Have you ever thought; "Oh dear, my coach bus is far too short and has a far too small amount of wheels!"?

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 08/11/2018 at 15:51 • Filed to: BUSLOPNIK, BUS, BUSES, BUS A NUT

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Well worry no more! Because the Prevost H5-60 exists.

Prevost Car , based just southeast of Quebec City, is a division of Volvo and is North America’s second largest coach bus manufacturer. And in a bout of Molson’s and cocaine induced madness (it was the 1980s after all), they thought it would be a brilliant idea to take a regular coach bus, and just add more to it. They did this by making it articulated and added four more wheels as opposed to the standard 6. And, for good measure, the rearmost axle was a steerable one, which is quite common for coaches.

Now, articulated, transit buses (like the Neoplan above, we’ll get to them) are quite common. Most big cities (except London, which famously scrapped all of them a few years ago because they kept !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) have them in one way or another. But an articulated coach is quite unusual.

The only other mainstream articulated coach I can think of is the absolutely massive Neoplan (told you we’d get to them) Jumbocruiser, which was only ever sold (in large numbers at least) in Europe. Unlike the Prevost, it has two decks, and has one less axle, making it just a little bit less crazy.

TL;DR: Coaches can be a little bit weird sometimes.

facw > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/11/2018 at 16:32

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They did this by making it articulated and added four more wheels as opposed to the standard 6 

Any of duallies? Most modern coaches I see have at least one set of doubled-up wheels in the back.

kanadanmajava1 > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/11/2018 at 16:38

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I think that the proper number of axles under a bus is two in the front and one in the rear.

Cé hé sin > kanadanmajava1 08/11/2018 at 16:52

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Which of course is a lot more expensive because extra steering gear. There’s a reason why the third axle goes on the back!

(although now I think of it most three axle buses have rear wheel steering.....)

Cé hé sin > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/11/2018 at 16:57

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You want more bus? Here we go.

Even more?

not for canada - australian in disguise > facw 08/11/2018 at 17:13

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I guess a dually would count for an extra pair of wheels. Should’ve probably gone by axles instead.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/11/2018 at 18:04

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Neoplan makes some fun stuff.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > kanadanmajava1 08/11/2018 at 18:05

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/11/2018 at 18:51

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Bendy bus from hell. No way I get on a bus with the Titanic on it. 

kanadanmajava1 > Cé hé sin 08/12/2018 at 09:16

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Yeah, the amount of moving parts should stay quite the same. So let’s start putting the second steering in the front too.

ttyymmnn > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/12/2018 at 13:32

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I will never get on a bus that says “Titanic Tours” on the side. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > not for canada - australian in disguise 11/04/2018 at 01:54

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CDC in Melbourne  has some double deckers, but i’m not aware of any bendy buses in Melbourne though there might be one here in town for the school run, but i’m not certain on that one

not for canada - australian in disguise > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/04/2018 at 01:09

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Interesting. I thought the Bustech CDis in Sydney were the only double deckers in Australia. I’m glad more and more transit agencies are transitioning from using bendy buses for high capacity usage to using double deckers. On routes that don’t have low bridges or tunnels or the like , double deckers are much safer. And they’re just cooler in my opinion.