Ball Family Bus

adventures in converting a school bus to an RV

Overweight driving

Before buying the bus I had read a fair amount about the requirements for driver’s licenses and RVs. I was sure that a normal non-commercial license was fine for driving a vehicle registered as an RV. But later I read some conflicting information about vehicles with a GVWR of greater than [...]

Back to life

The poor bus (and blog) have been neglected lately (it’s the chicken’s fault!).
Thursday I topped off the engine oil, and started the bus for the first time in a couple of months. I was worried about it not starting, etc but it started with no hesitation at all. I drove it about five [...]