POV Bus Drive: 2013 Gillig Advantage (Cummins ISL) 

Probably my doppelganger lol. No, I have not driven that route in ages

Thank you. I think POV is a great tool for trainings because it immerses the viewer in a way that is different from traditional camera setups.

I’ll bet you that some of those companies have Rigs of Rods installed for training

Kills me every time 😂

Somebody woke up in a bad mood 😂

No, I don't think so. Maybe because I've driven them enough to have gotten used to them, maybe? idk haha

Well, I know I don't count the turns.. Each bus handles differently. I just glide the wheel and see what happens.. That let's me know just how deep I need to cut it for the type of turn I gotta do

@@joshalex93 exactly

They do eat fuel on the highway but then again, they only have four forward gears. They scream at 65mph lol, but I don't know how much more fuel they use than, let's say, a five-speed Allison.

@@eugew23 I know the newer 6 speed Allison’s barely rev up after first gear

@@eugew23 why don't they use ZF ecolife we have the same 2013 Gillig models in Minnesota but ours uses the ecolife transmission

@@MEVA1104 as a Blue Bird driver, I concur. My bus is spec’d with the ISL and PTS3000, and unless I play with the gear select (or I’m using the VGT brake), it likes to stay below 1700rpm

I have also experienced people not realizing that you have the push open the rear door on the older buses. Kinda funny.

Thanks for the question! When parking/staging on an incline, we "curb" our wheels, which means we face our front wheels away from the curb (uphill) or towards the curb (downhill) to prevent a runaway bus. Most drivers come to a stop, put the bus in neutral, steer, roll, then set the parking brake. I combine a lot of the steps because it is quicker that way, and I don't like to steer while stopped because it is harder on the steering components.

Voiths are pretty interesting, but I prefer the Allisons!

@@eugew23 how do voiths perform because I have always thought that they would be lacking some power compared to Alison or zf because voith transmissions only have 4 gears is this true and is that what you mean interesting

Thanks for the love as always, Anthony. This is a medium-sized 35-footer, so not larger than the average Gillig. Most of our Gilligs are 35 or 40 feet long. We have five 2013 models in this spec (Cummins ISL9/Voith D864.5) and two 2019s with the Cummins L9 and Voith D864.6.

@@eugew23 Okay. We have 40 footGilligs, but they're all CNG's with the B500 transmissions. And one last question: From the sound of it, when you lifted your foot off the brake pedal, did they go back to those foot-long pedals like on the older buses?

@@anthonymurphy2449 To my knowledge, most buses have and are still equipped with the foot-long Williams controls pedals. All of our buses are.

@@eugew23 Oh, okay. Thanks for the clarification. :-D

The red theme and the way the windows look blew me away

Yes, students are still a part of this agency, and the training is paid for.

@@eugew23 now i know what university im going to. thats sick. i love your videos, keep it up.

There is power steering, thankfully lol

Oh yeah speaking of which, the Cummins ISL9 was an engine that cummins made for school buses also but School Bus Manufacturers never put that up as an option. idk why.

@@superbrownsheep3777 cause school bus and gillig are design different and only rear engine school buses can have isl9 like ic re and thomas hdx