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TheDriver
Joined: 18 Dec 2015 Posts: 233 Location: America
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:36 pm Post subject: A Question for Bus Drivers |
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For as long as I can remember I have seen those GM fishbowl buses whenever they'd be parked somewhere they'd have them all right up to the bumpers and I wondered if a bus had to pull out if he could do it. I know the they can turn but could they get out without touching the other bus? |
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GBL Rebel Moderator
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 608 Location: Long Island, N.Y.
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Normally if parked in a line, they pull back out in that order. If you back and forth about 3 times with about a foot, you should be able to get out. |
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GojiMet86
Age: 30 Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Posts: 141
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Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Reminds me of this school bus yard over by the Brooklyn Ikea.
IMG_1599 by GojiMet86, on Flickr |
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2462 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Most buses can steer at a very sharp angle. So they can get out of a fairly tight spot so long as there is sufficient room for them to swing wide... |
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TheDriver
Joined: 18 Dec 2015 Posts: 233 Location: America
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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One foot? That isn't much room. |
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2462 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Even one foot of clearance, bumper-to-bumper, can be sufficient to "saw" back and forth, moving perhaps inches at a time sideways, until there is enough room to swing out. It is not easy, but it can be done.
Now doing it without the aid of power steering....that is a whole 'nother matter.... |
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JimmiB
Age: 81 Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 516 Location: Lebanon, PA
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Traildriver got that right. When I drove in Reading, PA in the mid-sixties the average year of our buses was 1947. No power steering, no air ride. I've worked them out of a space with about a foot of open room. It can be done but you were out of breath till you got it out! Seemed like you turned the steering wheel like 30 turns lock to lock. |
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TheDriver
Joined: 18 Dec 2015 Posts: 233 Location: America
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 2:36 am Post subject: |
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How were the Fishbowl buses compared to the rest? I understand that they had a very low gear ratio so that you could turn it without power steering. |
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2462 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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I cannot help you there...I only drove a couple of them (Suburban model's), a couple of times, and those did have power steering. I mostly drove parlor types....4104, 4106, 4107, 4903, etc..... |
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TheDriver
Joined: 18 Dec 2015 Posts: 233 Location: America
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Man you don't know how bad I want one even just to have it sitting in the yard |
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JimmiB
Age: 81 Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 516 Location: Lebanon, PA
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I drove a couple of 4517's. They didn't have power steering but were much easier to steer than the old looks. Probably because of the lighter weight. |
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TheDriver
Joined: 18 Dec 2015 Posts: 233 Location: America
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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so the New looks were substantially lighter than the old looks? |
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