Volvo B7RLE climbing Slack Hill (14% incline)

This B7RLE is one of the best things I've driven. Despite not having kickdown it absolutely flies, and as you can see climbing Slack Hill it will hold the gears where it needs to.
Very smooth, singing ZF gearbox and plenty of power-what's not to love?
Bus: YJ07PCF
Routes served by: X17, 63

[@duraab27]

Finally, a bus that can actually climb Slack Hill properly...

[@zainthe_c00lkid29]

Power of volvo and cummins

[@duraab27]

@zainthe_c00lkid29 Cummins... where did you get that from? Its a literal volvo engine inside eith a ZF gearbox 😭

[@zainthe_c00lkid29]

Mb
I dont know the difference lol

[@jaggass]

Always loved the sound of Euro 4 B7RLE's especially when the Wabco compressor kicks in. Even Darts climb Slack Hill better than E200's.

[@MandingoAfricano]

Love this view and engine sounds👍🏾 👍🏾 thank you!

[@shadowstransport8412]

Would love to hear this with kickdown, has a nice loud ZF, Lovely Engine and A great speed on this route, great video aswell

[@Paco_Gaepedores]

OMG Very Impressive cute bus :3 Lovely video ❤

[@Paco_Gaepedores]

woohoo Beautiful B7RLE ❤

[@HastingsBuses]

I bet this is a lovely drive. Nice video

[@StagecoachMANALX300]

Oofftt - what a rocket!

[@sophianaughton8054]

Good ol Swedish engineering awesome

[@matteogallielevatorsandbus]

very nice zf ecomat gearbox! is pretty loud

[@MandingoAfricano]

Those hills 😳

[@BritishLifeSafetySystems]

But wasn’t that kickdown at 1:36 ?

[@jamesuk1704]

Nice ZF

[@derplovestravel1777]

I wonder what an enviro 200 would sound like, or a enviro 400 with a Scania N230UD engine

[@-M0LE]

A scania would get up a lot faster and smoother
And I love b7rles but scania just slightly better

[@SF62CWT]

any enviro product with scania, sounds great! and are alot more nippy

[@SBS2824Cc]

Never tried pumping the acclerator to kickdown?

[@busesinthemidlands]

Nice! Please could you do this sort of video but with a gemini please? I'd love to see that :D

[@ggpeakexplorer4009]

I'm afraid the Gemini is long gone. Went in about September time

[@busesinthemidlands]

Oh that's crazy!

[@georgeratcliffe7752]

@Chiltern Transport Productions is this the one that Hunters Coaches in Leeds has
(BX55XNT)

[@frazermountford]

Do you have the option to manually hold a lower gear?

[@simonc7947]

Slack Hill looks a lot less steep on the video than when I'm driving up it. Was the bus full or empty?
Do any buses go up Sydnhope Hill? That would be interesting.

[@liamoconnor2718]

woah what a flyer :) ur right the bus does fly :). were u test driving it?

[@georgegreenoshine]

Nope was driving in service

[@liamoconnor2718]

@@georgegreenoshine oh ok

[@MandingoAfricano]

Very nippy

[@dieselstredwick2497]

what company do you work for

[@samoliver7778]

Hulleys of Baslow

[@liamoconnor2718]

if this bus had kickdown. just saying if it did it'd fly like a rocket down the hill

[@stnortheast1393]

my company now owns this bus

[@Transport4Alex12]

Euro 4 is the best❤

[@iiBus]

Love a B7RLE, great climb, but the ZF gearbox makes it sound awful here. I much prefer a ZF by itself, and the engine itself too.