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08-18-2018, 07:32 PM
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#4041
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 176
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Originally Posted by o1marc
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Likely not...........he does not seem that bright. 
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08-18-2018, 08:07 PM
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#4042
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CH777
Likely not...........he does not seem that bright.
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And that just might mean a super deal for someone who knows what it is and he doesn't. Might be a good deal because people who might be interested but won't follow up won't be involved. Those type situations are where the best deals are. The asking price is not at all out of line, if it could be negotiated a bit, could be a sweet shorty for someone considering the prices of shorties lately.
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08-18-2018, 08:35 PM
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#4043
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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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Its not a bad looking bus for the money, but I'd hate to be stuck with an 8.2.
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08-21-2018, 04:26 PM
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#4044
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SW New Hampshire
Posts: 1,334
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cowlitzcoach
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Nice looking bus! That is tempting. The 855 is still fairly straightforward in terms of parts availability?
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08-21-2018, 04:29 PM
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#4045
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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 dan-fox
Nice looking bus! That is tempting. The 855 is still fairly straightforward in terms of parts availability?
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Get it, Dan!!! 
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08-21-2018, 04:34 PM
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#4046
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SW New Hampshire
Posts: 1,334
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Get it, Dan!!! |
Belay that last. I still had the 18 grand figure in my head, left over from that sweet looking '61 in another CL ad.
Not for 56K; no thanks.
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08-22-2018, 04:46 PM
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#4047
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Wisconsin N.E.
Posts: 412
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: 5.9
Rated Cap: 72
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08-22-2018, 06:17 PM
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#4048
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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 Whatthefak
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Some things in that ad don't seem right.
330hp from a 3126 would destroy a 2000 in a bus.
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08-22-2018, 08:56 PM
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#4049
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,259
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 8.3 Cummins ISC
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Whatthefak
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That bus is from a district not far from where I drive. IIRC Watertown contracts out their school bus work to a handful of small contractors that each own 1-5 buses.
And I doubt that 3126 is a 330hp variant doesn't seem like an FE thomas has the cooling capacity for that kind of power. The 2000 series Allison is common in that era of bus so I believe that part of the ad.
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08-23-2018, 05:30 AM
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#4050
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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 WIbluebird
That bus is from a district not far from where I drive. IIRC Watertown contracts out their school bus work to a handful of small contractors that each own 1-5 buses.
And I doubt that 3126 is a 330hp variant doesn't seem like an FE thomas has the cooling capacity for that kind of power. The 2000 series Allison is common in that era of bus so I believe that part of the ad.
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Yeah, I'm sure it is a 2000.
But the 2000 isn't rated anywhere close to the output of a 330hp 3126.
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08-23-2018, 12:18 PM
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#4051
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dan-fox
Nice looking bus! That is tempting. The 855 is still fairly straightforward in terms of parts availability?
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I think that it is a beautiful bus. Unfortunately I don't have $56k 
Hey, maybe I should start a GoFundMe page? 
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08-23-2018, 12:22 PM
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#4052
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Yeah, I'm sure it is a 2000.
But the 2000 isn't rated anywhere close to the output of a 330hp 3126.
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Good catch CB.
Most of us would not have caught the discrepancy.
Thank you for looking out for us.
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08-23-2018, 02:18 PM
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#4053
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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 PNW_Steve
Good catch CB.
Most of us would not have caught the discrepancy.
Thank you for looking out for us.
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Just call em like I see em, man!
Unless they swapped engines or something I'm inclined to believe it could just be a valve cover from a 330 hp Cat.
There's NO way that a school bus would come with that hp/tq version and if it did it would have come with something much beefier than a 2000!
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08-23-2018, 02:39 PM
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#4054
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Aren't buses built to customer spec and any combo of engine tranny could possibly be found from the manufacturer. Is it just possible the seller knows what he has and is telling the truth? So much speculation with no facts in evidence.
I bet 99.9 percent of buses didn't come with a lift kit, so yours must not have one.
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08-23-2018, 02:52 PM
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#4055
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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 o1marc
Aren't buses built to customer spec and any combo of engine tranny could possibly be found from the manufacturer. Is it just possible the seller knows what he has and is telling the truth? So much speculation with no facts in evidence.
I bet 99.9 percent of buses didn't come with a lift kit, so yours must not have one.
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NO manufacturer is putting an allison 2000 behind, or in front of, a 330 hp, 860 lb-ft engine.
http://www.dwclutch.com/D&W/D&W%20Cl...T%20TORQUE.pdf
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08-23-2018, 10:33 PM
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#4056
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2018
Location: topeka kansas
Posts: 1,780
Year: 1954
Coachwork: wayne
Chassis: old f500- new 2005 f-450
Engine: cummins 12 valve
Rated Cap: 20? five rows of 4?
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the biggest short bus? pusher
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08-24-2018, 06:46 PM
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#4057
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Site Team
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Washington State
Posts: 822
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and now a note from your site team...
Several (more) posts in this thread have have been removed as they are direct insults lobbed towards another member. Name calling and schoolyard razzing are frankly just lame and almost always result in retorts that amp up hostilities - knock it off. Do better. Keep your posts on topic.
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08-24-2018, 06:50 PM
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#4058
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Thank you Janet.
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08-24-2018, 08:36 PM
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#4059
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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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I'll second that...thank you Janey. The childish wankering is boring.
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08-24-2018, 11:50 PM
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#4060
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New Member
Join Date: May 2017
Location: colorado
Posts: 9
Year: 1988
Coachwork: crown
Chassis: 2A-36-426
Engine: DD-6L-71T
Rated Cap: 78
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