Converted Bus Makes Nifty Farm Shop

Converted Bus Makes Nifty Farm Shop FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 17-3-9 Joseph Morovits runs a hydraulic repair shop on his family's Eastman, Wis., farm and he needed his own building. "I repair hydraulic jacks and cylinders and needed a place to work so my tools would not get mixed up with my Dad's. I decided to convert a school bus. I cut the body of the bus off the frame behind the driver's seat and set it on top of railroad ties so it would be low to the ground. I got the bus from a guy who used the bus frame to make a truck. "I built a workbench over one wheel well and a shelf over the other one. I closed up the open end with tin on the outside and sheetrock on the inside. I put a wood stove inside to keep it warm in winter, burning newspaper and feedsacks. It only takes about 2 min. to bring it up to a good working temperature. In summer, I use an old furnace fan to keep cool. "I wired the bus with lights and electrical outlets and made a parts washer out of an old step saver, which works great because it comes with a built-in strainer. I added an electric motor and pump to it. "The cost of the shop was only about $100. The bus was the cheapest part since I traded a repair job on a jack for it." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joseph A. Morovits, Rt. 1, Box 136A, Eastman, Wis. 54626 (ph 608 874-4656).

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