Lay-up and refurbishment of Volvo B10M Mk IV (Part 4)

• SBS 9631X

  15 Oct 14, 18:08

  SBS1988U (AM TRG) is still running today healthily on Training duties at Pasir Ris area today. 

  So I guess the E5 KUBs x-ferred the other time to TRG are for the dereg Training Mk4 DMs instead. 

• Merczrox

  16 Oct 14, 00:07

  Originally posted by SBS 9631X:

  SBS1988U (AM TRG) is still running today healthily on Training duties at Pasir Ris area today. 

  So I guess the E5 KUBs x-ferred the other time to TRG are for the dereg Training Mk4 DMs instead. 

  Yeah saw it along Tamp ave 7 on 14 oct..

• SBS 9631X

  16 Oct 14, 20:30

  988B still running healthily today on Sv 9.  

• Merczrox

  16 Oct 14, 22:01

  Originally posted by SBS 9631X:

  988B still running healthily today on Sv 9.  

  Same goes for 1926Z,1927X,1940G,1952Y,1958G,1989S..
  
  btw spotted 1926Z along tamp ave 7 tdy.dunno what svc it cameoing on..

   

• SBS3004X

  17 Oct 14, 15:07

  SBS1967E de-registered.

  As of 16 Oct?

• SBS3004X

  17 Oct 14, 15:11

  SBS1975G - SBS1978Z, SBS1980R de-registered.

  SBS1973L, SBS1981M not yet de-registered.

• SBS3004X

  17 Oct 14, 15:16

  SBS973T de-registered.

• SBS5111G

  17 Oct 14, 15:51

  1902S spotted running ytd! 1928T still on 31

• SBS3004X

  17 Oct 14, 15:55

  Originally posted by SBS5111G:

  1902S spotted running ytd! 1928T still on 31

  Still 1 week to de-registration.

• Gus.chong

  17 Oct 14, 17:37

  SBS973T SBS1967E SBS1975G SBS1976D SBS1977B SBS1978Z SBS1980R
  - de-registered on 17th October 2014.

• Lsk138

  17 Oct 14, 18:13

  seem like 963Y MIA on 109 liao or laid up already ?

  but 958 960 962 964 all this still spotted on svc !

• SBS 9631X

  17 Oct 14, 19:59

  Originally posted by Lsk138:

  seem like 963Y MIA on 109 liao or laid up already ?

  but 958 960 962 964 all this still spotted on svc !

  I think i did see 963Y still on Sv 109 on Mon or Tues this past week. 

• SBS 9631X

  17 Oct 14, 20:01

  Originally posted by Merczrox:

  Same goes for 1926Z,1927X,1940G,1952Y,1958G,1989S..
  
  btw spotted 1926Z along tamp ave 7 tdy.dunno what svc it cameoing on..

   

  1926Z yesterday (16 Oct) on Sv 81. Explains why you saw it at Tamp Ave 7. 

• SBS 9631X

  17 Oct 14, 20:01

  1896B still on Sv 359 yesterday.  1 more week to its final deregistration.  

• Lsk138

  17 Oct 14, 20:22

  Originally posted by SBS 9631X:

  I think i did see 963Y still on Sv 109 on Mon or Tues this past week. 

  Yup ! last wk still seen it on 109 but this wk seem never see it or maybe just doing some maintenance inside depot bah . 

• Merczrox

  17 Oct 14, 21:08

  Saw 1897Z on 293 just now..
  
  Cant believe that the mk4's time are up so fast..time flies so quickly..really gonna miss this buses..

• Gus.chong

  17 Oct 14, 23:08

  Originally posted by Merczrox:

  Saw 1897Z on 293 just now..
  
  Cant believe that the mk4's time are up so fast..time flies so quickly..really gonna miss this buses..

  Chances are there may be extra 6 months or 1 year lifespan extensions for the MK4s when January 2015 comes...

• Merczrox

  18 Oct 14, 01:05

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  Chances are there may be extra 6 months or 1 year lifespan extensions for the MK4s when January 2015 comes...

  How you know??

• Gus.chong

  18 Oct 14, 08:53

  Originally posted by Merczrox:

  How you know??

  If you noticed, some of the MK4s are somewhat still getting repainted...in fact when some of the Batch 1 Volvo Olympians are getting repainted in 2014 (those from the later 93xx series), some of our enthusiasts have spectulated that there may be another lifespan extension for these buses. Eventually it come true where they received the additional 1 year lifespan extension in March 2014, and I feel that this may apply to the MK4s as well.

• 23ispolo

  19 Oct 14, 09:34

  SBS2792K with restickered livery at the rear...

• Lsk138

  19 Oct 14, 18:04

  Originally posted by 23ispolo:

  SBS2792K with restickered livery at the rear...

  While 2813J gotten whole body restickered livery ! 

• SBS2656X

  19 Oct 14, 20:24

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  If you noticed, some of the MK4s are somewhat still getting repainted...in fact when some of the Batch 1 Volvo Olympians are getting repainted in 2014 (those from the later 93xx series), some of our enthusiasts have spectulated that there may be another lifespan extension for these buses. Eventually it come true where they received the additional 1 year lifespan extension in March 2014, and I feel that this may apply to the MK4s as well.

  Again, all those buses with restickered livery are those that had their advertisement removed.

• Gus.chong

  19 Oct 14, 21:14

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  Again, all those buses with restickered livery are those that had their advertisement removed.

  Okay...I wouldn't rule out the possibility that those restickered livery will not have lifespan extended...

• SBS2656X

  19 Oct 14, 21:26

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  Okay...I wouldn't rule out the possibility that those restickered livery will not have lifespan extended...

  But I won't be surprised if SBS1899T/SBS1907D and/or a few DM3500s are repainted (Those w/o ads in the first place.).

• SBS 9631X

  20 Oct 14, 15:55

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  Chances are there may be extra 6 months or 1 year lifespan extensions for the MK4s when January 2015 comes...

  Higher chance some of the DM3500s (not yet extended to max 19 years) would get the extension compared to the Striders (if any extension before their alr current max 19 years lifespan). 

  If you're using the VO3xs as a cross-comparison, i would say back then when they chose which VO3xs to extend before 19 years, those VO3xs that extended had a reason to stay because the West depots were lacking DDs back then.

  But I don't really think HG or BN/AM (to a lesser extent, SLBP) really lacks SDs currently in terms of SPs. They've been hoarding the Citaros as SPs for a reason.