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Post by jimmy75 on Feb 15, 2011 22:57:48 GMT
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Post by gareth388 on Feb 16, 2011 21:58:35 GMT
Interesting picture jimmy.
I think all the G and H reg Dodges are all long gone.
Think there are 2 or 3 of the earlier batch still around.
Possibly 101, 150(see SYT61 thread) and 165.
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Post by busman3 on Feb 16, 2011 22:39:41 GMT
Interesting picture jimmy. I think all the G and H reg Dodges are all long gone. Think there are 2 or 3 of the earlier batch still around. Possibly 101, 150(see SYT61 thread) and 165. O god No please say No , dont think my heart will stand chasing a eager beaver , it was bad enough chasing a transit. |
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Post by captainsharpe1 on Feb 17, 2011 0:30:29 GMT
Last one i saw was H349 RKU round the back of Midland Rd around 4-5 years ago.
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Post by gareth388 on Feb 17, 2011 5:48:19 GMT
I recall 349 as well. I think it was in non-psv use with someone.
I think it has now been scrapped.
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Post by alexander on Feb 17, 2011 8:09:51 GMT
Dreadful heaps of scrap probably the worst buses ever to operate in Sheffield
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Post by woah on Feb 17, 2011 21:05:54 GMT
Dreadful heaps of scrap probably the worst buses ever to operate in Sheffield What was wrong with them - speed/reliability issues? I'm too young to have ever seen these buses. |
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Post by captainsharpe1 on Feb 17, 2011 21:16:33 GMT
Dreadful heaps of scrap probably the worst buses ever to operate in Sheffield What was wrong with them - speed/reliability issues? I'm too young to have ever seen these buses. Your kidding? ;D |
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Post by alexander on Feb 17, 2011 21:17:06 GMT
They were more successful as bread vans
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Post by captainsharpe1 on Feb 17, 2011 21:26:34 GMT
Where shall we start?. Grossly underpowered. Hit and miss brakes on the early versions which needed a reline and new discs after a week!. Noisy/vibrating/draughty. Ok ride at the front, poor beggers sat at back had the wind knocked out of them on every rough road. Cab seat sat too low down- nowhere to duck or escape on 10/11/25s etc if a passenger turned on you. Left leg prone to being burnt in summer, both legs and face prone to frostbite in winter. Gearboxes either packed up loudly and suddenly or just stuck in a gear and refused to move. driving them as a semi auto was the only way to get any decent revs out of the pathetic Perkins engine. Electrical arcing/smoking/failures all too common. 12 volt electrical system at odds wit the rest of the fleet (24v). Other than that-fabulous! ;D  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 21:57:15 GMT
I remember them & i agree with the ride aspects. Definately depended where you sat as to whether it was any good.
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Post by wbc on Feb 17, 2011 21:57:22 GMT
Ok ride at the front, poor beggers sat at back had the wind knocked out of them on every rough road I remember catching them over the years on the 61/62s, sitting on the back seat was to be avoided on the roads out Bradfield, as you said not a nice ride at all, describing it as getting thrown around would probably be an understatement! |
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Post by gareth388 on Feb 17, 2011 22:04:04 GMT
I remember a few 'smoking' incidents. I was once route learning in one, and the driver was thrashing it with no mercy. Smoke was slowly starting to rise from the engine cover! E245BCT - that one really took the biscuit! This was the slowest bus I have ever driven! It was truly shocking! Love them or loath them, they are part of our transport history though, and if someone wanted to get one, I would welcome it! ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 22:04:28 GMT
I remember them on 13/14. Power was pathetic up Dykes Hall Road although the B6LE Crusaders came close.
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Post by cheifgaz on Feb 18, 2011 9:13:39 GMT
I used to love on a Friday night get a load of lasses on back seat go over a bump and get ready for the screams best ride they have had in ages ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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