2018 Ford E-350 Diamond Coach Non-CDL Wheelchair Shuttle Bus – 42,759 Miles – B1077

If you're looking for a low-mileage, non-CDL wheelchair shuttle bus, B1077 is exactly the kind of bus we spend a lot of time trying to find.

It's a 2018 Ford E-350 Diamond Coach with only 42,759 actual miles, powered by Ford's proven 6.8L Triton V10 gas engine.

It's configured with 13 passenger seats plus the driver and 2 wheelchair positions, a commercial wheelchair lift, perimeter-style buddy seating, passenger seatbelts, a wide-open center aisle and overhead grab rails for standees.

And just as important to me as the mileage, this is a Southern bus that spent its life way outside the salt belt.

Low miles are great.

Low miles without years of Northeast road salt are better.

WHY I LIKE THE DIAMOND COACH BODY

I've bought and sold enough used shuttle buses to know that the odometer only tells part of the story.

A 40,000-mile bus that's spent years getting hammered by road salt can be a very different bus underneath than one that spent its life in the South.

That's one of the reasons I like Diamond Coach.

The composite body construction helps eliminate many of the rust and corrosion concerns you can have with conventional steel-bodied shuttle buses.

So with B1077 you're starting with 42,759 miles, Southern history and a corrosion-resistant composite Diamond Coach body.

That's a combination I like.

The Ford E-350 chassis underneath it is equally straightforward. The 6.8L Triton V10 gas engine is a proven commercial platform. Parts are readily available, virtually every commercial shop knows how to work on an E-Series Ford, and you're not dealing with the emissions equipment and complexity of a modern diesel.

THE INTERIOR IS WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS BUS DIFFERENT

Take a good look at the interior.

B1077 has perimeter-style buddy seating positioned along the outer walls of the bus, leaving a wide-open center aisle. It also has overhead grab rails for standees.

This is a true pickup-and-drop-off shuttle configuration.

If your operation involves passengers constantly getting on and off, making frequent stops, carrying luggage or traveling short distances, this layout makes a tremendous amount of sense.

Traditional forward-facing shuttle seats create rows and a narrow aisle. Every stop can mean passengers squeezing past seats and climbing around other passengers to get to the door.

This layout opens the bus up.

Passengers can board, move through the bus and exit without fighting their way through rows of seats. The overhead rails also give standees something secure to hold onto in operations where standing passengers are permitted.

Get on. Get situated. Get off.

Simple.

And when your bus is doing that dozens or hundreds of times a day, simple matters.

THINK ABOUT WHERE THIS BUS FITS

Airport parking is an obvious one.

Passengers are constantly getting on and off with suitcases, carry-ons, backpacks and personal bags. An open center aisle makes a lot more sense than forcing everyone through rows of conventional seating.

The same is true for hotels and resorts, rental car facilities, parking garages, ski mountains, corporate campuses, universities, hospitals, casinos, convention centers, train stations, cruise terminals, apartment communities, factories, warehouses, car dealerships and municipal shuttle operations.

It's also a great configuration for employee transportation, campus circulators, inter-building shuttles, event transportation, senior communities, assisted living, adult day programs and other high-frequency transportation services.

Basically, anywhere getting people on and off the bus is a major part of the job, this layout deserves a serious look.

PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS TRAVEL EMPTY-HANDED

This gets overlooked when people shop for shuttle buses.

Passengers bring stuff.

Airport passengers have luggage.

Hotel guests have suitcases.

Employees have backpacks, briefcases and work bags.

Skiers have bulky clothing and equipment.

Traditional forward-facing seats consume a lot of interior space and create a narrow path through the bus.

With the seating pushed out toward the walls, the center of B1077 stays open.

There's more room for people to move, more room to get themselves organized and a much easier path to the entrance door.

It's a bus laid out around what shuttle passengers actually do.

BUDDY SEATING FOR THE SHORT HOPS. SEATBELTS FOR THE LONGER ONES.

The perimeter seating and standee rails make B1077 particularly well suited to frequent-stop shuttle service, but this isn't a bus that's only useful for running short loops.

The passenger seats are equipped with seatbelts.

That gives an operator a lot more flexibility.

Run an airport parking loop in the morning.

Move employees around a corporate campus during the day.

Transport hotel guests to restaurants and attractions in the evening.

Take the bus on a longer highway trip when needed.

You're not buying a bus that's only good at one thing.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE — WITHOUT MAKING IT A SPECIAL TRIP

B1077 is also equipped with a commercial wheelchair lift and 2 wheelchair positions.

That's an important part of what makes this configuration work.

Whether you're transporting hotel guests, airport passengers, employees, seniors, residents, patients or members of the public, wheelchair accessibility shouldn't mean scrambling to find another vehicle every time someone needs it.

The capability is already built into the bus.

For NEMT providers, senior living communities, assisted living facilities, hotels, resorts, airports, universities, municipalities and corporate transportation programs, that can make a big difference.

It allows an operator to provide safer, more dignified and more inclusive transportation while helping meet applicable ADA and accessibility requirements when the vehicle is properly equipped, configured and operated for the particular transportation service.

A hotel shouldn't have to tell a guest its shuttle can't accommodate them.

An airport parking operation shouldn't have to scramble for another vehicle.

A corporate transportation program shouldn't leave an employee behind.

A senior community shouldn't have to treat wheelchair transportation as an exception.

With B1077, accessible transportation can simply be part of the normal operation.

SEATED. STANDING. WHEELCHAIR. LUGGAGE.

That's really the story of this interior.

You have perimeter seating for easy boarding and exiting.

You have seatbelts for seated passengers.

You have overhead grab rails for standees where standing passengers are permitted.

You have a wide-open center aisle for passenger movement and everyday travel gear.

And you have a commercial wheelchair lift and wheelchair positions for passengers using mobility devices.

That's a tremendous amount of flexibility in a non-CDL E-350 shuttle bus.

B1077 isn't just built to carry people. It's laid out to move them.

AND WE HAVE TWO OF THEM

B1077 has an identical mate, B1078.

For a multi-bus operator, I think buying matched buses is one of the smartest ways to upgrade a fleet.

Same chassis. Same engine. Same body. Same seating. Same wheelchair equipment. Same controls. Same parts.

Your drivers aren't learning a different bus every day. Your mechanics aren't dealing with a collection of unrelated equipment. And when one bus is down for maintenance, the other one is a true substitute.

They also look like a fleet instead of a collection of buses you bought wherever you could find them.

We sell a lot of buses to repeat customers and multi-bus operators, and there's a reason I like putting matched buses together whenever I can.

Standardization makes life easier.

Buy one or buy the pair.

B1077

2018 Ford E-350 Diamond Coach

42,759 actual miles

6.8L Triton V10 gasoline engine

Automatic transmission

NON-CDL

13 passenger seats + driver + 2 wheelchair positions

Perimeter-style buddy seating

Passenger seatbelts

Wide-open center aisle

Overhead grab rails for standees

Commercial wheelchair lift

Southern bus – way outside the salt belt

Diamond Coach composite body construction

Dual rear wheels

Front and rear climate control

Privacy glass

Commercial vinyl interior

Stock #B1077

VIN: 1FDEE3FS8JDC43286

WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE IT LEAVES US

Before delivery, B1077 will go through our normal inspection and reconditioning process.

We inspect the mechanical systems, brakes, suspension, tires, electrical systems, entrance door, heating and air conditioning and passenger equipment.

The wheelchair lift will be inspected, serviced as necessary and tested for proper operation.

Anything we find that doesn't meet our standards gets addressed.

When we're finished, I personally inspect and test-drive the bus before it leaves us.

Most of our customers aren't local. We sell buses nationwide and can provide detailed photos, videos and a live FaceTime walk-around.

Independent inspections are always welcome, and we can help arrange delivery anywhere in the country.

Financing and extended warranty options may be available to qualified buyers.

No commissioned salespeople. No junk fees.

You're dealing directly with us.

If you're searching for a used Ford E-350 shuttle bus, non-CDL shuttle bus, wheelchair accessible shuttle bus, ADA shuttle bus, Diamond Coach bus, airport shuttle bus, airport parking shuttle, hotel shuttle bus, resort shuttle bus, ski resort shuttle, corporate shuttle bus, employee transportation bus, senior transportation bus, assisted living bus, NEMT bus, municipal shuttle bus, university shuttle bus, wheelchair lift bus, perimeter seating shuttle bus or commercial passenger bus, B1077 deserves a serious look.

42,759 actual miles. Southern history. Diamond Coach composite body. Non-CDL. Perimeter seating. Seatbelts. Standee rails. Wheelchair lift.

It's a very specific combination of features, and it's exactly the kind of used shuttle bus that's hard to duplicate when you actually need one.

And if you need two, we have its identical mate.

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