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Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:37 am

Thought you bus guys might enjoy this.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:10 am

Brilliant!! I needed that laugh this morning.

Gui

Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:21 am

Having driven a Bus 5 miles out onto a frozen lake to ice fish, I can say Buses handle very well on lake ice.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:59 am

Not about about driving on ice, but an ad that was in my local paper yesterday....LOL! I have never seen this bus around town. Guess I am cutting in, but I thought it went well with the cartoon.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:37 am

we drove 1500 miles on ice during and after an ice storm in the late 1970's. We had to put on v-bar chains. During the trip we came onto one bus on its side in Oklahoma due to the ice. Caution is advised as it would be for any car on ice. One issue is you have to periodically check the front wheel wells to be sure ice hasn't packed in there and locked your wheels in a one direction only position. The defroster will do 1/2 the front windshield and nothing else in the bus under those circustances so get prepared to look through a porthole. (our heater on the 1971 was like new but at 35mph in that temp it won't put out much heat)

Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:47 am

SGKent wrote: The defroster will do 1/2 the front windshield and nothing else in the bus under those circustances so get perpared to look through a porthole.

hair dyer hooked to inverter and duct taped to your head, like a beer helmet.

lol

a bus would scare me in to bad of weather like the whole hitting ice then sliding and then catching a dry patch...i could just see the bus flopping on it's side so hard!!!!

Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:25 pm

I wish I could post a slide photo of my 71 bus with 2 snowmachines on a trailer behind my bus up in the mountians. being in Alaska you better learn how to drive on the ice or walk for 5 plus months of the year.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:07 pm

My 1971 bus always did pretty well on the snow and ice when I lived in North Carolina. Dirt roads and off road hill climbing went pretty well too. Kinda scary when it would get bouncing though. One time in Mexico I thought we were going to bounce right over the side of the road and down the cliff. We made it home safely though.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:10 pm

theizzardking wrote: SGKent wrote: The defroster will do 1/2 the front windshield and nothing else in the bus under those circustances so get perpared to look through a porthole.

hair dyer hooked to inverter and duct taped to your head, like a beer helmet.

lol

a bus would scare me in to bad of weather like the whole hitting ice then sliding and then catching a dry patch...i could just see the bus flopping on it's side so hard!!!!

portable Honda generator in the back powering an electric heater on the dash. 8)

Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:41 pm

theizzardking wrote: SGKent wrote: The defroster will do 1/2 the front windshield and nothing else in the bus under those circustances so get perpared to look through a porthole.

hair dyer hooked to inverter and duct taped to your head, like a beer helmet.

lol

every morning I wake to a very frosty looking bus. uho school gota go now! driving down the street with my winter hat and my head out the window.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:46 pm

GusC2it wrote: theizzardking wrote: SGKent wrote: The defroster will do 1/2 the front windshield and nothing else in the bus under those circustances so get perpared to look through a porthole.

hair dyer hooked to inverter and duct taped to your head, like a beer helmet.

lol

a bus would scare me in to bad of weather like the whole hitting ice then sliding and then catching a dry patch...i could just see the bus flopping on it's side so hard!!!!

portable Honda generator in the back powering an electric heater on the dash. 8)

yeah but you'd look cooler doing it my way ;-)

lol, i really want one of those ultra quite genny's!!!

Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:54 pm

Have done this for years, when it's cold carry a glass of hot tap water out with you, slosh it over your windshield and turn the wipers on, it won't freeze back

Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:46 am

Foggy windows are pain, i like the heater hat idea :D
skip the inverter
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/12-volt-hair-dryer-defroster/29382
or the heater hat altogether,
>>> this is what I picked up recently, it's very handy!
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/12-volt-heater-fan/44259

Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:36 am

My '69 camper wants to swap ends going downhill on ice. Just taking your foot off the gas can start a spin. I've had two, 270 incidents. ending in snowbanks, and a recovery by easing on the gas as the back came back through. Chains, a spin chute, or an anchor might have helped.

Aloha
tp

Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:45 am

Had freezing rain in my little burg last year so I got out to walk the 6 blocks home. Blam on my ass at least 6 times. I'd challenge anyone to drive in our freezing rain.

Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:19 pm

fastinradford wrote: Have done this for years, when it's cold carry a glass of hot tap water out with you, slosh it over your windshield and turn the wipers on, it won't freeze back
I did that once and it worked good.... I don't think I'll ever do it again! This very well could have cost me a windshield.