Grounding out can be a big problem if you aren't aware of it.. I used to pick up school children on a coach school run out in the sticks.. There was this one T junction off a steep hill onto another hill. I had to turn right out of it to go down the hill. It was quite a blind exit to the left too.. To avoid grounding out the rear bumper I had to take the coach to the left first so the back end cleared the junction then turn to the right.. Basically split second timing.. Same problem can happen to the front if turning into or out of a narrow road with grass verge borders.. I don't think Twat Navs warn about this kind of....shit?
For those wondering why the bus wasn’t pulled forward, it’s because its overhang would’ve scraped the ground much harder since it already bottomed out. So to prevent the possibility of damaging the bus or scratching the road’s surface any more, the tow truck had to pull the bus backwards, getting the overhang away from the surface.
A Greyhound bus I was on once got in a similar predicament, but the driver just aired up the tag axle to the full setting (which raised the drive wheels off the ground..), then grabbed some 2x8's out of a storage bay, and slipped them under the drive wheels. When he dumped the air in the tag axle, the drive wheels were now sitting on the boards, and 4" higher than previously, so the overhang was not scraping on the ground anymore... After, we drove about 6' ahead to safety, the driver put his lumber back in the storage bay, and we were on our way !!...
+AeroManiac That Greyhound had to have been a X3-45. This is a 102DL3, which is incapable of raising the tag axle. The 102DL3 also has a much larger turning circle.
I imagine this wouldn't have happened if both sets of rear wheels were drive wheels, but with only the set in front of the very back set being the drive wheels, then yes this can happen.
Okay, what was the point of pulling him back up the hill? Based on the way the bus was facing, he wanted to go down the hill - which he'll now have to do again, risking the same outcome. Since he was already mostly there, it would seemingly make far more sense to simply pull him the rest of the way down the hill from the front.
when that happened to my greyhound a 102A i just went back and raised both tag wheels with the controls in the rear compartment and drove away and lowered them first stop i had
Joe Leonard it's amazing how many bus 'drivers' don't know how to operate their vehicle. I saw a video of a coach stuck on a ferry the same as this, the driver was useless. It was only just catching, pumping the bags up would have fixed it easily. They tried planks of wood and ended up dragging him off with a pantec truck. I wouldn't get into a coach with either of these guys in charge..
Yes i heard a lot of them say i have a dime to call for help. I learned everything I couild about the bus and i managed to never have to call i was always able to fix breakdowns myself even a flat on the tag axle i just raided it and drove 55 miles back to Washington DC after the charter was over.
U See these are florida drivers not used to hills and driveways like this u go out at a slant or f u see scrapes in the street then dont go out. this type of MCI u cant raise up. I am a motorcoach driver from califorina so i know whats up now driving in florida
