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09-30-2017, 07:32 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 39
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Thoughts on this bus?
What do you all think? Not much rust in the pics, no mentions of rust in the description, and I've heard good things about most busses coming from CO... Not sure if it's hydraulic or air brakes, prefer air, but not 100% refusing to get hydraulic either.
https://www.govdeals.com//index.cfm?...31&acctid=9525
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Evertiro :: Always Learning
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09-30-2017, 07:35 AM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Evertiro
What do you all think? Not much rust in the pics, no mentions of rust in the description, and I've heard good things about most busses coming from CO... Not sure if it's hydraulic or air brakes, prefer air, but not 100% refusing to get hydraulic either.
https://www.govdeals.com//index.cfm?...31&acctid=9525 |
Thanks ! looks like a great bus- will be bidding. 
5.9L 12v Cummins won't see much love on this board for full sized bus. Surprised to see it in mountainous Colorado.
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09-30-2017, 07:40 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
Thanks ! looks like a great bus- will be bidding.
5.9L 12v Cummins won't see much love on this board for full sized bus. Surprised to see it in mountainous Colorado. |
Loveland isn't too mountainous.
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09-30-2017, 07:46 AM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Loveland isn't too mountainous.
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No?
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09-30-2017, 07:59 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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Originally Posted by Rusty
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The part where people live I've walked through. It seemed petty flat, relatively speaking.
But yeah, there ARE mountains. After all, its CO.
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09-30-2017, 08:03 AM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
The part where people live I've walked through. It seemed petty flat, relatively speaking.
But yeah, there ARE mountains. After all, its CO.
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I was bidding on several of their other vehicles they just sold, all were specc'd with big motors and driveline brakes. These few buses must have been the flatlanders.
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09-30-2017, 08:12 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
I was bidding on several of their other vehicles they just sold, all were specc'd with big motors and driveline brakes. These few buses must have been the flatlanders.
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Must be.
I'd love to have a mountain bus, man!
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09-30-2017, 08:42 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: KANSAS CITY
Posts: 751
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
Thanks ! looks like a great bus- will be bidding.
5.9L 12v Cummins won't see much love on this board for full sized bus. Surprised to see it in mountainous Colorado. |
Don't count those old 5.9's out. You just gotta know how to drive them.
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Former owner of a 1969 F600 Skoolie.
1998 Ford B700 Thomas body 65 passenger. 5.9 Cummins 12 valve with MT643 Transmission 123,000 miles.
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09-30-2017, 08:55 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Colorado
Posts: 400
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The bus looks pretty clean from the pics.
Loveland ski area is different then Loveland the town. Loveland the town is mostly flat unless the bus did a route into the foothills.
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09-30-2017, 08:57 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SE Oklahoma
Posts: 36
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 24 Valve
Rated Cap: 35
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Cummins Fans
I'm liking all the Cummins Fans that I'm seeing here  I am one myself.
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09-30-2017, 09:41 AM
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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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I am on my 3rd 5.9. Love them. Great motor.
However, 280k miles in a full size bus may be enough to pretty well wear one out.
Check mechanical condition on that one.
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09-30-2017, 10:18 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SE Oklahoma
Posts: 36
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 24 Valve
Rated Cap: 35
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Long Idling and Low Gears contribute to an engine not lasting as long as it should...
You can improve on this by not idling as much and doing an upgrade for higher gears. I like the quick fix on gears of just going bigger tires, or just switching to the Super Single for better ratio and smoother a ride.
Dodge RAM trucks are very popular and are found everywhere. They use a lot of the same parts as the Skool Bus' which run the Cummins engines. Therefore parts are more readily available...
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09-30-2017, 10:21 AM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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I was talking to the mechanics at the local bus barn- least favorite engine in buses now is the MAxxForce 7 . They hate them.
I like this girl- "2 fewer main bearings are a bonus for MPG !!" ...at the expense of longevity. Planned obscenities.
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09-30-2017, 10:40 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 2,264
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: IH
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Evertiro
Not sure if it's hydraulic or air brakes, prefer air, but not 100% refusing to get hydraulic either.
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It took me all of about 2 seconds to realize that bus has air brakes. The auction ever so kindly had a dash photo showing a lovely yellow knob, which is 99.99% parking brakes for an air brake system. I didn't even run the VIN (yet).
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09-30-2017, 12:31 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 39
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Oooh! Good call!
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09-30-2017, 03:44 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 253
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What is a super single?
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09-30-2017, 05:27 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 2,264
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: IH
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 14
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Long answer short, those are the great, big, wide single rear tires on some trucks these days.
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09-30-2017, 11:03 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 ACamper
The bus looks pretty clean from the pics.
Loveland ski area is different then Loveland the town. Loveland the town is mostly flat unless the bus did a route into the foothills. |
That's what I remember walking across town a couple times.
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10-01-2017, 04:59 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SE Oklahoma
Posts: 36
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 24 Valve
Rated Cap: 35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pengyou
What is a super single?
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A "Super Single" is a Single Tire and Wheel that takes the place of Dual Tires and Wheels.
The Super Single is almost as wide as a set of duals and they come in taller sizes.
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10-01-2017, 05:23 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SE Oklahoma
Posts: 36
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 24 Valve
Rated Cap: 35
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Here is a YouTube snippet on the Super Single on a Skoolie:
https://youtu.be/uzcx5flzmr8?t=5m17s
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