(05 May 2023, 8:37 pm)Storx wrote I don't know 100% but I could imagine the tanks would need to be done by a specialist. Not sure it's worth replacing them with ones with a year left as the cost will be just as bad.BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) Demonstration - How it Happens Training Video - YouTube could be worse to be fair, as dramatic as it is, that looks like the safety mechanisms on those tanks were working,
Can't imagine anyone can just go replacing them nilly willy. They're pretty much a bomb on the roof anyway ignoring the safety systems but they convert them into a flamethrower instead. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHf2o9oVY24
They're the same tanks as Darlington's aswell unless they've been upgraded at some point.
i wonder if some will be done because to replace 40 odd buses of that age range is probably in the region of £150,000 each as a minimum is probably going to cost at least six million quid, i cant imagine refitting some tanks will cost that much
(05 May 2023, 6:06 pm)toward6931 wrote i know sadly this does not sort out anything for hartlepool or Stockton however once the electric deliveries start next year for oxford and stockport i can imagine more vehicles will be released that could sort out some more issues
(05 May 2023, 8:55 pm)glen wrote Stockton and hartlepool depots at some point have got to get new buses I think because we have old buses now?as said glen, it will happen at some point, but we only have a certain amount of information and speculation currently, until more information becomes available its a case of sitting pretty and praying