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Post by crossscythe on Oct 29, 2023 19:43:31 GMT
I can't see what they'd be replaced with. South Yorkshire doesn't have the feasibility for new vehicles, that is why the MMCs went to Potteries. The 07 plate B9s still have plenty of power and Wrightbus still having parts should help to keep costs down. Remember some of the Dominators did 25 years service. Either be cascades released by electric buses elsewhere or who knows, FSY may get some EVs… The 67xxxs didn’t leave OG for Potteries because they were “too new” for FSY. Yes some of them have got plenty of power but the fact remains that they are 16 years old and are showing it - nowadays operators want a bus that doesn’t generally spend long off the road for inspection work to be cleared and once it’s gone out you don’t see it until the next inspection. Times have changed since the early 2000s in many ways and buses were built differently in 2007 to what they were in 1981 They should be built to last LONGER in 2007 than 1981. They should be built to last and resist corrosion. Shot blasting the chassis could help perhaps, but I am not claiming to be an engineer! I just think it's a shame for a business that is apparently struggling to turn a profit to keep forking out £280,000 per bus on a new fleet of buses every 15 years or so. I do think that indoor storage at the depots could help prevent corrosion. The top park at Olive Grove seems very exposed to the elements. |
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Post by The Captain on Oct 29, 2023 20:31:26 GMT
Either be cascades released by electric buses elsewhere or who knows, FSY may get some EVs… The 67xxxs didn’t leave OG for Potteries because they were “too new” for FSY. Yes some of them have got plenty of power but the fact remains that they are 16 years old and are showing it - nowadays operators want a bus that doesn’t generally spend long off the road for inspection work to be cleared and once it’s gone out you don’t see it until the next inspection. Times have changed since the early 2000s in many ways and buses were built differently in 2007 to what they were in 1981 They should be built to last LONGER in 2007 than 1981. They should be built to last and resist corrosion. Shot blasting the chassis could help perhaps, but I am not claiming to be an engineer! I just think it's a shame for a business that is apparently struggling to turn a profit to keep forking out £280,000 per bus on a new fleet of buses every 15 years or so. I do think that indoor storage at the depots could help prevent corrosion. The top park at Olive Grove seems very exposed to the elements. Rates on indoor storage?.... |
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Post by crossscythe on Oct 29, 2023 21:36:18 GMT
They should be built to last LONGER in 2007 than 1981. They should be built to last and resist corrosion. Shot blasting the chassis could help perhaps, but I am not claiming to be an engineer! I just think it's a shame for a business that is apparently struggling to turn a profit to keep forking out £280,000 per bus on a new fleet of buses every 15 years or so. I do think that indoor storage at the depots could help prevent corrosion. The top park at Olive Grove seems very exposed to the elements. Rates on indoor storage?.... It's their depot why would they pay rates? They would just need to pay for the garage to be built on the existing bus park. |
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Post by duncan on Oct 29, 2023 21:53:46 GMT
Rates on indoor storage?.... It's their depot why would they pay rates? They would just need to pay for the garage to be built on the existing bus park. Any company who owns premises pays annual business rates in the same way a householder pays council tax. The rate paid on a building is vastly higher than that paid on a yard. Hence the move towards outdoor storage. |
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Post by crossscythe on Oct 30, 2023 20:58:08 GMT
It's their depot why would they pay rates? They would just need to pay for the garage to be built on the existing bus park. Any company who owns premises pays annual business rates in the same way a householder pays council tax. The rate paid on a building is vastly higher than that paid on a yard. Hence the move towards outdoor storage. That's a shame, they'd tax oxygen if they could! |
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Post by markno16 on Oct 31, 2023 23:02:43 GMT
Either be cascades released by electric buses elsewhere or who knows, FSY may get some EVs… The 67xxxs didn’t leave OG for Potteries because they were “too new” for FSY. Yes some of them have got plenty of power but the fact remains that they are 16 years old and are showing it - nowadays operators want a bus that doesn’t generally spend long off the road for inspection work to be cleared and once it’s gone out you don’t see it until the next inspection. Times have changed since the early 2000s in many ways and buses were built differently in 2007 to what they were in 1981 They should be built to last LONGER in 2007 than 1981. They should be built to last and resist corrosion. Shot blasting the chassis could help perhaps, but I am not claiming to be an engineer! I just think it's a shame for a business that is apparently struggling to turn a profit to keep forking out £280,000 per bus on a new fleet of buses every 15 years or so. I do think that indoor storage at the depots could help prevent corrosion. The top park at Olive Grove seems very exposed to the elements. You’ll probably find it’s their time on the road causing any corrosion not their overnight storage! Salt and grime will always cause issues on a terrain like Sheffield over the course of 10+ years. |
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Post by TC60054 on Nov 3, 2023 20:40:24 GMT
63051 themed Keeping our City Moving over the past few days. I would suspect a few others have also been done but cannot confirm.
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Post by tom123 on Nov 4, 2023 9:00:42 GMT
63051 themed Keeping our City Moving over the past few days. I would suspect a few others have also been done but cannot confirm. 63050 , 54 , 58 ,59 , 60 still to be done rest got the city moving theme with exception of 63052 with poppy |
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Post by crossscythe on Nov 7, 2023 16:05:45 GMT
37499 away for repairs after hitting a traffic island.
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Post by TC60054 on Nov 7, 2023 23:20:10 GMT
37499 away for repairs after hitting a traffic island. No it isn’t. |
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Post by TC60054 on Nov 7, 2023 23:45:42 GMT
62054 63058 and 63060 both themed “Keeping our City Moving”. I did see 63059 the other day but cannot remember whether it’s also been done or not…
63050 is still unbranded.
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Post by tom123 on Nov 8, 2023 10:20:57 GMT
62054 63058 and 63060 both themed “Keeping our City Moving”. I did see 63059 the other day but cannot remember whether it’s also been done or not… 63050 is still unbranded. they must been done recently as in last week to 2 went on 63054 &58 and they were unbranded |
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Post by metromadman on Nov 8, 2023 14:11:36 GMT
62054 63058 and 63060 both themed “Keeping our City Moving”. I did see 63059 the other day but cannot remember whether it’s also been done or not… 63050 is still unbranded. they must been done recently as in last week to 2 went on 63054 &58 and they were unbranded One would assume then they’ve been done in the last week or 2 then, it’s hardly a massive job that requires them to be off the road for days! |
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Post by TC60054 on Nov 10, 2023 14:51:38 GMT
Yutong gone.
BZL decker back.
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Post by TC60054 on Nov 10, 2023 19:31:25 GMT
69440 back at OG this evening after RTC repairs and a full repaint into Sheffield blue.
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