The Scrapping Of Bus 4076 (V76MOA) .....Scotland.....2022....
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Hello all, here is footage taken by me, and a helpful worker there, of ex Xplore Dundee Bus 4076, ( V76MOA) Volvo B7tl Plaxton President at its final destination, to be scrapped.
Orginally new to Birmingham ( national express), in Nov 1999, then transferred to Dundee about 2014.
It ended up here to be scrapped.
I've driven this bus in service, and others alike it. they were good to drive, and I'll miss them.
Used to this out and about on my route. Was used in Cambs for school runs. It was often driven by a miserable sod who never waved back.
Always a shame to see a vehicle being scrapped , the bus looked well maintained in its life and one wonders its history and all the different drivers and passengers who once drove or rode apon it , if it could only speak the tales the bus could tell.
It’s looks better than some private run buses in Leicester
True I’m from Leicester if you read my name
Worked at Plaxtons in Wigan when this Bus was built 👍
Wow!!!,
What bits did you build onto that one,
@@chrisreynolds8054 I was an electrician
There is a similar example to this running with a coach company based in sheffield mainly operating school services ex west midlands 4089 i believe. The reg is V89 MOA.
I live in Sheffield and there is a independent bus operator Ashley’s Travel who run School services for Eckington School. They have loads of Volvo Olympians. Royale Northern Counties.
Such a waste, these were my favourite buses in the xplore fleet. Are there any plaxtons left running in Dundee?
Unfortunately there are no more Volvo B7tl Plaxton Presidents left in Dundee in service.
I liked these buses aswell. They were good to drive.
Dundee has still got a small handfull of old 54 plate Geminis, Volvo B7tl ( exbirmingham ones...
Sad but interesting.
Yea it's a shame to see an old bus end like that.
@@chrisreynolds8054 So now I know how they get scrapped, I always thought they got dismantled bit by bit.
@@ctrmediawalsall4262 it depends on the scrapyard, some do . I've got a video,of mine,that I made, about bus 39, that got scrapped bit by bit...I'll put a link here for you to see my video of this
ua-cam.com/video/TxpIj3omGn8/v-deo.html
@@chrisreynolds8054 Thank you
@@ctrmediawalsall4262 no problems 👍
This was painted by National Express prior to coming to Dundee , It was mainly used on the asda milton contract.
Yea , it was the only one out the presidents to be green, and reserved for Asda aswell
i'm sure i saw this one getting taken somewhere in august, presumably this final destination, it's sad to see it end up like that especially as i don't know of any others that got the xplore livery
Dammit, I knew this gonna scrap, this one was the only one in Xplore Dundee livery.
Yea it was unique that way!
That looks so neat inside but cant watch any more thanks thats enough for me 😢
Yes, I've see enough too
This was in a lovely video about why you don't throw stones at a bus because the driver could serve and hit a careless mother's baby
" a stone throw away " documentary...That bus stared in it
i wish they preserved it
I have been on and seen this bus, it was used as the asda bus here in dundee. What a waste of an amazing bus 😔
For some reason, i never knew any of that batch got repainted into the xplore livery. Genuinely never seen it about. Seems weird they'd repaint that and yet they left some of the Eclipse Gemini's in the old NX livery and they still are to this day (approaching scrap themselves). The logic of bus companies!
Yea it made me wonder that aswell. It was used on the Asda Milton shoppers bus alot. Though I did drive it on regular service work, occasionally
The same as Stagecoach painting their 15+ year old Tridents and Solos etc into the new livery when there’s newer buses and coaches still kicking around in the older livery. Seems like a waste of time and materials.
@@JBFlytography yea I wonder why they do that aswell???
Napper thomsons coaches Rome Milan and lochee 😂
I remember seeing this in an Errol yard.
Interesting. // and they should end up as mobile homes i recon. Subbed
It's a shame it ended up that way
Was there much wrong with it before it was scrapped?
Fromm 199 to 2024 thats not old for dundee volvo bus for goodness sake you could sold as mobile homes
Still had the Network WestMidlands logo in the windscreen until the end.
Such a waste of a good bus
Not a waste. The modern buses are designed with a limited lifespan and meant to be recycled, not rebuilt 2 or 3 times like earlier designs.
@@PreservationEnthusiastyes a waste.
@@royfontaine5526 No not a waste. All the the material will go through the shredder. They'll get valuable aluminium, steel, copper etc from the process. The bus is no good otherwise. It's 23 years old, probably done over 1 million miles. All major systems worn out. If you think you can find a use for clapped out buses like this, you are welcome to buy them. Thousands go for scrap each year.
@@PreservationEnthusiast I bet it worked perfectly and could have done whatever mileage it had done all over again. Recycling and manufacturing are energy-intensive processes, didn’t you know? Plastics and glass are unlikely to be recycled.
@@royfontaine5526 It's just not cost effective to keep on using buses past about 20 years old. The floors are usually rotten as they go out in all weathers. The engine might work but all the systems like brakes, suspension and transmission are worn out. The interiors are shabby. Customers don't want to travel in uncomfortable unsafe buses. Refurbishment is not economically possible. That's why it's best to feed them through the shredder and recover the materials.
Was this an Acocks Green bus?
It may have been, it was transferred up from Birmingham about 2013/4
Brand new to Hockley garage , I drove this very bus from brand new on the Dudley rd services 82/87
New to Coventry
Coventry never operated them it was delivered new to one of the Birmingham Garages except Bordesley Green, Walsall or West Bromwich I don't think Dudley had any
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Another one bites the dust
You should have tried to preserve it.
I had no chance, it was destined to be scrapped the next day. I only found out about it that day
they proberly scrapt it cuse it woude too costley to repaire thay cude of sold it then thairs the cost of getting towed a way it did 23 years it had good run i have known buses do a lot less onley mabe 14 years preservaion not always posabull cuse of buying it then storing then getting it on the rode that runs in thosends you can rebuild an engine then big cost whith that
ALX車身
@LZ5663 its actully plaxton bodywork not ALX thats completely differnt
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