POV Bus Drive: 2013 Gillig Advantage (Cummins ISL)
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- Опубліковано 24 кві 2021
- Today, we drive a University of Maryland 2013 Gillig Low-Floor unit 9813 around the campus. Apologies for the extremely over-exposed video - I accidentally touched the GoPro screen with my forehead while I recorded and it decided to adjust to the inside of the vehicle and not the outside!
Engine: Cummins ISL9
Transmission: Voith D864.5 - Авто та транспорт
That front door opening tho 😂😂
Kills me every time 😂
Somebody woke up in a bad mood 😂
Take it back completely didnt realize this was the proper name! My favorite type for some reason!
I always like your driving
This is really awesome I subscribed to your channel
Excellent video. Would be a great way to train new bus drivers. Simulators for bus-driver training are being used by some companies. Which is weird.
Thank you. I think POV is a great tool for trainings because it immerses the viewer in a way that is different from traditional camera setups.
I’ll bet you that some of those companies have Rigs of Rods installed for training
Wait, did you drive this bus on route 111 back in early April? I think I had you as my driver...
Probably my doppelganger lol. No, I have not driven that route in ages
Muito legal seus vídeos.
Have you ever got confused on how many times you turned the wheel on gilligs since the design of the wheel is different compared to mci steering wheels and others ?
No, I don't think so. Maybe because I've driven them enough to have gotten used to them, maybe? idk haha
Well, I know I don't count the turns.. Each bus handles differently. I just glide the wheel and see what happens.. That let's me know just how deep I need to cut it for the type of turn I gotta do
@@joshalex93 exactly
Love the local service video! The quiet diesel engine and the Voith combo seem great for campus/neighborhood/city service! Do you find it eats a bit more fuel on the highway?
They do eat fuel on the highway but then again, they only have four forward gears. They scream at 65mph lol, but I don't know how much more fuel they use than, let's say, a five-speed Allison.
@@eugew23 I know the newer 6 speed Allison’s barely rev up after first gear
@@eugew23 why don't they use ZF ecolife we have the same 2013 Gillig models in Minnesota but ours uses the ecolife transmission
@@MEVA1104 as a Blue Bird driver, I concur. My bus is spec’d with the ISL and PTS3000, and unless I play with the gear select (or I’m using the VGT brake), it likes to stay below 1700rpm
Oh my GOODNESS! This bus is PERFECT! I wish I had my sight I'd be BEGGING you to let me drive it! :-D 2 questions: Was this bus bigger than the average Gillig? It sounded like it. And 2: How many of these do you have? Great stuff as always Eugene. :-D
Thanks for the love as always, Anthony. This is a medium-sized 35-footer, so not larger than the average Gillig. Most of our Gilligs are 35 or 40 feet long. We have five 2013 models in this spec (Cummins ISL9/Voith D864.5) and two 2019s with the Cummins L9 and Voith D864.6.
@@eugew23 Okay. We have 40 footGilligs, but they're all CNG's with the B500 transmissions. And one last question: From the sound of it, when you lifted your foot off the brake pedal, did they go back to those foot-long pedals like on the older buses?
@@anthonymurphy2449 To my knowledge, most buses have and are still equipped with the foot-long Williams controls pedals. All of our buses are.
@@eugew23 Oh, okay. Thanks for the clarification. :-D
The red theme and the way the windows look blew me away
so badly want to drive a bus like this.
Excellent video I’ve never driven with a Voith transmission as a driver
Voiths are pretty interesting, but I prefer the Allisons!
@@eugew23 how do voiths perform because I have always thought that they would be lacking some power compared to Alison or zf because voith transmissions only have 4 gears is this true and is that what you mean interesting
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I find it very interesting what you do here. Why do you place the bus in neutral while rolling, then crank the wheel hard, and let it roll backwards??
I’m not trying to be critical here, I’m just genuinely curious.
Nice video as usual!
Thanks for the question! When parking/staging on an incline, we "curb" our wheels, which means we face our front wheels away from the curb (uphill) or towards the curb (downhill) to prevent a runaway bus.
Most drivers come to a stop, put the bus in neutral, steer, roll, then set the parking brake. I combine a lot of the steps because it is quicker that way, and I don't like to steer while stopped because it is harder on the steering components.
does UM allow students to train for they're CDL and drive shuttles at UM?
Yes, students are still a part of this agency, and the training is paid for.
@@eugew23 now i know what university im going to. thats sick. i love your videos, keep it up.
We have 4 30ft Gilligs we acquired in 2013 lol, they're from 2001 I think. We also have 4 other 2001 30 fts acquired in 2015, but theyre in much better shape, but they have the push to open doors in the back that no one seems to understand how to use. I think pretty much all of the Gilligs we use are coincidently from 2001.
I have also experienced people not realizing that you have the push open the rear door on the older buses. Kinda funny.
I'm guessing no power steering?
There is power steering, thankfully lol
4:52 Talking Ben be like
This bus looks identical to the transit system in my area, with a different color scheme.
These buses are absolutely differwnt from the Hungarian one's. But I like them! Of course, my favorite buses are the Hungarian Ikarus 200 series.:)
This is exactly how I would want my Harley Davidson motorcycle to sound like
The voith transmission in the Gilligs sound way much better than school buses. Why can’t it be like that in modern school buses?
Oh yeah speaking of which, the Cummins ISL9 was an engine that cummins made for school buses also but School Bus Manufacturers never put that up as an option. idk why.
@@superbrownsheep3777 cause school bus and gillig are design different and only rear engine school buses can have isl9 like ic re and thomas hdx
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