LeeTrans sold the bus after over a decade of service. Looking at the fleet number on the front and its former livery, this bus served the Lee County Transit Department, which provides bus service to Florida towns like Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, and Fort Myers Beach. Their pick for an artsy motorhome was a 40-foot 2008 Gillig Low Floor transit bus. Instead, they picked up a former city bus.

When Krystle and Erick Lopez started a new bus conversion build in spring 2019, they didn’t choose to go with the typical school bus. And yes, you can find transit buses with highway gearing for a higher top speed! Screenshot: Tiny Home Tours Plus, transit buses are still built to take a serious beating, so you’re getting something more durable than what’s cranked out of Indiana these days. These buses will also often have amenities missing from many old school buses like air-conditioning, large windows, and air ride. Transit buses will usually have low floors, so you don’t have to climb steps. Check this thing out.Īs many of you may already know, I love when bus camper conversion builders choose a transit bus or a highway coach. A couple converted a 2008 40-foot Gillig Low Floor transit bus into a cozy home complete with a laundry room, a wine cellar, white wall tires, and some neat slides.

Here’s one bus conversion that stands out for being a bit different. On the other hand, custom builds continue to be an awesome bright spot. For the past year, I’ve been confused by the weird design decisions and disappointing quality of some RVs from practical household names.

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