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The GMC at 1:02 looks like some of our old spares, RIP:-( they were replaced with on CE200 (boo) and some Mid 90's Bluebird Internationals. I liked those old school buses, they ran well, and I rode them 73% of the time. My normal bus is a CE200 (again boo).

ELOfanatic 2 years ago

I would like to take a totalled school bus and put it up in a tree and make it into a treehouse. Because thats what I call downcycling!

With heavy gas guzzlers like buses; we might as well be more creative about retiring them from bus fleets.

SamuraiClinton 2 years ago

nice vid...just wondering ....do you kno how much a school bus driver makes a year?

edgar5001 2 years ago

2:02 is the type of bus i ride

pspfreak1000 2 years ago

nice buses I ask me how many children did transport this buses in theyr life till retirement

OctavianDulf1976 2 years ago

Why would they have to retire buses? The old ones don't seem to be built much diffrent. I could see if they are more safe but I don't see any major changes. They don't get miles on them like there non modified truck partners. I drove international trucks of the near same model. The only diffrence is the cab not being a cut away. And that sucker had ten times the miles that any of those buses have and it ran great and was reliable. Nice slide show!!!

rocintrucker83021227 2 years ago 2

well if you rode the same buses your parents did then your school admin should be in prision.... school busses expire

isoownu 2 years ago

Yea, in our district a school bus can only be in service for 15 years before it retires

thomasfreightliner 2 years ago

@thomasfreightliner, i saw one of the old bus still in service since new, 1991 chevy carpetner bus (unless i'm wrong), THE ONLY OLDEST bus still in service, my guess, long it passes state safety inspection, it still be running, if i ever get a chance, i'll get a video of the bus at the school bus parking space next time

SpiritsoftheWolf 1 year ago

@thomasfreightliner That's funny b/c my district has kept some 22 year old Waynes and 18 year old BlueBirds. That's the way I like it though. Old=Better, anyway Wayne Lifeguards are my favorite.

alexweb8 10 months ago

My dad rides the bus with me but is one grade ahead of me.

brad0205 2 years ago

good but it's not my interests

rawi707 2 years ago

i am refering to the 3rd bus on pic when it boots up on here

RodneyMJ 2 years ago

nice i like the new flat nose buses better then the older ones

RodneyMJ 2 years ago

second bus in the video is a gmc not a blue bird

MANONFIREII 2 years ago

It's both. A Blue Bird body mounted on a GMC 6000 chassis.

thomasfreightliner 2 years ago 2

Lol. I'm 23 and can remember riding a great many of these busses to school and breaking down often. Needless to say, that was in a public school in a poor NC County, where we rode the same busses that our parents did. lol.

uncwboy 3 years ago

that is very funny uncwboy cause in the county where I live in (near atlanta) the county school system used all blue bird buses. The county where I lived in was rural but now it is growing.

oconeeredneck 3 years ago

nice

luvdocta76 3 years ago

they are the shittest quality service ever. the buses are late, and have increasingly limited area service.

ultimateninjamonkey 3 years ago

What are you talking about?

thomasfreightliner 3 years ago

Just miss Blue Bird School bus.

phguy76 3 years ago

is there a bus biger than the bus i ride when i am coming home from school becouse at last 3 people got to sit on the floor that is how packed my fucking bus is it is not log for everyone to have a place to sit

xbtc 3 years ago

i love school buses so much

jarrett798 3 years ago

I came to like Bluebird they were the only manufacturer to offer different chassis until a couple of years ago, They had GMC, Chevy, International. But as you all know, everyone doing their own thing now. I recently saw a pic of the Blue Bird vision on a ford chassis from 2001 0r 2002, it was a prototype. I'd sure wish that would have went into production.

yawotton 3 years ago

How come Chrysler does not produce any school bus??

phguy76 3 years ago

because chrysler is not a powerful company

redsoxsuck101 3 years ago

Chrysler dose because they own thomas bulit busses

garetharogers 3 years ago

Blue Birds ride smooth, but I prefer Waynes.

alexweb8 3 years ago

I started training yesterday on a 1992 Blue Bird school bus,(124,000 miles)as soon as I met the instructor he told me to get into the drivers seat. Hardest part was learning the steps to the pre trip,especially the 5 air breaks test. I have 8 more lessons to go before I take my CDL road test next month.

A lot of switches,knobs,lights to get used to. The rearview mirror inside the bus was very high,just checked the outside mirrors while driving.

roadwarrior8 3 years ago 2

Yea, I heard the hardest part was the pre trip. I wish the best of luck to you.

thomasfreightliner 3 years ago

Air brakes!!??/ We don't have air brakes! 'Course we are a small school.. Haha.. :)

MiniPoof2Saddlebreds 3 years ago

do you need a cdl to drive a bus?

BatMan9482 4 years ago

Yes. A bus is considered a commercial motor vehicle.

thomasfreightliner 4 years ago

oh...how much for one? i heard they pay you pretty good to drive a bus. like 12 or so and hr.

BatMan9482 4 years ago

It depends in what district you live in. For example, I live in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana and I think they start you off at around $20 and hr. driving for the school board.

thomasfreightliner 4 years ago