Slipping Voith and HOPELESS hill climb - Volvo B7TL GN04UFR - Arriva 6445

[@BabyRosalinaFan82]

Okay, this was actually going a lot better than I was expecting until that hill spawned; I actually have no words for this.

[@gloriouswater538]

I genuinely was enjoying that bit. But that hill... no thanks.

[@BusThrash]

To be fair that is a pretty steep hill. I've driven up it several times in numerous vehicles, and even had some 1st gear action in a Cadet trying to gett up it :') Best bus I got up there was a ZF B7RLE, managed to get to the top in 3rd gear. Was rather impressed.

[@radley3924]

The thing that GloriousWater loves.. is R2 and R3 on 12% hills haha. Jokes aside, I thoroughly enjoy your videos. :)

[@BusFan-nu1kd]

There had to have been something wrong with the engine and/or the Voith gearbox. It almost sounded like it wasn’t in the correct gear 1 when going 3mph up that hill

[@nathanw9770]

This route used to go to Bromley North! I've never knew it used DD's.

[@gloriouswater538]

They used to go on it once in a while before the cutback (and were even the allocation long ago) - now the route only goes to Sevenoaks it's allocated them again.

[@michaelflat2790]

Surprised the transmission didn't overheat or the bus itself.. Foot to the floor and 3mph!

[@jaggass]

The diff sounds similar to a Euro 3 Dennis Trident one.

[@LJ07EBP]

no

[@selkent8668]

Its a D7C 215Hp (Probably a lot less now), with a heavy ALX400 body... what are you expecting?

[@gloriouswater538]

I'm expecting it to go up at more than 3mph... bit like 6444 manages to

[@eswbusproductions]

GloriousWater I was expecting someone to write a 10 page essay about the mechanics on this thing 😉😂

[@oilstutterbusvideos]

There are many of these that can go up hills... Take 6412 for example. And also, it may not have much HP, but you’d at least expect it to climb a hill to a certain extent that is safe, because that really shouldn’t be on the road like that

[@thomasbusadventures]

@@oilstutterbusvideos 6412 did 5mph up Chatham hill 💀💀💀

[@truly4001]

Buses don’t lose power like cars do, albeit they do gradually see a deduction in power.

[@will_n775]

Oh My God

[@will_n775]

Most old people could walk faster than that

[@volvotrident4835]

Try the 7. You should get some more action out of these. (Lovely screaming voith btw)

[@gloriouswater538]

That was the route I took immediately before this lol

[@volvotrident4835]

@@gloriouswater538 good choice. Last time i done 7, i was unfortunate to get a DB300 when i wanted an B7TL or Euro 4 E400

[@gloriouswater538]

Yeah, I had a DB300. I don't mind, but it wasn't driven particularly fast... so meh

[@volvotrident4835]

@@gloriouswater538 I dont know why but most DB300s are never driven fast. Maybe i just get bad luck with them.

[@BabyRosalinaFan82]

We've all done the 7 a fair bit. lol