963 & 966 with bike-racks

Carrie · September 13, 2008, 01:43:51 PM

Here are 2 more Renaults with bike-racks. I still haven't seen a bike on one yet.
Action bus 963 at Woden. I think the colour clashes.

Action bus 966 at Belconnen with 345 coming into view.

Buzz Killington · September 13, 2008, 04:17:29 PM

at least you can still see the Renault Badge and the ACTION logo on the .2's

Irisbus Rider · September 13, 2008, 08:49:26 PM

Good photos,.

The bike racks actually look alright on the .2s.

CBRFlyer · September 13, 2008, 08:59:11 PM

They look better on the .3s though. I have seen a bike on 129 and 928 both on the 313

Irisbus Rider · September 13, 2008, 09:15:10 PM

Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on September 13, 2008, 08:59:11 PM
They look better on the .3s though. I have seen a bike on 129 and 928 both on the 313

Ha, good to see drivers are picking it up so quickly. Honestly, I think bike racks are enough on the Intertown, they don't really need a low floor bus on it.

CBRFlyer · September 13, 2008, 10:20:44 PM

It's just the 1 driver. She normally has 129 but sometimes brings another ,3a or an Iris (normally 310). It was just last Monday when she had 928.

She drives the 3:45 bus leaving Belco. I think she leaves tuggs at about 2:55

CBRFlyer · September 13, 2008, 10:22:14 PM

Forgot to mention she has a very short temper

Irisbus Rider · September 13, 2008, 10:27:17 PM

Ha ha, I'll have to get that bus one day, and test her temper :p

Oh, and 310 is a dog. 300 is the only decent one (my fave), it goes better than 991!!!

Having said that, 928 is fairly poor too.

CBRFlyer · September 13, 2008, 10:30:01 PM

I agree 310 is a dog 304 is the worst though

Irisbus Rider · September 13, 2008, 10:31:34 PM

That and 306. Unfortunately, many others too.

Got 310 with a driver I know, and when he put his foot down, there was about a 5 second lapse opf power, and when the power camne, it was poor!

CBRFlyer · September 13, 2008, 10:34:28 PM

I was on 306 today it sounded shocking. It barley made it into the interchange, it pretty much stopped and rolled back. That happened to me on 117 once, the driver had to roll right down to get power up

The best way to get that driver going is to play loud music or stand when there is heaps of seats and get in the way of other people getting on.

Irisbus Rider · September 13, 2008, 10:37:14 PM

Ha ha!

Yeah, 306 was involved in a nasty rear ender, and ever since it went to get fixed up, it came back completely different. I think, in the accident, the engine got damaged, but wasn't fixed up properly, and now is like this.

CBRFlyer · September 13, 2008, 10:41:45 PM

That may be the bus that the back panel at the side of Belco workshops comes from. It has being there for ages though. When a bus is involved in a minor accident is it towed or driven to the depot?

Irisbus Rider · September 13, 2008, 10:47:34 PM

Probably one for the drivers, not sure myself, but my 2c is that if it is drivable, it will be driven, otherwise, it's a job for the tow trucks.

CBRFlyer · September 13, 2008, 10:54:23 PM

While on the subject of crashes, I heard something about 320 a while back being involved in a major crash, I think in the 914 crash thread on this forum or ATDB, what happened?

Buzz Killington · September 14, 2008, 09:32:08 AM

320 was heading up Barry Dr thru the lights at Clunies Ross when a person turning right from Barry into Clunies Ross went through on the red and hit the right hand side of the bus, right at the back.

belcodriver · September 14, 2008, 11:39:59 AM

Quote from: Renault Rider on September 13, 2008, 10:47:34 PM
Probably one for the drivers, not sure myself, but my 2c is that if it is drivable, it will be driven, otherwise, it's a job for the tow trucks.

Correct, except there is only one tow truck. Sometimes the mechanic drives the bus back and the driver takes the breakdown van.

Irisbus Rider · September 14, 2008, 01:36:20 PM

Ah, ok, thanks for that information.

I bet that'd be a change for the ACTION driver, to take the breakdown truck back to the depot, ha ha!

Buzz Killington · September 14, 2008, 07:21:40 PM

the breakdown VAN, Renault Rider. I imagine thats the little tarago style vehicle.

CBRFlyer · September 14, 2008, 07:35:11 PM

No the breakdown van is the truck. When 113 was doing my school run and stopped at the school the driver said it had a flat battery and that we could wait on the bus for the breakdown van to come

Jack Bauer · September 14, 2008, 07:43:45 PM

Confusion! The breakdown van is not the tow truck.

Busnerd · September 15, 2008, 07:13:06 PM

They have tarago's which interchange inspectors drive.

They have hino trucks which respond to on road problems incl flat batteries

or the big mack truck used for towing

CBRFlyer · September 15, 2008, 07:35:06 PM

I'm pretty sure that they are mitsubishi fuso those trucks

Busnerd · September 16, 2008, 02:30:51 PM

I have a photo of truck 0389 which is indeed a Hino

belcodriver · September 16, 2008, 10:51:27 PM

Quote from: Irisbus Rider on September 14, 2008, 01:36:20 PM
Ah, ok, thanks for that information.

I bet that'd be a change for the ACTION driver, to take the breakdown truck back to the depot, ha ha!

I've only driven the breakdown van (and yes I realise it is actually a truck but it's always referred to as a van by the radio room) once and I stalled it.

Buzz Killington · September 17, 2008, 05:32:06 PM

i still remember my school bus driver stalling 811 one day, heh

CBRFlyer · September 17, 2008, 09:42:53 PM

On a weekend 300 last year my driver stalled 329

Irisbus Rider · September 17, 2008, 10:27:21 PM

A driver kept stalling a STA Scania CNG bus after attempts to backfire it

Sir Pompously · September 18, 2008, 12:04:41 AM

I wonder who that could be?

Irisbus Rider · September 18, 2008, 08:15:53 PM

Not the halal type, he can successively backfire any bus he steps foot in