Those steering columns are very common. I seen them used from anywhere from buses to garbage trucks to semi trucks. I would just have the whole assembly replaced. I wouldn’t trust that anymore.
@sirmister44119 ай бұрын
I’ve seen that same thing happen before driving a Tri axle Mack dump fully loaded my buddy turned the wheel to turn left in a busy intersection and sna went the steering shaft . The guy behind him was beeping and yelling him to move. He got outhanded him the wheel and said here you move it The funniest thing I’ve ever seen was the look on that guys face when he held out the steering wheel I laughed my ass of I was 2 cars behind him. And checked my wheel and to make sure mine wasn’t going to break
@63bbray10 ай бұрын
As if the steering wheel falling off wasn't bad enough, that front tire is just as scary. Oil running out of the front hubs too. Not to mention the air leaks. Wow.
@BusGreaseMonkey10 ай бұрын
He bought this bus years ago as a future project. It’s a real “fixer upper” project for sure.
@MrRossi180510 ай бұрын
OMG, that’s really a „Hey Lance“ moment 😂 I love his humor and how calm he took it!
@alanarmstrong232310 ай бұрын
When using a chain to tow you should place a tarp or any cover over chain to aborb shock if chain should break.
@clarenceghammjr13265 ай бұрын
Pipe, bolt the ends and you also got reverse
@peterbustin268310 ай бұрын
Amazing engine sound on the 2 strokes. Almost like the Napier Deltic 2 stroke train engine.
@AceInvader10 ай бұрын
Would like to see a closeup in the next video of what failed. Look forward to seeing this bus fixed, the interior looks great. Had it really sat all this time? I didn't hear when it was last used. 20 year old tires look toast. Hopefully without the rear airbags, it didn't take much damage while being towed. I'm sure that rear axle was overloaded.
@robertgriffin756910 ай бұрын
Nice to have an angel, or two hanging around you Lance.. Because that's pretty close to a miracle right there..IMHO.. That could've been very bad, on the road at speed, that's for sure. Pretty crazy shit man.. btw.. HAPPY NEW YEAR, to all, ✌️❤️😁
@MrRossi180510 ай бұрын
Lance shit ice cubes, as cool as he is 😂🎉
@brettneindorf37310 ай бұрын
WOW! that has to be up there with the best, or worst "Hey Lance" moment that I've seen. Nice looking bus though.
@wedabrowns10 ай бұрын
Wow !!!!! Soo glad this didn’t happen while lance was actually on the Highway !!! 😮
@bill85829 ай бұрын
That IS scary, thank God you weren't traveling in it. Beautiful coach.
@The_Smith10 ай бұрын
When things go wrong, remember, it can always get worse . . .
@SkyhawkCaptain10 ай бұрын
"WTF is that???" I feel that in my soul.
@wdavem10 ай бұрын
Damn that's bad! So I guess a "hey Lance" moment is when a very important large round part that turns will not fit or attach as is; to the great dismay and/or horror of those expecting it to work.
@andrewsmart294910 ай бұрын
the "motorcoach" 5 link suspension in australia is probably the biggest danger as blot fall out and suspension links rust out and crack
@NoName-zn1sb5 ай бұрын
bolt fall out ??
@Phiyedough10 ай бұрын
My dads first car was a 1950s Ford Anglia E494A and was wrecked when the steering failed and it rolled over. I was only about 4 at the time so I don't know what broke. I remember us all sitting at the side of the road, watching the fuel and oil leaking out!
@steamfan714710 ай бұрын
This proves that New Holland is The Little Tractor that Could, definitely earned it's keep on that pull.
@bigteddy6610 ай бұрын
The little Fiat powertrain engines are incredible as are the bigger ones, personally I like the six's best.
@NoName-zn1sb5 ай бұрын
its keep
@h5mind37310 ай бұрын
My friend drove a '72 Pinto whose gear shift broke off, so he used a pair of Vise-Grips to shift. That was weird enough. Later, while driving across country, both rear leaf springs snapped off due to rust. He stopped, put the pieces in the trunk, and kept driving.
@mischef1810 ай бұрын
Just wow. Safe travels to you all. Ken.
@avrahamg792510 ай бұрын
Lance, the Lord loves you. I'm sorry for your situation. Best of luck with everything
@dieseldoc2510 ай бұрын
I was doing a pre-work test drive on a 31 Model A a few years ago and had the wheel come off in my hand at 50mph, scary stuff!
@TheRebelOne.10 ай бұрын
When pulling a heavy load the chain should be above the bar rather than below. If the tractor loses traction you then raise the lift bars slightly which in turn creates better grip.
@ehsnils10 ай бұрын
If you have loose soil it could help, but if you have strong grip that could cause the tractor to quickly flip over backwards with severe consequences.
@thatdave8610 ай бұрын
Then it pulls the front end up ,no front wheel drive and he would then be steering with the brakes,and also not as much control,the tractor would try to pivot on the back wheels ,I think he has weight on the loader ,only thing is he needs to get that tractor out of low low
@zoneundertop10 ай бұрын
Always low hitch for tractor's.
@gregculverwell10 ай бұрын
More traction yes, but it's also a good way to get a tractor to flip over backwards or lose steering control.
@NoName-zn1sb5 ай бұрын
@@zoneundertop for tractors
@mistero410 ай бұрын
I had that happen when taking a car for inspection once. Couldn’t believe it! I may or may not have steered it away from the failed inspection with a pair of vice grips!
@daviddamico428810 ай бұрын
That’s crazy how that happened.. definitely lucky…
@strandvaskeren10 ай бұрын
Not only the steering wheel falling off, but also the airlines blown during transport.. Imagine driving down the road when your airlines blow, so no breaks, no suspension and when you try to roll to a stop at the side of the road you end up with the steering wheel in your lap..
@NoName-zn1sb5 ай бұрын
no brakes
@robertmallonee91969 ай бұрын
After watching tractor pull the bus have you given any thoughts to buying a surplus airplane tow tug, I worked for a county government we had one from the u.s.navy with a slant- six automatic but it had a 6.17 rear it could pull trucks up hills and push also. We fabricated a square tube frame and a sheet cab with a tractor heater, like I said worked with any thing up to 80,000 lbs
@ColdSteelCharger10 ай бұрын
When doing tows like this, you also need to put some weight in the bucket or get a SSQA ballast so you can better maintain steering control and use the 4wd better.
@bradolsen862910 ай бұрын
This is the first time I’ve seen him work on an autonomous private coach
@PeterLee-zn3jl10 ай бұрын
You know what part of a vehicle always breaks first..? THE NUT BEHIND THE WHEEL
@DonRRicks10 ай бұрын
WOW!!! That would have made national news in the most tragic of ways. Thank God it didn’t
@DellAnderson10 ай бұрын
Whoa, Lance! I wonder if trying to turn with no power steering was the straw that broke the camel's back. Someone mentioned that was a new steering wheel. Where was it installed?
@contactmiller8 ай бұрын
"Oh yeah, the steering wheel comes off, so be careful with that."
@deanh719010 ай бұрын
The lack thereof was nuts.
@ehsnils10 ай бұрын
There was something rattling in the wheel, I wonder if that was the remains of the nut since at one point there must have been a nut involved to actually pull it together.
@paintnamer640310 ай бұрын
Never would expect that!
@charlesroer97210 ай бұрын
Steering wheel looked like some one was going to take it ,didn’t finish though . …. U are correct a damn unguided missile.
@wushock9210 ай бұрын
I should have been wearing my 'Hey Lance' shirt for this. 😆
@malcolmyoung78669 ай бұрын
So lucky to have this happen AG the end of the highway whilst being pulled into you driveway, Scott? What ever happened to ‘spannering up’ and torquing/marking critical bolts. Unbelievable!!
@NoName-zn1sb5 ай бұрын
Laughing Out Loud!
@GtrPknMama10 ай бұрын
Dang! Talk about a WTF moment!😬 Glad you were in Turtle mode and not highway bound. Be safe everyone ✨🎵✨😎👍
@ServantofYaHi77710 ай бұрын
Food for thought , maybe an extension of some sort could be temporarily added to the box blade that just in case that chain comes apart it could catch the ext and shorten the chain where it could not reach the cab . Thats a heavy bus
@iivaridark685010 ай бұрын
Well, if anyone in the whole world doesn't know what means "Hey Lance!" - there has to be some serious gaps in knowledge!
@dennisreeves63210 ай бұрын
Man that made the hair on my neck stand up. Lance has an angel watching after him,.
@kenhorne565010 ай бұрын
Vise grip steering wheel should do it
@wnewbury410 ай бұрын
The steering locked up on a GM 4905 with passengers on board! Fortunately the experienced driver got it stopped and no one was injured.
@normmcrae114010 ай бұрын
HOLY CRAP!!!! HOW does somebody get away with installing a Steering Wheel WITHOUT installing the nut! My friend DID have a similar thing happen on his '64 Rambler, but that took almost 30 years to work loose!
@mikemullay562210 ай бұрын
Hey Lance, the steering wheel came off!
@fabiodriven10 ай бұрын
You have to be near maximum buspacity.
@steves990510 ай бұрын
Thats weird. Doesn't the shaft have a keyway to center the wheel? Is it missing the toothed collar to go over the grooved shaft, like cars have? Hard to tell what happened there.
@charlescastle556610 ай бұрын
You talk about a freak out moment if had been on the road and the wheel come off your left with nothing to do but jump on the breaks but that's all. That was some good luck there Lance.
@NoName-zn1sb5 ай бұрын
the brakes
@donmacaskill502210 ай бұрын
Next project!! an expanded parking area at the driveway entrance where tow trucks and flat beds can safely pull off the road to unload vs. the middle of a narrow curved road.
@BusGreaseMonkey10 ай бұрын
There is 500-1000’ feet of straight road on the sides of our driveway and 35mph speed limit
@Wayoutthere10 ай бұрын
Dang, I see no less then 6 buses stacked on the property!
@ralphschut615910 ай бұрын
THAT was providential, NOT luck, like Lance said, thank God
@dconoway993210 ай бұрын
WOW! WOW! My knees R shaking fir Lance's sake and Im 1000 miles from you guys uo here on the caduan border. Si happy he made it to your place.
@NoName-zn1sb5 ай бұрын
Laughing Out Loud!
@dwaneholiday404310 ай бұрын
Was that a hey lance.. moment
@rleeAZ10 ай бұрын
the ultimate "hey Lance" moment.
@thoraldshib439310 ай бұрын
Ive seen a few of those wheels pop off on Kalmar Terminal Tractors I was refurbishing, but due to nut somehow getting stripped, not missing...
@terrywebb863610 ай бұрын
I feel for Lance that his steering wheel fell off, but Jesus took the wheel, other wise we may have heard or seen the big bus wreck on evening news. Glad he's ok. Thanks for sharing Scott.
@theallgaiersgarage9 ай бұрын
I guess that's something to put in your PM checklist , steering wheel falling off! who would have thought
@96chevydually6.5L10 ай бұрын
Sad to hear about Lance shutting down the Lucky Dog business
@donh641610 ай бұрын
Can someone explain? All of Lucky Dogs web presence is still up and running.
@IKnewMickey10 ай бұрын
Another chance Lance. Man oh man that was crazy.
@pettyfogger230510 ай бұрын
If you don't do a T shirt with Lance holding his steering wheel up with a surprised look on his face, I would like your blessing to see if I could talk him into a deal with me.😊
@gwharton6810 ай бұрын
You always need to carry a big pair of Vise Grips with you. You never know when your steering wheel comes off.
@stuartgmk9 ай бұрын
😅
@fastcoffee987810 ай бұрын
Watching some of these hot messes just gives me a better feeling about my own hot mess of a vintage coach✌️
@KensHobbies4099 ай бұрын
Holy Smokes!! Indeed, was lucky it came off there for sure! Reminded Me of one of My co-workers back in the 70's when His steering wheel came off on the way to work, so He drove it the rest of the way using vise grips clamped to the shaft to steer.
@waynebuzzell248310 ай бұрын
Hey Scott, been a fan for a few years. I don't remember you ever saying what the steepest grade is on Dynamometer hill? Love the content.
@BusGreaseMonkey10 ай бұрын
25%
@stuinNorway10 ай бұрын
@@BusGreaseMonkey 25% . . That's not a hill, that's a CLIFF ! Would explain why some of the patients struggle a bit.
@BusGreaseMonkey10 ай бұрын
It’s equivalent to climbing a 7 story building but doesn’t look that tall in videos.
@waynebuzzell248310 ай бұрын
Wow, I thought my friends driveway was steep at 17% up here in NH. Keep on rockin. ✌
@michaelguerin569 ай бұрын
@@BusGreaseMonkeyThe flattened perspective is why WW1 films of troops going ‘over the top’ look wrong. Film directors actually get cast/extras to line up down slope for prone firing in battle scenes. I and other Territorial Force soldiers spent a month or so as extras for a British TV series called Soldier, Soldier; back in the early 1990s.
@phildegruy929510 ай бұрын
Here.... you drive awhile....😳
@SuperMAZ00710 ай бұрын
Really lord Jesus must have been saving the day with this one. I do see a leaky wheel hub already but something must be so broke with the suspension that it just will not air up. Will be interesting to see what else will be found that is wrong with it.
@juliogonzo271810 ай бұрын
Stuff like that makes me glad I don't run a heavy wrecker anymore LMAO
@mansize6622Ай бұрын
1998 and steering has failed ? What a great investment.
@GNX15710 ай бұрын
Did the bolt holding it on break, or just come loose? I didn’t understand what the fastening method was. Had the bus been sitting? Maybe someone had eyed up that steering wheel and was in the midst of stealing it and got interrupted.
@christopherrasmussen871810 ай бұрын
Man Lance has an exciting life. lucky man considering
@greyjay92029 ай бұрын
Like a pilot watching the left engine fall off, in flight. Oh, S--t!
@SeversVideos10 ай бұрын
Wow! That is crazy luck….🍀
@TheBlueScarecrow9 ай бұрын
A million dollar Prevost and the steering wheel comes off? WTF! Glad I sold my MCI. And how could the engine overheat? There are sensors that will kill the engine when it even thinks about overheating. Prevost? WTF!
@danielrobert718110 ай бұрын
Incredible ! Talking about a lucky day, did Lance rushed out to buy a lottery ticket ?
@desiatohotblackАй бұрын
Sure would liked to have seen second (parallel) tow chain I place -if not for redundancy's sake (should a single link give way), then for mere load-sharing.
@throttlebottle59069 ай бұрын
looks like you'll need multiple shops and dozens of "good employees" soon(now). that's the hardest part
@BusGreaseMonkey9 ай бұрын
That is not my dream. That would be a nightmare. “Mexican fisherman story” if you don’t know it google it.
@michaelchamberlain461810 ай бұрын
God told me to tell you that was very good at 1/2 mile an hour.
@PaulWannenburg7 ай бұрын
Bald Michelin tyres are better than other bald tyres
@kenking587010 ай бұрын
Can you answer why Lance is closing the bus service?
@paulsshop78399 ай бұрын
new fear unlocked...
@BlindBatG3410 ай бұрын
Mini-truckers would be jealous. That bus can lay frame!
@Lee-qp6gf10 ай бұрын
It's called a guardian angel. somebody has one.
@pauleggert463910 ай бұрын
Be Positive Lance !! Never Quit !! Prayers Are On Their Way !!! VIVAT JESUS !!!👍🙏❤️😊 !!
@thepubliceye9 ай бұрын
Too bad busses were never made for off-highway hill climbing.
@lloydrobinson708110 ай бұрын
keep the clips coming
@18robsmith10 ай бұрын
Where's the steering wheel? . . It come off in m' 'and Guv 😞
@lamestuser10 ай бұрын
Lance needs to go buy a lottery ticket, stat!
@tracywraley689210 ай бұрын
That was a hay Lance moment but it was him who should have said it lol
@dixiemay199610 ай бұрын
Guardian angels working overtime..in full group.
@GlennShortell2 ай бұрын
Just think about this next time your on the highway doing 70 and a bus passes you. Scary right!!!!
@gordonmcmillan470910 ай бұрын
That could have been ...interesting.
@aussiebloke60910 ай бұрын
If Lance didn't have bad luck, he'd have no luck at all.
@lukky7nupe4 ай бұрын
hey man the theme song is bumpin
@russellwood586710 ай бұрын
we call that an oh s##t moment.
@timaz106610 ай бұрын
Good Lord was looking after him.
@ServantofYaHi77710 ай бұрын
They're as an ol boy over towards Knoxville, Tim Gentry , Gentry and sons trucking , I bet he would haul a bus or two if you needed him to, he's a you tuber 2 . He's got a couple of RGN's And just bought a older wrecker and shined it up a little. He's the one that hauled Elvis airplane for Jimmy's world
@CoolBlue87GT10 ай бұрын
I follow Tim Gentry, I wouldn't use his tow truck service until he really knows what he's doing. I don't mean that to be bad, but he's not trained to operate a big tow rig safely yet. It's not a job you just step into.
@user-ln7of9gs4s10 ай бұрын
No thanks. Headset on making videos, looking ridiculous. I just wish he would act real and be normal.
@ardenbowman44895 ай бұрын
WAS THERE NO LEVEL GROUND ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND?
@nedwphillips212610 ай бұрын
Crickey!!!! The Good Lord was watching eh
@GarnettM10 ай бұрын
Oh someone WILL BE FIRED where he bought it BBB Lawsuit forsure, Geez I had to steer a transport with a pipe wrench for 50 miles to get home Christmas day no way around it on a Mack SuperBee glad no scales open, Then Inuvik to Edmonton with no clutch just pressure plate only speed shift whole way start on hill ea time made it too 13 hrs 😮
@TurdFerguson-ez8yq10 ай бұрын
Anyone that buys a bus like this had way to much money to spend
@BusGreaseMonkey10 ай бұрын
It’s a heck of a project bus for sure.
@user-ln7of9gs4s10 ай бұрын
@@BusGreaseMonkeywhat happened to it?
@BruceBergman4 ай бұрын
Chain Tow can be deadly. Get a dynamic tow rope like a Yankum that will stretch a bit. 7:10
@BusGreaseMonkey4 ай бұрын
A kinetic energy rope is not a tow strap. It stretches to build up energy to release a stuck vehicle. Yankum is great for that. But flat towing a 60,000 lb bus it’s dangerous too.