Last Thursday I was heading towards Indianapolis and at the 74-280 junction in Illinois I saw one of your coaches apparently heading west. Of course I thought of you and your channel immediately! I remember thinking "what are the odds that that's James driving."
I've been driving a tractor trailer for 11 years and next week I start my new job driving a bus. I'm excited and nervous and I've been binge watching all of your content on both channels. You've been very helpful and fun to watch. Thank you.
Hey justin! I wish you nothing but good luck my friend. Your words inspire me to keep making more videos and I appreciate that! Hey maybe we'll meet each other over the road one day if you're ever crossing through Urbana Champaign Illinois let me know we'll go out to lunch or something
@@JWangvlogs I'm on the east coast of Canada so I'm not sure how likely that will be but if I ever find myself heading that way I'll reach out for sure.
Yes they are fun. I dont like the ones that make you go to 5 different places in one day. Not only does it not leave any down time for the drivers, it stresses out the kids and teachers because they cant really enjoy any of their destinations.
Wow! I just found the motor coach channel, and it led me to this channel. I’m a truck driver. But I’ve always been fascinated with the busses. When I was a kid, the only way we could travel any distance, was on a greyhound. I can still remember the smell of diesel in the bus garages, and me wanting to always sit in the front seat, across from the driver, to watch what was going on. I’m subscribed, and will be watching more of these bus trips. THANK YOU for making those!
When I drove for Illinois School Bus co. Out of Crestwood IL Some years ago I love it when Charter season comes … Musem of S &I one of my Favorite place
I love all of your videos James. I’m getting excited for my new job coming up. I only have one week left to fulfill my two week notice for my current job and then it’s time to dive into my new job of driving charter motor coaches. I continue to watch everything I can find on your channel to enhance my knowledge. Watching you lift all of those cargo doors for luggage makes me wonder how long will it be before they all become automatic like the back door on SUVs. Push a button and a hydraulic motor pushes door open and close for you, wouldn’t that be nice! ✌️out.
Always wanted to drive coach but have been hesitant due to worries of not enough work and pay. It sure looks enjoyable though! And that food looked amazing
MR JAMES I LOVE THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY I VISIT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ATLEAST FOUR TIMES A YEAR. I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE THE EARLY 80s.
Kelli seems like an awesome guy! Just started driving OTR’s for Ohio State (I’m a student driver) and you’re videos have been awesome to watch. Drive safe brother
Awesome job making that tight turn! I didn’t know you’re based in Champaign - that’s cool. I visited a friend there a long time ago. I took a bus from Chicago Union to Champaign. If you’re ever up in the Toronto area I’ll treat you to some poutine.
James you have the remarkable ability to make a routine trip look interesting. However, shame on you for not going into MSI. Just kidding and I’m sure you’ve been there before many times. I visit about every year and never tire of it. It’s nice now compared to the late 1980’s since you can drive your car there and park in the huge parking garage they have.
Nice, first time watching the blog. See your other channel often. I have been driving part time, start full time over the road in two weeks. Would love to pick your brain sometime about the job. You are a great resource.
Thank you. Yes I am from Tian Jin. I came here to the US when I was 5 years old. My parents have always made sure that I never forget how to speak my native language. I am thankful to them for that
Love these trip videos. I had watched Motorcoach World for some time, but stumbled across this channel in the past week. Your videos are very nostalgic for me. My dad drove for Continental Trailways and later Greyhound post-merger, as well as a local charter company here in Atlanta. I grew up going to work with him and riding buses on his schedule runs, mainly in the 80s. (That is how I came across your Motorcoach World channel thanks to your awesome history of the Eagle!) A unique and very special way to grow up. He passed in 1998 so I have not been on very many buses in recent decades. But your “over the shoulder” shots take me back to sitting in the front seat headed down the highway. He would be blown away at all the technology in these modern coaches. Light years beyond the sparse dashes of the Eagle 5s and MC9s! He’d probably gripe about it - he hated it when Greyhound started having the drivers enter their passenger counts into computer terminals in the 80s! 🤣 Looks like Peoria runs a great operation there! Keep up the good work. New videos here will be must watch!!
Haha. The PC is over 5 years old. Its got a old GTX 1080 TI on board 36 GB of ram. Its time for a upgrade for me LOL. It just looks more impressive than it actually is because i have so many screens.
I was watching your video, and a commercial came on about a father who lost his son in the Sandy Hook shooting. I think it was related to the school incident that happened yesterday in Texas. I watched a few seconds and pressed the skip button. I felt bad about skipping over it, but I tune in to RUclips to escape the bad news in the world. I was wondering if anyone else saw that sad commercial. And do you have control over what RUclips commercials are shown on your channel? I am not a bus driver, but I do enjoy watching your content. It's positive and up-lifting. Keep making more trip videos- PLEASE!
Hey Steve. Yes I've seen that commercial show up. No I do not have control over what commercials play. I always try to keep my videos positive and I keep politics and all that garbage away. I'm glad you find them peaceful 😊
J., Wondeful video. you do an amazing job of telling a story. Often wondered what it would be like to drive a big bus. Now that I'm retiered I might just check out the company you drive for as I live here in CU ..Take care, see you on the road!
Took me a minute to figure out where you got onto I-57 headed home, had to watch it twice to figure it out, I see exactly where that is now, been through there a million times, probably literally and for some reason didn't recognize it on video. Had to drive through some pretty rough parts of town to get there from MSI huh?
Several random observations: Life is too short to just eat chicken nuggets. There is a lot of great food in the world. The first time I saw Lake Michigan in 2007, it seemed like an ocean to me. Chicago is HUGE. It's like it's own universe. Does your Chinatown have a great dim sum place?
Yes you are totally right. Life is too short to just eat chicken nuggets. Yes! China town has soooo many Dim Sum places. Some are better than others and weekends are better time to go than week days. My favorite are the dim sum places with carts.
Just finished watching this, excellent stuff, I want to go to my nearest Chinatown now for a feed! (Also would love to visit the Museum of Science and Industry, to see the 727 hung up on the roof and the large model railroad)
It is good to be busy! Funny and embarrassing Science and Industry museum story. I grew up right outside of D.C and every school year we went on multiple field trips to the Smithsonian Museums. Well Went I moved to the Midwest My wife and I took our kids to the Science and Industry museum. I thought I was being conned when they tried to charge admission. Thankfully security was not called. We paid the admission and had a good time.
LOL 😂 I got a laugh out of reading your post. Yeah I've been to DC and you can see a lot without having to pay an entrance fee of some sort. Chicago has a lot that's free too. There the Lincoln park zoo that is free for the public as well as smaller attractions like the bean and fountain which I think is pretty cool. But not the museums.
Always makes me smile when i see a new video of you now im watching youre trip in the netherlands when i should be sleeping it is 22:53 here and the next day i need to get out of bed around 5 lol
You gave away your secrets! She wants to know why your friend isn't using his chopsticks but then she thought about the plastic fork so he does get an a for using his fork so much better we noticed you open the window! LOL we hope you enjoyed your nap excellent video couldn't sleep through that if you tried hope she won her softball game yes please do not forget to feed the cat
Great video my stomach is full and I sleepy just watching you eat all that food That was a tight right I watched the video a second time and tried to follow the turn in your mirrors there was no room for errors. School trips will soon be over then the Senior Citizen trips start. Did your daughter's team win? Looking forward to your next video?
Hahaha thanks Robert Finley. I'm honored. Yes that was ridiculous turn especially with how much bus traffic they get there. My daughter's team lost that game that day. But I encouraged her to still enjoy the moment and companionship of her team mates and learn from the mistakes. She took it in good stride especially with the ice cream stop on the way home.
J Wang, what do you think about if Greyhound should be nationalized just like Amtrak is? How about if it was and then certain routes were then contracted out to different bidding motorcoach companies? Maybe this could be a video topic for your All things buses channel?
Thats exactly was Flixbus is doing. All their routes are contracted out. Now that they have bought out Greyhound, they might kill it and just keep Flixbus
The private sector works when there’s competition. AMTRAK has some routes that are better than others but overall, it still loses money. Think of it this way, if there was truly a demand for passenger rail service, the freight haulers would be tripping over themselves to offer it. No, private motor coach operators competing with each other is a good thing.
So i have a question, I work at an airport, We take a shuttle from employee parking to the terminal They are the long variant shuttle bus As you a passenger cabin mounted on an f 550 truck My question is Ive been on f350 shuttles and 550 shuttles The 550s are much much more rough of a ride. Why is that?
Hey Adam... Hmmm. I honestly don't know but I can speculate. I would say the 550 has stronger leaf springs designed to carry more payload.. It was designed to be a truck to haul heavy items. And when you but a bus body on it with people expecting a comfortable ride, the suspension will not deliver since its designed to haul a heavier payload than the smaller F350's. But don't take my word for it. LOL
@@JWangvlogs thank you. I thought of the question because i saw some of the similar style shuttles on your lot.. dont know if they are the glavals built the same as the airport ones but it made me.think of it
I too currently drive shuttles at the airport for FedEx employees and pilots in Indianapolis. Those buses are killing me. Right know we have at least six of them that the air seat is broken and have been for over six months. They won’t fix them and that is what pushed me over the edge to find another job. After 8-10 hours in these I feel like bronco Billy 🥴😵💫.
Hey Mister KentC. Thanks for the comment. Yes they do make GPS units specially for trucks to identify what roads and bridges a truck will not fair well on. THey do not make one specially for buses. I dont know how well those truck GPS units do on updating drivers on construction.
I believe so, you can actually find special GPS units on Amazon that you can enter your vehicle height and it assures you won't get caught on a road with low bridges. Width, I'm not so sure. Part of my job here in Chicago (no less) is to draw traffic control plans for construction, and one rule we must stick to is allowing the traffic lane to remain no less than, I believe, 11 feet wide to always accommodate for CTA busses or else the permit department won't issue us a permit. Granted, they only get antsy like this about roads with bus routes on them, but chances are you won't be driving a motor coach or a semi truck down a street with ultra tight construction lanes on it. That tight squeeze he had to turn on in the video was Lake Shore Dr., and as tight as it was, as you can see he still made it. Semi trucks aren't allowed on there anyway but CTA busses do pass through there so they had to stick to that 11 foot or more lane width when placing those barricades.
When you're taking a trip like this, do you get to choose which coach you drive? I remember you saying you preferred one over another, but do you get to walk into the garage and say "I'm taking that one today"? Assuming of course that it's not down for maintenance.
Hey David! Typically no. The coaches are assigned by a collaboration between our fleet coordinator and technicians based on distance of the trip, needs of the group, and vehicle maintenance schedules. Sometimes if there are other coaches available I have the perk as a manager to change my coach assignment, however I clear it with the techs and fleet coordinator as well as the charter sales person to make sure that I am not jeopardizing any kind of requests or requirements. But for the most part our drivers including me, drive what we are assigned. A lot of logistics goes into figuring out the daily coach assignments.. especially if its super busy. So it usually irritates our team members when they have to juggle buses around and change a bunch of other drivers bus assignment's because someone is trying to drive a particular bus they like or have bonded with LOL.
@@richardlindor1960 yes I know what you mean. We don't assign a driver a permanent bus here so we have to remove our mounts and other gear after every trip. I usually avoid the ones with the stocky suction cups
James..... What the hell? Why you gotta post stuff like this when I am no where near good dumplings 😭 hope to see you even for a minute when Bart and I are there in a few weeks 😊
@@JWangvlogs how much will it cost for you to drive us to chicago from charlottesville va its 11 hours and 16 mins to get to and from chicago or if its easiers i could request you to pick us up in va and we got to richmond which is closer than chicago what wasy for you
@@JWangvlogs thank you james wangi am also going to be in a meetup group that is where i got the idea if its the first meetup and i want to go to chicago its would might have to be in august or sept of 2022
Last Thursday I was heading towards Indianapolis and at the 74-280 junction in Illinois I saw one of your coaches apparently heading west. Of course I thought of you and your channel immediately! I remember thinking "what are the odds that that's James driving."
Haha thanks Ian. Odds are slim usually but as much as I've been on the road lately I would say that's not true anymore.
😂😂😂, I would totally thinking the same thing.
I've been driving a tractor trailer for 11 years and next week I start my new job driving a bus. I'm excited and nervous and I've been binge watching all of your content on both channels. You've been very helpful and fun to watch. Thank you.
Hey justin! I wish you nothing but good luck my friend. Your words inspire me to keep making more videos and I appreciate that! Hey maybe we'll meet each other over the road one day if you're ever crossing through Urbana Champaign Illinois let me know we'll go out to lunch or something
@@JWangvlogs I'm on the east coast of Canada so I'm not sure how likely that will be but if I ever find myself heading that way I'll reach out for sure.
So excited for more motorcoach vlogs love these vlogs. So relaxing to watch em
Thanks for the comment and kind words!
It is relaxing.
School trips are the best
Yes they are fun. I dont like the ones that make you go to 5 different places in one day. Not only does it not leave any down time for the drivers, it stresses out the kids and teachers because they cant really enjoy any of their destinations.
You make it look so easy ❤😊
Awesome!
Don't forget, the museum gives coach drivers free admission. That museum is one of my favorites.
Wow! I just found the motor coach channel, and it led me to this channel. I’m a truck driver. But I’ve always been fascinated with the busses. When I was a kid, the only way we could travel any distance, was on a greyhound. I can still remember the smell of diesel in the bus garages, and me wanting to always sit in the front seat, across from the driver, to watch what was going on. I’m subscribed, and will be watching more of these bus trips. THANK YOU for making those!
Thank you Trucker J.
Appreciate the kind words and the subscription..
Maybe you will run into each other over the road one day. Safe travels out there
MSI, my favorite museum in Chicago!
Cat !! A rolling cat cafe inside a bus. Sounds fun. Yea !
I have not seen the new carrie busey...
Yes I am from Champaign Urbana and I went to the old carrie busey on kirby ave
When I drove for Illinois School Bus co. Out of Crestwood IL Some years ago I love it when Charter season comes … Musem of S &I one of my Favorite place
I love all of your videos James. I’m getting excited for my new job coming up. I only have one week left to fulfill my two week notice for my current job and then it’s time to dive into my new job of driving charter motor coaches. I continue to watch everything I can find on your channel to enhance my knowledge. Watching you lift all of those cargo doors for luggage makes me wonder how long will it be before they all become automatic like the back door on SUVs. Push a button and a hydraulic motor pushes door open and close for you, wouldn’t that be nice! ✌️out.
You are amazing at what you do! So respectful and kind to others! Keep up the amazing work!
Always wanted to drive coach but have been hesitant due to worries of not enough work and pay. It sure looks enjoyable though! And that food looked amazing
The food looks great..and you made it to the game!!
It was man! You need to come over and join me sometime!
@@JWangvlogs I will soon!
MR JAMES I LOVE THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY I VISIT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ATLEAST FOUR TIMES A YEAR. I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE THE EARLY 80s.
James you’re vlog makes me feel good
Thanks Nate!
James you and your drivers be careful in Chicago.
Kelli seems like an awesome guy! Just started driving OTR’s for Ohio State (I’m a student driver) and you’re videos have been awesome to watch. Drive safe brother
You’re my hero. Your videos make me so happy, thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for uploading your day! I love the music that you set to your vlogs. I watch Mike Chen too! That man can eat spicy food like it's water.
Going to have to check out China town food 😊enjoy your videos 😊
Awesome job making that tight turn! I didn’t know you’re based in Champaign - that’s cool. I visited a friend there a long time ago. I took a bus from Chicago Union to Champaign. If you’re ever up in the Toronto area I’ll treat you to some poutine.
I might take you up on that.
Chicago China town look nice
4:12 I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ the camera angle 😍
I watch Mike Chen as well
James you have the remarkable ability to make a routine trip look interesting. However, shame on you for not going into MSI. Just kidding and I’m sure you’ve been there before many times. I visit about every year and never tire of it. It’s nice now compared to the late 1980’s since you can drive your car there and park in the huge parking garage they have.
Haha thank you. I've been in there so many times.. it's not that interesting to me anymore lol.
Nice, first time watching the blog. See your other channel often. I have been driving part time, start full time over the road in two weeks. Would love to pick your brain sometime about the job. You are a great resource.
Thanks for Posting James. We really enjoy your bus trip videos. The food looks fabulous!! Thanks again for posting!
Loved those bau. Reminded me of when I used to travel to China for work
Nothing better than a good soft warm Bao. Reminds me of childhood.
@@JWangvlogs You need to poke a hole in the top with a chopstick first to let the steam out (tourist tip!)
Mr. Wang I really want to drive bus again...I have a overwhelming feeling to move to your state and drive for ur company because of your videos.
Hey Anthony. We are hiring. if you do move to either Urbana, Peoria or Chicago, let me know. We provide paid training.
jwang@peoriacharter.com
Count on it
Hey Kelly , miss ya brother, must be Jeffery being squeamish eater???😂😂…. Love ya brother
James good video! I love Chicago.
Glad you made the game. Family time is important. Love the video. Not sure where you put all that food thou. LOL... Keep it coming!!!
Lol thanks Philip!
James，你的中文说得真好，居然还带有北方口音！你的家人来自中国北方吗？
Thank you. Yes I am from Tian Jin. I came here to the US when I was 5 years old. My parents have always made sure that I never forget how to speak my native language. I am thankful to them for that
Love these trip videos. I had watched Motorcoach World for some time, but stumbled across this channel in the past week. Your videos are very nostalgic for me. My dad drove for Continental Trailways and later Greyhound post-merger, as well as a local charter company here in Atlanta. I grew up going to work with him and riding buses on his schedule runs, mainly in the 80s. (That is how I came across your Motorcoach World channel thanks to your awesome history of the Eagle!) A unique and very special way to grow up.
He passed in 1998 so I have not been on very many buses in recent decades. But your “over the shoulder” shots take me back to sitting in the front seat headed down the highway. He would be blown away at all the technology in these modern coaches. Light years beyond the sparse dashes of the Eagle 5s and MC9s! He’d probably gripe about it - he hated it when Greyhound started having the drivers enter their passenger counts into computer terminals in the 80s! 🤣
Looks like Peoria runs a great operation there! Keep up the good work. New videos here will be must watch!!
We need to see those PC specs man.
Haha. The PC is over 5 years old. Its got a old GTX 1080 TI on board 36 GB of ram. Its time for a upgrade for me LOL.
It just looks more impressive than it actually is because i have so many screens.
i am from washington dc and i love chinese food and would to visit chicago dc also has a china town
Enjoyed your latest continued safe travels
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I was watching your video, and a commercial came on about a father who lost his son in the Sandy Hook shooting. I think it was related to the school incident that happened yesterday in Texas. I watched a few seconds and pressed the skip button. I felt bad about skipping over it, but I tune in to RUclips to escape the bad news in the world. I was wondering if anyone else saw that sad commercial. And do you have control over what RUclips commercials are shown on your channel? I am not a bus driver, but I do enjoy watching your content. It's positive and up-lifting. Keep making more trip videos- PLEASE!
Hey Steve. Yes I've seen that commercial show up. No I do not have control over what commercials play. I always try to keep my videos positive and I keep politics and all that garbage away. I'm glad you find them peaceful 😊
@@JWangvlogs Your videos are always positive! Not sure how I stumbled on to your channel- but I like it. Be safe.
J., Wondeful video. you do an amazing job of telling a story. Often wondered what it would be like to drive a big bus. Now that I'm retiered I might just check out the company you drive for as I live here in CU ..Take care, see you on the road!
We are hiring. Pay us a visit
I love your videos! I drive Motors out of Tucson and it’s so much fun to see the places that the guest are going to.
16:29 Walgreens completely rebooted in Atlanta as well.
Took me a minute to figure out where you got onto I-57 headed home, had to watch it twice to figure it out, I see exactly where that is now, been through there a million times, probably literally and for some reason didn't recognize it on video. Had to drive through some pretty rough parts of town to get there from MSI huh?
Haha yes. You seem to know the area. Yeah I wouldn't want to drive through there after dark.
Several random observations:
Life is too short to just eat chicken nuggets. There is a lot of great food in the world.
The first time I saw Lake Michigan in 2007, it seemed like an ocean to me.
Chicago is HUGE. It's like it's own universe.
Does your Chinatown have a great dim sum place?
Yes you are totally right. Life is too short to just eat chicken nuggets. Yes! China town has soooo many Dim Sum places. Some are better than others and weekends are better time to go than week days. My favorite are the dim sum places with carts.
@@JWangvlogs Dim sum places with carts and waiters with thick Cantonese accents...you know the food is gonna be great 😀
My Uncle love your bus videos. How many Fighting Illini buses in the fleet? Is the entire fleet have forward facing dash cams?
This is a great video James !!!and I wanted to ask what’s the background music in the intro of this video?
Just finished watching this, excellent stuff, I want to go to my nearest Chinatown now for a feed!
(Also would love to visit the Museum of Science and Industry, to see the 727 hung up on the roof and the large model railroad)
There's lots of good Chinese places where you live right???
@@JWangvlogs There are a few! We went to a Hot Pot place last night that was excellent, however there could always be more!
It is good to be busy! Funny and embarrassing Science and Industry museum story. I grew up right outside of D.C and every school year we went on multiple field trips to the Smithsonian Museums. Well Went I moved to the Midwest My wife and I took our kids to the Science and Industry museum. I thought I was being conned when they tried to charge admission. Thankfully security was not called. We paid the admission and had a good time.
LOL 😂 I got a laugh out of reading your post. Yeah I've been to DC and you can see a lot without having to pay an entrance fee of some sort. Chicago has a lot that's free too. There the Lincoln park zoo that is free for the public as well as smaller attractions like the bean and fountain which I think is pretty cool. But not the museums.
Always makes me smile when i see a new video of you now im watching youre trip in the netherlands when i should be sleeping it is 22:53 here and the next day i need to get out of bed around 5 lol
Haha I am honored. Thanks for the post. Don't get too sleep deprived! Go to bed lol.
Only 10 people in Kelly’s town I need to move there lol 😂
I feel the same way. It's my dream to have a house out in the country one day
You gave away your secrets! She wants to know why your friend isn't using his chopsticks but then she thought about the plastic fork so he does get an a for using his fork so much better we noticed you open the window! LOL we hope you enjoyed your nap excellent video couldn't sleep through that if you tried hope she won her softball game yes please do not forget to feed the cat
Great video my stomach is full and I sleepy just watching you eat all that food
That was a tight right I watched the video a second time and tried to follow the turn in your mirrors there was no room for errors. School trips will soon be over then the Senior Citizen trips start. Did your daughter's team win? Looking forward to your next video?
Hahaha thanks Robert Finley. I'm honored. Yes that was ridiculous turn especially with how much bus traffic they get there. My daughter's team lost that game that day. But I encouraged her to still enjoy the moment and companionship of her team mates and learn from the mistakes. She took it in good stride especially with the ice cream stop on the way home.
J Wang, what do you think about if Greyhound should be nationalized just like Amtrak is? How about if it was and then certain routes were then contracted out to different bidding motorcoach companies? Maybe this could be a video topic for your All things buses channel?
Thats exactly was Flixbus is doing. All their routes are contracted out. Now that they have bought out Greyhound, they might kill it and just keep Flixbus
The private sector works when there’s competition. AMTRAK has some routes that are better than others but overall, it still loses money. Think of it this way, if there was truly a demand for passenger rail service, the freight haulers would be tripping over themselves to offer it. No, private motor coach operators competing with each other is a good thing.
Never understood why buses dont have APU’s. Here in AZ you cant sit in your bus with it off.
I know right!? I've thought the same thing. Especially as someone who used to fly airplanes Apu's are awesome.
So i have a question,
I work at an airport,
We take a shuttle from employee parking to the terminal
They are the long variant shuttle bus
As you a passenger cabin mounted on an f 550 truck
My question is
Ive been on f350 shuttles and 550 shuttles
The 550s are much much more rough of a ride. Why is that?
Hey Adam... Hmmm. I honestly don't know but I can speculate. I would say the 550 has stronger leaf springs designed to carry more payload.. It was designed to be a truck to haul heavy items. And when you but a bus body on it with people expecting a comfortable ride, the suspension will not deliver since its designed to haul a heavier payload than the smaller F350's. But don't take my word for it. LOL
@@JWangvlogs thank you. I thought of the question because i saw some of the similar style shuttles on your lot.. dont know if they are the glavals built the same as the airport ones but it made me.think of it
I too currently drive shuttles at the airport for FedEx employees and pilots in Indianapolis. Those buses are killing me. Right know we have at least six of them that the air seat is broken and have been for over six months. They won’t fix them and that is what pushed me over the edge to find another job. After 8-10 hours in these I feel like bronco Billy 🥴😵💫.
Heavier suspension. Buses like that are fine for airport/hotel shuttle but they won’t hold up for longer distance use.
Do bus/trucks have a different GPS routing to ensure you’re on roads that are wide enough or tall enough for the coaches?
Hey Mister KentC. Thanks for the comment. Yes they do make GPS units specially for trucks to identify what roads and bridges a truck will not fair well on. THey do not make one specially for buses. I dont know how well those truck GPS units do on updating drivers on construction.
I believe so, you can actually find special GPS units on Amazon that you can enter your vehicle height and it assures you won't get caught on a road with low bridges. Width, I'm not so sure. Part of my job here in Chicago (no less) is to draw traffic control plans for construction, and one rule we must stick to is allowing the traffic lane to remain no less than, I believe, 11 feet wide to always accommodate for CTA busses or else the permit department won't issue us a permit. Granted, they only get antsy like this about roads with bus routes on them, but chances are you won't be driving a motor coach or a semi truck down a street with ultra tight construction lanes on it. That tight squeeze he had to turn on in the video was Lake Shore Dr., and as tight as it was, as you can see he still made it. Semi trucks aren't allowed on there anyway but CTA busses do pass through there so they had to stick to that 11 foot or more lane width when placing those barricades.
What if you can create an app for it to download on your phone? 🤑
When you're taking a trip like this, do you get to choose which coach you drive? I remember you saying you preferred one over another, but do you get to walk into the garage and say "I'm taking that one today"? Assuming of course that it's not down for maintenance.
Hey David! Typically no. The coaches are assigned by a collaboration between our fleet coordinator and technicians based on distance of the trip, needs of the group, and vehicle maintenance schedules. Sometimes if there are other coaches available I have the perk as a manager to change my coach assignment, however I clear it with the techs and fleet coordinator as well as the charter sales person to make sure that I am not jeopardizing any kind of requests or requirements. But for the most part our drivers including me, drive what we are assigned. A lot of logistics goes into figuring out the daily coach assignments.. especially if its super busy. So it usually irritates our team members when they have to juggle buses around and change a bunch of other drivers bus assignment's because someone is trying to drive a particular bus they like or have bonded with LOL.
@@JWangvlogs unless you own all of the busses yourself I don’t think it’s very possible 😅
Where did you park your bus while you were in China town ?
We left them on Hays road next to the parking lot for the park and ubered there.
Your supervisor Kelly should have paid himself and not let you pay for the lunch. That was nice of you though.
Nah. I always like to treat others if I'm the one convincing them to try new things that I like. That way I won't feel bad If they don't like it lol 😆
Hey, what phone mount do you use?
It's a cheap suction cup phone mount I found at Ross dress for less store about 5 years ago.
@@JWangvlogs Im having trouble getting a good one since I constantly have to take them off and on each bus I drive
@@richardlindor1960 yes I know what you mean. We don't assign a driver a permanent bus here so we have to remove our mounts and other gear after every trip.
I usually avoid the ones with the stocky suction cups
@@JWangvlogs yeah true, i love my garmin one tho, im able to wipe ot down with an alcohol pad and get a good seal
Still laughing chicken nuggets
That was a stupid tight corner I hate those barriers they put up they don't think about buses and trucks
Yes that was a ridiculously tight corner they made. Especially with how much bus traffic they get...
Whats the song name at 18:50
Purple Fire by ELFL
@@JWangvlogs Thank you, Its a very relaxing song
James..... What the hell? Why you gotta post stuff like this when I am no where near good dumplings 😭 hope to see you even for a minute when Bart and I are there in a few weeks 😊
Hey Jill. My bad lol. I will make it up to you guys when you come visit.
MR WANG MY GIZMO IS GONE
james i am hoping to get a group together carpool or coach bus i will eiither call you peoria or sunshine tours
You can request me as a driver. I'll definitely drive you guys LOL
@@JWangvlogs how much will it cost for you to drive us to chicago from charlottesville va its 11 hours and 16 mins to get to and from chicago or if its easiers i could request you to pick us up in va and we got to richmond which is closer than chicago what wasy for you
@@JWangvlogs thank you james wangi am also going to be in a meetup group that is where i got the idea if its the first meetup and i want to go to chicago its would might have to be in august or sept of 2022
@@JWangvlogs i also visted atlanta it was fun