Preserved Bus Adventures | Episode 3 | A Midwinter Run With The B7RLE

[@MattWillisVideoProductions2023]

The Eclipse is one of the best buses Volvo have produced inn my opinion. Absolute workhorses. Well done Joe!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

They really are lovely vehicles, got to get the B10BLE on the road now as a comparison :D

[@MattWillisVideoProductions2023]

@@JoeDobsongaming please do haha! I used to own a B6LE Crusader a few years back.

[@daddymacgdawg5292]

​ @Joe Dobson love how u drove through blackburn and you drove past my school as well

[@Thebusguyplayz3]

@@JoeDobsongamingnice to see the B7RLE out again

[@nickk8762]

Love the the fact you own a bus! or two.. we've talked about it and never done it. Good for you Joe! All the best

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Nick! You absolutely should go do it, other than the immense cost it's great fun :D

[@damian-transport-enthusiast]

This is his bus...??? So he's rich...?? So he owns a bus company..? What???? Can someone explain please because I have no idea 😂

[@DavidR_192]

@@damian-transport-enthusiast - He bought an ex-service bus from First Halifax. You can get a half decent bus like this from around £6000, so it's not about being rich. Just choices. The running, storage and maintenance of the bus is far more than the price you pay to buy it.

[@damian-transport-enthusiast]

@@DavidR_192 I see, thank you!

[@beckfindsawayy]

these travel videos are always soooo chilled and theraputic to watch! Joe your voiceovers are so professional you have an amazing voice for narration!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Beck G! Really glad you like the content 🥰

[@davidwilkes83]

Nice to see ex-TWM metrobus 3063 (F63 XOF) is still alive and kicking

[@greatermanchesterbusenthus2394]

Absolutely loving these bus adventures, can't wait for more!

[@lchampeny7nrr]

Love it mate, Danny made the long trip to come for ride with you.I miss all this adventure that we used to do back in 2016.

[@georgeratcliffe7752]

"I am quite handy with a spanner" holds a screwdriver

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I was waiting for somebody to notice that 🤣🤣

[@TomPotman]

Those graphics look like real life 😮😮😂😂

[@tomrachellesfirstdance7843]

Great video Joe thanks for taking your time and effort doing these videos they are a fun watch

[@fiona24x]

I was waiting to see the real pop up saying you skipped a stop like it does on Bus simulator lol 😆

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Darn it! I should have done that haha

[@Cooker163]

Your driving is amazing!

[@omsidotexe]

Great video! I own my own bus under preservation here in Australia, a Custom Coaches Mk88 MB O405 (with a W3E110 gearbox!). It's definitely a great hobby, a very expensive one at that.

[@squireoftwitch8298]

oh my days!! 🤯 you're driving where i live?! 😱 awesome content dude, keep up the good work!! 🙏

[@MrJoshiej]

I love these B7RLE Buses I really like the sound of them

[@jvdrro]

Beautiful livery and beautiful bus, you are incredibly lucky to have a bus

[@DavidR_192]

Not luck, just dedication, sacrifice, research and a lot of effort. This bus will have cost less than a 6 year old Ford Fiesta. It's sacrificing all the money and time to maintain and store it that stings a bit.

[@KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom]

Awesome video Joe! Really enjoyed it! Very relaxing 😌

[@DanielAbbott31]

Who else is glad that Joe doesn't drive the same in real life as in omsi lol? Just kidding, nice to see some real life bus driving!

[@NightTilDawn]

Lol you remind me of my Jamaican grandma when she used to say "if yuh nah use it yuh go lose it" 🤣🤣

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I shall take that as a compliment! She sounds like a wise woman!

[@NightTilDawn]

@@JoeDobsongaming she was God rest her soul

[@Thatspuremental]

Yea i love it if i could i would own my own bus that is a beautiful bus absolutely perfect

[@camwest3878]

Nice video, Looks a very smooth drive like it’s sister we still have.

[@simonrashleigh5398]

Thanks Cam 😊

[@TorchwoodLeeds]

Incredible Video! Very Jealous, looking forward to future videos! Really hope we get to see more of the on going work like at the End where you vlogged the Seats getting changed and Maybe a Video going into some of the costs involved i.e Insurance, Tax, Purchase Etc. (For those of us that aspire to save some Buses our self's)

[@32446]

I love you and your Videos Joe and your B7RLE looks great 👍🏼 I wish it had a flip Dot Sign Joe

[@Nathan_A_RF]

That's quite stupid of the council to have a parking space in a spot that restricts the movement of large vehicles, right next to a garage full of large vehicles.

[@FPs_transport_vids]

The spaces have probably been there for a lot longer than the transport trust, but yeah it is still stupid

[@JoeDobsongaming]

It's a shame they can't relocate the parking spaces elsewhere, but such is life I suppose!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Yeah the spaces were there first haha

[@dennistrident981]

@@JoeDobsongaming this is a bit of a random question but say they held a running event and someone parked there then what do they do?

[@scottwojcik2148]

We have just lost our Stagecoach 05 plate B7RLE'S 21212 and 21213 they are believed to be for disposal according to the fleet movements. They have been replaced with more B7RLE'S over from Manchester way. A few years ago a majority of the local fleet were B7'S.

[@markcrellin5550]

Got to say that the Volvos are nice drives, I enjoyed them. My favourite bus to drive though is the B10bs.

[@holdingpointaviation]

OMSI 2 getting more and more realistic

[@busboysimulators263]

I love these videos keep it up Joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks! Will do! Really kind of you to say :)

[@davidcurtis6698]

Loved the video!!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thank you for featuring in it! :D

[@davidcurtis6698]

@@JoeDobsongaming roll on episode 4!!

[@PAULLISA7572]

Excellent bus to own and I do love a B7

[@Bradley.004]

really enjoy these vids. hope you do more

[@JoeDobsongaming]

More to come hopefully! Really glad you like the videos Bradley!

[@arrivaashton]

Love you own a bus now!, Good luck with your B7RLE

[@JoeDobsongaming]

It's a bit mental haha, thanks ArrivaAshton!

[@JJGadventures]

Good to see you Joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks embuses! Good to see you too!

[@daddymacgdawg5292]

​ @Joe Dobson love how u drove through blackburn and you drove past my school as well

[@Lewisleigh8457]

9:01 I saw you I was at the bus station that day you was recording

[@roadandrailstudios5216]

Amazing stuff.

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Glad you think so! It was great fun :D

[@dangerponimplays]

cool vid live always

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks dangerponim plays! :D

[@Mike_Plays]

I found you through City Bus Manager, and have found I really enjoy these videos. I must admit, I didn't know bus preservation and bus rallies were a thing! I'm definitely learning a lot on your channel. I think it could be really cool if you had a 360 camera on the bus so we could look around while you drive, it'll be like we're really there with you as you bring us around. Looking forward to more bus content!

[@stuarthargreaves3745]

Nice buses to ride on. However, i much prefer the Atlanteen and Fleetline.

[@alanshelly7068]

Awesome video joe from Alan in Lowestoft

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Alan! 😄

[@alanshelly7068]

@JoeDobsongaming your welcome buddy

[@jordangrogan3440]

When is the next town and district open day, didn’t realise you was in great harwood, I’m only in Oswaldtwistle. Wouldn’t mind coming to see the buses! 😀

[@imranarriva.yorkshirefento1838]

Grate video joe I love your bus and I am enjoying these videos keep them up

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Imran! I love the B7 too! I'll try get videos of the buses done on a more regular basis! :D

[@davidstubbs5930]

@@JoeDobsongaming it would be nice if you got your other bus going

[@imranarriva.yorkshirefento1838]

@@JoeDobsongaming 😁😁

[@OliverPatterson-m7f]

7:00 just realised the northern bag 😅

[@jamiehayward1921]

LOVE THE VID joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Jamie!

[@Trainspotter4002]

Can't wait for episode 4!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I can’t wait to record it!

[@joshstransportvideos5267]

Any plans regarding Dewsbury running day? Be nice to see what youve done to the bus :)

[@breslin123]

Enoying the real life bus content, have you ever thought about working for a bus company, I've been a bus driver for nearly 6 years now, must be fun to drive your own bus and not have to pick passengers up😜

[@FirstSmit]

Amazing Video Joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@deaconjohn6838]

Just brilliant to own a bus

[@leeyarnold9492]

What happened with your contract with first that said you can't keep it in its current livery?

[@Lewisleigh8457]

9:01 I saw you at Chorley bus station I was waiting for my bus

[@oliking9819]

You need to do more bus adventures.

[@TechnoJLS]

It's a good thing you weren't thinking you were playing OMSI! Christ!

[@poochengeez]

Good graphics on this one. What graphics card are you using?

[@JoeDobsongaming]

RTX 8090 😝

[@Kiwi_NZ10]

Hey why have to charge the battery????

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Hi Aotearoa936! With the Eclipse having so many electrical systems on board even when the isolator is on, it still drains a small amount of power. We get round this now by disconnecting the batteries when we're leaving the site to avoid them going flat :)

[@Kiwi_NZ10]

@@JoeDobsongaming cool thanks

[@leehill8437]

is this your bus ? you look younger than me and have got a bus how dd u do it ? advice please ? im a full licence holder so i can carry passengers on buses aswell and came off driving them last year for reasons that wont stop me driving them again

[@tylergatt28]

My question is how are you transporting passengers do you have a operators license and CPC/PCV when you do take passengers

[@JoeDobsongaming]

No operators license/CPC required but I do hold a full PCV license. As they’re not fare paying passengers a PCV license is sufficient

[@Wetthewhistle]

You could have got a bendy bus around that corner with those cars sitting there.

[@DavidR_192]

Wide-angled lens makes everything look spaced out and 'wide'. I know that corner and it's very tight in reality.

[@EMhorsburghrbxltd]

when are you gonna update us on the B7RLE?

[@benemms1455]

Loved driving these when i worked out of Halifax, however worst one i had was 66781 with its dodgy breaks and oversensitive GreenRoad

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I never really cared for 66780 when I used to travel on it, but having said that it's a beautiful machine underneath! :D

[@jackpicton9631]

I’m training in 66762, drives like a rocket.

[@camwest3878]

Used to drive that in York, great bus.

[@driftlegend5968]

let me guess badger will get your bus sounds for omsi for the classics?

[@Paco_Gaepedores]

woohoo ❤

[@noopman321]

Any London vids soon day 1 of asking

[@MrScottdjb89]

Any info on the metrobus? And are you supposed to cover up the previous company’s logos? 👍

[@VolvoB10L]

That Metrobus suggests it’s ex West Midlands judging by the destination box

[@MrScottdjb89]

@@VolvoB10L yeah looks like it past to greenbus after

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I'm not allowed to take it to bus rallies with the current livery, this was more just an update on the progress. The final aim is to get it painted in First Barbie :) As for the Metrobus, I'm not sure to be honest with you.

[@VolvoB10L]

It’s ex West Midlands F63XOF (3063)

[@Northerner_Transport_Hub]

What happened to the B10BLE

[@JulieSmart69]

In omsi 2 how do you use the throttle and move the bus on windows 10?? Love your vids❤❤❤

[@PJMCGaming]

Are you planning on starting your own bus company and do actual fares?

[@DavidR_192]

😄😄😄😄😄 I don't think that's the plan.

[@adammoorby99]

If i’m right in thinking you can drive a 30+ year old bus on a car license and i saw for £5k an ex hong kong alexander bodies leyland olympian the temptation to get that and convert it into a campervan was seriously tempting

[@heyrodtrainspotter9700]

How much is the insurance on a bus must be a fortune?

[@richardtalbot8769]

do people hail you?

[@iiBus]

Over a year ago?

[@Corpereign]

So your an actual Bus driver?!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I have a bus driving license :) But I don't do it for a job :)

[@racerxr2]

Out of interest what's the crack with insurance?

[@Glassofwater124]

Why did you not have a ticket machine

[@DavidR_192]

Because it's a preserved bus. He's not planning on picking up fare-paying passengers.

[@StrxmyDev]

Joe I beg you to get a go-pro, get a head strap for it and then do headcam/POV driving!! PLEASEE

[@BusTrainsGuy20]

Wait so if you don't use it, they will take it from you. What will they do if you didn't use it at all?

[@scotland_buses8723]

Nobody’s going to take it away if its not used, using it just gives a chance for everything to move and keep working.

[@truckerlee5975]

Since i subscribed to mancbuses and Jordan , you get one to.

[@olivermoyses7913]

Please do more b7rle videos joe

[@patrikazzam392]

i didn't know that you have a bus license

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I do 😁

[@Jaythechatter1993]

When did you do this?

[@DavidR_192]

Jan 2022.

[@Jaythechatter1993]

@@DavidR_192 no way!!

[@Martin_V8]

No way i live in Chorley! Great vid

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Aww we'd have waved if we'd seen you!! :D

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

Looks nice so far... I think you should replace those white & yellow license plates with black plates in order to make the vehicle look older than it actually is to those not in the know. I would also recomend that you try driving this down some really narrow roads to test your skills on driving this bus, could end up being a real challange but don't go down a byway...

[@DavidR_192]

What? It's a 2000s bus. Black plates belong on 50s and 60s buses. That would look really odd.

[@sremca1996]

This is omsi 2 in unreal engine 5

[@spacesrl794]

You need to make a motor home out of a bus.

[@jonny-simulation-gamer]

once i get my solars i can not drive them

[@busesinnottingham3369]

U dont want to wrap a B7rle round me (im called lamppost)

[@busesinnottingham3369]

Ur good with a spanner cos u are one (jk)

[@Mr_CM_]

Who on earth have a bus to "go for a ride sometimes"??? Aaand factory spec bus for all busses... if it was a "house on wheels" or a bus with a "monster engine" i would kinda of understand

[@DavidR_192]

Negative Nelly! It's his not yours so his choices.

[@Mdcmv2]

Is it just me or did anyone else see Joe's wedding ring ? I had no idea you were married for Joe, you've probably been married for a while but if you haven't been congrats mate .

[@lorrainemcmahon969]

565th like

[@sirfairplay9153]

I want a fackin' bus!

[@lj671]

Great bus! However HD CONNECT > HX CONNECT

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Hmmmmmmmm :P we shall agree to disagree haha :D (The bus is good though I agree with that!) :D