To be fair that is a pretty steep hill. I've driven up it several times in numerous vehicles, and even had some 1st gear action in a Cadet trying to gett up it :') Best bus I got up there was a ZF B7RLE, managed to get to the top in 3rd gear. Was rather impressed.
There had to have been something wrong with the engine and/or the Voith gearbox. It almost sounded like it wasn’t in the correct gear 1 when going 3mph up that hill
They used to go on it once in a while before the cutback (and were even the allocation long ago) - now the route only goes to Sevenoaks it's allocated them again.
There are many of these that can go up hills... Take 6412 for example. And also, it may not have much HP, but you’d at least expect it to climb a hill to a certain extent that is safe, because that really shouldn’t be on the road like that
Okay, this was actually going a lot better than I was expecting until that hill spawned; I actually have no words for this.
I genuinely was enjoying that bit. But that hill... no thanks.
To be fair that is a pretty steep hill. I've driven up it several times in numerous vehicles, and even had some 1st gear action in a Cadet trying to gett up it :') Best bus I got up there was a ZF B7RLE, managed to get to the top in 3rd gear. Was rather impressed.
There had to have been something wrong with the engine and/or the Voith gearbox. It almost sounded like it wasn’t in the correct gear 1 when going 3mph up that hill
The thing that GloriousWater loves.. is R2 and R3 on 12% hills haha.
Jokes aside, I thoroughly enjoy your videos. :)
Surprised the transmission didn't overheat or the bus itself..
Foot to the floor and 3mph!
The diff sounds similar to a Euro 3 Dennis Trident one.
no
Try the 7. You should get some more action out of these. (Lovely screaming voith btw)
That was the route I took immediately before this lol
@@gloriouswater538 good choice. Last time i done 7, i was unfortunate to get a DB300 when i wanted an B7TL or Euro 4 E400
Yeah, I had a DB300. I don't mind, but it wasn't driven particularly fast... so meh
@@gloriouswater538 I dont know why but most DB300s are never driven fast. Maybe i just get bad luck with them.
We've all done the 7 a fair bit. lol
This route used to go to Bromley North! I've never knew it used DD's.
They used to go on it once in a while before the cutback (and were even the allocation long ago) - now the route only goes to Sevenoaks it's allocated them again.
Oh
My
God
Most old people could walk faster than that
Its a D7C 215Hp (Probably a lot less now), with a heavy ALX400 body... what are you expecting?
I'm expecting it to go up at more than 3mph... bit like 6444 manages to
GloriousWater I was expecting someone to write a 10 page essay about the mechanics on this thing 😉😂
There are many of these that can go up hills... Take 6412 for example. And also, it may not have much HP, but you’d at least expect it to climb a hill to a certain extent that is safe, because that really shouldn’t be on the road like that
@@oilstutterbusvideos 6412 did 5mph up Chatham hill 💀💀💀
Buses don’t lose power like cars do, albeit they do gradually see a deduction in power.