After 15 months of inactivity throughout the pandemic, hundreds of tour buses are suddenly being pressed back into action as touring bands return to American highways.
Foo Fighters are at Madison Square Garden on Sunday , Green Day begins a stadium tour next month, Lollapalooza and Governors Ball return this summer and artists from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Thundercat are on the road. But tour buses aren't made to sit around for months, then revved up and rushed back into action. There are belts to remove, pulleys to spin, fluids to top off and crank cases to keep dry, not to mention maintaining TVs, audio systems, WiFi and bathrooms inside.
Mechanically, the coach companies are scrambling to meet the sudden demand for buses packed with leather couches, high-end audio systems and full-length mirrors."We can change the oil, check wheel seals and pressure, do everything possible, before they leave," Streetman says."But until they get moving and get the joints worked out, it'll be interesting, for sure.", aftermarket training director for Prevo, which supplies much of the inventory for tour bus companies.
"Especially coaches that have the beds in the back," says Zito, who pivoted during 14 months of the pandemic himself, selling 30,000 cinnamon rolls in Nashville for charity with his wife, Christin."It's a real challenge on the inventory side.” Many top coach companies had to pivot during the pandemic, then pivot back. Hemphill's Travel Like a Rockstar handled vacations and relocations. Coach Quarters provided buses in Lake Charles, La., to help the relief effort after Hurricane Laura last October. Oliver, of Pioneer Coach, delivered buses to tourists for golf outings and family trips."Sadly, we furloughed a lot of our folks," Oliver says."But we kept a core group that continued to keep the equipment up.
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