Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot

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RE: Stagecoach Merseyside - Gillmoss Depot

(26/03/2016 11:49)Southernsofty Wrote:  Will be interesting to see whether over the next 2 years, sizeable numbers of older Dart SLFs/Solos are used for spares rather than being sold on for further use?
This also has the benefit of 'starving' the second hand market and making it harder/more expensive for competitors to find vehicles for tenders etc.
But maybe 13 - 15 year old vehicles will be worn out and only suitable for the Scrap Man?

I don't think we'll see that as there's not the financial incentive to start stripping darts/solos for parts.
As both designs have been around for so long with limited design changes (both Solo and Dart SLF appeared in 1998), and because they were built with common parts for the time, there is still a large spares pool.

Things like Volvo Olympians and early Dennis Tridents are slightly different as the availability of spares is beginning to drop; the DH10A unit from the Olympian hasn't been produced since 2000, and the C series unit in Tridents became an ISCe at Euro 3 (significant change, though engines are related) and then an ISBe from Euro4 to current.