Driving stick is a lost art!!! Daggummit, Eric!!!!! You and Jack are the MEN!!!!!! Roll that bus!!!! LOL Lovin it man!!!!!

@bikdav

2 жыл бұрын

You’re so right about that. I’ve been away for a long time.

@frankdenardo8684

2 жыл бұрын

@@bikdav Most of the newer busses are equipped with Alison Automatic transmissions. What you do is steer, push the gas, step on the brake. You don't have to shift or use the clutch pedal. Most busses are now equipped with disc brakes.

@bikdav

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankdenardo8684 Yes, I’ve seen the disc brakes.

@frankdenardo8684

2 жыл бұрын

@@bikdav You can get about 500.000 miles before changing them.

@alikhidzam3749

2 жыл бұрын

We have plenty of manual bus drivers here in Malaysia

Long Live the Manuals!

Had a loaner dump truck years ago DT466 with the Spicer 6+1, started off with the clutch, was then able to "float" the gears(no clutch) great set up. Local gravel pit over loaded me with 39,880lbs of gravel, handled the load no problems even with juice brakes. My personal favorite is my 1987 S1900 with a DT466 and a 5+2 trans, air brakes and oh yeah the turbo sound!

As a kid,I was weirdly mesmerized by watching our bus driver operate the stick. Almost asmr-y!😮

Man, I would love to see what it's like to drive a manual bus. Ohio only allows automatic buses for all school buses now. I learned how to drive stick when I was in trucking school. Had never driven a stick shift of any kind before I went to trucking school, but insisted on learning on a manual so my CDL would not have the restriction. Now I get to tell everyone I learned how to drive stick on an eighteen-wheeler.

@YoungNYCSubwayFan

Жыл бұрын

I agree about the restriction 100%!!

You don't see a lot of school busses with that Transmission but Eric is shifting like a boss

@Ken_Weber_organist

Жыл бұрын

looks like that tranny is a synchromesh, no need double clutch

Best combo, Bird , Binder and a DT.

Love it. That baby’s got some Torque!!!

I've been driving school bus for 25yrs I started when I was 19 in 1997 , the first 5 yrs I drove I had a stick shift , I loved it . I wish I still had one today 😪

When I was in elementary school (94-00) all the school buses my district used were manual. After that they started becoming really scarce quickly, and by 9th grade (04) they were mostly gone. 😢

Go Erick!!! Thanks for uploading a test drive!

Estos autobuses me traen buenos recuerdos ya que en casi todas las ciudades de los Estados del norte de México se usaban para transporte público, de hecho en algunas ciudades aún se usan

When I was in elementary school in iowa around 08 one of our spare busses was a Chevy bluebird with a manual, my bus driver was very rough driving that 🤣

Yay Eric's back

Gorgeous shifting rod

you guys did excellent video i love it how you driving that school bus blue bird i can't wait to see more driving videos about your school busses keep it up my friend

Great gearing for that hill!!

DAYUM dats a sweet ride... And in a '00 model ❤️❤️❤️❤️... I want one!

Awesome test driving Eric! So sad school buses for sale that are manual transmission are very unpopular! Maybe Jonny Ringo and Alex from las vegas bus sales can do a test drive if they receive a manual transmission bus!

@frankdenardo8684

2 жыл бұрын

The manual transmissions were being phased out by the late 1980's early 1990's. Ford started installing automatic transmissions about 1970 as an option. Other manufacturers followed suit and most busses are now automatics and also gasoline engines are not available anymore. They use diesel, propane, CNG or LNG. Also disc brakes are now being used.

@superbrownsheep3777

Жыл бұрын

@@frankdenardo8684 You sure about that? Because from what I heard, Bluebird and IC provides a gasoline option for their Conventional school buses now

@frankdenardo8684

Жыл бұрын

@@superbrownsheep3777 I did check and IC which is a subsidiary of International trucks has an 8.8 litre gasoline engine and so does Blue Bird. They also have CNG and propane powered buses in lieu of the diesel engines. Most buses are equipped with Allison automatic transmissions.

Great video! Can you please do more bus test drive videos?

@AustenARW

2 жыл бұрын

I concur!

Back in the early 90s, I drove school bus for a company that had a few busses with manuals and air brakes.

Wish the seats had more cushioning and confort.

I love your vids!!

Years ago I would drive snow plow 3208 Catapiller and a 10 speed Fuller Roadranger.

Thanks for the video!!

I use your youtube videos as my white noise to help me sleep at night. also I am autistic. i like 15 passenger vans, and Airbus A321 aircraft as a hobby. i also like Yamaha stereo equipment.

@NorthwestBusSales

Жыл бұрын

We are very happy that you enjoy our videos! Thank you for watching!

"don't call me Jack" "look, i don't mean anything by it" "it just happens to be my name!"

Is a nice test and nice bus, we love this cane buses because what we do is swap the engine 8.3 Cummins or 5.9 and run like champion, thanks for the video amigo!👌🏽👋

Stick shifts in international 3800 school buses are vary rare now. sadly its a lost art now.

Good driving skills

Now let's do it with a non-synchromesh transmission. When I was a kid we had Internationals with 5-speed non-synchro, manual steering and turn signals.

This would make for an awesome skoolie!

When I went to school old ladies would drive those. The only thing missing is the manual door handle.

i love drving stick! im soo addicted!

A manual transmission compensates for a sedentary lifestyle, because the driver moves much more😂

I didn't know they still had manual transmission busses into the 2000's.

@Ray.Tompkins.02

6 ай бұрын

I wonder if you have to order it. I found a video of a 2010 Thomas C2 with a manual transmission kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2GW05uHn6nHlps.htmlsi=Fo5LIyuHfjFb5b2O

@brandono.brooks4872

2 ай бұрын

I didn't either...this is blowing my mind! I thought manual school buses went out of vogue back in the late '70s.

I drove several old fire department vehicles that were straight shift and no synchronizers so we had to double-clutch the things. They were ladder trucks and pumpers.

You should do this with ALL your buses

Nice bus!

That transmission is the one that you have to double clutch like the semi truck?

I’d love to have a manual transmission in my bus.

what a nice smooth looking bus, i used to drive a 1969 manual crown school bus 10 years ago for the San Bernadino unified schools in indio ca not sure if they still have them but fun ole times

@MisterMikeTexas

Жыл бұрын

They ran 40 year old busses?

@waimeagavin808

Жыл бұрын

You where driving kids to school in a 40 year old bus?

@user-lt5bp3ww3n

8 ай бұрын

Might have been a spare bus. Seems smart to have a few if they can as long as they run well and are well maintained.

@user-wj9wq7mk4h

4 ай бұрын

I too would like to know if they actually transported kids on 40 year old busses.

I'm hoping to get my own Bluebird international school bus after I get a driver's license from Northwest Bus sale

🔥🔥🔥

no heel/toe rev-matching?

Do u guys still have manual buses?

Wish my school buses were manual back when I was driving em

Regardless of what the placard says it's a 7-speed.

Is it a Weller Reman unit?

All our county busses in West Virginia were Manual Transmissions. B700 and International BlueBirds.

@user-lt5bp3ww3n

8 ай бұрын

WERE manual transmissions? How long ago are you talking and in what parts of WV? I know they used to like up into the early eighties. They were being phased out by the mid,late eighties except for the old couple spare buses they would bring out every once in a great while. In my neck of WV. Born,raised and still there. They have had automatic since the eighties an they have been gone since the early ninties in my area.

@pianogospel05

8 ай бұрын

The school bus I rode in 2003 got a new bus and it was a manual international Bluebird. After that in 2005 they started purchasing all automatic. They went to Navistar IC and now they have all Thomas Saf-T-Liner.

@user-lt5bp3ww3n

8 ай бұрын

@@pianogospel05 That's awesome! What county in WV? Berkeley and Jefferson were as I described. Hard to believe they were ALL manual or even mostly manual in 2004.I have no reason to doubt you though. In any case that's cool.

I am looking for a 6 window, and a manual would be neat but then I would need AIR HORNS. Edmonton Alberta.

What’s the price for this bus do you have more in interest

I reamber I went to school all old buses we 5 speed both gas and diesel manuals love ride them bus 184 Gas 210 diesel we're manals

My girlfriend learned how to drive stick on a video game at the age of 41

@sebastienporsenna8616

4 ай бұрын

What video game was this?

Hi guys, anyone how much this would go for?

Grind em till ya find em

I wish they brought back that body style. Love the manuals. Those engines are now banned here in California.

@user-lt5bp3ww3n

8 ай бұрын

The engines are banned or the transmission? There is a manual transmission not a manual engine. No such thing.

@callofdutyguy9

8 ай бұрын

@@user-lt5bp3ww3n the engines are banned. The emissions are too dirty and California won’t let you renew registration. Thousand and thousand of good trucks made illegal.

Partridge Family bus?

How much for the bus 🤔

i now know what i wanna do lol

My International truck was like that. They listed it as a “6 plus.” I miss the manual.

@callofdutyguy9

Жыл бұрын

I miss that generation of trucks. Styling, engine sounds, manual shifters. These new trucks are boring, and they all come with the same boring Cummins. That engine is too quiet, sounds like it’s all choked up and knocking rods.

@bikdav

Жыл бұрын

@@callofdutyguy9 Those Cummins are boring. But, they made a good name for themselves.

@callofdutyguy9

Жыл бұрын

@@bikdav they’re good engines. But I think someone should take a shot at them and make them earn their spot properly.

@bikdav

Жыл бұрын

@@callofdutyguy9 That's a good point all right.

I wonder of that's like an Eaton Fuller where you can float it 🤔

@EZNowTrucker

Жыл бұрын

It's a synchronized transmission so floating can cause lots of damage over time. Hes putting the clutch to the floor to shift so definitely synchronized.

@EZNowTrucker

Жыл бұрын

It's good smooth shifting though. Where I used to work we had sync 6&7 speed spicers in 5 tons. Tandems had 10&13 speeds. Tractors were 10, 13&18. Had to keep in mind what you were driving from shift to shift. Both work shift and transmission shift

2000 huh When I was in school 10 years ago I always thought they were 2005-07 models because they just look that new

@seanthe100

Жыл бұрын

They stopped making this model in 2002

@terrenceeaglefeather2465

Жыл бұрын

@@seanthe100 well then I guess they were used old ones then

En Colombia los international muy buenos con dt 360/466 .

Teach this guy how to hold a stick shift ;- )

The gas gauge is broken

That's odd that bus having that transmission

How nice are these manual transmissions? What I mean is, some old simple transmissions shift like a piece of farm equipment, and do not feel like modern, "automotive-like" shifting. Are these Spicers more like shifting a F-350, or more like the sloppy, worn-out shifter of a some old John Deer tractor from the '50s?

Hello buses are for sale ??

@liamneuser4140

4 ай бұрын

Bobs and vagíne yes

I’ve driven a many of those transmissions. The only problem with them are the gears are very far forward and to reach. Annoying!

dame uno bus

Come on get some

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42 school bus first day of school 2022

That girl you hired to record did NOT get the MEMO about the title of the video, she thought it was about recording the sunshine! What a waste of time!!!!!

AirHorn!

Why am I watching a video of a man driving a school bus?

This guy is everything but a smooth shifter

it does not make sense to have a manual in a school bus though

@willc5512

Жыл бұрын

At one time the automatics weren't reliable & without electronic controls the shifting logic was terrible. Today driver "training & retention" would suffer (more than covid) if they had manuals.

@Kadencabs

Жыл бұрын

@@willc5512 oh that makes sense

@greego5952

10 ай бұрын

once upon a time an automatic was luxury, manual was the cheaper boring option. school buses had these because public schools were cheap.

@Kadencabs

10 ай бұрын

@@greego5952 yeah yeah i know

184 to 210 thamas made

that's a very low dash

@yitznewton

Жыл бұрын

How they were in the day

Cool bus. Terrible transmission.

Can you do a Test Drive of an Automatic School Bus too? That would be Great. Although nobody knows how to drive a Stick then what is so fascinating about stick shifts? Like who wants to mess with a shifter? In my opinion I think automatics are just easier so you can focus on the road. Not many people can multi task and shift while watching the road.

@luisescalante1391

2 жыл бұрын

You don't know how to drive manual that's the reason you say that lazy guy

@jrgend8725

2 жыл бұрын

All it takes is a litte practice. If you physically can't multitask enough to use a stick shift then you shouldn't be driving at all.

@kevinswinyer3176

2 жыл бұрын

If there is anyone who cannot drive any large Commercial vehicle with a Manual Shift Transmission, then they have no business getting behind the wheel of these vehicles at all. All Large Commercial Vehicles, including School Buses should have Manual Transmissions, and Air Brakes, and this should be a Federal Mandate, there should never be any large Commercial Vehicles with Automatic Transmissions, or Hydraulic Brakes.

@callofdutyguy9

Жыл бұрын

I like driving manuals. They are more fun and engaging for me. The automatic feels boring to drive. It’s like paying to win, smash the accelerator and the thing goes. Just feels cool to me to be in control of the beast.

@carwashslayer4235

Жыл бұрын

@@callofdutyguy9 Hmmm Interesting

I drive a dump truck with a 6speed Eaton. Top speen 50. You're in 3rd gear before you even make it across an intersection

You dont know how to drive that 6 speed. You dont need the clutch to go up gears.