I remember still riding in one of these busses in 8th grade, it was even a manual transmission. My driver had gotten the usual one in an accident, so we rode in this for the better part of the school year. Once she made a turn onto a straight well away from the school, she'd put down everything the bus had to match traffic. I think either the sound of the turbo coming up to spool or the clutch groaning is th most memorable thing about these
That bus Had some rust problems that it needs to be retired and sold for parts is what the guy said. It’s better to find a bus that’s in good condition then find a bus that’s going to kill us
@Mannten Lee and Ram 1500 Fan 27 Productions Well at least the diesel engine didn't get wasted because you can find a another engine block and put the parts off the old engine block to a another one that ready to run with low miles so it doesn't get wasted.
The econ mode switch when turned on engages the computer inside the transmission follows a set perimeter that shifts the transmission. Plus it limits the RPM's the engine turns over. It was designed to actually save on fuel consumption
You can still order buses with manual doors. My company just got in 2 2020 international IC CE propane buses with manual doors. Also a lot of our newer blue bird visions have manual doors
It’s completely dumb! Such a good bus going to waste! Ann Arbor had bluebirds from 2004 that have now been scrapped for metal! It’s stupid! I’ll miss those old bluebird buses!
What a SIN!!! What I'd like to see is if the new Thomas C2's (Which I love) actually hold up over time the way these oldies have. Third world countries in Latin/South America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, etc) would KILL to get buses like this. AND they fix them up for public transportation and take even better care of them than we do!!!!!!
The guy said on RUclips that the reason why those school buses headed to retire because it’s not safe to be driven and not safe to be reused for RVs and stuff but the motor is able to be rebuilt and reused again that’s not polluting as much
Technology Spotlight sometimes these buses are so damaged and hard to find parts and maintenance on these things would cost more then the buses are worth.
I believe you can still buy Bluebird Visions with manual doors. Up here in PA I see a lot of other school districts with them. I think I have seen more manual door visions than air door ones.
If I had a School Bus I’d buy an 2004 Blue Bird with the Cummins 5.9L Diesel engine and I’d also get the Manual door because I don’t want an Automatic door just more electric motors to break I want my bus to last forever and my bus would come with an Engine Block Heater
Good morning. God bless you. I watched that the bus was Canadian. Inside, a plate logo "Blue Bird Body Company" included "Made in Canada". I would like to watch a lot of Blue Bird buses as in the past in my country, Costa Rica. I would watch manual transmission Blue Bird buses and Canadian TX4 Blue Bird buses. They are beautiful. Besides, if they come with mud flaps, in Deluxe version, reclining high seats, roof racks, air conditioning, high and low school bus windows and deluxe windows, destination loop or destination window forward and rear, a lot of colors and, of course, all logos and always they have birds logos on the roof.
Those are the kind of buses I used to drive something similar to that in the 70s I would like to manual door a lot better than the newer doors they use today you had full control over how fast do you want to close
Donald Martin The EPA believes the DT engine family pollutes the air at a higher rate than modern diesels, so they want the engine rendered totally unusable so that someone can't transplant the engine into something else. It's hard for me to have to do that to a perfectly good Dt 466. I really don't care for the new emissions standards that have crippled modern Diesel engines. I wont buy anything with modern diesel after the early 2000's.
Sheldon Turner this video was done almost a year ago I’m sure there long gone by now but if you ever come to Texas there are still a few 3800s here and two are already up for sale
Talk about our taxpayers money out the door perfectly good running bus just because I'm a little rest if I had the money I would have bought it screw the EPA.
BusDriver11 I work in the maintenance department, but I help out with special projects throughout the district, so I get to do a little bit of everything. 🙂
I remember still riding in one of these busses in 8th grade, it was even a manual transmission. My driver had gotten the usual one in an accident, so we rode in this for the better part of the school year. Once she made a turn onto a straight well away from the school, she'd put down everything the bus had to match traffic. I think either the sound of the turbo coming up to spool or the clutch groaning is th most memorable thing about these
Hi! There I am from Alton, IL in Southwestern Illinois and It is SAD to see these good ole' 3800s being retired all across the state!
My school still uses these in 2023 and have no plans to change 😊
This is sad. Thank you for sharing by documenting these beautiful school buses.
This is one of my all time favorite buses, the 04 Year. Sad to see these buses go :/
They shouldn't have.
What was significant for the 2004 model?
That bus Had some rust problems that it needs to be retired and sold for parts is what the guy said.
It’s better to find a bus that’s in good condition then find a bus that’s going to kill us
@Mannten Lee and Ram 1500 Fan 27 Productions Well at least the diesel engine didn't get wasted because you can find a another engine block and put the parts off the old engine block to a another one that ready to run with low miles so it doesn't get wasted.
The econ mode switch when turned on engages the computer inside the transmission follows a set perimeter that shifts the transmission. Plus it limits the RPM's the engine turns over. It was designed to actually save on fuel consumption
Is it true that you have to cover the stop arm and the amber lights if you buy a school bus for personal use?
You can still order buses with manual doors. My company just got in 2 2020 international IC CE propane buses with manual doors. Also a lot of our newer blue bird visions have manual doors
i have never seen a dash like that on a 04 blue bird, very cool ;)
is kind of neat we had those old bluebirds too but they were on a GMC Topkick
Outrageous. That's the mainstay of busses.
My school still uses some of this buses
Yea as spares probably
The epa crap is completely dumb. The bus isn’t that old and probably will have a few more years ahead of her!
It’s completely dumb! Such a good bus going to waste! Ann Arbor had bluebirds from 2004 that have now been scrapped for metal! It’s stupid! I’ll miss those old bluebird buses!
What a SIN!!! What I'd like to see is if the new Thomas C2's (Which I love) actually hold up over time the way these oldies have. Third world countries in Latin/South America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, etc) would KILL to get buses like this. AND they fix them up for public transportation and take even better care of them than we do!!!!!!
Hey i agree it is really dumb but you gotta follow the rules.
The guy said on RUclips that the reason why those school buses headed to retire because it’s not safe to be driven and not safe to be reused for RVs and stuff but the motor is able to be rebuilt and reused again that’s not polluting as much
Technology Spotlight sometimes these buses are so damaged and hard to find parts and maintenance on these things would cost more then the buses are worth.
if the epa needs you to destroy a dt466e, what about the t444e?
We have 5 of these buses still in service.
I'm in Florida.
I believe you can still buy Bluebird Visions with manual doors. Up here in PA I see a lot of other school districts with them. I think I have seen more manual door visions than air door ones.
If I had a School Bus I’d buy an 2004 Blue Bird with the Cummins 5.9L Diesel engine and I’d also get the Manual door because I don’t want an Automatic door just more electric motors to break I want my bus to last forever and my bus would come with an Engine Block Heater
Are the 2005 ICs with the 466 part of the grant too?
TechOut Yes, they are going as well. I have another video coming out soon.
Tommy Retro trashing these seems more harmful to the environment than running them
@@TommyRetro How About The Maxxforce DT And 7 IC's
I would buy a new bus with a cummins ISB and take it to diesel performance and they will delete all the emissions for you
Good luck with that it will never pass inspection and besides it's a big fine for bypassing an emissions system.
FS65 for me :)
As this bus can be remembered, we turned this into a roblox bus sound.
What’s the sound ID? I need it for my new build
Idk how to capture a certain clip of something
hello?????
Reminds me of my days in first grade
Please tell me someone bought this bus and It didn’t get scraped
GOOD MORNING BEAST TOMMY Retro CANADA ONTARIO MISSISSAUG TRANSIT RUclips VIDEO 🇨🇦🇨🇦🌿🌿🍀🍀🍀
Good morning. God bless you. I watched that the bus was Canadian. Inside, a plate logo "Blue Bird Body Company" included "Made in Canada".
I would like to watch a lot of Blue Bird buses as in the past in my country, Costa Rica. I would watch manual transmission Blue Bird buses and Canadian TX4 Blue Bird buses. They are beautiful. Besides, if they come with mud flaps, in Deluxe version, reclining high seats, roof racks, air conditioning, high and low school bus windows and deluxe windows, destination loop or destination window forward and rear, a lot of colors and, of course, all logos and always they have birds logos on the roof.
my district still has 3 old buses still in service and might be sold or scraped later in the years...
how come on the old international busses the guages dont go to 0 when turned off?
@Joseph Osborne Lol yep
@Joseph Osborne I think it's funny that in the RE's they still use em
I always wonder what’s the noise when the stop arms are out on these blue bird buses
Is that school district in Michigan? I'm only asking because bluebirds here have the number first than the iconic logo
It is from Illinois.
Those are the kind of buses I used to drive something similar to that in the 70s I would like to manual door a lot better than the newer doors they use today you had full control over how fast do you want to close
Sad to see these buses go, you know the saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." EPA is a joke.
Are you sure that's 2004? It kind of looks older than that.
Ok why is the speedometer that far down...?
The sound of that engine is music to my ear
why does the epa want these buses scrapped? why do they want the engine unusable?
Donald Martin The EPA believes the DT engine family pollutes the air at a higher rate than modern diesels, so they want the engine rendered totally unusable so that someone can't transplant the engine into something else. It's hard for me to have to do that to a perfectly good Dt 466. I really don't care for the new emissions standards that have crippled modern Diesel engines. I wont buy anything with modern diesel after the early 2000's.
Once when you take the engine to the scrap yard people I have ways to save engines that are able to be reused after they’re disabled
Why scap the buses? I buy buses and need a lot of ship to Central America there useful.
Hola Tommy retro cuanto están cada unidad disculpa que yo no abro inglés soy de argentina 🇦🇷
Cash for clunkers but EPA school bus version?
How he said that you probably can't get a bus with a manual door and you can. because the 2019 BBV has manual doors
Seriously? That bus is my age! The EPA is on crack
I will buy one of them
Sheldon Turner this video was done almost a year ago I’m sure there long gone by now but if you ever come to Texas there are still a few 3800s here and two are already up for sale
Sounds like a Roblox bluebird 3800 with the DT466E
My old school had these
My opinion is that if I bus has been more than 200 thousand miles it should b out of service or more then 20 years old
4:58 What does (ABS) mean?
nicky's experiance002 anti lock brakes system
@@austinwilliamson9132 I thought it stood for automatic braking system.
@@anniebellemiller2986 A - Anti-Lock B - Braking S - System
I love bluebird international 3800s I hate to see those busses go
I never see any 3800's
This bus is in excellent condition why would anyone scrap it you might as well be scrapping a brand-new 2019 Lamborghini
TheArchDemon yea or any other modern vehicle because most of them won’t make it past 10 years without problems
the body is in bad shape
im Abossested with International Trucks Ima get this mod for Omsi 2
Talk about our taxpayers money out the door perfectly good running bus just because I'm a little rest if I had the money I would have bought it screw the EPA.
I’d buy this bus because I don’t want the emissions bullshit our EPA is a damn joke
The epa is so wasteful by making you drill through the block like the engine can prolly run at least another 5-10 years with proper maintenance
I can understand why they are being scrapped Tata motors shouldn't be scrapped they should be used for parts or other buses
I hate the stupid emmsions crap. The looks perfectly fine. The engine is probably fine.
Such a shame 466 is a great motor
Alex Matthews that and the 7.3 t444e
Wait you work at a bus yard
BusDriver11 I work in the maintenance department, but I help out with special projects throughout the district, so I get to do a little bit of everything. 🙂
Nice
Tommy Retro Do y'all got any air break buses
BusDriver11 No air brake buses in our district... All hydro!
Dang my district only uses air break buses
people could buy these buses and make motor homes out of them... epa its totally stupid
Cody Shilhanek agreed 20k for these buses is a joke they can take that 20 grand and shove it up there ass
my kids haved ic bus and tomas bus
i used to ride 1 of these with a T444E and a AT545 idk if she is still in use bcause of this dumb crap
That should be criminal .to destroy a DT 466 that sounds like that and build the maxipad dt
Get the federal government out of our Lives please! Leave it to the EPA to screw up things for the skoolie bus community!
Your alsome
Stupid EPA >:( DT466 ENGINES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LOVED, NOT DESTROYED!!!
Why
In California
Edward the gamer 1234 no he’s in Illinois
Wrong
What a waste, could be used for skoolie conversions.
what a waste