2018 Ford E-350 Diamond Coach Non-CDL ADA Wheelchair Shuttle Bus – 50,440 Miles – B1078

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

B1078 is a 2018 Ford E-350 Diamond Coach with only 50,440 actual miles, powered by Ford's proven 6.8L Triton V10 gas engine. It seats 13 passengers plus the driver with 2 wheelchair positions and is equipped with a commercial wheelchair lift.

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.

And there's another reason I particularly like this bus: it's a Diamond Coach.

Diamond Coach's composite body construction helps eliminate many of the rust and corrosion concerns that can shorten the useful life of a conventional steel-bodied shuttle bus. I've looked at enough used buses over the years to know that a low odometer doesn't mean much if the structure underneath it has spent years getting hammered by road salt.

With B1078, you're starting with 50,440 miles, Southern history and a corrosion-resistant composite Diamond Coach body.

That's a combination I like.

The Ford E-350 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.

A Seating Configuration Built for Constant Pickup and Drop-Off

One of the best features of B1078 is its perimeter-style passenger seating.

Instead of conventional forward-facing rows filling the center of the bus, the passenger seats are positioned along the outer walls. That leaves a large, open center aisle and passenger area.

If your operation involves people constantly getting on and off the bus, this configuration makes a lot of sense.

Think about an airport parking shuttle making continuous terminal runs. A hotel shuttle moving guests and luggage. A ski resort moving passengers between parking lots and the mountain. A corporate campus shuttle making multiple stops. A rental car operation, employee shuttle, university circulator, hospital campus, casino, resort, convention center or event parking operation.

For those applications, getting passengers on and off quickly matters.

Passengers aren't squeezing through narrow rows of seats or climbing over each other every time somebody reaches their stop. The open center area provides room to move, while the perimeter seating makes it easy to sit down and get back up again.

It's essentially buddy-style seating designed around frequent passenger movement.

And these aren't just benches for a quick parking-lot ride. The passenger seating is equipped with seat belts, giving you the flexibility to use the same bus for longer-distance transportation as well.

B1078 is also equipped with interior standee rails, another big advantage for high-frequency shuttle service. The rails provide passengers with secure handholds while entering, exiting and moving through the passenger compartment.

That combination — perimeter seating, a wide open passenger area, seat belts and standee rails — makes this an unusually versatile shuttle configuration.

ADA Capability Makes It Even More Useful

B1078 also has a commercial wheelchair lift and two wheelchair positions.

That means the same bus that works extremely well as a hotel, airport, parking, resort or corporate shuttle can also accommodate passengers who use wheelchairs or require lift assistance.

For operators that need to provide accessible transportation, that's important.

The wheelchair lift expands who you can safely transport and helps an operator provide a more inclusive transportation service rather than having to find another vehicle when a passenger needs accessible transportation.

For NEMT, senior transportation, assisted living, adult day care and healthcare transportation, the lift is obviously a major part of the bus.

For hotels, airports, parking operators, universities, municipalities, corporate campuses, resorts and other public-facing shuttle operations, ADA capability adds another level of flexibility to an already extremely useful bus.

13 Passengers + Driver + 2 Wheelchair Positions – NON-CDL

This is the sweet spot for a lot of operators.

13 passengers + driver + 2 wheelchair positions. NON-CDL.

You get the capacity and commercial construction of a real shuttle bus without stepping into a larger CDL-required passenger configuration.

That can make recruiting drivers easier and gives you much more flexibility in day-to-day operations.

Potential applications include:

- Airport shuttle transportation
- Airport parking shuttle service
- Hotel and resort transportation
- Rental car shuttle service
- Corporate employee transportation
- Corporate campus circulators
- University and college transportation
- Hospital and medical campus shuttles
- NEMT and ambulette transportation
- Senior transportation
- Assisted living transportation
- Adult day care transportation
- Municipal and community transportation
- Church transportation
- Ski resort and ski mountain shuttles
- Casino transportation
- Convention and event transportation
- Off-site parking shuttle service
- Dealership customer shuttles
- Apartment and residential community transportation
- Rehabilitation and healthcare transportation
- Veteran transportation
- Nonprofit and community transportation

It's one of those buses that can fit a lot of different operations.

Even Better – We Have a Matched Set

B1078 is part of a matched set of identical Diamond Coach wheelchair buses we're selling.

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

Your buses look the same. Your drivers operate the same equipment. Your wheelchair lifts, seating configurations, chassis and body components are the same.

Your mechanics aren't learning a different bus every time something comes into the shop, and you don't need to stock parts for a collection of unrelated vehicles.

When one bus is down for maintenance, the other one is a true substitute.

You upgrade the look of your fleet while simplifying the operation and potentially reducing your operating costs.

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 matched set.

B1078 Specifications

2018 Ford E-350 Diamond Coach

50,440 actual miles

6.8L Triton V10 gasoline engine

Automatic transmission

NON-CDL

13 passengers + driver + 2 wheelchair positions

Commercial wheelchair lift

Perimeter / buddy-style passenger seating

Seat belts

Open center passenger area

Interior standee rails

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 #B1078

VIN: 1FDEE3FS7JDC43277

Our Inspection and Reconditioning Process

Before delivery, B1078 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.

That's important to me.

I'm not sitting in an office looking at an inspection sheet and assuming everything is fine. I drive the buses. I operate the equipment. I want to know what we're delivering before it leaves us.

Nationwide Sales and Delivery

Most of our customers aren't local.

We sell buses nationwide and can provide detailed photos, videos and a live FaceTime walk-around so you can see the bus before making the trip.

Independent inspections are always welcome.

We can also 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, low-mileage wheelchair shuttle bus, non-CDL ADA bus, Diamond Coach shuttle bus, wheelchair-accessible shuttle bus, airport shuttle bus, hotel shuttle bus, parking shuttle bus, NEMT bus, senior transportation bus, assisted living bus, corporate shuttle bus, university shuttle bus, ski resort shuttle bus or commercial passenger bus, B1078 deserves a serious look.

And if you need two buses, ask me about its identical mate.

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Huntington, New York

Stock #B1078

50,440 Miles. Southern Bus. Non-CDL. 13 + 2 Wheelchair. Perimeter Seating. Standee Rails. Diamond Coach Composite Body.

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