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Our goal is to offer our customers a complete and thorough bus specification that will meet all state and federal requirements and provide a unit that is built to last. The specifications we provide will also meet all your transportation needs and will be cost effective in routine maintenance. We can provide a bus specification that is specific enough to keep quality at the highest level yet generic enough to allow competitive bidding from all available bus dealers to assure the lowest price per unit.


Buses are complex pieces of equipment that are custom built by every manufacturer. There are endless options available. The so-called "standard unit" is inadequate for most transportation applications. When it come to buses, the phrase "you get what you pay for" could not be any truer in its meaning. There are many secondary manufacturers providing product to the bus manufacturers. Secondary manufacturers provide items such as seating, lighting and air conditioning. It takes years of experience to know and understand what will work best in any given application.


A bus has many different major components. There is a chassis that consists of the base frame and power sources of your bus. It contains the engine, transmission, braking system, front and rear axles, steering system, to name a few. There are options of horse power and engine torque which also determine which transmission you may need. There are options on the front and rear axles that determine the overall size of braking system that is best. You have air and hydraulic braking systems that offer different pro and cons to the bus. The steering wheel can have several options, like telescoping, tilt and cruise controls. In some school buses the door and eight-way light controls can be in the steering wheel. The charging system and battery storage capacity also need to be evaluated for top performance. This is to mention only a few of the many options available on the chassis and each of these options has several variances.


The bus body is mounted on a chassis. Sometimes the body and chassis are made by the same manufacturer, however often times they are not. This is especially true in the small and mid size commercial buses used by churches, tour operators, nursing homes and hospitals, small charter operators, and many others. Options available in the body are even more complicated than what is available in the chassis. Thorough knowledge of State and Federal requirements as well as the compatibility with components used on the chassis is critical at this point. One needs to look at the seat plan, the weight analysis, the type of people you will be transporting and the need for special type of transportation equipment such as wheelchair access. How large of an air-conditioning system do you need? What type of seats and what options on the seats do you need? What lighting options, sound systems, flooring, or other options do you require? Whether purchasing a school bus or a commercial bus these options are very important to the longevity and dependability of your bus operation.


It takes years of experience to know and understand all of the different options and how they affect the overall performance of your bus. We at Bus Specifications Consultants have that experience. The small fee we charge to write a quality bus specification to ensure that what you are buying is what you need can truly be a peace of mind. Our fee provides more than just writing your bus specifications. We will analyze all of the bus bids you receive from the bus dealers and determine if they are meeting the specifications we have written. We then give you our recommendation as to which bus best meets your transportation needs. We provide all of this service for a low cost fee of $500 per specification for school and mid-size commercial buses, or $750 for large commercial buses. If you are buying one or fifty buses the price is the same for each specification written. If you need more than one style of bus then it will require another set of specifications. When considering that you will be spending a minimum of $50,000.00 to $150,000.00 for a small bus and as much as several hundred thousand for a large commercial bus, our service is a very wise investment for your company or business.


It never pays to be in a hurry to buy a bus. It only pays to be prepared. Call us today for a free consultation at 816-569-3135.