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What Sets Blue Bird apart

North Central Bus and Equipment has been a Blue Bird dealer since 1962. As the authorized Blue Bird and Micro Bird dealer for most of Minnesota and all of South Dakota, we offer a full line of safest, most fuel efficient and most reliable School Buses on the road today. Blue Bird has been the industry leader in providing alternative fuels for School Buses and offers a broad range of vehicles that run on diesel, propane, gas, CNG and electricity. These offerings coupled with our service and support will exceed your expectations and meet all your transportation needs.

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Leading safety technology

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Designed for driver comfort 

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Fuel options: gasoline, diesel, propane, electric

Bus Models

All American

All American FE Diesel

  • Hosepower: 200-280
  • GVWR: Up to 36,200 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: 60-100 gallons
  • Capacity: Up to 90 passengers

All American RE Diesel

  • Hosepower: 200-300
  • GVWR: Up to 36,200 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: 60-100 gallons
  • Capacity: Up to 84 passengers

All American RE Electric

  • Charge Time: 6-8 Hours
  • GVWR: Up to 36,200 lbs
  • Range: Up to 120 Miles
  • Capacity: Up to 84 passengers

All American RE CNG

  • Hosepower: 250-280
  • GVWR: Up to 36,200 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: 76000 SCF
  • Capacity: Up to 84 passengers

Vision

Vision Diesel

  • Hosepower: 200-260
  • GVWR: Up to 33,000 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: 45-100 gallons
  • Capacity: Up to 83 passengers

Vision Gasoline

  • Hosepower: 320
  • GVWR: Up to 33,000 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: 60-100 gallons
  • Capacity: Up to 83 passengers

Vision Propane

  • Horsepower: 320
  • GVWR: Up to 33,000 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: 47-93 usable gallons
  • Capacity: Up to 83 passengers

Vision Electric

  • Charge Time: 6-8 Hours
  • GVWR: Up to 33,000 lbs
  • Range: Up to 120 Miles
  • Capacity: Up to 77 passengers

Vision CNG

  • Horsepower: 269
  • GVWR: Up to 33,000 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: Varies by model
  • Capacity: Up to 77 passengers

Microbird

G5

Micro Bird G5

  • Chassis: Chevy or Ford
  • Capacity: Up to 30 passengers
  • Fuel Tank: Gas or Propane

Micro Bird G5

  • Chassis: Chevy
  • Capacity: Up to 35 passengers
  • Fuel Tank: Gas

Micro Bird G5

  • Chassis: Chevy or Ford
  • Capacity: Up to 30 passengers
  • Fuel Tank: Gas or Propane

Micro Bird G5 Propane

  • Horsepower: 305 hp @ 4250 rpm
  • GVWR: Up to 14,500 lbs
  • Fuel Tank: 48 Gallons
  • Capacity: Up to 30 passengers

Micro Bird G5 Electric

  • Charge Time: 6-8 Hours
  • GVWR: Up to 14,500 lbs
  • Range: Up to 100 Miles
  • Capacity: Up to 30 passengers

MBII

Micro Bird MB-II

  • Chassis: Chevy or Ford
  • Capacity: Up to 20 passengers
  • Fuel Type: Gas

Micro Bird MB-II

  • Chassis: Chevy or Ford
  • Capacity: MBII up to 20 passengers
  • Fuel Type: Gas

Micro Bird MB-II

  • Chassis: Chevy or Ford
  • Capacity: MPV up to 9 passengers
  • Fuel Type: Gas

T-Series

Micro Bird T-Series

  • Chassis: Ford
  • Capacity: Up to 25 passengers
  • Fuel Type: Gas or Diesel

Micro Bird T-Series

  • Chassis: Ford
  • Capacity: Up to 25 passengers
  • Fuel Type: Gas or Diesel

Micro Bird T-Series

  • Chassis: Ford
  • Capacity: Up to 9 passengers
  • Fuel Type: Gas or Diesel

Blue Bird Vantage

Blue Bird VANTAGE allows you to acquire further information on Blue Bird vehicles in your fleet, as well as parts and service information.  The website is now available to customers who request a username and Login.  To access even more valuable information please contact us to get set up!

Currently Available on Vantage Website:

Technical Reference – Click on it and it will take you to a screen where you can access Wiring Schematics AND Dash Fault Codes!

Resources – Click on it and you have the ability to download Service Manuals and Driver’s Handbooks!

Warranty – Other Manufacture Info.  Click here to get important warranty information from equipment manufactures who provide products to Blue Bird!

Unit Dashboard – Easily access all pertinent information about your vehicle from this conveniently located control panel!

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Trusted by Districts Across the Upper Midwest

Real experiences with us.

My sales representative at North Central Bus & Equipment, Rollie, is a good guy who is honest and upfront with communicating. Kenny, the service technician, is my ‘right arm’ and is very knowledgeable. I really appreciate both Paul and Kenny and the service they provide.

Wayne Hansen, Brandon Valley School District 49-2

We have 8 Blue Bird Vision, Roush powered propane buses so far and love everyone. We find it to be effortless to achieve 5 to 6 mpg with an average driver. Our drivers love driving them on either routes or trips. These are by far the most responsive buses in our fleet. They all started right up this past Tuesday when the temperature was -33. JOB WELL DONE!!

Mike Aksamit, Aksamit Transportation

North Central Bus & Equipment is very knowledgeable about service. The buses are well built and the sale department is great to work with. I’ve got a longtime stand with North Central and I enjoy working with them. The service guys are very good to work with and very knowledgeable about the buses.

Don Lewis, Warroad Public School District

We have Blue Bird buses because it is easy to deal with North Central Bus & Equipment for service and parts. Our salesperson is the man and I can call him up anytime and he knows what he is talking about with the buses. We’ve even called on North Central Bus & Equipment for our Thomas buses and he was able to point me in the right direction. The service I receive make me want to continue buying Blue Bird buses.

Adam, Marshall County Central Schools

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