Category: Converting School Buses

American school buses may just be the most versatile vehicle around. Sure, most buses spend their lifespan transporting students to and from school each day, but some buses go on to live another life after they are retired from standard use. This short documentary shares the tale of one such bus, which served a school… Read more »

Every year, countless buses are retired from usage in schools. Many of those buses are sent for disposal or sit unused in lots for year upon year. For some of the buses however, there is a second life as the home for a family willing to break from the mold and turn the old bus… Read more »

Jeremy and Mira Thompson initially purchased their mini school bus with a dream of hitting the road and living a more adventurous and nomadic lifestyle in a simple skoolie. After a few years though, the couple realized it was time to settle down. “We wanted more time to see family, travel, and live in the… Read more »

How long would you guess it takes to turn a 36 passenger school bus into a comfortable vacation home? A month? Several months? How about 10 days? That is how long it took Marco Khalil and Caroline West from Canada to entirely renovate their 1979 GMC / BlueBird school bus into a lovely skoolie capable… Read more »

Losing your job can be an incredibly trying time, but some see it as an opportunity to follow their dreams. Adrian de la Cerda found himself out of a job after working for a non-profit organization for 10 years, but before he left he asked about a school bus with a turbo diesel engine sitting… Read more »

I have seen school buses converted into homes, traveling party vehicles, work places, art studio, and gardens, but Colorado Mountain Club may take the prize for most creative use of an old school bus with their Bouldering Bus. The bus was gifted to the club in November by Women’s Wilderness Institute, who in turn had… Read more »

Skoolies, or converted and repurposed school buses, embrace creativity to the extreme. Every skoolie is unique, crafted with the care and ideas of only a few people. Most often, these can be impressive and downright cool vehicles and living spaces, but occasionally the final product leaves a bit to be desired. These repurposed school buses… Read more »

It may have started as a joke, but that didn’t stop the Bus Collective from becoming a reality. A group of friends were enjoying a fairly typical night earlier this year, talking, drinking, and sharing stories. But when someone floated the idea of buying a used bus to take a trip across the country as… Read more »

The vast majority of school buses on the road look very similar to each other, but a few individuals who have made their own repurposed school buses have created vehicles like no other. These converted school buses recently shared by Pixable are unlike anything else out there. 1. The School Bus Monster Truck 2. The School… Read more »

Many people who buy buses to convert into mobile living spaces talk about going green and living off the grid, but few have gone to the extents that one bus owner has with his 1977 solar and wind powered 4×4 converted bus. The owner has equipped his bus to function as a mobile house with… Read more »