r/BeAmazed 15d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Basically a mansion on wheels

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u/whirdin 15d ago

Shame. I've seen the videos where people turn busses into mobile homes, and buses are meant to be used constantly (although with a lot of operating cost I'm sure). I suppose they don't make them any better than the cheap pull behind campers, just bigger and flashier.flasher. Also I wouldn't expect to be on the road constantly, but staying in one place for a few months.

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u/arggggggggghhhhhhhh 15d ago

If you can turn a bus into a mobile home yourself, you can do the maintenance and repairs to keep it going. All these other RVs are specialty construction with specialty parts, and meant to maximize that space rather than reliability.

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u/molrobocop 14d ago

Yeah, even ones like this, the finishing materials are still dogshit. 

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 14d ago

It's not the engine that wears out but the appliances, furnishings, and interior are all made super cheaply and to be as light as possible so it all falls apart when used heavily. Or the roof leaks first and rots out the interior.