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In our local paper today (www.tdn.com) there was an article about the Burgerville chain setting up their restaurants with an easily accessible way to pump out their WVO. They no longer are going to have to pay to dispose of their WVO. And if I read the article correctly, the company that is going to...

Before you can determine what your conversion is going to look like when you are done you first have to determine who, what, where, and how you are going to be using your conversion. If you and fifteen of your closest friends and relatives are going to be using your conversion you are going to have ...

Several problems occur to me about a 1974 Ford school bus. First off, the Ford chassis used the old truck block engine. It isn't the same as the big block 460. Parts for the old truck block engines are starting to be few and far between (read that as $$$$). Most of the Ford buses I have seen had the...

Towing something big can be done if it is done carefully. I stress the carefully part because if it should get away from you... In any case, the biggest challenge to towing a dead bus is keeping enough air in the brake system to release the spring brakes and to keep them released. I was going to nee...

Orion buses are now owned by Diamler-Chrysler. Supposedly, any parts should be available through your local Freightliner dealer. I would bet the Orion you are looking at does not have just 59,000 miles unless it was a real garage queen. Most transit buses will put that many miles on in six months. E...

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Mark O.

Instead of a flatbed, why not a refrigerated trailer? It is already very well insulated. As far as commercially built travel trailers go, my in-laws lived in a 27' trailer in MI for seven years. As long as you put a good skirt around the bottom it seemed to work okay. The real downside is none of th...

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Mark R. Obtinario, owner
Cowlitz Coach

For a while there I was beginning to think you had abandoned your project. It is great to see the job proceeding. Your floor and roof raise are nicely done. About the floor, I did have a question for you. I know you have a Cummins and not a DD under the floor. You won't need to get into the top of t...

I seriously looked into powering one of my buses with WVO. I even got close enough to the point of costing out the system. It was at that point I decided the free fuel wasn't exactly free. To start with, most of the conversions have been in VW Rabbits or M-B sedans. In other words, I would use more ...