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Truck air-actuated disc brake. An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to both release the parking/emergency brakes in order to move the vehicle, and also to apply pressure to the brake pads or brake shoes to slow and stop the vehicle.
The Blue Bird All American is a series of buses produced by American school bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation (originally Blue Bird Body Company) since 1948. Originally developed as a yellow school bus (its most common configuration), versions of the All American have been designed for a wide variety of applications, ranging from the Blue Bird Wanderlodge luxury motorhome to buses for law ...
The Ford B series is a bus chassis that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Produced across six generations from 1948 to 1998, the B series was a variant of the medium-duty Ford F series . As a cowled-chassis design, the B series was a bare chassis aft of the firewall, intended for bodywork from a second-stage manufacturer .
Saf-T-Liner C2 Interior view, looking back. The Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 (often shortened to Thomas C2) is a bus manufactured by Thomas Built Buses since 2004. The first cowled-chassis bus designed by Thomas following its acquisition by Freightliner, the C2 debuted the first all-new body design for the company in over three decades.
FMVSS No. 131: [33] School bus pedestrian safety devices; FMVSS No. 135: [34] Light vehicle brake systems; FMVSS No. 136: [35] Electronic stability control systems on heavy vehicles; FMVSS No. 138: [36] Tire-pressure monitoring systems; FMVSS No. 139: [37] New pneumatic radial tires for light vehicles
When a school bus is sold for usage outside of student transport, NHTSA regulations require that its identification as a school bus be removed. [2] To do so, all school bus lettering must be removed or covered while the exterior must be painted a color different than school bus yellow; the stop arm(s) and warning lamps must be removed or ...
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Crown built the first dual-rear wheel school bus (1927) Crown built its first all-metal school bus body in 1930. Crown Metro/Metropolitan [1] 1935–c.1937 Ford Ford conventional-chassis bus Crown Super Coach [1] 1932–1947 (exc.WWII) Various First factory-produced forward control-school bus (1932) Mid-engine version (1937) Rear-engine version ...