Have you tried it,? Got the bus delivered to Sapphire, going up the Castlereagh hwy I hit a few bad spots in the hwy, and she started to pitch very bad, to the point that air was tween my bum and the seat, had to back off real quick, engineer mate of mine suggeated a spring reset, ----any comments, all the gear in the back is secure and is now locked up awaiting the work time , flew back to Melbourne and collected Judy and van and did a 2 day quick trip to friends in Sale returning via Sth Gippsland hwy staying over night in Leogatha, KFC for dinner, (happens once in a blue moon)back to My sons for a long goodbye see yo in a coupla years, then up to Young for another visit to friends, cherry season finished early due to bad hail, next stop Tamworth, maybe catch my breath here for a while yet and help him erect a bigger shed hope you all had a good silly season and awaiting the next with anticipation M & J enjoy your sunrises
dave06 said
09:34 AM Jan 6, 2009
had a go at the cherries a few times and I can tell you they are a hell of a lot easier than strawberries, but speed is of the essence, its all go when the season breaks, no time for sit downs
what you are experiencing with the bus and bum/seat clearance is known as the see saw effect, because you are riding in front of the front wheels everything going on behind you is magnified, you would get the same effect at the back, the ideal place to ride in any motorvehicle is centre
when I was operating wabco twin power scrapers, same thing, seat in front of wheels, we would have been literally tossed out of the seat with exactly that action and thats why we wore seatbelts
if your springs are a bit weak then that wouldnt help, but the main cause of violent and continued pitching is the shockers and/or weight distribution, if the shockers are buggered then they wont keep the springs under control, springs give the "bounce" shockers control the "bounce"
and if you are running empty then you will also cop violent pitching, buses, like trucks, perform at their best when partially or even fully loaded, at the moment you have all the weight at the rear (I presume it is a pusher, "engine at rear") and nothing to the front, it would settle down enormously if you put, say, a ton of weight onboard
Got the bus delivered to Sapphire, going up the Castlereagh hwy I hit a few bad spots in the hwy, and she started to pitch very bad, to the point that air was tween my bum and the seat, had to back off real quick, engineer mate of mine suggeated a spring reset, ----any comments, all the gear in the back is secure and is now locked up awaiting the work time ,
flew back to Melbourne and collected Judy and van and did a 2 day quick trip to friends in Sale returning via Sth Gippsland hwy staying over night in Leogatha, KFC for dinner, (happens once in a blue moon)back to My sons for a long goodbye see yo in a coupla years, then up to Young for another visit to friends, cherry season finished early due to bad hail,
next stop Tamworth, maybe catch my breath here for a while yet and help him erect a bigger shed
hope you all had a good silly season and awaiting the next with anticipation
M & J
enjoy your sunrises
what you are experiencing with the bus and bum/seat clearance is known as the see saw effect, because you are riding in front of the front wheels everything going on behind you is magnified, you would get the same effect at the back, the ideal place to ride in any motorvehicle is centre
when I was operating wabco twin power scrapers, same thing, seat in front of wheels, we would have been literally tossed out of the seat with exactly that action and thats why we wore seatbelts
if your springs are a bit weak then that wouldnt help, but the main cause of violent and continued pitching is the shockers and/or weight distribution, if the shockers are buggered then they wont keep the springs under control, springs give the "bounce" shockers control the "bounce"
and if you are running empty then you will also cop violent pitching, buses, like trucks, perform at their best when partially or even fully loaded, at the moment you have all the weight at the rear (I presume it is a pusher, "engine at rear") and nothing to the front, it would settle down enormously if you put, say, a ton of weight onboard
-- Edited by dave06 at 14:28, 2009-01-06