Scania Group – the best trucks, buses and coaches bar none!

The title says it all, really – I am an avid fan of their products. Here are a couple of my favourites!

Scania – the best bar none! In trucks, buses and coaches, the name Scania is synonymous with comfort, reliability and strength

This coach is the coach I often travel on with Langley’s Coaches of Dubbo, NSW, Australia. This ex-Australia Wide Coaches 2007 K470EB 6×2*4 is their largest single deck coach without having to resort to the “Super Deckers”.

Scania K470EB 6×2*4 TV5594 – the first rear-steer coach sold in Australia

If you are a Scania truck fan, you’d know they use both 6 cylinder and V8 engines. I am a definite V8 fan – this big 2003 R164G V8 580 8×4 tilt tray calls my home town home and is owned by a former parts shop owner….

2003 Scania R164G V8 580 8×4 Tilt Tray

This video is of the R164G running and revved up while the owner was adjusting the steer axle airbags:

This is an exterior walk around of the K470EB 6×2*4:

Update – and apologies……

The last week has been rather hectic – I apologise to those I have promised blog entries and updates….

Just recently, I booked a coach trip to Mudgee, NSW, Australia with Langley’s Coaches of Dubbo for one of Australia’s leading concert series, A Day On The Green – I went last year (Jimmy Barnes, Troy Cassar-Daley, The Living End, Dan and Dan and Mahalia Barnes and The Soulmates) and had a ball… this year sees me going again… this year’s performers at Mudgee are below:

Today, I have booked another coach trip (again with Langley’s) to Tamworth for the annual Country Music Festival. I’ve been before and absolutely loved every minute of the trip…. some pics from the trip are below:

Myself and Anne Kirkpatrick, daughter of Slim Dusty – January 2012

Myself and Joy McKean wife of Slim Dusty – January 2012

The Big Golden Guitar – January 2012

Paul Costa in Concert, January 2013

Graeme Connors – special guest of Paul Costa in Concert, January 2013

Country Music Cavalcade – January 2014

Dale Hooper at the Country Music Cavalcade – January 2014

Doug McIntyre at the Country Music Cavalcade – January 2014

I will be travelling to both events in luxury with Langley’s Coaches Dubbo. If you want to know more about their business and any upcoming tours, you can get in touch with Langley’s in one of five ways:
Phone: 68828977 (02 68828977 outside NSW)
Web: http://www.langleyscoaches.com.au/
Email: contact@langleyscoaches.com.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Langleys-Coaches-454268784637824/timeline/
Office: 5 Depot Road West Dubbo, NSW, 2830 (soon to relocate to 4 Janalli Road West Dubbo)

Scania K470EB 6×2*4 TV5594 – the first rear-steer coach sold in Australia

Here is a brief walkaround of TV5594:

Rear-steer coaches in Australia

I’ve been following the whole “rear-steer” (or 6×2*4) coach market in Australia for a while…. it’s all thanks to one Scania I know which actually has a “rear-steer” set-up….

Scania K470EB 6×2*4 TV5594 – the first rear-steer coach sold in Australia

I’ll go back to 2007 when this Scania K470EB 6×2*4 was first delivered – it joined the fleet of a highly respected company called Australia Wide Coaches. First registered (SA) XNU346, it then got transferred to Sydney and re-registered TV5594 (livery in the photo below). On the 22nd of January, 2011, it got transferred to Langley’s Coaches in Dubbo, still as TV5594 (livery in the top photo)

2007 Scania K470EB 6×2*4 TV5594 – Australia Wide Coaches livery

Since then, Volvo has joined Scania in offering a rear-steer coach chassis…. the popularity of the rear-steer is increasing in Australia due to the manoeuvrability in tight spaces. The British have had this set-up on their trucks for, well, ages and know the ease of manoeuvrability that a rear-steer offers…. Australian coach operators are now embracing this!