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05-04-2018, 05:15 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: League City, TX
Posts: 321
Year: 1994
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT408 6.7L L6
Rated Cap: 14
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*Found* School Bus Dimensions!
Hello, I'm new here. Haven't bought a bus yet, but I've been looking into it, and have recently convinced my wife that we need to get one. One thing I've been searching for was dimensions of different size buses so that I could determine which size would work best for us. After some searching, I found this link. It has good dimensional drawings for various size buses.
School Bus Models
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05-08-2018, 12:11 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SW New Hampshire
Posts: 1,334
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Nice resource! Good find! Thanks.
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05-20-2018, 10:10 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: League City, TX
Posts: 321
Year: 1994
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT408 6.7L L6
Rated Cap: 14
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Another great find I recently stumbled across for those of us who have not yet purchased is the Texas Specifications for School Buses (1985-2016), Each link has a pdf file which contains a wealth of knowledge regarding different school bus sizes, wire colors, and configurations and yes... even actual dimensions!!!
Of course each state might have slightly different requirements, and you may not find exactly what you are looking for, but they shouldn't vary in any real substantive manner.
https://www.dps.texas.gov/schoolbus/sbtexspecs.htm
~Alf
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05-20-2018, 10:51 AM
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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 my luck. They don't go back to 1946 for some reason.
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05-20-2018, 10:56 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: N.C.
Posts: 1,136
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Just my luck. They don't go back to 1946 for some reason.
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That was before dimensions were invented.
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05-20-2018, 12:34 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 52
Year: '91
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International
Engine: 7.3
Rated Cap: 71
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Quote:
Originally Posted by plfking
That was before dimensions were invented.
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It's in another dimension all together
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05-20-2018, 04:35 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: pa
Posts: 2,498
Year: 98
Coachwork: 1. Corbeil & 2. Thomas
Chassis: 1 ford 1998 e350 4x4 7.3 2 mercedes 2004
Engine: 7.3 powerstroke & MBE906
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Nice job, Wow thanks, that is an impressive document.
Later J
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05-21-2018, 09:15 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: League City, TX
Posts: 321
Year: 1994
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT408 6.7L L6
Rated Cap: 14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joeblack5
Nice job, Wow thanks, that is an impressive document.
Later J
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You should see my more recent post with the Thomas plans. Just about every configuration possible going back to 2000.
In fact if you bought a bus that is newer than 2000, you can probably find your exact plan.
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06-03-2020, 08:40 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 4
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Any idea where to find something similar but for different shuttle busses? I'm running into the same problem!
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06-04-2020, 04:40 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Wild Wild West
Posts: 691
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC RE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Just my luck. They don't go back to 1946 for some reason.
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Not much of anything goes back that far...…..
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06-04-2020, 04:46 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Wild Wild West
Posts: 691
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC RE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djdalfaro
Another great find I recently stumbled across for those of us who have not yet purchased is the Texas Specifications for School Buses (1985-2016), Each link has a pdf file which contains a wealth of knowledge regarding different school bus sizes, wire colors, and configurations and yes... even actual dimensions!!!
Of course each state might have slightly different requirements, and you may not find exactly what you are looking for, but they shouldn't vary in any real substantive manner.
https://www.dps.texas.gov/schoolbus/sbtexspecs.htm
~Alf
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The North Carolina page isn't very informative, and the Texas page takes you to the State Controller purchasing page when you try to get info for 1999.
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