Aging school buses have millions of miles

[@KISSFanDan1995]

I wouldn't care if the buses were made in 1987 or 2017. Age doesn't really matter just as long as they're maintained well.

[@fargeeks]

KISSFanDan1995 I miss seeing the mid 80s blue bird all American FE buses Those buses had a square front grille with a low revving deisel engine and a creme colored dash board and the steering wheel along with the front gas heater Seriously the last time I seen these old buses was back in 2006

[@Digitalsharecropper]

I had one with a Cat 3208 in it. I eventually added A/C. Used it for camping and towing.

[@Digitalsharecropper]

Sometimes the older ones COULD be more reliable if maintained. They didn't have DEF, regen, EGR crap etc. They simply ran unless there was a basic problem. This newer stuff has EGR failures, wont regen, electrical issues, gotta go into them every other day with a laptop. They are catching up to cars with the emissions but that stuff will shut it down or derate if any sensor is unhappy.

[@nathanielaranda8407]

I agree, new does not always mean better a brand new bus can have major issues too

[@moronsafetybot662]

KISSFanDan1995 I wouldn’t go past 2001

[@furretstrains658]

My bus, 00-36 (36th bus bought in 2000) had a transmission failure. Replaced transmission, runs fine. Old bus has 61,239 miles on it.

[@alexschlueter2624]

Oh hell in Conroe we have 1994s with 400,000 and still run with no AC in Texas

[@em-om5tf]

My bus in the morning is from 2000 and in the afternoon I have a 2002. We still have a fair amount of them, and I live in New York. With winters and all and they still have these buses on regular routes

[@Nemofishman]

For my area, we still have a bus with the older CA plates on it, I think it's a 92. I also know we have some mid-late 90's buses as well, likely be gone by 2020 IMO. And also a sister one has a 2000 Freightliner bus, that got a new paint jobs on the rims just a year or 2 ago. Likely not going to be out until 2022 likely for that one then.

[@matthewdaviss3661]

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[@matthewdaviss3661]

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[@homer4635]

I also live in New York and at the time the video was uploaded, my district's oldest spare buses were 2003 IC CEs. The oldest route buses were 2006s.

[@deannamaddox7725]

I rode buses from the 80s and 90s in school. But my district maintained the buses well. Which was why they even still had them. They worked fine. As good as they did when they were made

[@ryanwethington8188]

School bus drivers beat the crap out of the engines and the other parts of the bus 😮

[@volvoishiftloverkenworth5666]

My district has buses that are 24 Years old, running daily routes, very good buses with over 300,000 miles

[@Chevyc608.2]

Volvoishiftlover Kenworth the school system I work for as a school bus mechanic we have a 85 International s1800 and a bunch of 90 model Chevrolets as activity buses why? Because our school system doesn't give a damn about transportation and tbh our older buses are more reliable than the newer buses because because when something breaks on a new bus it's electronic when something breaks on the international or 90 model Chevrolet it's mechanic

[@lawrenceeyatesjr4112]

Volvoishiftlover Kenworth where the hell are these buses with 300,000 miles on them what state is this in.

[@anthonym744]

San Diego USD has buses with 480,000 plus miles

[@antoniollamas6367]

300k miles is nothing.

[@deannamaddox7725]

Exactly. It depends on maintenance. I know districts with buses older then that. Many times the only reason they retire them is because they don’t make the parts anymore

[@gzitz7774]

Are you sure that one bus isn't the magic school bus 😂

[@loganboi]

We ride a really old bus like 1999 and we've never had problems besides a bad alternator but we changed that and no more problems besides every single newer bus we drive. it breaks down!!!

[@ScaniaVabis580]

loganboi... In the uk we were still using a fleet of 1984 built buses until recently.

[@tristanchampagne8034]

loganboi it’s true there like that

[@TechnologySpotlight]

loganboi 1999 isn’t that old

[@silasmcgee3647]

Apple Personally I sincerely adore the old buses My school district uses a few old GMC’s/bluebirds and a few bluebird long buses that seem to be either late 90s or early 2000‘s models One of them bus 43 which was taking place for bus 24 Number 43 has a fair bit of fender well rust and it smokes a bit when it starts I love it because it’s old and I know it will last

[@silasmcgee3647]

They can be really dependable to the District if they are Regularly maintained and kept in tiptop shape which is kind of hard I guess when you’re running a very large fleet which is I guess where the problem is the size of the fleet which is negatively impacting maintenance capability

[@michaellewis4632]

Buses can run over 1million miles

[@leteizjordan298]

I used to ride my first bus since was 6 years old in 2006 it was a 2003 Bluebird All-American Fe Indianapolis public schools 317

[@Thebusdriverandgamermorefan]

I trusted old buses then new ones every day.

[@GamerFolf]

my school got 3 Chevrolet busses from the 90s. 1s been siting but never had 1 problem. the second one burnt its brakes. the third one hasn't ran on route since its drivet retired. the 2 that need work are great to look. the one that runs goes on route almost everyday

[@dttomsen971]

A school district I worked at had in their contract with First Student that the buses could not be more than 5 model years old nor have more than 50k miles. We got brand new buses added to the fleet every years as the others were rotated out.

[@ryanbarker5217]

that's idiotic.

[@jorgemendez5408]

My 07 Saturn has 476,000 ish miles

[@fjcruisefjcruise4527]

When I went to school . We had dodge gas powered buses with manual transmissions. When it snows . They put tire chains on the back wheels . Heater forget about it there was none . Bus driver had defrost for windshield. That's it

[@ns4270railfan]

Bus no. 3785 with over 500k miles and still going, impressive! One of my train pals has an old short bed Chevy pickup with over 700,000 miles! The reason why it has so much, well he does a lot of driving, but had the engine rebuilt at least once and must really keep up with other maintenance! I like old things and when they work, I'll still use it, regardless of age! I'm not that kind of person that keeps up with the times. I upgrade on my terms and not technologies terms or the other BS. If bus 3785 is still with this district, keep it going. If you got rid of it already, most newer buses are computer aided and when something goes wrong, it conks out and needs maintenance. There are vehicles that date back from the 1980s, and even the 1970s still on the road because of perfect maintenance. There are even steam locomotives that a few date back from the 1890s that still run at tourists attractions because of great maintenance. They just don't make things like they used to and that breaks my heart of the newer stuff. I like old things and I won't keep up with the times. Some people say I'm living in the past, but I don't care. OLD STUFF ROCKS!!!!

[@TheMisterRoadgeek]

XD THE PART OF THE SPACE THING

[@silasmcgee3647]

Gabe I feel like the woman that appeared afterwards is nothing but a snowflake I wouldn’t worry if my own kids were on an old bus with over 400,000 It’s obviously not neglected if it’s made it that far to go around to the moon and back then around the planet three times

[@silasmcgee3647]

My lack of concern about the bus… Not that I have kids of my own I’m just showing trust in such a machine to keep them safe to keep anyone’s kids safe it doesn’t matter how old is if it’s kept in good condition it won’t do the following •burst into flames. • do something similar to the previous point and end up on the side the road stranded. Sephira catastrophic mechanical failure resulting in loss of control and fly off the road.

[@silasmcgee3647]

Because we all know how deadly it is when a school bus with no seatbelts or any kind of restraint system loses control and rolls over Violently

[@Strout1791]

At the beginning of this video, if you pause it, there's a burt's bees thingy.

[@ryanbarker5217]

the bus i drive mostly as a sub is a 2002 blue bird with 150K miles on it. it may not be what you call peppy, but it has a good heater so i'm good.

[@j-bird1778]

The bus I usually ride to school went out of service for repairs back in September, it is now November and it is still in the shop

[@vule3247]

No pain,no loss.

[@finncampeau4922]

My bus has a lot of miles and I dont see what the issue is as long as the bus runs and passes safety inspection they should keep them there build better.

[@johnmessick9946]

Maybe that school district should think about contracting out their transportation. Let a private firm handle it.

[@schoolbuslover1018]

It can happen to any bus new or old. Mistreat it and don’t maintain it right they could last millions of miles.

[@Chevyc608.2]

Just an opinion from a mechanical standpoint of you those Thomas pusher buses are a piece of shit to start with and they should’ve left them on the damn Assembly floor

[@GwynAndJulius]

Our school system in Minnesota uses busses from the 90s

[@andybub45]

Isn't this the same district with the out of control bus monitor? I tell you, they have idiots running the bus system.

[@zander88990]

It just proves that they are not spending money on transportation . I'm guessing they are spending it on wages. Should have so many replaced every year.

[@IceTheFanDude]

The bus that had 563k miles is a Thomas fs65

[@LSRG-YT--LandonSRobloxGaming]

There's some with the 7.3 T444E engine still running, that's the main engine I rely on not to catch on fire with high mileage

[@gasmonkey9600]

The school that I go to have a 2003 Chevrolet with a cat in it and it's got almost a hundred and thirty thousand miles on it

[@Nemofishman]

Ok, that has plenty of life left then.

[@corrupted-bl5th]

The milage is not the problem its prob an engine problem new buses can break down like that

[@prrongle]

Where I Live the buses are pretty much newer model's (Thomas c2) and some of them might be from 2005 but I don't know.

[@georgemurphy2579]

Hire a contractor. School districts should not be in the bus business.

[@ryanbarker5217]

wrong. third party bus companies are a disaster waiting to happen. why a school district would turn over control of kids to who-knows-who-is-behind-the-wheel is why literally almost every.single.one. of these videos involves some shit company like first student or worse.

[@georgemurphy2579]

@@ryanbarker5217 - wrong is your opinion. I have more school bus knowledge than you will ever imagine. Board operations are not perfection personified either. Years ago when I was in the Jersey area there was a Barker Bus Co. - - - a private company.

[@thekarlkeeper8727]

In Maryland, where I’m from, as well as other Mid-Atlantic or Northern states, the majority of school buses are privately contracted. It’s mostly in the South or the Midwest where buses are the property of the school board, but there are still contractors in states like Tennessee and Michigan. Either way, most of us don’t think it matters. (But we in Maryland never hope to have shitty First Student buses running around.)

[@CocoTaveras8975]

Not "luckily", God made sure nothing bad happened and protected the bus driver and the students, he is the best. Thank you, God thank you.

[@mrwhammer]

God made sure 2 million people died to covid as well. Thank you, God thank you

[@Servergmr]

We got a lot of busses from the '80s and '90s.

[@IceTheFanDude]

The key is matinence and care. Age is just a number.

[@WesternSouthDakotaRailfan2006]

These buses need be definitely replaced

[@ryanbarker5217]

why?

[@RAtheGoodRailfanner_888]

No these busses need to be rebuilt.

[@IAmWithinEverything]

If the FEDERAL money was used for schools this wouldn’t be a problem. Whatever’s happened to the lotto money supposedly SPECIFICALLY for schools??????????????

[@zachzimmerman7076]

Some school districts don't have enough money

[@Aaron-tv7jo]

If they can spend 17,000 dollars on school bus they could afford to put a down payment on new or used school bus.

[@5.43v]

@@Aaron-tv7jo no

[@jeremiahsatterlee3518]

Those bus have been thru hell

[@zachzimmerman7076]

Their is nothing wrong with old buses

[@ryanbarker5217]

as long as my heater works, i'm good.

[@hashslingingslasher4215]

Right. At my church, the oldest bus we have is a 1994, and the newest bus we have is a 2007

[@mevsdproject109]

Hold up you know your just making a news report to pass the districts levvies... And your in bay area florida wdye😎

[@rukiakuchiki6187]

Why I am not surprised

[@MGTLRF]

Then Why Fucking Comment

[@acethedriver2229]

@@MGTLRF that person can comment if they like OK.

[@Project24.]

Ha that's nothing we have buses from 94

[@night77willis88]

I don't have have anything else to put you on Wait let's me go to the junk pile

[@zach3876]

I'm on the magic school bus!

[@Strout1791]

I'm going to jail!

[@zach3876]

-Claps- congragulations!

[@Strout1791]

Lol, I'm joking. If I were in jail, I probably wouldn't be replying!

[@zach3876]

Yeah 😂

[@zealeliteassaultlegionceo440]

Okay I'll take a Uber to school everyday since this

[@SpeedDudeGTX]

563K miles ain't shit for a 7.3. It'll keep on running after the rest of the bus eventually falls apart.

[@jorgemendez5408]

Wow

[@xtravanzex7362]

My school KENSTON FOREST SCHOOL Blackstone Virginia All of our buses are older than 2003 Except for two vans for the small routes with hardly any kids Our buses are old Except for 4 Four are 2002 I ride a van since our route Is with hardly any kids We need new buses because Some or breaking down and I don't want any students with A certain Bus Driver/Transportation Supervisor Ok Just we need new buses

[@alexanderbirch4026]

All of those buses are too old for this shit

[@c-martz2846]

Fake news! School buses are like trucks, their designed for the long haul. The reason these busses are having issues is due to the lazy workers in the maintenance department. Fire them all and start from scratch!

[@jakekaywell5972]

Try working on 1,400 buses at once and then say that. It's clear to me that the district hasn't hired enough trained mechanics in order to keep up with their fleet.

[@PatsFan27893]

Diesel mechanics are a dying breed

[@MystiqueVibes1]

Older buses have emissions issues so it'll be better is to buy a new bus