Size Matters

[chessie4905]

Or a rifle range.

[TomC]

Rules and regulations are so weird. If you have a 60ft articulated bus with the engine in the rear, it is considered a one piece bus and not allowed on the highway. If you have a 60ft articulated bus with the engine in the front section under the floor, it is considered a 35ft pulling a 25ft trailer and you're legal. Do figure. Good Luck, TomC

[belfert]

Rules and regulations are so weird. If you have a 60ft articulated bus with the engine in the rear, it is considered a one piece bus and not allowed on the highway. If you have a 60ft articulated bus with the engine in the front section under the floor, it is considered a 35ft pulling a 25ft trailer and you're legal. Do figure. Good Luck, TomC

Does anyone make an articulated bus with the engine in the front section?  Prevost made a highway bus with this design.  The local articulated transit buses all have the engine in the rear.

[belfert]

One of the things I don't like about most of the shorter buses is they tend to be old and have older drive trains.  Some like the older mechanical engines because the owner can easily work on them if they are mechanically inclined.  If you have to pay a shop for repairs it is easier to get a four stroke engine repaired in most locations.