What are the Best Buses

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cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

best is subjective.

best city busy won't be the best long-haul and vise versa. school buses generally are bottom of the bucket.

Building on this. Best for cost? servicability? rider features? usable life?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 06:48

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 06:21

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Newflyers are generally a pain in the rear end in terms of parts/service. but god they're pretty.

City bus? GM RTS, or Fishbowl. 8v71/6v92 and 6v71 respectively.
Road? H5-60(8v92), Eagle10s,(8v71) MCI8 w/12v71. I like the looks of a lotta neoplans offerings, but I have very little experience in that department. I mostly dealt with MCI, Eagle, Prevost and GM. Prevosts drive like no other. MCIs are good for 3/30. 3 million miles or 30 years.

My first bus. PD4104, GM. 4 speed manual, Detroit 671, non turbo, 2valve head.

My current bucket of bolts.
Gillig DT16. mid engine 743 flat six turbo'd cummins, 15 speed manual trans, tandem axle with either 4.56 or 4.88 rears.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 07:01

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

This is a h5-60. it was Prevosts first bus designed exclusively in CAD. I have yet to ever work on/drive one, but have seen 3 in the flesh. they're powered by a midship 8v92TA engine. to remove 3 structural members have to be cut then welded back in. The hinge assembly runs about 60 grand usd. they are absofuckinglutely massive.

4104 youtubes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaEo_s9rKkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1rqLazl4yw

Gillig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPG8PSLX_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFT95sJDSFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBn5aCCwosU

E: those rv style buses are chassis built probably by freightliner, body finished by a coachbuilder. a fellow goon on here works at a body plant.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 07:12

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Bus name? prob a little bit of a misnomer. that same chassis could be used for a shortie schoolbus too.

Yeah about bus crashes. no bus holds up for two shits. I've explained to my spouse in the event of a crash, he will probably lose me.
Possible NSFW bus torn the gently caress up: :nms:

http://i.imgur.com/YmuQEZY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wOve0HS.jpg

This was a latemodel VanHool. Commercial vehicles do not crash like cars.

cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Feb 14, 2017

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 07:23

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Ben Smash posted:

Does anyone know what kind of bus they were driving in that Taiwan accident today? I want to be careful to avoid that kind of bus.

if my googlesearch correct about the incident you mention, Neoplan Cityliner. ~2001 model.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 09:40

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

buses don't make sharp turns. Theres a battery backup onboard if they have to disconnect mains. SF uses a ton of electric gilligs. They run gear reduction hubs and have torque like a son of a bitch.

unrelated:

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 17:53

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Hey does that pos have led lights? Ill pay$

# ¿ Feb 16, 2017 23:48

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Mechanism Eight posted:

Maybe an old greyhound?

That is a PD4501 aka Scenicruiser. they came with a mated pair of 471 detroits to a T drive 3+2 speed manual, eventually swapped out for a 8v71/4 speed because reliability was shitte. They were never really popular so there arent many left.

Redbull Resto'd one. I don't know the specs.