As a 6 ft. tall person, I'm concerned about leg room in the driver seat of a flat nose RE. I would be uncomfortable if I couldn't stretch my legs out all in the way in front of me from time to time (my left leg while driving, at least, and right when stopped ).
Is there really only about 3 feet from the inside of the front bumper to the back of the driver seat in these types of buses?
If you're lucky enough to get an "Air" bus with an air seat, you can adjust the height with a touch of a button.
I'm pretty sure the drivers seats are the same from the front whether FE or RE. Back of mine is 5'. Some have tilt wheel/ telescoping wheel, seat adjust fore and aft and up and down.
Engine: Detroit 6V92TAC, DDEC 2, Jake brake, Allison HT740
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Originally Posted by MollyCMo
As a 6 ft. tall person, I'm concerned about leg room in the driver seat of a flat nose RE. I would be uncomfortable if I couldn't stretch my legs out all in the way in front of me from time to time (my left leg while driving, at least, and right when stopped ).
Is there really only about 3 feet from the inside of the front bumper to the back of the driver seat in these types of buses?
I'm 6' tall with longish legs, and I have more legroom in my bus than my car. I can either rest my left foot on the footrest to the left of the steering column, or straighten that leg completely out. I feel no more fatigued after driving my bus than after driving my car for a similar time, even though their driving positions are completely different. I'll try to remember to measure my bus's bumper-to-seat distance tomorrow.
If you're lucky enough to get an "Air" bus with an air seat, you can adjust the height with a touch of a button.
I'm pretty sure the drivers seats are the same from the front whether FE or RE. Back of mine is 5'. Some have tilt wheel/ telescoping wheel, seat adjust fore and aft and up and down.
I'm 6' tall with longish legs, and I have more legroom in my bus than my car. I can either rest my left foot on the footrest to the left of the steering column, or straighten that leg completely out. I feel no more fatigued after driving my bus than after driving my car for a similar time, even though their driving positions are completely different. I'll try to remember to measure my bus's bumper-to-seat distance tomorrow.
John
Thanks John! What type of bus do you have? Flat nose or conventional?
+1 on moving the driver seat and installuing as tilt telescopic steering column if they dont have one already.. some of the nicer RE's have tilt / telescopic column so you can move the seat back and still hasve a comfortable steering wheel position
-Christopher
For us taller sorts (I'm 6'1"), three feet between the front of the seat back to the firewall just isn't enough. There is no stretch room. If I were building my bus now I'd at least have made some sort of "toe pocket" to add a little comfort. Tango and I both used an Isuzu NPR tilt/telescoping steering column and that helps some. But with our very short buses, adding floor space to the driving area at the expense of the living area makes for a tough balancing act.
Jack
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