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yea right, like any public schools can afford those.

that is a truck that has a really comfortable bed. Let me know when they do the same thing on a real bus chasis.

From what I understand about that style of tracked vehicles (the triangle form) and halftracks is that they drastically reduce the already slow top speed of the vehicle. Common buses are barely capable of 65 MPH, through on some halftracks and we are talking about somewhere around 40 MPH, that will be a long ride to school for those out in the countryside.

They only go that slow because the governer kicks in. In all reality, most school buses on the road today would probably top out at around 80.

Not on the busses that I rode on, This thing was taching out in its highest gear while moving at about 70 MPH, it was loud and obnoxoius.

Would you mind explaining the difference to an ignoramus like myself?

Looking at the pic, it looked like it was built on top of a truck chasis and where the bed on a typical truck is, is now where passengers would sit. That would just be a short bus- the type that Special Ed would ride one. the typical school bus is twice the length of that and it does make a big difference. I can't think of how many times the driver hit someones mail box while backing out of a driveway for felt the the backend of the bus start sliding around.

Does that awnser your question?

So... is a short bus not really a bus? Or are you just not impressed by the size of it? I don't know what the definition of "bus" is.

I am pretty sure those Car rental shuttles, church buses, etc.,. all have this basic shape. Just because it isn't half as long as california doesn't mean it isn't a bus.

Ha, what a waste of money.

When I lived in Alaska they put chains around the bus tires and there was
only a snow day if it were negative 70. Although there was alot of bus accidents of people sliding into buses. Chains would work just as good.

That is because of the rear end gears.