Off-grid Skoolie Build Time-lapse - 2 Years In 10 minutes!

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We are Maddy and Zach, we bought a school bus to convert into a tiny house 2 1/2 years ago. In this video, we put together a timelapse of everything we have done on the bus so far.
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@rodneymacomber6337 8 ай бұрын

My parents in 1975 bought a school bus and we lived in it full time on the road pulling a shop trailer making redwood signs for 22 years full time 22 years I was 14 when the started and went on my own at 18-19 years old t thought we where poor now in 2023 I know we lived best life ever key west to Seattle to San Diago to NY. I wish you’all happy trails

@josiahjacinto4156 22 күн бұрын

It seems lockdown doesn't apply to your family during the pandemic.

@appliancetraining 20 күн бұрын

That is an awesome story! I'm curious, after you went on your own, did you end up being 'travel' orientated or did you feel the need to settle down in 1 place?

@rodneymacomber6337 20 күн бұрын

@@appliancetraining you ask so I’ll tell you when I was 25 I went alone to Pakistan to the mountains later I drove to Acapulco so yes I still love to go but now I’m just a snow bird between Enseñada and Northern California

@appliancetraining 19 күн бұрын

@@rodneymacomber6337 very cool, again thanks for sharing. Sorry to keep asking…. what took you to Pakistan? So far a way. (I’ve been ‘trapped’ in a family business for a while and have never left the country alone, but have always thought it would help me in some way to do so)

@kerryabruzzo5297 Жыл бұрын

Love how you are doing this together 👍🏽❤️

@smyle78 10 ай бұрын

It will be very cosy with this wooden cover. Congratulations. Its so much work.

@toddclarke1580 2 ай бұрын

This is more about having a good relationship and moving forward , I had a girlfriend that would take a year just to argue about what color we should paint something.

@AfrooBlack 23 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@eka-bish6197 15 күн бұрын

That's why she is ur ex

@shannonmisquadis 15 күн бұрын

@@eka-bish6197😂

@fernie6299 14 күн бұрын

It’s about redesigning the bus bro

@Milciadesbrea 14 күн бұрын

@@fernie6299are you the ex?

@jackb76324 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely superb! Outstanding work. Your passion and talent is admirable.

@alexanderspohn 2 ай бұрын

Two weeks into the first trip with that thing "I'm pregnant"... Damn, gotta sell the bus now, lol

@asmongoldsmouth9839 Жыл бұрын

Looks fantastic so far!! 👍

@KyleC2OO7 Жыл бұрын

Awesome rig! Looks great!

@jasona8613 Жыл бұрын

That is awesome. Way to go on innovation!

@TheCanes1219 25 күн бұрын

I love this and the jazz in the back ground is amazing

@saifsence1982 Жыл бұрын

You did a great job. Really liked it

@hotwireman49 11 ай бұрын

OMG I can't wait to see!!

@FootballAnalysis2.0 Жыл бұрын

Great job guys ❤

@user-ns4kh7bm2r 3 ай бұрын

Hi guys well done so far. You brought some good skills to the job and with help from your family n friends you will save so much money and will know all there is to be able to do repairs. This is a part of your travels and you will be able to look back with great pride. I’ve done similar jobs and wish I still had your fitness and enthusiasm. Keep going. Cheers Laurie from Tasmania oz

@jasongilman7270 Жыл бұрын

Nice job. We did a 40 foot dog nose a couple years ago. They are fun. Best of luck to you both.

@jeffreypinder9398 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job and beginning. I sort of had a feeling you had some welding experience. Great to see your parents lend helping hands.

@anthonydunne7385 Жыл бұрын

Well done!

@expatinbrazil Жыл бұрын

Wow!!!!!!!!!!! Respect!

@FUurMOM 8 ай бұрын

Incredible work 😮

@bobadkins7377 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! More please!!

@bobbailey5072 Жыл бұрын

Great project! Its goona be sweet!

@roshiasasapan7809 Жыл бұрын

Supported fam, keep going guys

@michaelvoronov5716 Жыл бұрын

Огромная, сложная работа. Вы большие молодцы. Благослови вас бог.

@analyngonzales7444 Ай бұрын

My dream is also to have a caravan like that..even i don't have a house and i only have that it's really really ok to me to stay there❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍

@johnpartridge7623 9 ай бұрын

Good job 👍👍👍

@zhefan7223 7 ай бұрын

amazing work🎉👍

@user-so3pp9el4j 7 ай бұрын

Молодцы ребята! Девочка вообще герой! 😊 Респект!

@LueBanga4rmPA Жыл бұрын

Living the dream 🙏

@paulthompson8613 11 ай бұрын

Just WOW

@roshiasasapan7809 Жыл бұрын

A talent!

@matthewkeating6970 Жыл бұрын

Great vid

@mariposalandcompany1202 Жыл бұрын

All that bending over would have killed my back. Thanks for sharing your experience and hard work!

@TravisTheTreeGuy 6 ай бұрын

Proud of you for no bickering or arguing. Flawless!

@dennis3178 6 ай бұрын

Editing is a wonderful thing 😂

@mick00000000002 Жыл бұрын

That's a big job. I'm shore you do for your height. Pray you keep the bus. God bless mick Australia. Just join. Thum up. 👍

@mrzorg 6 ай бұрын

I knew a guy who converted diesel pusher busses to motor homes. The key to putting metal in the windows place, is to heat the metal with sun lamps then drill and weld them in place, when it cools, it will be tight/flat surface.

@fctryoffetsh39 6 ай бұрын

Amazing work great job😊😊😊

@timbo2legit2quit 11 ай бұрын

Looks like a lot of fun and a whole lot of work for something that is going to shake a part on the road.

@honestlynate7922 11 ай бұрын

It's the engine I'm wondering about. That's a great price but that's because fixing the engine's going to cost 40 Grand this might have been a lot of work for nothing

@williammount6496 6 ай бұрын

Incredible .. love it. Dr William Mount

@richie8214 Жыл бұрын

That's wicked

@cdgee6399 Жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD!!! Your seats use bolts? I had to grind 4 steel rivets from each of the seats, in my 37ft bus! Huge job.

@steve7890 11 ай бұрын

😂 skoolie. Sounds so funny.

@BrightestThomas 14 күн бұрын

woww i will try this

@CryptoFamilie Ай бұрын

Wonderful 😉

@valdecir.acampamento Жыл бұрын

Salve casal de construtores tá ficando top, está casa.

@PaiviProject Жыл бұрын

You guys are doing a great job 👍

@user-cn1mj4sg8h 9 ай бұрын

수고하셧습니다 자 이제출발~~~❤

@onetoeinthegrave6506 Жыл бұрын

many thanks guys

@sillyus2677 Жыл бұрын

This is so cool. I hope to do something similar someday :)

@maddyandzach Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s quite the journey!

@davidgust4045 Жыл бұрын

Someday never comes. Do it now.

@repete9156 Жыл бұрын

@@maddyandzach 🎉😂

@michaelaronsohn3624 Жыл бұрын

Well done guys, keep up the great work

@maddyandzach Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@wizardscientist2883 11 ай бұрын

Great job but hey I can’t help but to think… it’s like your journey is actually more preparing than actually traveling.. I hope that you guys will be able to use the bus for the time that is much longer than you guys spent prepping the bus.

@squareup4827 Жыл бұрын

Nice bro I want to see more of your vlog

@beardnpalianytsia Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Hi from Ukraine 🎉

@songwriterscove4515 8 ай бұрын

Hi from America,,, just wondering, are you guys still being attacked?

@janes8053 8 ай бұрын

Dang, those kinds of bluebirds weren’t even made until 2008! Unless it had to hood-swap, which happened to my school’s 112! Fun fact! I used to ride 112

@graybeard2113 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the decent background music. Far too many videos have annoying music/noise that HAS to be muted. Great Video!

@raju986 Жыл бұрын

Good 👍

@FredHicks 15 күн бұрын

Wish you kept more windows and maybe added some skylights but looks like a fun project!

@jenkins2162 Жыл бұрын

School busses and Uhaul truck's frames, suspensions, and drivetrain are built like tank's. Most have no idea.

@12adminsdf Ай бұрын

I love you both you guys have a good vibe together

@braun3659 Жыл бұрын

I hated removing those tracks in my bus! That was one of the worst parts with the exception of the 10,000 rivets I had to remove. Hahaha

@maddyandzach Жыл бұрын

Lol that is so relatable haha

@sunarkosunarko4425 Жыл бұрын

Nice frend

@RoadWarrior-lo9vt Жыл бұрын

That's really neat to see that being done. Like to see it in a full video, at normal speed. T.V. be like.. Okay!.. We need this bus tore down and rebuilt, and it has too be done in 3 days! 😳 🤬

@valdecir.acampamento Жыл бұрын

Mais um inscrito.

@amareshwarbhattacharya343 9 ай бұрын

Buy a railway coach from Bharat and make a beautiful Camper on wheels.

@louderbm Жыл бұрын

I am for you all that your so proud of it but I am never going to do that!

@eprofessio 9 ай бұрын

I would have just put down new sheathing on the floor and saved weeks of work and back braking labor.

@Mr192577 Жыл бұрын

Great job but mostly I enjoy that you guys live the adventure together I do question the overall weight of the finished home I feel some lighter material could have been used

@georgeburke6336 Жыл бұрын

Take out the seats, put carpet in the floor, paint the inside and then decide what you want it to look like inside.

@explosive821 Жыл бұрын

Your Girl is a bad ass, you’re so lucky and what an awesome family and your great friend to help. Enjoy drive safe. Peace

@mchlgrffn88 Жыл бұрын

Just realized I live in the place they bought the bus from lol

@kreepyits-o7761 Жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻the school district called wants their bus back 😄😄😄😄

@user-hm4wg6sh8c 9 ай бұрын

The weight of the wood decreases has milage very significantly. Did it to van in late 70s miles per gl.was nuts like 6 pr 8 mpgs. Just saying and in the mountains lololololol 3or4 mpgs. A bus has to be worse. Looks great no question the question is are you driving or docking. That's what will really matter. Financially.

@dannmann17 Жыл бұрын

Longer videos! 👍🏻🇺🇸

@jameslewis1605 Жыл бұрын

I wished my last two years had passed in ten minutes.

@terra2jaquesmuller333 Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

@TrippDaHippy 11 ай бұрын

Amazing how you guys accomplished this in 10 minutes :)

@Zaydengriffin-xs8tm 10 ай бұрын

2years😂

@johnsmithSongbird 4 ай бұрын

I have seen old school busses converted into nice camping mobile homes with 2 bedrooms bath kitchen You have to have a plan and follow through

@johnjohnson8336 14 күн бұрын

Sure thank you

@jeffjones9729 Жыл бұрын

I live in limestone county!

@nikunjmmistry Ай бұрын

This is amazing, such a patience and hard work. Did you do this as part time work or full time?

@sandramiller6996 29 күн бұрын

What did you do with all those seats? You could have made them into seating for booths just have to add the table. Food for thought. That is a School bus.

@juliananongkynrih2452 Жыл бұрын

I'm from India (shillong) 😊😊😊

@domdz 16 күн бұрын

damn at backing this beast for parking tho

@jimbailey7997 Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@joewildwest2241 Жыл бұрын

two years in the last ten seconds

@garyjones2582 Жыл бұрын

Would it have been cheaper in the long run to find a used Greyhound bus and convert it? They are built to handle many more miles.. BTW you guys are doing a great job... If that is Limestone Tn, I'm just up the street...

@user-dk1qg1wk2x Жыл бұрын

Why are so many people being rude??? What's the point? Why not be happy for eachother instead of just spreading negativity. The comments are so miserable.

@gdotone1 Жыл бұрын

nobody talks about making these quiet.

@caracamano71 Жыл бұрын

👏👏👍

@agoogler1887 Жыл бұрын

👍

@mikecagle984 9 ай бұрын

Good job! But the 'broken record' you were playing nearly cost me my sanity!

@daakrolb Жыл бұрын

I would have liked to watch the footage not in fast motion. Actually in slow motion to watch her. Mannnnnnnnnnnn what a specimen. Wow. Definition of beauty.

@fargoalspach557 Жыл бұрын

Take it easy creepy, why not just run off and find your lotion bottle with your thoughts to yourself. Always has to be that guy. Couldn’t just say wow she’s beautiful and I’m not talking about the bus. ?

@daakrolb Жыл бұрын

@@fargoalspach557 I was being complimentary! An absolute beauty! Admiring her like a beautiful sunset or mountain scene....

@wowKyl3 Жыл бұрын

Bro wtf... A specimen? Your entire comment is ignorant and predatory. Honestly...wtf dude.

@tojixx671 8 ай бұрын

Man these bots are so weird commenting on this about some “mrs.Sonia” and not appreciating the video and the Timelapse of amazing transformation

@treysteem6 Жыл бұрын

Where did you guys buy your bus?

@maddyandzach Жыл бұрын

Off the website Govdeals and we got it from a school district in Alabama

@ericgamming5588 Жыл бұрын

3,300?! That’s honestly pretty decent

@wendyballenger9034 Жыл бұрын

Gonna find em cheap. Cuz taking them apart and completely redoing the inside is hella expensive

@parkerwatkins1479 Жыл бұрын

I think that about the average right now, from what I've seen lately

@krijadtes Жыл бұрын

No way you can even find one running for that price. Definitely not one that clean.

@jcauley9 11 ай бұрын

Cost of bus? Wonder what budget was

@krijadtes 11 ай бұрын

A running pre-2005 skoolie with seat rows, little rust, factory paint, working cond... $8000-10000

@jake8882 5 ай бұрын

Super cool. Love it. What floor heating system was used and was it a worth it?

@maddyandzach 5 ай бұрын

We used an Espar D5e heater and it works amazing! Kept us warm even when well below freezing.

@digiornopizza1918 Жыл бұрын

Video wasn’t fast enough so I played it at 2x speed.

@timothycarey3883 Жыл бұрын

Should have left ceiling it was panneled and insulated.

@lef242 Ай бұрын

Shitty insulation

@jjl499 7 ай бұрын

Why didn’t you go over the rubber floor?

@johncowie3092 Жыл бұрын

I know let’s become bloggers that’s a great idea I suppose why not better than a real job

@billcichoke2534 2 ай бұрын

Interesting build, but a question... With all the wood in the ceiling, doesn't that make this thing incredibly top heavy? I drive the full size version of these things for my local school district, and just having a bunch of luggage in the students' seats with them makes my bus roll in the corners terribly.