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Wasn't there some kid up in Alaska that thought a bus would make a great home? Didn't work out so well for him. Yep. Kind of common in AK. I met the guy who put the bus there that the kid died in. I was kind of doubtful about him until I saw him on a documentary about it. He has several buses spread out across AK. Gave him a ride to Manley hot springs where he stayed in a bus there.
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When I was a kid in the 60's there were a bunch of them being used as hunting camps in rural Potter county PA. Seemed to work for the hunters.
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Seems I heard of one that didnt work too well up north Wasn't there some kid up in Alaska that thought a bus would make a great home? Didn't work out so well for him. Yep. Kind of common in AK. I met the guy who put the bus there that the kid died in. I was kind of doubtful about him until I saw him on a documentary about it. He has several buses spread out across AK. Gave him a ride to Manley hot springs where he stayed in a bus there. That was/is Fairbanks 142. The bus was purchased from the city or school district and used as housing for workers. I think road construction workers maybe. When they finished the project, they just left the bus there in the woods beside a river. A wanderer/hermit named Chris McCandless found it and moved into it. He had to wade across a river to get to the bus. The river rose and he couldn't get out. He eventually starved or poisoned himself on wild herbs. The bus is still there. The movie Into The Wild chronicled his life. For a long time, the bus was a favorite destination for hikers and backpackers. But I think that the guberment closed it to the public. Chris McCandlessInto the Wild
Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.
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One last episode. Maybe the drama is over now. Or maybe not "The bus will remain in storage at a secure location, and the state is considering options for its permanent placement, Feige said."
Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.
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We have one guy here I know living in a 14'x14' shed, another in a little shack that looks like a chicken coop and a couple of lesbians living in a small camper. They've all been living that way for years. The one in the chicken coop has an outhouse out back. Don't know what the guy in the shed has for plumbing. The lesbians have the camper hooked up to a well and septic. A renovated bus would probably be an improvement for the shed and chicken coop dwellers. Looks like they’ve upstaged you by quite a bit. Are you renting from them, by chance?
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I spent a week camped in a schoolbus while elk hunting in Colorado, pretty snowy but we were comfortable.
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Put a woodstove in anything, even a t111 shack and you got yourself a mansion.
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Put a woodstove in anything, even a t111 shack and you got yourself a mansion. That’s what I’m talking about !
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When I logged for Columbia Helicopters one of the pilots had a bus conversion..That thing was nice...Of all the RV's that guy could have had and he chose to convert a bus.. Some are pretty nice IMO...Example ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/fNXCfjw.jpg) Jayco👍 Those little ship stoves are nice.
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I have seen a few. Mostly school busses.
Some were better than others..
I guess a tour bus would give you insulation/storage with the luggage bays..
Read a story a couple of years ago about a guy who broke down in a van somewhere up north and covered the van in hay bales so he could survive through the winter.
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Pretty spiffy with a TV dish on the roof!
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going to be cold without spending a ton on insulation.
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When I logged for Columbia Helicopters one of the pilots had a bus conversion..That thing was nice...Of all the RV's that guy could have had and he chose to convert a bus.. Some are pretty nice IMO...Example Jayco👍 Those cheap single pane windows going to be drafty
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My Appalachian farmer grandparents in 1956, never had a tractor, truck nor car.
But they did have an old milk truck/van parked out back as a chicken coop. My grandparents had a milk truck chicken coop in the 60's!!
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