Lay-up and redeployment of Volvo Olympians (Part 1)
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Can someone PM to me how do I check the lifespan extensions on One-Motoring?
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SBS9302X-SBS9317D all extended
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Originally posted by SBS2615P:
SBS9302X-SBS9317D all extended
Great!!!
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I would prefer if SBST deploy all B10TL,Tridents for JIS svc.Svc like 252 & 257 can cope with a couple of SD in its fleet
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Why is no one answering to my questions?!
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If anybody asked me for which bus that has been the best maintained, my unequivocal answer would be the VO3X, from all 3 batches.
They still feel and look and sound the same from day one, their aircon still remains good and they are just as underpowered as ever.
Has to be one of the most under-appreciated workhorse that gets the least attention, kinda like the MKIII. In the earlier days of the forum, comparisons with the LO3X have been frequent and everyone agrees that the VO3X always have difficulties with load and gradient. Years later, I still stand by that, but the course of time has seen the VO3X age much more gracefully than the LOs even if the oldest VO3X is only 2 years younger.
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
I would prefer if SBST deploy all B10TL,Tridents for JIS svc.Svc like 252 & 257 can cope with a couple of SD in its fleet
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Originally posted by TPS Timothy Mok:
you finally use back your old acc.
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I think SBS7287U and SBS7289P to SBS7293B will be de-registered on 25 January 2012 together with the laid-up VO2X SBS7288S.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
If anybody asked me for which bus that has been the best maintained, my unequivocal answer would be the VO3X, from all 3 batches.
They still feel and look and sound the same from day one, their aircon still remains good and they are just as underpowered as ever.
Has to be one of the most under-appreciated workhorse that gets the least attention, kinda like the MKIII. In the earlier days of the forum, comparisons with the LO3X have been frequent and everyone agrees that the VO3X always have difficulties with load and gradient. Years later, I still stand by that, but the course of time has seen the VO3X age much more gracefully than the LOs even if the oldest VO3X is only 2 years younger.
I love the air con and their quietness of the engine, especially the batch 1s.
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SBS7288S had been officially de-registered on 25 Jan 2012.
Not sure about SBS7287U, SBS7289P to SBS7293B though.
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
SBS7288S had been officially de-registered on 25 Jan 2012.
Not sure about SBS7287U, SBS7289P to SBS7293B though.
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
SBS7288S had been officially de-registered on 25 Jan 2012.
Not sure about SBS7287U, SBS7289P to SBS7293B though.
SBS7287U to SBS7293B are all de-registered.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
If anybody asked me for which bus that has been the best maintained, my unequivocal answer would be the VO3X, from all 3 batches.
They still feel and look and sound the same from day one, their aircon still remains good and they are just as underpowered as ever.
Has to be one of the most under-appreciated workhorse that gets the least attention, kinda like the MKIII. In the earlier days of the forum, comparisons with the LO3X have been frequent and everyone agrees that the VO3X always have difficulties with load and gradient. Years later, I still stand by that, but the course of time has seen the VO3X age much more gracefully than the LOs even if the oldest VO3X is only 2 years younger.
Agree with you on that to a large extent, cause I still think some of the VO3xs are still worse in their maintainance than the others in the fleet. Cause some of the VO3xs are tuned to accelerate faster after years on the roads, while some are still languishing under load. If I'm the bus itself (I'm not that psycho yet to really pretend I'm a bus though), I think i would feel alittle underprivileged. 
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Why is no one answering to my questions?!
PM-ed you already on how to search.
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SBS7294Z
(SLBP 249)
(awaiting lay up/deregistration)SBS7295X
(SLBP 193) (awaiting lay up/deregistration)SBS7296T
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Volvo Olympian 2-Axle
Not Extended, De-Registering on 23 February 2012:
SBS7294Z - SBS7296T
That explains more K230UBs on JIS services recently. -
Originally posted by vicamour:
That explains more K230UBs on JIS services recently.The Leyland Olympians and Volvo Olympians are the ones replacing it.
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
The Leyland Olympians and Volvo Olympians are the ones replacing it.
Unlikely to be 1 VO2x for 1 ADD replacement...I'm inclined to think 246 for example to get 3 ADD, 3 SD or 4 ADD, 2 SD combi
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why not? expand capacity provision by converting to LO/VO3x from VO2x. unless you are saying they have too much spare capacity.Originally posted by sbst275:
Unlikely to be 1 VO2x for 1 ADD replacement...I'm inclined to think 246 for example to get 3 ADD, 3 SD or 4 ADD, 2 SD combi
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Originally posted by service_238:
why not? expand capacity provision by converting to LO/VO3x from VO2x. unless you are saying they have too much spare capacity.
VO2x's capacity is literally the same as the B10M...1x ADD = 50% more capacity... I'm more conservative to think capacity will see 25 - 30% increment w/ the ADD upgrade...
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Correct.VO2x capacity are almost the same as the B10Ms except for standees,I see no reason why they can't have at least 1 B10M in its fleet.
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In future, JIS services will get a mix of single and double decker air con fleets.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Unlikely to be 1 VO2x for 1 ADD replacement...I'm inclined to think 246 for example to get 3 ADD, 3 SD or 4 ADD, 2 SD combi
Then most likely they are getting K230UBs instead.
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SBS9318 - 9327 will be extended tmrw as sbst might have forgot something