkthrough tour of a recently completed rough in with an overview of the roof raise, exterior modifications, systems, and design layout.
This bus features a 16" roof raise, new dual pane RV windows, full spray foam insulation, 2,640 watts of solar, 17.4kwh of battery storage, 200 gallons of freshwater, 165 gallons of grey, an on demand water heater, 2 Espar diesel heaters, a 12,000btu minisplit, and a washing machine--it is ready to be finished out by the clients and spend its life providing off grid shelter!
My name's Chuck, I've been professionally converting buses for the last 7 years and was director of operations for a bus company before that.
IN THIS VIDEO, I'll give an in-depth tour of the best bus we've made yet, covering the systems, design, and features of this top of the line conversion.
Follow me on instagram for more info
/ chuck.cassady
For paid consults, skoolie advice, solar help, and more, email
charlie@chromeyellowcorp.com
Check out my shop
www.chromeyell...
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#skoolie #offgridliving #busconversion
I love how you run your shop and how wonderful you and your crew did Regretlyss's beautiful bus
Thank you so much!
It’s sooo nice to see your knowledge getting shared and that you stress it !! Fuses and breakers !!!
Man, i sure hope some day we get to work together on a project.
It's gonna happen my friend! Inevitable
Glad you started your own channel!! Great job on Alyssa’s bus! Look forward to the videos!!🦋
Thank you Angie! I hope you enjoy it here
I'm wanting to get out in the communities where people have lost everything and pass out Bibles and cook chili praise God and sing and I need a bus so they can have showers and they can eat and I can cook them food and you know hug them and travel around helping people that are hurting I wish I had the ability to do with this man's doing with tears running down my face if I had the ability to make a bus that would drive out and just bless people and help them that's all you know God's asking me to do I just don't know how I'm going to get the bus but when I watch these little videos it warms my heart thinking you know Jesus I'm believing for it I'm believing and I'm expecting a bus and so when I watch him it just fills my heart with joy overflowing thinking one day you have God's going to let me get out there and help people because I'm qualified I've read the word of God I've studied and chewed and studied chewed on his word and you need to get out there and cook for people and tell them how good Jesus is his beautifully and wonderfully made and he's the best of the best in the world he answers prayer I can tell you so many stories of my own family members overcoming addictions and I'm a caregiver for some of my loved ones but being an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb
LOVED this build, right up to where I see all the Electronics right next to 200 Gallons of water.
Thank you! They're on an elevated platform about 10" above the tank so i feel great about it. Those tanks would have to explode to get water up there
The key is to keep the water in the tank.
Appreciate all your knowledge and how clearly you explain things. Looking to buy my own busy and start converting. Looking forward to seeing the sequence of your builds and getting more tips and tricks.
thanks for watching!
You definitely know what you’re doing and the owners are getting a quality job. Hopefully their work in finishing the bus will live up to what you’ve given them to work with. Enjoyed this video very much. 😀
Such quality work, always! .. Love that everyone can match a Skoolie to their needs, the customizations are what make this all so cool! It's a canvas, and man; you're an artist! ❤
I’ve watched a lot of schoolie videos and you are by far the most knowledgeable person I’ve seen yet! Excellent work!!!
Thank you david!
I would have to agree with the way you build so many safeguards into the builds you do. Wow you blew me away with what the finished price would be and what this partial build cost. How much does the average short 5 window schoolie that you build cost finished? I'm also sorry to hear that you're closing shop but I don't even know where that is or was...lol
quality and safety is really priceless.that bus looks awesome i hope when they finish it we get to see it.
Thank You for helping us learn from your great experience and kindness.
Thanks Dave!
You are so talented, Charlie!
Man you build some beautiful stuff. My first bus was in 1976, we bombed around the country on the bicentennial year with my wife and I, another couple, a friend, a basst hound and a doberman. We also had a 750 Norton. Had a ball. Also built another bus in 1999, 40' with a 3126 cat. Have lots of pics of that one.
Watching your videos gets me Jonesing for one more, I am 71 years old and just dumb enough to do it again.
Just finishing a 24' cargo conversion with 9.5' cielings. Selling soon to do ...... another bus.
Thanks for sharing, you make awesome videos!
I hope our paths cross on the road!
Don
Awesome stories!!! I'd love to hear more in person. DO IT
Just came over from Regretless site. What you did for Lyss is amazing. Gladly following along. I’m mucking through my build, alone, so will be watching closely. 👍🏻❤️
Seen you around you give great advice keep posting your channels gonna blow up people need your knowledge
Thanks brother, appreciate the kindness
Congratulations Charlie on your own utube channel. Thanks for all the great info.
I appreciate you giving the brand names of items you use. I'm in the process of buying and installing solar panels on my 24 ft Class C and I'll check out those Big Battery lithium barreries.
You're a wealth of knowledge. You and your crew did a great job on the bus conversion for Alyss. Looking forward to all your future videos.
Thank you that is so kind! Big Battery is great, also SOK and Signature Solar sell great batteries as well!
Way to go Chuck !!!
Appreciate you tuning in!
This Is really, really clean work. The planning of space is down to the millimeter
The test of a good shop is being able to have the roughins look as clean as yours... this bus will stand the test of time
Thank you so much
Such a great walk through Charlie! I'm really glad I left access to the fuel tank door, it appeared to me that it made servicing the pump and sender possible without dropping the tank.
I wish I'd seen this before I ran the subfloor, I didnt think to run diesel heater lines like that 🤦🏼♂️. Such a good idea. Maybe I can tap into the top from under the bus. I'd guess that's a million times more efficient than using the minisplit for heat
you can likely still get your dip tube into the tank if you left access to the sender !
I didn't really understand half of what you said but it felt like it all made sense as you were saying it......if you know what I mean?!? 🤔🙄🤷♀️
Really enjoyed watching your talented team and your soap-boxing on Regretlyss and am looking forward to following your new adventures 👍😊🇬🇧
I know that feeling :) thanks for tuning in!
So much information, which is wonderful, but I’m going to have to rewatch several times! Thank you!
Good, you are a great serious professional and you explain things very well, thank you and a lot of strength
You must have read the back of my shirt :)
Hope you have fun what ever your doing on the road .
Always love watching and seeing your content! Super super knowledgable. Thanks for sharing
What was that waterproof board you used in the shower? We need to waterproof our shower soon and if that is easier than red guarding the plywood that we have, and then covering the red guard/plywood with a vinyl or something, then we may go with that. Having the type of board spelled out will make it easier to find at home Depot.
It is wedi board, if your shower is already plywood, I'd use their 1/8" thick product
Hey Charlie from Denver!
Sorry a little late, with the family!
Sorry, missed the premier.
Looking forward to see what else you put out.
I'm just glad to have people watching!
You are perfect 👍
Thank you for sharing this awesome video 🙏
Have a nice day my friend
Thanks! I'm tryin
Thanks 👍 for the show
Thank you for watching!
Great information Chuck!
Very informative, too bad the people didn't let you finish it!! You are the experts & I know you would have finished it by their wishes. Great content, best of luck on your journey and new UA-cam channel!! 👍💕
Thank you and thanks for joining me here!
Hi Charlie I love your work, man you’re the man for the Job👍🏽🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you so much for watching. Means a lot
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻stoked… we’ve been waiting!
thanks for coming!
Some of the best info on bus conversion on youtube.
thank you so much!
Lyss sent me. Pretty excited to follow your channel.Thanks for helping Lyss get keep on her path.
Welcome!!
Great tour
Congrats Charlie! Your the man!!!
Very sweet of you Cherie :)
Do you have any thoughts or concerns about the Outdoor part of the Mini-split being low and subject to road grime, road salt and stuff? Or does the box its in get sealed up for travel days? Amazing build, and workmanship.
Thank you! It is sealed on two sides, but yes road grime is a concern but it is fairly easy to clean. We haven't had any reports on other builds of it being a problem
Nice Build
I see you’re a fan of youtube’s drunken Scottish electronics technician that we all know and love. Skook’em.
V Necks rule! Chest hair jungle be damned!
You are very knowledgeable and do some awesome builds.
I appreciate that!
FYI, Chuck, a high resistance connection that glows on a wire will not trip a breaker. Sincerely, a fire investigator.
Huge point
Saw your build with Alyssa!
Thank you kindly
Beautiful central Oregon is an awesome place to visit! We have lots of BLM and national grasslands too. (AND -I need help with solar and batteries in my bus build) 😂
Hard to pass that off up!
Love it!
OMG Charlie I never have watched you in a video, GOOD JOB I so wished I could have Chrome Yellow do my bus :( You did a awesome job!
great to see you here! thank you!
Quality work
thank you!
Liked, commented, and SUBSCRIBED !!!
Thank you jaxxxxxxxx you're in for a treat
I just watched you on Regretless I subscribed u did a gorgeous job on her bus
Thank you I appreciate that a lot!
Came over from Alyssa. Looking forward to all the content you mentioned. ✌
Thanks for coming
Your amazing so many things to plan for.
Thank you❤❤
I should’ve opted for the mini splits ugh I have 2 RV AC’s and they use up so much electric…I even bought 2 soft starts for them but I have no idea how to install them yay lol
I'm a fan but start looking at grey water recycling, black water burners, cubic stove minis. All the newer idea's.
Lived with a mini for 2 years, it's cool but they're too small to burn for long enough
Nice work
nice video!
So good Charlie. New Sub here. I've been enjoying your teaching on the Regretlyss channel.
So glad you made it! More content coming soon
thanks for sharing, great info, nice build
Thanks for watching!
Found your page through Regretlyss 🤩🎉Love her bus y'all built Great job
Thank you! Subscribe and stick around a while, we're gonna have some fun ❤️
Congrats Charlie! This is what happens when you hang out with a you tuber!
Thank you! It is, indeed, contagious
You do great work
I appreciate that!
Your information is by far the best! Do you have any that are available for sale? I’m unfortunately being displaced from my rental at no fault of my own - former landlady died & new owner wants to renovate my place and move her people in. I have a terminal cancer diagnosis and can’t afford SOCAL rent on SSDI. It’s just for me and my mini English bull terrier girl. I am trying to find a completed bus done by you preferably to purchase 🙏🏽❤️
Just got our bus home yesterday, wondering if you ever made a list of the order things should be done (after demo) so as not to make costly blunders of having to tear out/undo work to do something that should have been done first? That would be such a big help.
Just follow along! Im doing it in the order we like to. Demo, roof raise, clean up wires, etc, and then build back!
You can't use just one like eighty or a hundred pound tank or even bigger if that's all you can find. Are the 4 small tanks just to make it easier to refill?
Looking good.Can I ask you why you and most builders build school bus rather then touring bus thank you and keep us pitchers as you build
Touring buses are awesome, but ground clearance is low and finding a tour bus under 35' is just about impossible. Otherwise, theyre amazing
Followed Regretlyss over here...
I'm So excited right now 🥰🥰 I love watching you , You are talented man and the guys that work with you . I tune in just for you Charlie 😊 Hope one day to have you work on my RV yes RV 😆 she is a old girl but I hope to be on the road with in the next year living a full time Nomad life
How much would it cost to have you guys do a roof raise and a ruff cut like this im looking for a bus now mid size flat noise blue bird 28 passenger im really considering doing a bus instead of a tiny house build and I can do the inside myself but I don't have a place or know how or equipment to do a proper roof raise and honestly your the only person I see on line that builds like I do and takes serious pride n what you do and I'm honestly terrified of the solar too I use to install on homes run the wires and mount the panels but I was learning the rest b4 I fell off a roof and cut my solar days off lol but to get a mid size bus done to this point I was wondering a estimate cost
More Soap Box! Please
Thank you for all the great information, Chuck! My boyfriend has mentioned something about a “solar consultation” with you. We are very interested in knowing how to meet - we are aiming to start systems at the end of the month. Do you have an email or forum for these consultations? Thank you, so much for everything you do. You have helped us build much confidence in our skoolie.
absolutely! in the video description of my most recent videos you'll see a link to schedule that!
Chuck, great and very informational video. Have been addicted to your soapbox talks on another channel, lol. Wondering if you have an instagram that we can also follow? Working hard now to save and would definitely choose you and your knowledge base for my rough in build.
Thanks for coming over! I do! It's @lookatthatbus
Will there be a soapbox segment??😀
Theyre happening!
Just subbed and will be bing watching
thank you!
I’d like to know how you made the shower pan. Is it full welded or caulked seams, Chuck. Otherwise another great build!
Full welded
What do you skin the inside walls with? Curious what thickness plywood. Thanks!
Also curious if you piped the diesel heaters into the main tank or how you ran it. We don't really want to have separate tanks for them and would keep an eye on their usage and make sure using them didnt leave us stranged if piped into main tank. Thanks!
I always tap the main tank!
Thank you!
Why dual grey tanks? If the customer is out in the backroads of New Mexico, why not put the grey water directly on the ground???
we build what they ask for. its better to have a tank and not need it, than need a tank and not have it
This is EXACTLY what i want done to my bus!! Where are you and how do I get in line!!??
there are links to contact me in the profile!
Chuck, do the water tanks have baffles in them so the water doesn't splash around?
No sir
Do you do the long furring strips so you can get more spray foam in? I also see shorter blocks going across the bus side to side
How much did it cost them to get it done that far?
WHAT WAS PROVIDING THE POWER FOR THE A/C UNIT AND THE WASHING MACHINE?
Solar panels and batteries
I have a 96 clubwagon van do you guys do work on them to convert to motorhome off grid
sorry, we do not do conversions on vans, but we can help with solar!
Do you think it'd be possible to put like French doors on the back?
with enough money and time, anything is possible :)
@@ChuckCassadyYT I think it would be cool to put the bathroom in the back, make it like a mudroom, so when somebody has to use the bathroom they don't have to walk through the entire bus. I also think it would be cool to take a bath with the doors open, depending on location of course, preferably secluded 😆
How much did they spend for that?
Chuck, how does one get pricing on one of your raised roof Skoolies?
Shoot me an email! Charlie@chromeyellowcorp.com
Can you build my shuttle bus? Where are you located?
So you source busses for your customers? Is that an option?
yes we do!
Just for clarity, is it 1 1/2 inches of spray foam in the walls and ceiling, or 3 3/4 inches? Things got a little confusing for me when you were describing that part.
It's just over 3"
@@ChuckCassadyYT Awesome! Thanks for the fast response. Hooked on your videos. Bus Life is calling, but I'm considering getting into your line of work, so these videos are invaluable. Much appreciated.
Good luck 👍
How much does it cost to do a mini bus? Thinking about redoing my life!
It's a big range! 40-100k
Any further news on the Chinese diesel heaters?
They're great!
@@ChuckCassadyYT Good news. Can you share which one you bought?
Levaner is one and the other is from seller called 'superfastracing' I don't recommend anything more then 2kw unless your bus is big or uninsulated
Is that amount including the roof raise
yes
That bus finished is going to cost about $120,000 / 130K ???.
If we did the finish, yes definitely
I'm going to ask TD Jakes to talk to this Cassidy and in Jesus name know that sometimes you got to just go out and buy something for somebody because they know what they're supposed to be doing but they just don't have the bus and I need to go out in the dirty places and help the people that are hurting and that's what I've been trying to do these 18 years I've been studying the word so I can help people and I've had adversity come against me and I've overcome addictions and my son's overcome addictions and health problems and prayer and just keep going and now that I'm getting a little older and wiser I need to get out there and help other people I need a bus you need to cook chili pass out Bibles and close let some homeless people watch up and clean their cells up give them hope and your words and your prayers but you know that this is God's will he'll bring it to me it's not my will it's his will be done on Earth as it is in heaven as we forgive those who trespass against us it is not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil for God is the kingdom and the power and the glory
Nice Job.....can I braid the Hair on ur arm?😁 lol jk
Any time you want! I like French braids pls
Haaaaaaaa! Nearly choked on my tea 😂😂😂
I laughed so hard at this witty,sarcastic repartee, I spit out my Spaten Munich lager and nearly dropped the bottle, no shit. Rhonda and Charlie are flippin hilarious.🇺🇲🍀👍😂
You chared over 65k for that? What did you do bill them for a thousand hours of labor? That's kind of hard to now after gutted. 5 day's of work cost 65k. No wonder your Business went belly up.
You’re an absolute idiot but thanks for the clueless comment.
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If your dog is farting hilari😂us!,
I want you to know you've ruined all other skoolie videos for me.
I just tried to watch several, and spent the entire time shaking my head, muttering "no, no, no, that's not the way Chuck does it!"
Thanks a lot.
Ruined 'em.
🤨You did.