2006 Blue Bird Vision- CAT C7

2006 Blue Bird Vision, (built in 2005) Caterpillar C7 w/ ACERT technology. Alison 2500 transmission. Air brakes

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Blue Bird Vision
• Cat C7
• caterpillar c7
• Vision

[jminnesota]

I wonder i notice most school bus are not Auto trans. Are there any school bus new that come with man trans or are all new ones auto. when i was in school we had a bunch of 1980s blue bird S1700s and most had 5 speed man but then in 1990s when they got new blue bird tc/2000 and navistar most were auto. I like auto but i still like the old fashion stick shifts now and then...

[bluebirdvision]

Yes, buses were aviliable with manual transmissions, up until the last few model years. Districts find it much easier to hire drivers when they run buses with automatic transmissions. Our last bus powered by a manual transmission was a 2001 Blue Bird International 3800. It has a 5 speed Spicer transmission. and was recently retired.

[kaiyoshi2243]

Wow! Buses sure have changed since the last time I drove. They look like cars on the inside, now. Last school bus I drove was a 1988 International Bluebird S1700 with a 7.3L diesel and an Allison AT-545.

Thanks for the video!

[bluebirdvision]

the vision is a very good bus. I do think all the buses have suffered, as far as inital quality tho.

[missouristexan]

Hi,

Where I am located in Texas, our school busses by law are required to have seatbelts not only for the driver but for all students as well. I am wondering what the common solution is to this. Do you have individual seats or is it a bench seat with 2 seatbelts?

Also, do you still use International conventionals? I see BB for a few other districts, but I think most of those are Freightliner pushers, or an unknown conventional.

[bluebirdvision]

Added: yes we still run Blue Bird Internationals, we have one 2001 and 2 2002 Int Birds (3800 T-444-Es) We used to be all Bird Ints, then we switched to IC for a couple of years, and started getting visions.

[zipper1001roblox]

we have like 6 thomas and they ALWAYS break down. lucky we have the good old visions for spear.  We are getting rid of the thomass and get all bluebirds

[Stetsonater]

@47cardinals Caterpillar's Electronic Technologies I Think. The Flat C7 is better than the ACERT because the ACERT has Electric Issues Everywhere. The C7 (3126) is known to have ACERT issues even though 3/4 have them and dont know it...

[Stetsonater]

Nice Bus, (Amazing I say that, I Hate the C7/3126 with a Passion). at least its CE compared to our Flat Noses. It got the Allison 5000? or 2500?

[47cardinals]

What is ACERT?

[bluebirdvision]

New York also requires lap seat belts. They are pushing the requirement of sholder and lap belts. I don't see this as an enforceable law, unless a panel is situated within the driver's view and there is a buzzer connected to EACH seat belt

This would also reduce capacity because it would require 2 in a seat instead of 3 in a seat. In my own opinion compartimentization is safe enough, adding seatbelts AS A REQUIREMENT (to wear them) only makes the drivers job harder and more complicated.