When I was in school, unlike many of my peers, I loved riding the school bus. Especially in elementary school, it was my favorite part of my day. Besides the friends who rode it with me, there was something about the seat cushions that I was fond of. It was what I call the "Starburst Effect", the typical effect you get when you sit on a vinyl cushion that your hips sink deeply into. I'm talking about the wrinkles that extend from under your hips out, and resemble the spokes of a wheel. I especially think that effect looks great with the legs crossed thigh to thigh.
@@milwaukee1486 The best thing about new school buses is that they have A/C on them, which is long overdue. That should have been made a standard feature in the early 70's. However, the higher seat backs that go above the window sashes incourage kids to stand up to talk to people sitting in front or behind. They're supposed to remain seated, especially when the bus is in motion. I think the seat backs really should only come to just above the bottom of the lower window pain. They need to have seat belts, and there needs to be more legroom between the seats. My longtime girlfriend Harris has a friend named Andria, who is a habitual leg crosser. She absolutely can't sit comfortably without crossing her legs thigh to thigh, or else she gets very restless. When she and Harris were in high school, neither of them were fortunate enough to have their own vehicles. They rode the school bus all the way through high school. They always tried to get a seat together, preferably the "shotgun" seat if it was available. That's the front seat on the starboard side behind the stairwell. Andria had more room to cross her legs. Otherwise, her knee of the leg that was crossed over would be into the padding on the seat back in front. The front seat on the port side behind the driver is the "Troublemakers" seat. That's where I've known school bus drivers to make troublemakers sit to keep an eye on them in the big mirror, and separate them from kids that they'd otherwise bully and pick on. If my girlfriend, who has been heavyset since she became a teenager, had to sit next to someone who wasn't.a friend of hers, she'd get harassed and bullied about how much of the bus seat her hips took up. If she had to sit on the aisle, the other person in the seat would force her to sit hanging over.
Amo los buses de todo tipo... pero me gustaría que explicarán mejor todo su funcionamiento para que y como funciona cada una de sus cosas cada botón interruptor cada cosa que lo expliquen bien
The proper name for those wheels are called cast-spoke wheels. However, the common slang for then is "spider hub" or "Dayton Wheel". The wheels you see now that use lug nuts like a car, they are called a disc style wheel. The steel ones are commonly called "Budds" while the aluminum ones are called "Alcoa's". I liked the old Blue Bird TC/ 2000 with the 6-spoke spider hubs. Yes, spider hubs are cool looking, but the fact of the matter is, school buses never really needed them as their GVWR is just not high enough to warrant them; that is why the school bus industry as a whole started to phase out the spider hubs in the late 90's & early 2000's. The International 3800 chassis held on to the spider hubs until its last year in 2004. On the Blue Bird TC/2000, 2001 was the last year of the spider hubs for the TC/2000; that's how I know if I see one with spider hubs it's no newer than 2001. Spider hubs are stronger, they are used by logging companies in Canada and other parts of the world. Because the U.S has a max limit of 80,000 Lbs & does not give out overweight permits like hot cakes, AND, there is only so much weight per axle you can have in the U.S, the disc style wheels suffice especially as our metallurgy has vastly improved over the years. Yes, spider hubs are alive and well, just not here in the U.S
@@suburbanator91 Thank you for your comment. I've been wondering for some time now why buses and even trucks now a days don't have spider hubs. I wasn't sure how I was going to get my questions answered. I've learned so much from your comment.
You've been looking for years? You can literally buy crown vics for like $500 at police auctions, you could probably piece together the cleanest crown vic around for like $1500
Yeah man, the older 1992-1997 aerobody Crown Vics P71's are super hard to come by, especially clean with no rust and not beat to hell. I have a 1995 Crown Vic P74 civil model. Its not a police package, but i have it fitted like one because i like the way they look better then the civilian look. Its nothing special, but im running a K&N air filter with dual exhaust on the stock 4.6L V8. If you want, you can find my Instagram on it: mikey_automotive I hope you find one man, that would be really cool!
Now, contractors and FCPS would have had these in their fleets; however, CCBoE (where I went to school) would not; capacity is too large. (CCBoE has a max. cap of 70 pupils per bus - and it has been the case for three decades; PGCPS has the same capacity nowadays.)
is there a lot or lil competitive-ness in buying up old buses to do what ever w/ them wither u part them out or whatever ........... & what is usualy the lowest & the mid & the highest that u or local guy's & gal's all do what u do w/ the buses what r the basic cash prices on these buses usually..... & why in simple-ness MIND U I'M ALL BRAND NEW TO ALL THE BUS THING BUT I FIND IT VERY VERY VERY INTRIGGING TO WATCH & LEARN AS I WATCH YOUR VIDEO'S HERE...........
after buying older bus' do u have to have a basic cdl license.... or what..... & r u limited on how many u can buy per month or yr or what ever................... mind ya this is the 1 st time on here watching......
Nice buses to add to your collection. The transit school buses are great(seen a lot of them at the bus garage my Dad worked at for years). I hope to see a Ford school bus added to your collection with the 5.9 Cummins in it.
beet juice u say is how the rds there in woodstock ill., is pre treatment for the winter there...... wow........ so what's the beet juice do or not do pro's & con's for the winter rds there in your area................????????????????????????
Tommy. My concern is always ease of access to be able to remove the oil pan, to change the oil pump often. Is it easier to drop the pan on a front engined, or more so rear engined, bus?
WHATS THE TYPICAL PRICE'S FOR BUSES THERE IN Woodstock ill., area's there..... ( i got the city & state from the side of the bus )......lol hi & mid & low rough prices no matter the yr., the make & the model & the mileage's..................?????? i have no interrest in buying em at all i'm just curious or prices basicly......... as i get more intrigged i ask more basic info.,...... if u r ok w/ my curious-ness ........lol,lol,lol
These redundant school buses seem to be good buys with plenty of life in them, unlike here where school buses are ex public service single or deckers or coaches - when they get cascaded down to school runs, then the next stop for them is the scrap yards. i have driven some horrible ex public service things, and believe me, i wouldn't want to buy them after they finish on school runs ! ( we don't have school buses built for that purpose here unlike your country , although i do see yellow coloured coaches at times which mimic American style )
4 months and no answer..Guess he is not one to answer comments...Don't know why he would buy soo many buses but he does drive an ex police car and those kind of people who buy ex police cars are an odd bunch!!
MostThomas buses with air and electric doors have a three position door switch, First position is door closed, step light off, stop sign retracted, and crossing arm closed. If you push the overhead warning light switch while the door switch is in this position the overhead amber lights will flash. The second switch position will mean your yellow overhead flashers go off and the red overhead flashers come on (assuming you had started the overhead lights), stop sign goes out, crossing arm goes out, and step light comes on but door is still closed, and the third position is door open, overhead red flashers, stop sign, crossing arm, and step light on.. If you mistakenly leave it in the second position without activating the overhead warning lights to make a bus stop pick up, the step well light will be on.It is just part of what comes on with that position of the switch. Unless something is screwed up, if the door switch is turned back off then the step light will go off as it should. It shouldnt be on unless the door switch is in one of the second two positions. I drive a school bus and was used to the manual doors and had to get used to the switch positions when I got a bus with air doors. I drove an 05 Thomas Conventional 72 passenger bus for about ten years and last year i was given a new bus. It is a 2018 Thomas conventional 72 passenger bus. I currently drive that for the county school system i work for. I liked my 05 much better. Whomever Thomas has helping design new buses definitely has never been a school bus driver. Before the 05 model, I drove an 89 Blue bird conventional 65 passenger for about 8 years. Before that I had an Amtran gasoline conventional 65 passenger bus. LOL more than you wanted to know im sure.
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Love the Allison AT545 no lock up trans; engine revving up or down depending how much load it's under. My Hino bus has one; interestingly the engine has an exhaust brake which is almost useless unless you manually change down a gear or two
Absolutely amazing sounding school bus man will you please see if you can do a three or four hour ASMR video of you driving this thing and include engine start up for departure and take it through the city and on the interstate because that sounds really good. stay safe man. I hope all is well with you.
When I was a kid and teenager the church I went to had a 1965 Superior conventional, on an International Loadstar chassis. It had a v8 gas engine with 5 speed manual, along with manual brakes and steering. It was a 54 passenger bus. When I first got my license I would get my dad's keys to the church, drive to the church, and get the keys to that bus, and drive it around in the parking lot, practicing shifting and clutching. I wish that bus were around today. I think nowadays the most common school buses that I see here in NJ are Saf-T-Liner C2s, Bluebirds and IC. 30-40 years ago there used to be a lot of Superiors, Waynes and Thomases, and some Bluebirds. Back then they all had gas engines and manual steering, brakes and transmissions.
