Stotts of Oldham

[Mayneway]

RE: Stotts of Oldham

(29/03/2017 22:28)acocker96 Wrote:  I remember a driver told me once they don't scrap because they can't get the value back out of them, that's maybe why they have kept hold of them. Keeping them in service maybe partly sentimental as they've been there that long. I'm surprised a couple of the Olympians weren't kept to allow the Scanias to be retired.

The Olympians although heavily refurbished after they were acquired were in a poorer state than the Scanias. Don't forget the scanias had come from a municipal operator and municipal were renowned for really looking after vehicles bought from new so when the scanias were acquired from Cardiff in 99/2000 they were practically like new buses. The fact they have served Stotts for 17 years says it all.

A lot of the withdrawn stuff is slowly canablised on site to allow repairs to other vehicles and parts havs been sold to other operators who run similar vehicles.