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05-06-2018, 11:17 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: near Christiansburg VA
Posts: 692
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: Cummins 5.9
Rated Cap: 44 or 66? 11 rows
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Adding reflective tape?
We're planning on painting our bus Ford Blue below the windows and white from there on up.
I like the safety aspect of the reflective tape (much as I groused removing it), and am considering adding a white strip in the middle of the blue using this stuff. Here's a quick Photoshop of how I think I want it to look:
Thoughts? Any advice on applying it, or cautionary tales I need to hear?
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05-06-2018, 12:39 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Weeki Wachee, FL
Posts: 3,056
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: Cummins 5.9
Rated Cap: 72
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I'm a fan of the 3M Scotchlite reflective tape. I've been putting it on my vehicles for a decade and I recommend it to anyone looking to be more visible.
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05-07-2018, 10:52 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Just for the record...(and anyone with black bumpers)...3M now has a BLACK high reflectivity tape. Very cool stuff.
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05-07-2018, 10:59 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: WNY
Posts: 53
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: T444e
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Just for the record...(and anyone with black bumpers)...3M now has a BLACK high reflectivity tape. Very cool stuff.
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They have it in many colors - have for a while.
We used to have a dark green jeep... We had paw prints cut out of the black reflective vinyl and put them all over it.
Looked like black paw prints during the day, and reflected bright white when lights hit them at night!!
Wish I knew where the pictures were I had of the setup....
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05-07-2018, 11:01 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Montana
Posts: 581
Year: 2000
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I like it - I added some green reflective tape to my Emergency Windows - but didn't do the entire side. But after looking at the picture you posted - I may add green down the sides of my bus!
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05-07-2018, 11:01 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: WNY
Posts: 53
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: T444e
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I cant find the night time pics... but here is some day time.
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05-07-2018, 11:06 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Montana
Posts: 581
Year: 2000
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I like the dog paw reflective stickers - I added one to my bus.
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05-08-2018, 08:00 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mangus580
They have it in many colors - have for a while.
We used to have a dark green jeep...
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Well, I guess that answers my question. Was wondering if there was a green. My bus will be dark green and almond.
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05-08-2018, 08:24 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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My bus will have so many chicken lights the tape would be worthless!
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05-08-2018, 08:52 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
My bus will have so many chicken lights the tape would be worthless!
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"Chicken lights"??? I assume you mean running lights but why are they named chicken lights? Don't think I've heard that term before.
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05-08-2018, 09:08 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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05-08-2018, 04:15 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
"Chicken lights"??? I assume you mean running lights but why are they named chicken lights? Don't think I've heard that term before.
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05-09-2018, 08:05 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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I've not heard the song before.
So, yeah. The question still stands. And I already know your answer. Where did the term chicken lights come from. They've always been called that. Not very satisfying answer. Why chicken instead of cow or hog or even lettuce. Wouldn't even have to be agriculture.
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05-09-2018, 08:13 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 24
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"Have you ever wondered where the term “Chicken Lights” came from? One legend says that the truckers in the 1920s, driving slow trucks on then-dark streets, were often the victims of thieves as they moved loads of chickens through small towns. To help stop this problem, truckers started putting lanterns around their cargo – thus the name, Chicken Lights.*"
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05-09-2018, 01:12 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
I've not heard the song before.
So, yeah. The question still stands. And I already know your answer. Where did the term chicken lights come from. They've always been called that. Not very satisfying answer. Why chicken instead of cow or hog or even lettuce. Wouldn't even have to be agriculture.
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There is speculation as to how/when/where the term originated. Some say the old Perdue trucks had EXTRA lights and they got to calling em "chicken trucks", thus the lights on them would be "chicken lights".
But IDK... I just know they're called that.
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