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 11-16-2008, 08:43 Post: 157910
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Not a question that will change the world but I notice the roofs of most school busses are now white. Is there a reason? White paint cheaper than yellow, better seen from the air, less heat absorbtion???? Frank.






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 11-16-2008, 17:34 Post: 157931
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A fireperson friend of mine told me that the reason for lime green firetrucks and hydrants is that in the dark traditional firetruck red can become almost invisible. Someone mentioned having numbers painted on the white background of a school bus roof, but I haven't noticed that either. Surely there is a bus driver or two on the board that can put us in the know.






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Sorry EW, I didn't completely read your Google post about busses. Fred Flintsone drove our first bus. Seriously tho my first school bus was nothing more than a pre WW2 old Ford car with a foot board tied to the front and rear bumpers that had School Bus hand painted on them. One of my older cousins drove our first real school bus when he was a senior in high school, kind of a little short boxy thing probably a 24 passenger, we thought it was a monster size.






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We do combine demo derbys here at the county fair. They remove all the glass from the cabs, put the batterys and a small fuel tank in the grain hopper out of harms way, and the driver must have a seatbelt and crash helmet. My neighbor won this year with his Massey 750 and was able to drive it nine miles home.






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Late model combiles will go about 18-20 MPH on the road, the older ones like the demo derby types went about 14-15 tops.






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