Cardinal Buses ALX400 Trident ZF gets Floored ft. Kickdown & Top Speed through Reading & Berkshire скачать в хорошем качестве

Cardinal Buses ALX400 Trident ZF gets Floored ft. Kickdown & Top Speed through Reading & Berkshire

For those familiar with the Cardinal Buses fleet, this is... I'd say TA324's half sister TA717. They are both more or less the same vehicle, except TA717 is 10.5m long rather than 9.9m as well as it sporting the 'slightly newer' London United interior. Here the bus is floored down the A-Roads and the motorway on a light-run to support Reading Football Club with shuttle services alongside other Reading Buses' vehicles. Unsurprisingly the gearbox on TA717 has aged (not very badly)... the first two upshifts from pullaway do jerk the bus a little bit as well as the torque converter taking a little bit longer to lock-up into 2nd gear. However it does get moving once it's out of the blocks! It also does well to perform under full load as well, tackling a number of gradients while in service. Just like most tridents this one is limited to 50 (clocked 51mph). Big up Cardinal Buses for their service and well presented fleet of buses! And props to the driver as well for providing good service to the passengers and for the invitation to capture them enjoying their long awaited first drive of a proper Dennis Trident. 💪🏾 Enjoy the video! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Startup 00:15 - Kickdown (1L - 2C) then (3rd - 2nd - 3rd) | Incline 00:39 - Kickdown (4th - 3rd) 00:46 - Kickdown (1st - 4th), High Revs (4th - 5th) 01:24 - Kickdown (5th - 4th) then (5th - 4th - 5th) up to 51mph (Top Speed) 02:01 - Kickdown (5th - 4th) x3 02:31 - Kickdown (4th - 3rd - 5th) up to 51mph | Incline 03:22 - Full Kickdown (1st - 5th) up to High Speed 04:42 - Kickdown (2nd - 3rd) then (4th - 5th) up to 51mph 05:40 - Kickdown (2nd - 3rd) then (3rd - 2nd - 5th) up to 51mph 06:55 - Kickdown (1st - 3rd), High Revs (3rd - 4th) 07:16 - Kickdown (2C/2L - 4th) 07:50 - Kickdown (2C/2L - 3rd) 08:20 - Kickdown (2nd - 4th) 08:44 - Kickdown (1st - 4th) then (5th - 4th) | Incline 09:39 - Kickdown (4th - 3rd - 4th) then (5th - 4th) 10:03 - Kickdown (1L - 3rd) 10:21 - Kickdown (1L - 2C) then (3rd - 2nd - 4th) | Incline 10:58 - Kickdown (5th - 4th - 5th) 11:14 - Kickdown (1L - 2C) then (3rd - 2nd - 5th) | Incline 12:06 - Kickdown (4th - 3rd) 12:22 - Kickdown (2C/2L - 4th) | Incline 13:00 - Kickdown (1st - 2L) then (3rd - 4th) 13:25 - Kickdown (4th - 3rd - 5th) up to 51mph 14:58 - Kickdown (5th - 4th), High Revs (4th - 5th) 15:26 - Kickdown (5th - 4th) 15:41 - Kickdown (2C), (4th - 3rd - 4th) then (5th - 4th) 16:11 - Kickdown (2nd - 3rd) 16:25 - Kickdown (4th - 3rd) 16:41 - Double Kickdown (4th - 3rd - 2nd - 3rd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owned By: Cardinal Buses (Ex-London United) Registration Plate: SN53 KHR Fleet Number: TA717 Bodywork: Transbus/Alexander ALX400 (10.5m) Engine: Cummins ISCe 8.3L (225HP) Chassis: Dennis Trident 2 Gearbox/Transmission: ZF Ecomat 5HP-502C Emissions: Euro 3 Depot Allocation: Addlestone ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⚪ Follow my Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frozzles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔵 Any inquiries, DM me on Instagram:   / frozzles   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for watching, Like & Subscribe! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------