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Old 01-02-2017, 08:50 PM   #1
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Location: Alberta
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Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas 72 passenger
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: 230HP DT466 engine MD3060 transmission
High milage/ high hours busses. How many does your bus have?

A long lasting bus is something to be proud of. How many miles or hours does your bus have?

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Old 01-03-2017, 05:43 AM   #2
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Location: Eustis FLORIDA
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Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
240k miles. No hour meter but I'd imagine 10k hours AT LEAST.
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Old 01-03-2017, 07:26 AM   #3
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Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
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Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
Mine shows 7,269... I have no idea how many times its rolled over, if it has.
No hour meter on the bus, but the 3 cylinder Mitsubishi motor on the back shows 368 hours, which seems low for 1989.

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Old 01-03-2017, 10:24 AM   #4
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Location: Colorado
Posts: 47
Year: 1998
Coachwork: International Amtran
Chassis: Genesis
Engine: DT466 (MT643 trans)
Rated Cap: 19
My bus has 165k miles with no hour meter.

However, another very similar bus from the same district with only a few thousand more miles showed 14k hours when we looked at the lot at auction... That's a LOT of idling. I imagine ours is in the same boat
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Old 01-03-2017, 10:59 AM   #5
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Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas 72 passenger
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: 230HP DT466 engine MD3060 transmission
My bus shows 7800 hours. It was a school bus in BC and then worked as oilfield company bus in Northern Alberta so it had a ton of idleing in cold weather. Not sure if the odometer is correct though.
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Old 01-03-2017, 11:07 AM   #6
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Year: 1990
Coachwork: BB
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: Cummins
Rated Cap: 25.999K
270K miles. no hour meter. Old mechanical Cummins.
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Old 01-03-2017, 11:26 AM   #7
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Location: Mentor, OH
Posts: 38
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Mini Bird (8 window)
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 24 +1
Our 2000 Mini Bird has 265,000. Got us through 16 states
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Old 01-03-2017, 12:42 PM   #8
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Year: 1993
Coachwork: bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
Rated Cap: 2
you guys are making me feel old

93 cummins 5.9
purchased @ 300,002 miles

now about 318,000miles - the hour meter is just under 10,000
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Old 01-03-2017, 02:31 PM   #9
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Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
the carpenter has no hour gauge.. it is a 1991, had a new engine installed in 2004 and has 95k on that.. I have no idea how many total on the bus since the gauges were replaced same time engine was..

RedByrd. has 8400 hours and 146k miles , its tranny was replaced at some point as there's a rebuild tag on it.. the engine and ECM match OEM serial number .. seems to run good and the A/C is cold which is all I care about . if I blow it up, 444E's are plentiful i'll just put another one in..

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