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Old 02-04-2017, 05:26 PM   #41
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the schools here are buying mainly IC conventionals as they tend to beat everyone up on prici9ng.. at least here in Ohio.. I dont know where they make those anymore... springfield ohio navistar plant has been gone for a long time..

-Christopher
The Old International plant is gone, the one they built north of Springfield is doing pretty well cranking out trucks, It's where they're supposed to be building the Navistar/GM Joint venture trucks and they're currently hiring. I can't say much for the rest of Springfield though other than I'm glad I live out of town.

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Old 02-04-2017, 05:44 PM   #42
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So I got my title and BOS in the mail!

One thing I noted- there's NO mention of weight anywhere. Very little info, but it IS a legit Colorado title. Maybe that's a CO thing. I'll get an ins policy, I just hope they don't ask what it weighs.
My friend and neighbor Shaun is gona go get it tues/weds this week! YAY!
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Old 02-04-2017, 05:47 PM   #43
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Do you still need someone to go help your friend get it started and on the road or do you have that covered?
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Old 02-04-2017, 05:50 PM   #44
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wow i didnt know there was still any navistar plants in Ohio.. I do rememner as a kid living in columbus and themn as a teen in dayton, the hundreds of school bus chassis going along route I-70.. headed west to indiana or north.. to either Superior, carpenter, or Wayne... those 3 factories kept IHC cranking out the Bus chassis... schools in ohio were scorned if god forbid they bought a conventional school bus that wasnt a superior, carpenter, or wayne... a family friend became a BlueBird salesman on Bucyrus in like 1980 and had his work cut out for him to sell ohio into Birds..

I was destined to be a Bus Geek when he would always bring a Bus to family gatherings at my grandmothers house in Bucyrus.. I was allowed (at 12 years old) to drive each one around grandma's "circle".. her street was a very quiet low-traffic circle with suburban style homes built in the late 60s.. they were all gasoline automatics.. International chassis of course..

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Old 02-04-2017, 06:02 PM   #45
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Do you still need someone to go help your friend get it started and on the road or do you have that covered?
YES I still need someone, if possible!!!
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Old 02-04-2017, 06:04 PM   #46
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I wish i had the time.. I would sooo be on that trip...
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Old 02-04-2017, 06:07 PM   #47
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I wish i had the time.. I would sooo be on that trip...
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Oh, believe me- ME TOOOOOOO!!!!
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Old 02-04-2017, 06:17 PM   #48
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I could make it to Denver by midday on either Tuesday or Wednesday. It would be a 3 hour trip for me, so if someone closer to Denver wants to volunteer then that would be fine. I will send you a PM.
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Old 02-04-2017, 06:37 PM   #49
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I could make it to Denver by midday on either Tuesday or Wednesday. It would be a 3 hour trip for me, so if someone closer to Denver wants to volunteer then that would be fine. I will send you a PM.
Man, that may be a real lifesaver. I'll see what I can pull off, but I may take you up on that.
I'd definitely be grateful!
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Old 02-04-2017, 06:44 PM   #50
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If he knows his route home, let us know and maybe some of us could have a place to sleep, stop, or at least get a cup of coffee.
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Old 02-04-2017, 06:46 PM   #51
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If he knows his route home, let us know and maybe some of us could have a place to sleep, stop, or at least get a cup of coffee.
Ok, cool THANKS!
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Old 02-05-2017, 03:10 AM   #52
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That's how Subaru build cars now. NO quality control. The customer ends up doing the qc.
yes, I had a 2014 Subaru forester that lost oil pressure at 15k miles and destructed on the side of the road... got a new engine after fighting for months. they said an "aftermarket" oil filter killed the oil pump... I took it to the dealer for service. I got rid of that pos lol
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Old 02-05-2017, 04:52 AM   #53
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yes, I had a 2014 Subaru forester that lost oil pressure at 15k miles and destructed on the side of the road... got a new engine after fighting for months. they said an "aftermarket" oil filter killed the oil pump... I took it to the dealer for service. I got rid of that pos lol
The Fb engines will end Subaru's legendary reputation for reliability. Even their HUGE online PR presence can't stop that.
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Old 02-05-2017, 04:55 AM   #54
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The Fb engines will end Subaru's legendary reputation for reliability. Even their HUGE online PR presence can't stop that.
I found out during this mess that they routinely replace engines that come from the factory with such bad tolerances that they burn a quart of oil a week... Brand new. 0w5 full synthetic oil??? May as well use water. Anyway hijack over. Sorry lol

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Old 02-05-2017, 04:59 AM   #55
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I found out during this mess that they routinely replace engines that come from the factory with such bad tolerances that they burn a quart of oil a week... Brand new. 0w5 full synthetic oil??? May as well use water. Anyway hijack over. Sorry lol

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Old 02-05-2017, 07:37 AM   #56
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I don't work for Bluebird. I do drive for a large school bus company in Wisconsin that is a huge customer. We actually buy our buses directly from Bluebird and we will fly 20 drivers down at a time to get the new buses back to WI.

And the Fort Valley plant is bus HEAVEN. You will see configurations and options that you didn't even know existed. Fort Valley is a small town but the factory rents just about every square inch of vacant lot in the town and packs it with hundreds, if not thousands of buses awaiting delivery.

The only thing that doesn't get manufactured there are the Type A buses, which are assembled up in Canada.

And driving a new bus is pretty nice. If you think new car smell is nice, wait til you try new bus smell

I will take pictures if I go down there this summer. I am not sure if they offer tours to the public and I'm pretty sure you'd need a CDL to test drive their stuff.
Pretty sure I found their shop!


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Old 02-05-2017, 10:49 AM   #57
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Pretty sure I found their shop!


That's not even all of them. They have other storage lots outside town where they park overflow buses.
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Old 02-05-2017, 11:39 AM   #58
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I delivered new trucks out of Springfield OH 94 to 96, new truck smell
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Old 02-05-2017, 12:31 PM   #59
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We live in Denver. I love the bus! and could probably use a doubling down myself. haha, maybe.

I read through some of the posts. I could be around in the afternoon if they need.
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Old 02-05-2017, 04:22 PM   #60
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cant wait to meet everyone at the florida nus get together!.. mty redByrd seems to be running good after i fixed the air in coolant situation so im going to attempt to run it down to st pete tomorrow / tuesday.. and then i'll bring it up to ECCB friday..

are we really cutting a roof off of a school bus ?

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