(14 Sep 2013, 2:51 pm)tyresmoke wrote I don't know why they use Darts on there, they can't handle the loadings! Last time I did it one of them was used and the suspension broke on it because it was heavily loaded. Ideally it should be all deckers to handle the loads but obviously Sunderland don't have any.

Was going to say they'd be better off just getting Stockton to send 8 of the deckers as theoretically they should be free in the depot all day Saturday anyway (or even give a bunch of Sunderland drivers a car to go down and pick up the buses if Stockton don't have the drivers to spare) ...but I guess Stagecoach don't need to care how rammed the buses are as they must just get a set amount of £, regardless of loadings (they're free to board, aren't they?)

Bit worrying if the suspension broke as a result of the loadings though as that would suggest they were allowing them to fill over capacity (unless they were just a load of bloaters on board!)