Wish me luck!
 

Wish me luck!

Started by Tedsoldbus, March 02, 2022, 11:22:39 AM

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Tedsoldbus

Headed from Blue Ridge Ga to Polk City Fla in the morning. Checked all the fluids, greased the spindle for the radiator fan, adjusted my mirrors, remembering watch it start, watch it turn, watch it finish, and fuel is $3.99 most of the way there.... for now. So I'm going!
Meeting up with 2 BCM guys and two old FMCA friends of father in law to learn about my 6V92, HT 740, and all the 24 volt stuff I can remember. Rita too busy with real estate to go on this trip and does not care about engine class, so only one set of eyes to watch for idiots through Atlanta coming and going....
So for that part of it, wish me luck!
1980 shorty (35') Prevost
6V92  HT 740
Lake Nottely Ga
Bus name "debt"
Education is important, but having a Bus is importanter...

Bustle

Have a safe and enjoyable trip! Keep us posted.  :^
1995 MCI 102D3 - Bustle

freds

Wishing you smooth sailing in your land yacht!!!

chessie4905

Good luck. You know, there are parallel routes to bypass Atlanta.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central

Van

Isn't there a Bus lane through atlanta?
B&B CoachWorks
Bus Shop Mafia.
Now in N. Cakalaki

Tedsoldbus

I've tried side routes Chessie but they have too many traffic lights for me. I'm not in a hurry but it seems to take twice as long. I'm trying to get more patient as I age, but I guess I just like to run it down the highway. Atlanta has no bus lane. They have an HOV lane but with Rita off the manifest this trip I will just do it the way that works for us when we have to traverse Atlanta.
Up at four, get heavily caffeinated as the bus warms up, go right through downtown to avoid the trucks that are forced to use the bypass around Atlanta, and I should be out the south end before the ant farm comes to life at six. The rest of the trip is really not too bad. Staying at a friend's place in Ocala for 2 nights to help him plumb the schoolie he is almost finished converting. Polk City on Saturday to go to DD school for three days. Very excited to learn about it from guys that know. I only have 47 questions written down.....
1980 shorty (35') Prevost
6V92  HT 740
Lake Nottely Ga
Bus name "debt"
Education is important, but having a Bus is importanter...

chessie4905

lol, got into hov lane several times leaving LA area. roll great two or three miles then full stop just like other lanes.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central

dtcerrato

Atlanta is as bad or worse than LA CA rush hour. The only way to get through Atlanta is to do it between 2AM to 4AM without too much aggravation...
Dan & Sandy
North Central Florida
PD4104-129 since 1979
Toads: 2009 Jeep GC Limited 4X4 5.7L Hemi
             2008 GMC Envoy SLT 4x4 4.2L IL Vortec

robertglines1

no luck to it! You got this.. You have credit card and on call help if you need it..
Bob@Judy  98 XLE prevost with 3 slides --Home done---last one! SW INdiana

Paso One

Quote from: dtcerrato on March 02, 2022, 05:15:02 PM
Atlanta is as bad or worse than LA CA rush hour. The only way to get through Atlanta is to do it between 2AM to 4AM without too much aggravation...

nobody told me that and I drove thru Atlanta at noon on a week day it was the worst I had ever seen. LA was tame in comparison. I still have white paint on bumper from a car chnging lanes in front of me.
68 5303 Fishbowl 40'x102" 6V92 V730 PS, Air shift  4:10 rear axle. ( all added )
1973 MC-5B 8V71 4 speed manual
1970 MC-5A  8V71 4 speed manual
1988 MCI 102 A3 8V92T  4 speed manual (mechanical)
1996 MCI 102 D3 C10  Cat engine 7 speed manual  (destined to be a tiny home )

BusNit

Enjoy the trip! No luck needed. You make your own ;)
--Simon

1993 Newell 44'

chessie4905

Hopefully not as bad as Denver. We dealt with 50 miles of heavy traffic. Couple of cities right against each other.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central

Jim Blackwood

Friends don't let friends drive through cities in the day time. best of luck!

Jim
I saw it on the Internet. It MUST be true...

uncle ned



only way to go south is to go way around Atlanta.

When I go south I do 321 and around Columbia SC than to 301 south to Florida.

Daytona or Arcadia.

Get there a lot easier with no bad nerves.

uncle ned

Of course took me 3 weeks to get Manhattan Kansas
No interstate travel but beautiful back country roads.
4104's forever
6v92 v730
Huggy Bear

luvrbus

Phoenix area is just as bad  the rush hour starts at 5 AM and then again at 2 PM ,the speed limits here are crazy high and with people driving 75 miles per hour when they have a accident it is a mess for hours 
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