Severe canadian bus "Ivan"

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Foremost, a little-known automotive manufacturer in our realities, is engaged in the production of equipment for harsh terrain, mainly all-terrain cargo platforms, but there is an interesting bus in their line, Foremost Terra Bus “Ivan”, briefly summarizing: “They cannot cope without Ivan”.

The bus was built for operation in difficult conditions - ice, soft soil in mountainous areas. The goal is to deliver personnel to the necessary points or to take tourists to harsh but beautiful places, such as the Ice Field in Canada, and read the review of our compatriot, who was personally a tourist passenger in Ivan, to briefly convey his words: “You ride like an amusement ride, the amazing thing is that he can drive up a mountain covered with ice and also successfully descend from it."

Let's go through the performance characteristics of this bus. It is designed for 56 passengers, you must agree a good figure, if such a ride along the routes of public transport, I'm afraid to imagine that it would be, also for the possibility of tourist operation, there are high windows along the sides of the bus.

Now the most interesting thing is the dimensions: it is 14.89 meters long, almost 4 meters high, and 3.61 meters wide, while the mass of this "Ivan" is 25 tons, the maximum carrying capacity is only 5 tons, but I think you can load much more, such a limitation is most likely due to with cross-country ability, the manufacturer declares that with such a mass and size, 1 kilogram pressure is exerted per 1 square centimeter, that is, load more there, it is not a fact that it will reach the point, and will not get stuck somewhere in snow or soil, but where then look for a tractor?

As for the engine, there is a diesel Detroit Diesel Series 50, which produces a maximum power of 250 hp. at 2100 rpm, the gearbox is a mechanical 6-speed one, which with regards to cruising speed, everything is expected, Ivan can drive 40 km / h at most, not a lot, but his goals are different, he should not see the highway at all.

Very few of them were released, which is not surprising, they were taken for work in Antarctica, they also ride in Canada, according to information for 2008, 7 were produced. In general, it is not surprising, but in general the idea is good, with our roads in some regional towns, such roads can be allowed on public transport routes, but when he first saw it, the first thing I thought about was to convert it under a motorhome and somewhere in the wilderness fishing, and you can take with you all your relatives and friends and their families.