Buy a Dublin Bus, get free tyres !

Capt'n Midnight

http://donedealoffers.com/dublinbus/july1/

Dublin Bus are selling over 100 Buses including

63 x 'AV' Bus- X Volvo B7TL DD / Alexander (Falkirk & Belfast) ‘ALX400' Double Deck (Year 2000, Volvo D7C-215 / ZF4HP502C)

59 x Single Door-Seating Capacity-U/S 49, L/S 26 & W/Chair or 27 +15 Standees

4 x Dual Door-Seating Capacity U/S 49, L/S 16 & W/Chair + Standees (Fitted with Large luggage racks)

Super low floor with powered wheelchair ramp at front door, all fitted with ‘Fogmaker’ fire suppression equipment.

Also For Sale:

5 X 1990 Leyland Olympian/ Alexander “RH” Buses: 2 Open Deck ( For Spares ) 1 x ‘Ghost Bus’ Tour Spec, 1 x Tree Cutter, 1 x Uniform Stores Bus ( no seats in the latter 2 ) All with Cummins L10 / ZF4HP500 Transmissions.

2 x 1994 Volvo Olympian / Alexander RA Type
- Driver Trainers -

1 x 1997 Volvo B10L / Alexander Ultra S/Deck-Converted to Mobile Office

To arrange to view the vehicles or to request a Tender form, please contact Chris Quinlan, Procurement Manager, on 00 353 1 7033472, or Paul Duffy, Procurement Department on 00 353 1 7033474 during office hours.

Bidders may offer for one, some or all of the vehicles.

CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF SEALED BIDS: 17.00Hrs on Monday, July 21 st 2014

ALL VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD AS SEEN AND
COME WITH TYRES INCLUDED IN SALE

garyegt

ill take 4

MonkstownHoop

Do you get network noel too?

TheDriver

I so want the tree cutter and the uniform stores bus!! Wonder how much these will actually sell for?

A lot of private bus contractors bought 1 each last time they got rid of them, its gas seeing one painted white around the country roads down here. A local primary school can fit the entire school on one. Apparently very very uneconomical though

Carpenter

garyegt wrote: »

ill take 4

If you had taken 44 you could have gone to Enniskerry

Boscoirl

get a double decker, strip it and convert to a camper

vibe666

I bet with a little investment you could turn one those into an awesome gaff!

Keep it looking standard on the outside and you get to use the bus lanes and park it up wherever you like and then move on whenever the mood takes you or you fancy a holiday, or you don't like your neighbors.

I'd love to get my mits on one of the Olympians, just wouldn't able to though.

ctrl-alt-delete

Auction starts at 8:00PM,

The buses will show up about 8:10PM

TheDriver

imagine the amount of fag butts and puke down behind the seats on the top deck.

ALso makes me laugh at line in the commitments: Decko? is that top decko or bottom decko.........

L1011

Its not over 100 - The 63 on the first line are the 59 + the 4 on the next two lines.

Meaning there's not enough to go around here, time to form a queue... and a bit more orderly than a bus queue, thanks. :pac:

MYOB

MYOB wrote: »

Its not over 100 - The 63 on the first line are the 59 + the 4 on the next two lines.

Meaning there's not enough to go around here, time to form a queue... and a bit more orderly than a bus queue, thanks. :pac:

Fine, I'll stand like I do at the 130 terminus in Abbey Street. :pac:

Fr_Dougal

Cheaper on Amazon.

Reventon93

No wonder i was confused when one passed me by, out in Gort! This explains it alright

sharpish

Any idea's what they might change hands for our of curiosity.

keith16

sharpish wrote: »

Any idea's what they might change hands for our of curiosity.

About €2.65. But you'll only be able to drive it into town.

lotmc

Presume you can use the bus lane if you buy one?

Del2005

lotmc wrote: »

Presume you can use the bus lane if you buy one?

Yes and with non commercial use you'll have to pay motor tax at the private vehicle rate which means that you loose out on paying the higher commercial tax.

RayM

If you remove all but eight of the seats, could you drive it on a B license?

I like the idea of buying one, keeping it in Dublin Bus livery, displaying a route number, and causing massive irritation by constantly driving past people at bus stops.

TheDriver

Just buy the tree cutter or uniform one, no seats already and u can appear at bus stop with a chainsaw.....

tom_k

RayM wrote: »

If you remove all but eight of the seats, could you drive it on a B license?

I like the idea of buying one, keeping it in Dublin Bus livery, displaying a route number, and causing massive irritation by constantly driving past people at bus stops.

The weight (over 3500kg) means you'd need a C licence.

Round Cable

RayM wrote: »

I like the idea of buying one, keeping it in Dublin Bus livery, displaying a route number, and causing massive irritation by constantly driving past people at bus stops.

You'd need plenty of cash for diesel, double decker buses are true gas guzzlers at about 5 miles per gallon.

Would be fairly expensive even to shift for holidays as a camper van.

magicmonkeys

Anybody know if these will fit in a Parcel Motel locker or will I have to pay to have it couriered? (even without tyres?). Might bite if so, thanks OP. (they seem to be about 15c more on Amazon so this seems like a good bargain)

RayM

Round Cable wrote: »

You'd need plenty of cash for diesel, double decker buses are true gas guzzlers at about 5 miles per gallon.

Would be fairly expensive even to shift for holidays as a camper van.

Just pull into a Dublin Bus garage and they might think it's still one of their own, and refill it for you. Problem solved.

vibe666

RayM wrote: »

Just pull into a Dublin Bus garage and they might think it's still one of their own, and refill it for you. Problem solved.

this is exactly why you keep it looking standard on the outside with the DB colour scheme and maybe get those advertising decals that cover the windows but you can still see out of, but can't really see in.

Gael23

What sort of money would you pay for one of these?
They are very uneconomical, about 8-10 mpg at best.

ButtersSuki

RayM wrote: »

Just pull into a Dublin Bus garage, hop into a bus (the keys will likely be in it) and drive away. Bus for free! and they might think it's still one of their own, and refill it for you. Problem solved.

FYP.:D

.G.

They don't have keys, just a button to start. I did my driving test in one of those 1990 RH's. 90 D 142

TheDriver

superg wrote: »

They don't have keys, just a button to start. I did my driving test in one of those 1990 RH's. 90 D 142

how are they locked?? Are they all autos?

TequilaMockingBird

Why would they store uniforms on a bus?
And why would they use a bus to cut down trees?

Confusing thread is confusing.

TheDriver

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

Why would they store uniforms on a bus?
And why would they use a bus to cut down trees?

Confusing thread is confusing.

Apparently it goes from depot to depot for uniforms, even has dressing room on board.
Tree cutting bus is because branches can cause costly damage to buses, it also has steps to allow the cutter some height

vibe666

TheDriver wrote: »

Apparently it goes from depot to depot for uniforms, even has dressing room on board.
Tree cutting bus is because branches can cause costly damage to buses, it also has steps to allow the cutter some height

i'm very disappointed to hear this, I had envisioned a mad max style bus with a massive chainsaw on the front of it.

.G.

TheDriver wrote: »

Apparently it goes from depot to depot for uniforms, even has dressing room on board.
Tree cutting bus is because branches can cause costly damage to buses, it also has steps to allow the cutter some height

Yep the uniform bus went to each depot each summer and you got kitted out from it for the following year. Correct on the tree lopper bus too.

As for the other question's, they aren't locked and are all auto's. Nobody has ever stolen one that I know of though. They aren't parked on the street very often these days anyway.

Slutmonkey57b

If someone does you'll be held as an accomplice in planning!

.G.

I doubt that.

TheDriver

Its a pity we don't have giggle worthy destinations like they do in London. I always get the giggles when I hear Cockfosters being called in the tube station

MarkR

TheDriver wrote: »

Its a pity we don't have giggle worthy destinations like they do in London. I always get the giggles when I hear Cockfosters being called in the tube station

There's a Knicker in Limerick, isn't there?

TequilaMockingBird

I want a job driving from town to town with a bus load of clothes. Amazing.

Arthur Beesley

Is this an official Dublin bus sale, or has someone been taking buses home and not returning them?

brian_gall85

TheDriver wrote: »

Its a pity we don't have giggle worthy destinations like they do in London. I always get the giggles when I hear Cockfosters being called in the tube station

You could always take it up here to Donegal...lovely little place called Muff not far from me

vibe666

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Is this an official Dublin bus sale, or has someone been taking buses home and not returning them?

is it not the same as shopping trolleys where you get to bring them home for a euro, or those overpriced 2 euro ones they have in aldi?

Doyler92

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Auction starts at 8:00PM,

The buses will show up about 8:10PM

And they will be arriving in pairs.

Cunning Stunt

you could always convert it like this crowd did

http://www.kidsplaybus.ie/brochure/

jamesbondings

anyone know what one would expect to pay for one of these bad boys?

_Kaiser_

Always liked the AV class buses myself.. Bigger than the older Olympians so if you were going to convert one to a camper that would be a plus

In fact someone did precisely that in the UK with an older ex-Dublin Bus Olympian already

Think it's a pretty cool idea myself if you could afford to run it!

dharn

Tyres included, rims extra

Daemonic

TheDriver wrote: »

Its a pity we don't have giggle worthy destinations like they do in London. I always get the giggles when I hear Cockfosters being called in the tube station

One of the stops on the 67 is 'Riding School'.

EnmxLP

Think I might get one and drive out to Kilcock to get their hopes up.

macroman

dharn wrote: »

Tyres included, rims extra

Dublin Bus own the rims, Bridgestone own the tyres. The tyres included would probably be barely legal if not racing slicks...

uck51js9zml2yt

This is not a real bargain unless someone has bought one.

Has that happened ??:D

Davy

Marina Lazy Sirloin wrote: »

This is not a real bargain unless someone has bought one.

Negotiations are ongoing to get one so BA hunters can tour from Tesco stores looking for yellow sticker items