Excellent Video, I had no clue they would be that hard to insure......Also a note on buying from local schoolboard auctions vs marketplace or craigslist....If you buy from a county or city that has their own maintenance division that works on the buses, most likely you will get the maintenance records, also the county or city is not going to neglect maintenance on a school bus because of liability issues associated! If they have one they cannot fix or pass inspection it's usually a pretty obvious reason and you can see it, or they will tell you if you just ask one of the mechanics at the auctions.. That's just me 2Cents worth....

Nice to see things coming together on the bus. Those cracks on the tires. Do like Bert Munro did on his over 40 yr oldIndian motorcyle tires. He filled the cracks in with shoe polish! Then set a land speed record over 200 mph. The World's fastest Indin is a true story about Bert Munro from New Zealand.

Glad you got everything done on your bus!! I appreciate the way you help folks understand things & help folks with things from your experiences!! Like I said, I'm taking you with me when I fo truck shopping!! Lol!! You really got your bus looking sharp, keep the videos coming brother!!

So glad I stumbled upon this video. Great tips to follow while we are shopping for our bus! Makes sense to start with a good base before spending a bunch of money on the inside!! Thank you!

Good job on your video and thanks for all of your background information and what to look for in a used school bus.

Excellent! Thank you very much.

Hi Ben, glad you were able to get insurance and tags on your bus.The paint is awesome.Take care and be SAFE.💯👍👏🙏❤️

Just watched your video, very wise words of wisdom. Thank you for creating this video.

Very good information ! Love the Bus ! Have a Blessed Day

I'm not in the market for a bus, but I found this video very informative. Good job, Ben, and I hope you enjoy your bus. ps: I think the color was a good choice.

Your video is VERY informative and has caused me to "press my brakes" regarding purchasing a School Bus-. So Thank you for your audio & visual information to help me not be another uninformed person buying a Bus and developed "Buyers Remorse". Malave' Contreras Friday 26th of August of 2022.

Thank you for posting! My son and I are looking at one this week

Not that I’m in the market for a bus but you’ve provided some really good info for those that are looking for one, great job Ben 🙂🙋🏼‍♂️👍🏻

Good evening Sir, you have made a very well informative video mon ami 👍😉👌 Cheers 🍻

That's good to know about thanks for info 👍🏻

Hey Ben. I'm not in the market for a bus, but I just like listening to you. Very interesting! Take care

I sound this to be very informative and interesting. Who would have thought that finding insurance would have been an issue such as she ran into. We can take nothing for granted, I've just learned. Thank you for the education.

Very informative great job.

Valuable information, thank you.

Great video!👍🏻

Tons of great information !

Thanks for your video. You have covered several important points that all newcomers to the bus world should know.

this was amazing!!!!!!

thanks for posting.

Im not a international fan, love my Thomas, but this one you have is in beautiful shape!

Good info! I’m looking and yep paper work is the worst!

How's she gin'? Getting a used school bus could lead to a fun project but like you point out, it's not all easy going eh!! Thanks for covering all these points. Take care!!!

Not only is this awesome, valuable information, it is also straightforward LIFE advice to ask yourself what your goal is, what you need to achieve that goal, and what you really WANT along the way. Great job!

I have been looking for a bus for 2 years. I finally found a good one. It is a 98 Bluebird 8 window, non SPED, no rust, a rebuilt DT466e with good tires. The engine has been rebuilt, there's no blowby and it starts right up. I drove it home 330 miles and it ran excellent. Already stripping the interior. When I was looking, there was either some significant mechanical issue, or chassis rust or I just couldn't get any information from those awful auction houses. Or, when all (or most) of my boxes were checked the sale price went sky high. I've seen busses like mine sell for more than $6000.00. The shorter ones sell faster and higher than the full length ones.

Hey Ben I like the hat you are wearing

I think the color thing applies up here as well because all of the tobacco farms around here have school buses for hauling the migrant workers. They all have very poor ugly paint jobs lol at least yours looks nice! What paint did you use, I’d like to paint the wheels and dump body on the 800. I had haggerty for my 58 f100 when I had that. Probably a good idea to check the age of my tires too. I’m due for a battery, it’s dated 2012 but seems to work fine and I’ll never be more than a few miles from the farm. Good stuff here a lot of good checks for my self to look into after buying a medium size truck.

In Indiana you have to paint it before you can register it as well.

Hey Ben, question for ya - the Thomas/Chevy that I’m looking at is 500lbs over the gross weight requirement for a CDL license and I’m wondering if it’s registered for private use and all of the seats are gone, will I need a CDL?? Very hard to find solid answers on this topic

Wow I never figured it’d be a deal to get tags and insurance on a bus. What part of Virginia are you in?

well just stand up to them my buddy did they backed off they were telling him he could not park his semi at his house he told them you pay for a parking spot every day at the truckstop i ,ll move it they left him alone after that

Does the can't be yellow for 15+ passenger rule only apply to school bus yellow? Because I've seen yellow coaches

What if I have a CDL B with P and S endorsements? Could I still have 15+ passengers?

How much does youre dt-466 I want a medium length school bus to live in for 5 years ill move it around every once in awhile.

Who would want to keep it yellow or keep the upper lights ?

I hate when people rip it up and just give up then leave the next buyer with the mess. Even lose or throw away the interior panels very stupid.

Are you aware of the rules in Maryland

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