Aboard 31142 ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TL
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2019
- 31142 what a lovely old bus to drive, these are hands down one of the best deckers to drive in my opinion. The suspension is very absorbing and forgiving on these beasts and they have a lot of power and grunt
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I miss them buses 😢
Nice Shaun mate it's jack btw use to call these boneshakers of shiregreen 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂when they was on the old routes
Learned to Drive in one of these, hands down my favourite to date
I have this version as my school bus
I used to see these on the Arriva 176 buses before they got new buses! I've driven the Dennis version (8.5.litre) on Route 172 and 381.
Alx400 = my no.2 fave bus
Used to enjoy riding this batch in Leeds, We had 31142-47 & always & always thought they were better than the older ALX400s they had in regards to faster speed, nice ZF sounds & comfier seating.
Ooh ex-Leeds motor 😍
I remember when Brighton And Hove buses had these. I always loved going on these buses. Just the sounds are enough to bring back fond memories.
Definitely my favourite by far, I’d give anything to drive these in service again all time
Ahh! I haven’t seen one of these in a while now. I remember the Brighton And Hove livery. The sounds of this bus bring back memories of being a little kid going out with my dad to Brighton City Centre. Thank you so much for this wonderful piece of nostalgia for me.
what a beast of a bus! great driving
My local depot in Great Yarmouth retired their last 3 51 Plate ALX400s in 2022. I believe First Eastern Counties still have 3 2003-2005 models in operation 1 in Lowestoft and 2 in Ipswich
1:24 my favourite bus as a child (YN08 LCL)
Love the edits in this video and jheez that alx400 best buses!
Absolutely love alx400s grew up with them in London but we have very few left now
In Northern Ireland we’ve got ex London V204 MEV
Great job well done thanks for sharing cheers 🇬🇧
Sounds fantastic Shaun! We’ve got an identically sounding one on a President body here in Norwich! It’s numbered 32107 and It’s been living its days getting floored on the A11 now mostly!
KEEN!!! Can clearly see why you love these!!!
Essex Busman-Buses & More this ones goes like the stink
Great driving and a joy to watch
Danny Lilley thanks :)
What a brillaint start to the video, as well as the rest. Would love to see more like this!
Konrad Kasek thanks makes it a little more interesting 😂
@@ThatYorkshireBusDriver it really does. Keep it up! Oh and I'm liking your Instagram page, great bus pics!
This is me > instagram.com/north_west_photography1?igshid=n3nau3o2ckdq
Amazing video love these beasts
Alex Everitt Bus Videos and more love these too
Leicester had about 30 of these beasts. Were all sent away in 2015. Now we are left with 4 Wright Eclipse Gemini B7TLs, with all our other deckers being Streetdecks. These were my favourite buses around. I missed them when they went and still do. I hope I can get on one before they all go. Good video per the normality.
Streetdecks are god awful
RacingGameGuru 23 They aren’t that bad. Better than some single deckers, like those rancid Optare Versa’s
First West Yorkshire have got rid of alot of older ALX400's B7TL's now but good to see that First South Yorkshire have still got a few left. These do go when you put your foot down.
Epic video as always Shaun. I always look forward to your videos. Hope you ok & having a good day. 😀🚌
Sarah's random videos thanks Sarah, I’m great hope your well also
@@ThatYorkshireBusDriver no worries Shaun. It good you great. I'm not 100% but I'll be ok I'm a tough cookie. 😀🚌
I think I drove this bus when it was brand new. IIRC it first entered service at the Cherry Row depot in Leeds on the 56 Moor Grange - Whinmoor route. By far of my favourite buses to drive ever.
Kris Taylor I bet they where lovely brand new
I’m curious, were 31142-31147 always intended for Leeds or were they diverted from South Yorkshire? It seems a bit odd looking on buslistsontheweb and having 31129-31141 and 31148 listed as new to Mainline with 31142-31147 down as for Yorkshire Rider.
First South Yorkshire haven't got many left now as they are have scrapped alot of them including this one. I've always like B7TL's as they are quick and excellent workhorses.. I've driven a B7TL Wright Gemini Eclipse at First Potteries Adderley Green depot at their open day in 2017. Very nice to drive.
Nice video mate. I'd love to have a go at driving one of those. That and a Alexander Royale.
Ash I’ve driven a friends Alexander Royale :) lucky me ☺️ there’s a time lapse at the end of the show is video if you’ve not seen it
Glad to see you’re back pal ♥️♥️♥️
Well you know a bus is fine when a plomb of black smoke is coming out the exhaust haha !
ALX400 is my 2nd favourite bus
You are a super driver
Prosthetist & Orthotist thanks ❤️❤️
Great Video. I've watched a few of ur videos in the past and I only just subscribed to ur channel.
Thanks for the subscription
That Yorkshire Bus Driver Ur welcome.
4:05 yellow on the greenroad pal 😉
The things I've always liked about driving these buses: The moany volvo engine sound and the cute little turbo whistle that goes with it. The ZF acceleration noise (Hated the voith). The pickup scream after 40mph. The smooth airbed ride. The front wheels follow an effortless dead straight line with no hands on the wheel.
Things I didn't like: The huge weight of the bus. Drives round corners like a concerete high rise building. T Rex dinosaur 'howling' with low speed braking. The suspension related rattling and clattering. Nearly 6 full turns of the steering wheel before you get near a full lock. The 'Kneel' suspension not dropping very far down. Sluggish And painfully slow to accelerate.
Think a Dennis trident would better
@@losangelaramos4708 In what universe. Most dennis tridents are terrible. They are made cheap and drive as such. The retarder send you and the passengers flying everytime it engages, when you get down to 10mph where it turns off it kicks the bus, so if you got passengers standing up you can hear their shopping rustle and them running forward trying not to fall. It also crashes over bumps and doest really absorb them, the mirrors are terrible, the brake feel on most of them is non-existent, the seating and pedal position is uncomfortable... I could go on all day. Sadly the depot I work at has a huge amount of these and I hate every day when I have to drive them. They are inferior to anything else, even from Dennis themselves. the only positive I can bring up about it is that it has a good engine sound and it has high steering angle so you can get around in tight spaces easier. Most people who love tridents love them because either they have been driving them for 10+ years or because they only drove dennis buses, and by dennis standards its the least worst model which is up for debate. Since I get to drive scanias as well and experience what a real bus drives like I know how garbage the trident is. The fact that the scania buses have the same brake system as trucks so you actually get brake control shows that scania actually gave a shit about how the bus drives when they designed it. Dennis? Not so much. Their newer E400 mmc is fine, but the retarder is jerky even on that.
Nice cloud of smoke at 2:30 as you pulled out of Olive!
Definitely rolling coal
Awesome video as always Shaun. I always look forward to your content. Keep up the great work. P.S. your an awesome bus driver and I might hop onto your bus one day in the future
Chris Hines many thanks been taking a little break from the videos but I’m back and want to get creative again
@@ThatYorkshireBusDriver Fair enough. I have been taking a break from making videos myself almost a year now and the reason is because my friend sadly passed away in his sleep last summer but I'm back and ready to make more videos
Chris Hines sorry to hear that, I’ll keep an eye out for your videos
@@ThatYorkshireBusDriver I posted one on the channel recently and if you can subscribe to my channel and let friends and family know about my channel
Nice to see another video. Saw you in Sheffield interchange last Thursday, think you were on a 36, and you were parked on the same stand I wanted to put my x17 on haha! Don't know who thinks timetabling those two at the same time on the same stand is a good idea... Gave you a wave as I drove past but you weren't looking my way.
Joe Green sorry to be in the way 😂 tbh c3 isn’t used I thought they’d put ether one on that but nope 🤣
@@ThatYorkshireBusDriver I think Stagecoach just want the x17 as close to the x78 as possible to try and steal passengers to meadowhall! We used to share c1 when the Barnsley extension first started, but apparently there were too many complaints from both first and our drivers that the other was spending too much time on c1 so we were swapped to c2. Like you say though, c3 would make more sense. Or even just go back to b4 like we used to use for chesterfield.
Joe Green I agree but i use c3 if an x17 is on stand, I’ve seen drivers argue over that stand.
We all do the same job I don’t get what the big deal is
Great video. Someday I am going to preserve one of these buses although I am going for a full height version which will be one of the TCZ or BEZ versions if I can get one of those. Otherwise it will be an ex-London one like one of the Arriva VLA class buses. I have to say that the ride on these is always smooth and comfortable and these buses would make great double deck coaches in my opinion. I assume this one is a ZF Ecomat?
All the best
Ash.
Transport & Simulation Hub yeah there always really comfy good luck if you manage to get one and I’m not sure on the gearbox
Transport and simulation hub 2939 ex metro is for sale so try buying that it’s a HCZ Reg ALX 400
2:31.. that smoke lol..
Paul Lee French 💨 💨 💨
I think it’s just me but this bus sounds pretty similar to the University Maryland Setra coach buses back in the US
I have to find 31142 as the weekend proper beast she doesnt mess around
The hunt begins 😂
Nice I was on the 35 and 52a earyler
Was you a rotherham driver or just sheffield
Weve got a couple in first cymru one mainly in Swansea at mo haven't got to driven it yet.
Bear Williams hope it’s a good one because there such good buses
nice one. guessing this is a ZF?
it was yes
Best deckers ever,not much of them floating about now though
The bus & bin lorry guy nope it’s a shame :(
Plenty in South Yorkshire I’ve seen loads
Not a lot up in Glasgow
I used to watch these and think ‘gosh, buses are quite sluggish’ but after a week in a Dennis Dart then another in a Dennis Javelin I’m suddenly seeing these almost like racing cars 😂
Oh yeah, as a follow up to my last message on Facebook, got my retest in a few weeks.
Historian Duck haha race cars 🏎
Historian Duck good luck 😉
The Dart we have is probably 20 years old, and the Javelin isn’t much younger haha
Thank you. I misjudged a corner by a stupidly small amount, and couldn’t quite correct. I only had four minors all told was the worst bit, but we live and learn eh?
Historian Duck yeah we do better luck this time round
Rolling some coal there, ours are as dead as dead things, 15mph uphill, stuck in one the other day all day pushing trees on backroads :(
NI FUBAR I love rolling coal 😂😂
When will you make a new video hi from Northern Ireland
Hey Shaun. Are you coming to the South Yorkshire Transport Trust Open Day on Sunday the 21st July? Me and Busman252 are going.
I think I am yes :) see you there
Ok thanks. See you there.
It is me harley Murray I just changed my name alx 400 yay
music air 😂
Always wanted to ride on a b7 in Sheffield but they don't run then anymore does anyone have any idea why
Hey! Has anyone heard about First Group selling their company to Go Ahead? Have they told you Shawn?
Not heard anything
Hey, do you still have the B10BLE's?
We have 4 yeah
I prefered 31130, did you ever drive it? Unfortunately, it's been scrapped now.
The Transport Guy I’m not sure I have
@@ThatYorkshireBusDriver You missed out
60700 was a flyer
I like the buses you sit down and it's just like a diesel bus is supposed to be a beast of a bus but the indicator is annoying cause it's very loud you can here it from upstairs lot of wear and tear on the old first buses why the company still uses them
declan elrick if it ain’t broke don’t fix it I Always so I’m glad we have a large variety to drive otherwise I think I’d probably get bored
just my option mate
Yeah inoo buddy :)
You at lodge moore?
Bill Shelby I’m not
@@ThatYorkshireBusDriver look abit like lodge Moore on the 56
Do u even stop for any passengers
I was running light
Absolute animal! Reminds me of my sweet childhood memories onboard the Dublin ALX 400 B7’s!
If only they still made them as good as this
That Yorkshire Bus Driver Couldn’t agree more, the ones I drive are absolutely shagged!