2018 - Volume #42, Issue #5, Page #26
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“Camper Bus” Also Hauls Truck
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After removing all but the driver’s seat, he used a reciprocating saw to cut off the back panel and a good portion of the bus shell.
“I left enough room for a passenger to ride and two twin-size beds,” Ashcraft says. He welded the back onto the shortened bus, beefed up the remaining bed with channel iron, and welded 6 by 6 mild steel plates to hook straps to.
“I added a 1987 Chevy pickup bumper to the back of the bus to pull a trailer,” he adds. “We took a trip from southern Arkansas to southern Missouri pulling a 20-ft. trailer with an ATV on it and a Chevy Blazer on the bus bed.”
With 7-ft. ramps, Ashcraft can easily load and unload the Blazer.
“It only had 70,000 miles on it, and it has hydraulic brakes, so I don’t need a CDL to drive it,” he says. “We got a good deal - less than $1,000 for the bus and just $200 to convert it, and we have a living space and hauler.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nick Ashcraft (bigcreekbodyart@gmail.com).
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