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10/08/2008 05:01 PM
Be careful !!!..
Some motor home chassis modified into sightseeing
Double Decker buses can be grossly over weight ..
Gross Vehicle Weight or GVW,
Sometimes referred to as GVWR,
or Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
Is the maximum amount
of weight that can or should ever be safely loaded on this vehicle .
It is the maximum amount your vehicles can weigh including passengers and cargo
Motor Home chassis
these Double Decker's using a motor home chassis are GVW 31,000. with all weight
up high
Transit Buses,
An average transit bus GVW is 38,000.lbs
Motor Coaches,
Large Over the road Coaches with luggage bays can go as high as 50.000.lbs
Duty Cycle,
A duty cycle is simply described as the amount
of time of usage during a given time
in these cases within a year .
The average Motor home is usually 20% Duty Cycle
A Transit bus is usually 90%
Over the road coaches are usually 90%
These are great
looking buses,
But they are not real buses.
They are a light duty Motor home chassis with a 20% duty cycle rating with a
large structure
added on top of the frame to make it appear to be a Factory Double Decker bus.
This chassis can be easily overloaded and top heavy !
  
Note :
This bus is very hollow below...
There is no weight to speak of downstairs. With 40 people on the top deck ..
This naturally becomes top heavy
  
Upper deck with
plywood floors
Note
the seats bolted through plywood in this ceiling image
One touring company had to take some of their buses off the road
and have them upgraded to a heaver rating to be safe .
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