some buses in texas

[lvmci]

Ros, you should figure into your calculations tires, as I said before used tires, $125/$175 will certainly get you home safe on your first trip, you don't want to run into problems, on an unfamiliar bus, the first trip. I dont know how many times, in my 2 searchs for busses, I ran across the ne'er-do-well brother selling his recently deceased brothers bus project or even children or grandchildren, selling grandpas finished conversion, they know nothing, and don't even want to know enough to sell it at a realistic price, there's a woman in palm springs, trying to sell a partially finished 102A3 with a wheel chair lift, her discription and lack of pictures and knowledge is insurmountable in selling her bus that she is asking $59K for, she cant show you the bus, because it 75 miles away, only 2 bad exterior pictures, and she doesnt really know how far it's converted and certainly knows nothing about it mechanically and doesnt trust anyone, she thinks everyone is trying to cheat her! But you'll be able to see 10 or 15, inspect several and drive a few, each one will gain you knowledge and lead you to a better understanding of what your looking for, lvmci...

[oldmansax]

No. The only full tandem I know of is a 40ft Crown or Gillig school bus. Even some of those were only single drive like the GMC Scenicruiser and MCI Combi. Good Luck, TomC

Didn't know that. I thought the MCI Combos were full tandems.

Also, there are way too many Toms around here. I am older than all you guys so you all should change!  LOL!   

TOM

[TomC]

Full tandem to me means also dual drive axles. The PD4501 and MCI Combos were built on the same chassis that had just one drive axle. Having dual drives takes a bit more fuel to push, but the traction possibility makes for not getting stuck many times. Good Luck, TomC

[lostagain]

2 locking diffs is even better. Then you only need to put on one chain to get out of a slippery spot.

JC

[oldmansax]

Full tandem to me means also dual drive axles. The PD4501 and MCI Combos were built on the same chassis that had just one drive axle. Having dual drives takes a bit more fuel to push, but the traction possibility makes for not getting stuck many times. Good Luck, TomC

Same here. I've never seen a Combo in person so I didn't know how they were setup other than duals on both rear axles.

TOM

[bevans6]

That mystery bus, which the ad is now pulled on, wasn't an MCI  for sure, and I have no idea how anyone could know if it had tandem tag wheels.  Anyway, for my own curiosity I will continue to look at buses for sale around the country.  I think buses worthy of buying are a lot scarcer than we think, hence our own investments are more solid than we think...

Brian

[luvrbus]

There is a old gent here in the Valley that has a White/Sterling bus with a tandem drive that is driven by a chain lol and it runs  

[oldmansax]

There is a old gent here in the Valley that has a White/Sterling bus with a tandem drive that is driven by a chain lol and it runs  

That brings back a few memories..........  Back in the Dark Ages when I was a kid there was an old truck  out in the junk pile behind the barn that had chain drive. I think it was a Mack. Long gone now..... Probably be worth something today if it was still around.

TOM

[longjohn]

Hey Tom,
There is one of those chain drive Macks owned by Culver farms in Delmar, on the Maryland side . Best wishes for the upcoming season..............John

[chessie4905]

   When I was a kid, a construction company from Pittsburgh installed our sewer system in newer sections of the town. Most of the dump trucks were chain drive.

[luvrbus]

LOL now we are telling our ages 

[John316]

LOL now we are telling our ages 

And I had NO idea what you all were talking about, and had to google for information

[TomC]

Does anyone remember single drive tandem with belt drive to the tag?

[luvrbus]

Yep I was just going to mention that

[Bob Gilbert]

My first driving gig had that set up 1953 Autocar that was in 1973. In 64 also drove a chain drive Mack water truck, took two foot ball fields to turn it around.