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bwest
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 Posted - 08/20/2013 : 11:43:43 AM
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If any of you have been following my posts you know I think propane is the way of the future. I know that some of you don't watch the other forms on this site so I try to bring them over here when they have something to do with what we have been discussing here. Even though I know this is going to be used as a reason to not go to propane, here it is anyway. I just hope these media types get their facts straight. Looks like the reporter here did a little leg work, by going to the BB & Roush sites, though.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/aug/19/blast-shakes-east-ridge/ |
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bwest
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Posted - 08/20/2013 : 2:07:11 PM
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| After having time to think about it and looking at the pictures I think the "explosions" the witnesses were hearing were the front tires. |
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JRob
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Posted - 08/20/2013 : 2:11:36 PM
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I believe follow up reports noted that the "explosions" were attributed to the tires blowing due to the fire. Honestly, the cause could be electrical or any of the various liquids that are flammable under the hood of a bus. I've even seen a brake dragging cause a fire. Nothing about the damage there specifically points to propane as the cause (see linked fire photos from a bus last week in TX).
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/23097801/school-bus-fire-leads-to-crash. |
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bwest
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tigger2
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USA
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Posted - 08/21/2013 : 11:01:36 AM
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| The driveaway company is from just north of us and all they do is move units from place to place the bus was probably still owned by Blue Bird or a school district and was being returned for repairs. |
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bwest
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United States
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Posted - 08/21/2013 : 11:44:59 AM
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Originally posted by tigger2
The driveaway company is from just north of us and all they do is move units from place to place the bus was probably still owned by Blue Bird or a school district and was being returned for repairs.
OK, that explains a lot. My outside parts rep from Central States was here and we couldn't fathom why a bus company would be returning their unit clear to Georgia for repairs. I'll be that the place in Georgia has a propane company that works on them for BB. I'll also bet the drive away company didn't make it all the way to their destination and had to come back to have some repairs done. |
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Wolf0r
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Posted - 08/22/2013 : 10:30:36 AM
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They were covering this story up and deleting post like mad on FB. 
Somebody probably left a fitting loose or it had a leak. Why would they be filling again in Tennessee if it came from GA? Is the mileage that bad? Or was the bus leaking? I bet we never find out, LOL. I thought it was suspect that a Indiana drive-away owned the bus. We can guess where it was headed. Hiding it don't fix it, nor does exposing it. Lots of people with bricks in their pants. |
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
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bus a groove
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Crown
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bluebirdvision
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Wolf0r
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Posted - 08/23/2013 : 1:32:23 PM
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Blue Bird did NOT delete the story off facebook.
Na it was a Bb fan thing. Anyway good news that it was something simple. I admit being skeptical still of propane safety. We don't do propane here so that explains my ignorance on the subject. Other than piddling with the fork truck it's propane.  The Media made me do it.  |
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
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bwest
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United States
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Posted - 08/26/2013 : 06:53:35 AM
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Originally posted by Wolf0r
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Originally posted by bluebirdvision
Blue Bird did NOT delete the story off facebook.
Na it was a Bb fan thing. Anyway good news that it was something simple. I admit being skeptical still of propane safety. We don't do propane here so that explains my ignorance on the subject. Other than piddling with the fork truck it's propane. The Media made me do it.
Wolf, this stuff's a lot easier than that fork truck you work on and definitely easier than a modern diesel! |
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Wolf0r
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Posted - 08/26/2013 : 12:28:23 PM
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| Maybe I should come by there and drive one Brian. I got some ancestor records to pull over in Wabash and Saline Co, Ill. |
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bwest
Administrator
United States
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Posted - 08/28/2013 : 09:28:19 AM
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| Well, I don't know how that would work but your dealer should have access to one at some point in time. |
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Propane School Bus Catches Fire
