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Luther Cowden (216.116.106.190)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 3:44 pm: | |
I have a 1977 MCI-8 without a roof raise and need to know the height to to the top of the coach.I am out of state looking at a bus barn with 12' doors and I am not sure my coach will fit.
Thanks,
Luther |
Peter Broadribb (Madbrit) (65.37.91.201)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 4:22 pm: | |
Luther,
My MC-8 was able to get in my shop and that had a 12 foot door opening but was actually less as the up-n-over door always hung down about 6".
Do yourself a favor and get a door opening with atleast 13 feet just incase you put a satelite dome up there or have the roof raised, etc. I regretted not being higher, sold the bus so it doesn't matter so much now but in the future I may get another and then I am back to the same problem. Make sure the "barn" is well long too, make it 20 foot longer if you can so you have atleast 10 feet around the bus.
Peter. |
Jack Conrad (Jackconrad) (207.30.189.61)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 5:13 pm: | |
Factory specifications list overall height as 130" (10'10") I think standard roof air units are about 10-12", low profile units are about 8-9". Highest thing on our roof is manual sat dish which is 8 1/2" in travel position. We also did a roof raise and we clear our 13' opening by about 8-9" Hope this helps, Jack |
jmaxwell (66.42.92.5)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 11:44 pm: | |
Jack is right, 10-10. Recently went thru this with a friends MCI. I would go with a higher door opening. I would also heed Peter's advice on length, although I don't really know if u need quite that much front and rear walk-around, but certainly 4-5 feet on each end would be nice; likewise for the sides. |
Peter Broadribb (Madbrit) (65.37.91.201)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 8:47 am: | |
My comments about the length are from actual experience. My shop had a 45ft interior measurement and with a 40ft bus in there, one could barely put a ladder up against one end if the other was flat against the far wall. A 10ft space around it gives one enough room to use a ladder and manoeuver around with tools, etc without moving the bus just to access the other side. If one needed to pull the motor, then with a 5ft walk space at the front end you would barely have enough room to pull the motor comfortably with 15ft at the rear.
Believe me, always make it much bigger than the minimum you think will do. Cheaper to only build it once.
Peter. |