I have heard rumor of someone who had converted an old school bus into a hauler, with the front half a bus, and the back half a flatbed to drive a crawler up onto. Has anyone see anything like this? I have a friend looking to do something similar to this for snowmobiles. If it is out there does anyone have pictures they can send?
crawler hauler
- Thread starter Rusted
- Start date
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Do a search on Pirate... there are several...
In fact, do a search here, I remember Cody was going to get one too...
Sky's Extreme has a couple up in the Odgen? area.
In fact, do a search here, I remember Cody was going to get one too...
Sky's Extreme has a couple up in the Odgen? area.
Floppy Hat
mbryson's hairdresser
- Location
- Lehi, Ut.
Here is a pic or one. I think it is the same one that was for sale on POR awhile ago, but the paint job is the product of Photoshop.
jamesgeologist
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- Location
- Ogden, UT
Sky's Extreme in Clearfield, UT has two of them....
bb88
New Title
- Location
- Clinton, Utah
the ones at Sky's Extreme are set up to haul 2 rigs. one enclosed and one in the open on the rear deck, their rear deck is WAY taller than that purple thing.
joez
Registered User
- Location
- Elwood, Illinois
dont mean to hijack, but wouldnt you need a CDL for one of those?
jamesgeologist
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- Location
- Ogden, UT
I guess they just weren't that aggressive with the torch. Although, it is a decent concept. They get as good mileage or better than the pickups and trailers they used to haul their junk with to comps in the past. Plus they have a dry place to park at least one buggy. You know they only paid $500 bucks for each bus.
crimsonride
huh?
- Location
- Murray
Floppy Hat said:
Wow, that's a pretty cool integra.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
26,000 GVW or under = no CDL unless you have Hazardous materials. That truck probably weighs about 14 to 16,000 LBS empty, so I would register it at 24,000 lbs.rusted said:
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jamesgeologist said:
i saw both of them on the way to Moab the other week...i think Carl told me they've got auto Allison tranny's and all sorts of cool stuff....i liked em, i've always wanted to do something like that.....
the thing i don't get, is how does one rig fit inside? cause when i went up to them, just looking at the one on the outside, it seemed there wouldn't be enough room for one inside???? someone should get some pics of these things!!!
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
utahxjer said:
I 'Think' that if you reregister it as an RV, and are below the weight rating as Hickey indicated, you do not need one.
I talked to Sky's at SuperCrawl and took a good look at both rigs. They run a Detriot Diesel and an Allison tranny, get about 17-19 mpg and will motor up to about 70 mph. They did get them cheap, but not as cheap as was indicated above. {close, though} That got me wondering about buying one for the power train and using it in an old pickup/suburban chassis......... {that Detroit can't be light, though}
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
You need to have Bus Endorsment when you haul 16 passengers or more.
jamesgeologist
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- Location
- Ogden, UT
If I remember correctly, the Sky's buses are chopped so that there are maybe four seats, five if you count the driver. I think your passenger capacity and rating is dependant upon the number or available seats. Therefore 15 seats would keep you under the 16 passenger endorsement requirement. $0.02