A very strange thing occurred today. Our normal backup bus was brought up to our base last week, replacing a temporary one, and dispatch wanted me to take it out this morning. When I started it up a big glowing red battery icon appeared on the dash, a beeping noise was sounding and the charge indicator was showing negative.
This bus just had new batteries installed, so it was a mystery. I shut her down and started my route in my regular bus. Management wanted me to drive it to the shop in Victor later on in the morning and I managed to get it down the road a little bit, with Karen in her bus as my backup, when I determined the hydraulics were shot and there was no brakes.
It turns out the belt system was completely off the engine. Not broken, just off. How strange is that? Belt gremlins I assume…
At least we now know that Wrecker Boys tow rig (which ain’t that big :-) is capable of getting our busses up to the local maintenance shop. This is good…
I’m glad you are okay It could have been bad.