tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post3653814876729761305..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Living in the Magic BusAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-43177353912636834042015-05-22T11:20:30.974-04:002015-05-22T11:20:30.974-04:00Anonymous said...
All across the plains there are...<i><br />Anonymous said... <br />All across the plains there are old wooden boxcars in the fields that are no longer used for anything. Most were used as sheds at one time, but as I've pointed out to people a number of them had doors and windows installed. You do the math.<br /></i><br /><br />In the UK loads of old barns were converted during the 1980s by yuppies and other middle-class people to live in. Kind of like the middle class people who move into rennovated industrial buildings in the city. So there might be a market for it in the USA.AABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046686945000483196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-52828427808152072072015-05-21T07:03:11.168-04:002015-05-21T07:03:11.168-04:00I've seen SUVs hit from the front and behind a...I've seen SUVs hit from the front and behind and they were a yard thick. Their safety is a con.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-63663865622483089622015-05-21T05:42:05.375-04:002015-05-21T05:42:05.375-04:00If you were going to do something like this a scho...If you were going to do something like this a schoolbus would be a good platform to build on. Lots of people live in them. A full sized new bus is usually in the 100k range, so the 3,000 or so you'd spend for a used one on ebay is a bargain. Regulations require them to be massively overbuilt to protect the kids, while the RVs and campers that people drive around the country in are nothing but poorly constructed plywood boxes stuffed with electronics in comparison. <a href="http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200611/hummer-vs-school-bus_600x0w.jpg" rel="nofollow"> This picture</a> for instance shows the aftermath of an accident between a full sized military hummer and a school bus. School buses also have fuel efficient diesel engines capable of idling indefinitely that are less likely to engulf the cabin in flames that a gas engine. The big downsides are that the rows of windows are not energy efficient and if you want to move around, an old school bus will stick out just about everywhere. <br /><br />Actually, it turns out though that a much bigger concern than housing is just negotiating the laws, regulations, crime patterns, social concerns and stigmas that come with living in non-traditional housing. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtAgNXSOleo" rel="nofollow">This guy</a> is a musician who lives in a conversion van and has a great series of youtube videos that cover all these aspects of the lifestyle. Personally, I think the biggest impediment to chucking the suburban dream home nightmare is the fact that women still expect men to provide them with a 1950s lifestyle in a 21st century economy, and there are still a lot of men who just run with that or at least try to. But we'll definitely be seeing a lot more unconventional housing arrangements becoming the new normal. It's not a matter of if it's going to give but just when.Rusty Shacklefordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-74681722233086979622015-05-20T16:54:18.049-04:002015-05-20T16:54:18.049-04:00It's actually a damned good idea, and somethin...It's actually a damned good idea, and something that I'm considering for myself.Black Poison Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378635809751908950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-69334475427182044812015-05-20T15:24:32.191-04:002015-05-20T15:24:32.191-04:00All across the plains there are old wooden boxcars...All across the plains there are old wooden boxcars in the fields that are no longer used for anything. Most were used as sheds at one time, but as I've pointed out to people a number of them had doors and windows installed. You do the math.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com