Multiple axle buses

[TomC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02p-Sd4RsNw

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Now I don't feel so bad about the money I spend last year putting all new sneakers on my Eagle. 

[bottomacher]

Front end alignment must cost over $100. I bet those rear tires scrub something awful.

[Jeremy]

Such issues aren't really a problem when your bus is built with Photoshop..

Jeremy

[chessie4905]

The PA Turnpike wish all buses were built that way.

[CrabbyMilton]

Thanks for posting that Tom!! That was a rush of eye candy to be sure. Thanks to the internet, many of us can see buses that we normally don't see here in America.
Tire costs must be thru the roof but if you get a flat, less of a concern on the dual wheel axles anyway...perhaps?

[TedCalvert]

You can probably change a flat tire with Photoshop, lol.

The next video after that Brasilian bus was a Scania/Irizay long bus, short wheel base.  More tailswing than a schoolie!

[DoubleEagle]

This might explain why the Eagle did not survive in Mexico - it did not have enough wheels to satisfy their lust for them!

[CrabbyMilton]

Darn it guys I'm on a roll here. This one almost certainly is not photoshoped.
I do wonder if any of these ever made their way up here?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EHqZBdlIiN0/TcF-d3yoSFI/AAAAAAAAAXc/Ec8zGHoiKZ0/s1600/SNB17672a.JPG

[DoubleEagle]

That is a unique one alright, a very clever scenicruiser clone. That clapboard siding is different, and there is no sign of rivets. The baggage bays might be double level, which might make sense for suitcases except for getting the inner ones out.

[TomC]

I imagine the multiple axles are used so cheaper tires can be used. Especially that last old one-you can see that the tires are bias tube type. That's why years ago, trucks used to be 73,280lbs, with 32,000 on each tandem giving only 9,280lbs for the front axle. Compared to now-12,000lb front axle, 34,000lbs on tandems for 80,000lbs. I don't know why trucks don't go up in weight. Practically all tandems are now 40,000lbs that would give 92,000lbs total. Good Luck, TomC

[chessie4905]

More than likely the extra tires are to spread out the load due to poorer roads and bridges that they operate in some of their routes.