@@bikdav Most of the newer busses are equipped with Alison Automatic transmissions. What you do is steer, push the gas, step on the brake. You don't have to shift or use the clutch pedal. Most busses are now equipped with disc brakes.
Had a loaner dump truck years ago DT466 with the Spicer 6+1, started off with the clutch, was then able to "float" the gears(no clutch) great set up. Local gravel pit over loaded me with 39,880lbs of gravel, handled the load no problems even with juice brakes. My personal favorite is my 1987 S1900 with a DT466 and a 5+2 trans, air brakes and oh yeah the turbo sound!
Man, I would love to see what it's like to drive a manual bus. Ohio only allows automatic buses for all school buses now. I learned how to drive stick when I was in trucking school. Had never driven a stick shift of any kind before I went to trucking school, but insisted on learning on a manual so my CDL would not have the restriction. Now I get to tell everyone I learned how to drive stick on an eighteen-wheeler.
I've been driving school bus for 25yrs I started when I was 19 in 1997 , the first 5 yrs I drove I had a stick shift , I loved it . I wish I still had one today 😪
When I was in elementary school (94-00) all the school buses my district used were manual. After that they started becoming really scarce quickly, and by 9th grade (04) they were mostly gone. 😢
I drove several old fire department vehicles that were straight shift and no synchronizers so we had to double-clutch the things. They were ladder trucks and pumpers.
When I was in elementary school in iowa around 08 one of our spare busses was a Chevy bluebird with a manual, my bus driver was very rough driving that 🤣
I use your youtube videos as my white noise to help me sleep at night. also I am autistic. i like 15 passenger vans, and Airbus A321 aircraft as a hobby. i also like Yamaha stereo equipment.
Estos autobuses me traen buenos recuerdos ya que en casi todas las ciudades de los Estados del norte de México se usaban para transporte público, de hecho en algunas ciudades aún se usan
you guys did excellent video i love it how you driving that school bus blue bird i can't wait to see more driving videos about your school busses keep it up my friend
Awesome test driving Eric! So sad school buses for sale that are manual transmission are very unpopular! Maybe Jonny Ringo and Alex from las vegas bus sales can do a test drive if they receive a manual transmission bus!
The manual transmissions were being phased out by the late 1980's early 1990's. Ford started installing automatic transmissions about 1970 as an option. Other manufacturers followed suit and most busses are now automatics and also gasoline engines are not available anymore. They use diesel, propane, CNG or LNG. Also disc brakes are now being used.
@@superbrownsheep3777 I did check and IC which is a subsidiary of International trucks has an 8.8 litre gasoline engine and so does Blue Bird. They also have CNG and propane powered buses in lieu of the diesel engines. Most buses are equipped with Allison automatic transmissions.
Is a nice test and nice bus, we love this cane buses because what we do is swap the engine 8.3 Cummins or 5.9 and run like champion, thanks for the video amigo!👌🏽👋
I wonder if you have to order it. I found a video of a 2010 Thomas C2 with a manual transmission ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y-bq9NoFaf8.htmlsi=Fo5LIyuHfjFb5b2O
what a nice smooth looking bus, i used to drive a 1969 manual crown school bus 10 years ago for the San Bernadino unified schools in indio ca not sure if they still have them but fun ole times
WERE manual transmissions? How long ago are you talking and in what parts of WV? I know they used to like up into the early eighties. They were being phased out by the mid,late eighties except for the old couple spare buses they would bring out every once in a great while. In my neck of WV. Born,raised and still there. They have had automatic since the eighties an they have been gone since the early ninties in my area.
The school bus I rode in 2003 got a new bus and it was a manual international Bluebird. After that in 2005 they started purchasing all automatic. They went to Navistar IC and now they have all Thomas Saf-T-Liner.
@@pianogospel05 That's awesome! What county in WV? Berkeley and Jefferson were as I described. Hard to believe they were ALL manual or even mostly manual in 2004.I have no reason to doubt you though. In any case that's cool.
@@user-lt5bp3ww3n the engines are banned. The emissions are too dirty and California won’t let you renew registration. Thousand and thousand of good trucks made illegal.
I miss that generation of trucks. Styling, engine sounds, manual shifters. These new trucks are boring, and they all come with the same boring Cummins. That engine is too quiet, sounds like it’s all choked up and knocking rods.
It's a synchronized transmission so floating can cause lots of damage over time. Hes putting the clutch to the floor to shift so definitely synchronized.
It's good smooth shifting though. Where I used to work we had sync 6&7 speed spicers in 5 tons. Tandems had 10&13 speeds. Tractors were 10, 13&18. Had to keep in mind what you were driving from shift to shift. Both work shift and transmission shift
How nice are these manual transmissions? What I mean is, some old simple transmissions shift like a piece of farm equipment, and do not feel like modern, "automotive-like" shifting. Are these Spicers more like shifting a F-350, or more like the sloppy, worn-out shifter of a some old John Deer tractor from the '50s?
That girl you hired to record did NOT get the MEMO about the title of the video, she thought it was about recording the sunshine! What a waste of time!!!!!
At one time the automatics weren't reliable & without electronic controls the shifting logic was terrible. Today driver "training & retention" would suffer (more than covid) if they had manuals.
Can you do a Test Drive of an Automatic School Bus too? That would be Great. Although nobody knows how to drive a Stick then what is so fascinating about stick shifts? Like who wants to mess with a shifter? In my opinion I think automatics are just easier so you can focus on the road. Not many people can multi task and shift while watching the road.
If there is anyone who cannot drive any large Commercial vehicle with a Manual Shift Transmission, then they have no business getting behind the wheel of these vehicles at all. All Large Commercial Vehicles, including School Buses should have Manual Transmissions, and Air Brakes, and this should be a Federal Mandate, there should never be any large Commercial Vehicles with Automatic Transmissions, or Hydraulic Brakes.
I like driving manuals. They are more fun and engaging for me. The automatic feels boring to drive. It’s like paying to win, smash the accelerator and the thing goes. Just feels cool to me to be in control of the beast.
