Fort Valley has wholesalers and manufacturers for buses and coaches. Bus manufacturing is a specialized sector of the automotive industry, which works on the manufacture of buses and coaches. A bus manufacturer in Fort Valley can be of mainly three types, namely, a chassis manufacturer - one who builds the underframe in a body-on-frame type, a body manufacturer - one whobuilds the coachwork a body-on-frame type and integral manufacturer - one who builds entire buses. Common considerations during designing and constructing a bus in Fort Valley include the maximum weight of the bus in both laden and unladen conditions, stability, maximum dimensions, emissions testing, fuel consumption and accessibility. Specialized manufacturers also exist, for models such as executive, sleeper bus, tour bus, airport bus or school bus uses, with special features for these uses. Wholesalers sell products in bulk, at less than reduced prices. Large travel operators usually use the same model of buses or coaches for the entire fleet, for savings in maintenance and driver training. The bus to be bought depends on its intended use, the fuel it uses, the capacity and other such considerations.
