Photo by Louise Foerschner, Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services (Garden City, N.Y.)

Bus Maintenance

Proactive Customers Boost Lift User Safety

The features of today’s vehicle lifts help prevent technician injuries, but to maximize their safety, pupil transporters must ensure that the lift is certified, that their shop can properly house the equipment, that techs are trained to operate it and that the lift is inspected annually.

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Tim Stage, Walled Lake CSD’s head mechanic, can plug in this laptop to a bus’ engine and, with the software that’s installed in the engine by the manufacturer, determine how long a driver has spent idling.

Fuel incentive program saves department $28K

Heating Systems Help Reduce Emissions, Costs
By allowing engines to rapidly heat without idling, modern heating systems make schools eligible for idle-reduction grants and funding opportunities.

Guard Your Buses Against Corrosion
A chemical now being applied to roads can cause expensive damage to buses over time. Bolster vehicle safety and service life by conducting corrosion inspections and choosing the right protective products.

Propane bus endures winter testing

Bill to extend bus life vetoed

Manual instructs on preventive maintenance programs

Diesel price projected to climb over next 2 years

Navistar Parts program offers cash for unused inventory

Registration open for Thomas Built maintenance program

Blue Bird redesigns cockpit of Type C unit

Blue Bird offers new cleaning line for buses

New Hoglund facilities boost efficiency, customer service

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More Resources

National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence

America's Best School Bus Inspector and Technician Competition

School Bus Inspection Council

Automotive Lift Institute

The School Bus PM

Products

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Waste/Recycle Cabinet
Shure's waste/recycle cabinet comes with a plastic receptacle for waste or recyclable materials. The cabinet comes in three models.

Clutch Guide Wall Chart/Brochure
Haldex's Heavy Duty Clutch Guide Wall Chart and Clutch Guide/Cross Reference Brochure feature part numbers as well as product photos and specs.

Liquid Copper Block Seal
Liquid Copper Block Seal permanently seals large leaks in gaskets, radiators, heater cores and intake manifolds.

Vehicle lift
Mohawk's four-post lift models TR-33 through TR-70 are versatile and adaptable.

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Antique Bus Restoration

A leafy deciduous tree was growing through the middle of the 1947 International school bus when... Visit photo gallery

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