Safety and Safety Equipment:
| Last year when I had the bus inspected for it's Massachusetts sticker the guy said
that I should have a set of wheel chocks on board any vehicle with air brakes.
I have been carrying four nice big chunks of firewood for this task but I figured I'd make myself a set of wheel chock that had a little more professional look. |
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These were built out of chunks of scrap pressure treated
lumber from a deck project. They are held together with polyurethane construction adhesive and deck screws. Holes were drilled and the rope handles installed before the chocks were assembled. |
| The teleconferencing camera I was planning to use for a backup camera did not have
a wide enough view angle so I bought this monochrome backup camera from Northern
Tool. |
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I bought this backup camera from Northern Tool. |
| After I installed the camera I laid out a couple of 2x4s behind the bus
so I could aim it correctly. |
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| Here's the view from the cockpit. Note the 2x4s and note that the ladder is
not visible. There is a blind spot imediately behind the bumper about 2 feet
deep. The camera bracket has holes to set the angle, it's not continuosly adjustable and if I eliminated the blind stop half of the monitor screen showed only the back of the bus. |
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| I mounted the monitor where the rear view mirror would be if the bus had one.
I keep looking here when I'm driving the bus so I figured I'd take advantage of
that engrained behavior rather then having to try and un-learn it. I also mounted the CB radio and connected it to the four ceiling speakers that came in the roof of the bus so I could use the PA feature to holler at the kids! |
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| Fire extinguisher at the front of the bus. |  |
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| Fire extinguisher in the kids bunk room by the middle door. |  |
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| Carbon monoxide detector. Massachusetts now requires these for all homes so when I ordered them for the house I got one for the bus too. This is an RV/Marine unit and was about twice the cost of the ones for the house. |
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