Shipping a bus goes wrong

well I guess they had a lot of trouble getting this thing loaded on this trailer which is really isn't the kind of trailer to be shipping this bus on because the clearance at the rear part is too high but they had a tow truck there for seven hours loading in um a semi truck style tow truck trying to pull it up on there and they couldn't do it the rear radius rod bushings are worn out in it and when they're pulling it backwards the rear end kept kind of dog legging because the axle would twist and it wasn't going straight and then they couldn't get it up high enough at the back so then they called out the Rotator so now they're paying for two tote big you know tow trucks to be out there at the time and they slung that uh that sling underneath there and did that underneath the radius rods and lifted which that's not how you should do that and then we're able to get it up high enough and back in there but the damage had already been done to it but seven hours on a super super hot humid day two tow trucks they were paying for for most of the day so that was a really big expense for them well all the stuff about the trouble with loading it I didn't find out about until it was already on its way I was told that the bus would air up and that the brakes would work but that none of that was true well this bus definitely got damaged uh when we were trying to load it they broke the bottom of that radiator there and then that's the the output for it too but the actual radiator bottom is broken and then the exhausts are completely squished flat there so don't try and start it like that especially because it's two-stroke um but yeah this it's it got damaged shipping and there's nothing we can do about it now it looks like the suspension's aired up but it's really not they just stuck wood blocks in between the axles and the bump stops to give it a little bit more height so at least they did do that otherwise it'd really be hanging low [Music] foreign [Laughter] [Applause] foreign [Applause] had to push it back a little bit so you could release the binders the chains on it foreign [Music] okay okay we're not stop okay the forks up here are touching I don't know do we need to adjust the board the same go is it in neutral he's all the way back up [Applause] a little bit foreign [Applause] turned out turn it my way more okay more is that good okay pricing way up over there to get around thank you foreign loaded down here we had to spray a bunch of uh bug killer in there there was fire ants when I sat in there they're biting my ankles they were all over the floor under the driver's seat there so we sprayed that down and and killed them I don't know how those aren't bent but when they loaded this on the trailer with that uh Rotator truck they actually just strapped it underneath the radius rods and lifted the whole bus up from those radius rods they don't appear to be bent um but that's not the recommended way to do that I can't believe they're not messed up those aren't those are Hollow they're not made for that so uh got very lucky there well we're gonna try to do some work on the bus down here to at least get the air system working there there were no working brakes on it when they hooked it up to the tow truck for towing they hooked the air up to it and then immediately drained the truck down to 30 PSI and it wouldn't go above 30 and then as soon as you disconnected it instantly go to zero on the bus so there's no brakes on it I don't want to tow it up the hill if it breaks free this doesn't have Spring Breaks this is just air brakes on it without a spring if you don't have air pressure you have no brakes and the drive shaft brake that's on it does not work so there is no way to stop it without air pressure and I don't want to tow it up the hill in case something happens and it comes loose but the front end's in good shape you know we didn't damage anything but I did send owner before we unloaded it and said if it gets damaged I'm not responsible for it for unloading it like this because they paid um I think like over three thousand dollars for the tow trucks to load it onto the onto the semi truck trailer and then on top of that the like four thousand dollars to have it towed here so that's a lot of money you know almost I don't know seven thousand dollars more than seven thousand dollars to have it here um that's that's a really big investment uh just to get it here and then the fact that they damaged it uh we had to use every bit of wood blocking that we had here uh dungeons to get it up and you know things out of the bottom like that exhaust for the generator and stuff like that that's really low to the bottom that was a concern too that kind of trailer is really not made for this took some wood under the wheels stop it from Rolling but they definitely broke the radiator not just that little uh hose that were connected to it so yeah this is uh that's pretty interesting that the Camel cigarettes on the back there with a half naked girl and then the front of it must been a different bus owner because I'm pretty sure it was something religious up here yeah for in Christ so that's an interesting combination still got the nameplate badge on that's pretty cool I should clean up good need some wiper blades the windshield is very dirty as you saw overall the frame the structure itself the body it's in decent shape get cleaned up real good um but we got a lot of work to do to get going again [Music] from a mile away when you can hear them play as they climb that hill with ease [Music] those who can make the Run they can make it through the top Scott will put them in the shop till their new life has begun foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music]

Channel: Bus Grease Monkey

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Id: KqZsnkPNPJs

Length: 23min 27sec (1407 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 31 2023