I've had my eye on a '99 E-350 with a PSD with just over 150K miles, and the price seems reasonable at $2500. It seems imaculate inside and out, and i always wanted to have one of these ever since i quit riding them to school. :teehee:
Even has a wheelchair lift that could be used for loading big heavy things.
Obviously i would have to fab up a hitch assembly, but no big deal.
My main concern would be the really short wheelbase.
Only thing I could think of is the ridiculously steep differential gear busses tend to have in them as they are mostly designed for around town surface streets. I would think you would run out of RPMs pretty quick after 55-60mph.
The only reason I say this is any school bus Ive been on always shifts up pretty early and seems to be in 3rd gear by 20 or so mph, i chalked this up to having a silly tall rear end gear. I certainly dont konw what gear they yours is equipped with, just something to look out for I guess.
I would not be concerned with the wheel base. I tow all the time with my K1500 full size 4x4 Blazer with a 6.5 Turbo Diesel in it... no issues towing cars, boats, trucks, equipment, etc.
Or just get a real bus, then take the back of it and do this to it....
I think a short bus would be a great rig though. The lack of 4wd would kind of suck for muddy parking areas and whatnot, but a decent locker and a set of decent mudders would fix that, or you could do a 4x4 conversion on one....
Oh man, I gotta go....I'm gettin all sorts of fun ideas....
Well, this is what I've used for the past couple of years. 94 e-350 7.3 idi diesel, auto, d70 rear. It has a 13ft bed area for my jeep, or whatever else I want to haul. Pulling two jeeps I get around 9 mpg. It has a heavy duty leaf pack so it only drops about 3 inches with the jeep on. It also has enough room behind the front seats to put a full size sofa or air mattress. Great for camping in if the weather gets bad. Here are a couple pics.
FWIW, Mines for sale. 351 Gas motor. Bought it off the board here about 2 years ago. Then baby number two arrived, and you know the rest of the story. I have put about 1500 into it. Brand new C 6 trans.
PM me if your interested.
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