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Bus roof raise.
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These handy aides are used in the construction industry to help workers using scaffolding.
I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.
Be very careful if you do this yourself.
Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof.
They fit our rented scaffolding.
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Essentially you need to disconnect the roof from the body of the bus raise it to the height you want it build in supports to reattach the roof and then cover the gaps in sheet metal and put in either the original bus windows or add different windows as needed.
Every bus is different which means every roof raise will be different but the concepts are similar throughout the roof raise process.
It s all very exciting so let s get into it.
The roof is actually part of the shell structure integrity.
View from under the bus.
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This school bus conversion video is about the roof raise process in our skoolie.
The humans began the roof raise by constructing four equal walk boards.
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Mci s in particular are a monocoque design meaning they do not have a center or lower chassis structure.
So we prepped the bus for the raise most of the day on saturday removing rivets removing windows setting up the scaffolding and putting the whole bus up on blocks.
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Raising the roof on a bus can be a very dangerous task without the proper skills and equipment.