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

Hello everybody, and welcome back to Preserved Bus Adventures!
It's been a little while since we last did a video on the Volvo B7RLE, we did aim to do one a bit sooner, but as you'll see it's not for want of trying! But anyway at last the stars have aligned and we're able to take the bus out for another run.
We're off to Chorley today, a nice distance to blow the cobwebs off, as well as pick up some tools to tinker about with a few bits and bobs. The assault screen has been fixed now so it fully opens (and stays open), as well as replacing some of the old cushions with brand new (ish) ones. It's been an absolutely great day, and I hope you all enjoy coming along for the ride!
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[@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

[@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

[@georgeratcliffe7752]

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

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I was waiting for somebody to notice that 🤣🤣

[@beckg7317]

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

[@daniel_a_travels]

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!

[@Wetthewhistle]

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

[@TomPotman]

Those graphics look like real life 😮😮😂😂

[@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

[@stuarthargreaves3745]

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

[@greatermanchesterbusenthus2394]

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

[@j4d.0]

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

[@squireoftwitch8298]

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

[@tomrachellesfirstdance7843]

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

[@Cooker163]

Your driving is amazing!

[@LongHaulPilot]

OMSI 2 getting more and more realistic

[@PAULLISA7572]

Excellent bus to own and I do love a B7

[@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.

[@KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld]

Awesome video Joe! Really enjoyed it! Very relaxing 😌

[@roadandrailstudios5216]

Amazing stuff.

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Glad you think so! It was great fun :D

[@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.

[@MrJoshiej]

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

[@TechnoJLS]

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

[@willgreen4352]

Great video Joe.

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Will! :D It was great fun to make

[@32446]

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

[@Setransport]

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

[@JoeDobsongaming]

It's a bit mental haha, thanks ArrivaAshton!

[@markcrellin5550]

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

[@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 😊

[@JJGadventures]

Good to see you Joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks embuses! Good to see you too!

[@busboysimulators263]

I love these videos keep it up Joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

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

[@Trainspotter4002]

Can't wait for episode 4!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I can’t wait to record it!

[@davidcurtis6698]

Loved the video!!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thank you for featuring in it! :D

[@davidcurtis6698]

@@JoeDobsongaming roll on episode 4!!

[@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)

[@FirstSmit]

Amazing Video Joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@deaconjohn6838]

Just brilliant to own a bus

[@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?

[@dangerponimplays]

cool vid live always

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks dangerponim plays! :D

[@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.

[@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😜

[@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

[@daddymacgdawg5292]

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

[@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! 😀

[@jamiehayward1921]

LOVE THE VID joe

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Jamie!

[@oliking9819]

You need to do more bus adventures.

[@Bradley-to1yk]

really enjoy these vids. hope you do more

[@JoeDobsongaming]

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

[@alanshelly7068]

Awesome video joe from Alan in Lowestoft

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Thanks Alan! 😄

[@alanshelly7068]

@JoeDobsongaming your welcome buddy

[@joshstransportvideos5267]

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

[@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!

[@Paco_Gaepedores]

woohoo ❤

[@Lewisleigh8457]

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

[@jackpicton9631]

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

[@camwest3878]

Used to drive that in York, great bus.

[@Lewisleigh8457]

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

[@driftlegend5968]

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

[@JulieSmart69]

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

[@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

[@poochengeez]

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

[@JoeDobsongaming]

RTX 8090 😝

[@noopman321]

Any London vids soon day 1 of asking

[@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

[@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

[@PJMCGaming]

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

[@StrxmyDev]

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

[@Northerner_Transport_Hub]

What happened to the B10BLE

[@Jaythechatter1993]

When did you do this?

[@olivermoyses7913]

Please do more b7rle videos joe

[@truckerlee5975]

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

[@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

[@spacesrl794]

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

[@busesarebest]

Why did you not have a ticket machine

[@heyrodtrainspotter9700]

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

[@BusTrainsGuy18]

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.

[@racerxr2]

Out of interest what's the crack with insurance?

[@BobbyTokes]

As a bus driver for blackpool transport, not going to lie mate but we have routes that use same size buses that have turns as bad if not worse than that. It was definitely doable pal.

[@MrScottdjb89]

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

[@Trident4544]

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

[@MrScottdjb89]

@@Trident4544 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.

[@Trident4544]

It’s ex West Midlands F63XOF (3063)

[@iiBus]

Over a year ago?

[@Martin_V8]

No way i live in Chorley! Great vid

[@JoeDobsongaming]

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

[@richardtalbot8769]

do people hail you?

[@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...

[@patrikazzam392]

i didn't know that you have a bus license

[@JoeDobsongaming]

I do 😁

[@Corpereign]

So your an actual Bus driver?!

[@JoeDobsongaming]

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

[@sremca1996]

This is omsi 2 in unreal engine 5

[@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

[@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

[@jonny-simulation-gamer]

once i get my solars i can not drive them

[@lorrainemcmahon969]

565th like

[@theWestSussexbusboy]

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 .

[@busesinnottingham3369]

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

[@busesinnottingham3369]

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

[@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 😁😁

[@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