EVERY SKOOLIE
STARTS AS A
SCHOOL BUS.

Finding that bus is the first hard part of a build. Retired school buses are scattered across dealer lots, government surplus auctions and district sales, each with its own site and its own search. Builders end up trading saved search links in forum threads.

Skoolie Finder puts the hunt in one place. One search checks dealer listings and live federal surplus lots, and builds GovDeals, Public Surplus and Municibid searches already filtered to your ZIP and budget.

Where the buses come from

• For sale now: dealer inventory listed on CommercialBuses.com. Questions about a listing go to the dealer selling it.
• Live government lots: the public GSA Auctions feed of federal surplus, refreshed every few hours.
• Auction searches: links that open each auction site's own search with your filters set. We do not copy their listings.

The build guide and featured builds

The Skoolie Build Guide takes you from planning to your first trip in 16 chapters, free. Builders can send their bus and their YouTube video to be featured, with credit and a link back to their channel.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections or a bus to show us? Contact us.