The Johnson Bros T904 and the classic Superliner are indeed spectacular. Those were awesome catches. The usual locations in Roma never disappoints. The variety is great, old and new trucks with interesting loads. Thanks a lot for the new videos, it's great you are posting again. I'm sure this will be a quality new series.
Thanks zsolt,the superliner was a pearler,great to see her still working away.904s are always a great get.this trip I found another spot,it's good aswell.not as many triples this time as I had engine problems
Mack Superliner might be 1988-89 ish? It's got the newer style tanks with the built in step drop down, usually seen on Valueliner's. I don't recognise the sleeper as a normal factory Superliner one though. Either way that's an all time favorite truck for me. 👍💯🚛 Used to see a yellow/white one (Superliner II) up in FNQ hauling for Woolworths, it was called "mack-gician" 😂. What a unit too!! Haven't seen it since mid 00's, like to know what happened to it. Excellent Video once again ! And 1 more thing, sometimes your hand or finger is a black blur in the top left corner of the lens, just an FYI 🙄
Your right canuck 1 of mine all time favourites.i notice the blurr when I'm videoing sometimes,it's not my finger.it only happens sometimes,I haven't worked the problem out as yet mate,but I will
You sound like a true Mack afficionado, & very select tastes too. There's a chap in Brisbane ? who is running exclusively B models on local, last I saw he had 3 of them working.
That shade is because I have the stabilisation mode on,it's a fault on my camera I found out yesterday.when I'm back to where I purchased it I will have it looked at and fixed canuck
The keogh one,yes I agree adrian.they have some beautiful trucks.in no 3 I videoed the white western star and the blue western star leaving the United servo,both beautiful.and if you look at my roadtrains at morven 2023 video you will see a beautiful keogh 909 grey triple leaving that servo.im sure it's the first clip mate
G'day mate I know what you mean about the old stuff I'm a Kenworth bloke but I adore the old stuff especially the Mack good to see you have a few more videos coming cheers mate
You like the old stuff like me Michael,well your going to like the next video.ive got a kenny thats unbelievable.i was a kenworth fan growing up but when the superliners arrived,gees i couldn't split them,I'd have been happy with either
Would it be to much trouble to get some still photos of a few trains an especially that Marmon if you come across that again Christ there's not many of them in Australia when I was in my late 20s a agent ask if I'd be interested in selling them here turn that down I should have had a crack at it.
@michaelmason1087 I've finished Roma as I've got engine problems Michael stuck in toowoomba at moment.next time I'm videoing I will definitely take some pictures and put up aswell mate
So you made it to Roma, good stuff! That Johnson's T904 was an early heavy, & they really were the goods alright, last incarnations of the model not so much, in my opinion, & I had both the first & the last. When KW launched the T904s they toured & showed a light spec & a heavy, both had daylight doors, but it took them 3 years to loose the quarter vents in the production models. Another thing was that the early bonnets were very, very heavy in comparison to the later ones. It was a two man lift, I used a hook behind the bonnet emblem & strap to the bullbar to use its weight to make the lift on my own; & if you're replacing mounting rubbers, get the right ones as the later ones won't last more than a day or two, the resulting misalignment will then destroy the guides. BTW you can get under round tanks, not so with square tanks, they have to be run up onto blocks so that you can then only slide under from the bullbar end. But here's a story, mayhap 25 years ago I followed a chap as we bobtailed over to CAT in Melbourne, just in case he needed a tow. He had an absolutely gorgeous T900 with an E motor, the ill omened 1/2 electronic, 1/2 manual version. It was over fueling massively, couldn't see it for black smoke. It was a fairly easy fix, & put right in a couple of hours, so when they presented their invoice with a flourish, he said "what? I have to pay now?" & "can't you just send me the bill, & I'll pay it in 90 days?" "You know same as the way you pay me for the freight I haul for you?" Well he did pay, 3 months later.
I was thinking you might like 904 when I was filming it Native.i have another blue 4 decker later on to upload aswell,gee is she a beauty.im doing another video now,it should be up late today with a 501 brute,wait until you see her,big 600 cat in it.gees I didn't know there were so many teething problems in the 904s,you owning them would know mate.i did get some good videos but not as many triples as I had engine problem and had to get towed to toowoomba,where I'm at now.it kept cutting out after 2 seconds,racq computer said the code.after 3 days being idle starts and no problem. here at vw toowoomba,no problem on their computer.so I give them the code,comes up something to do with the emission gases so I decided to replace the part,but this morning they call and say to that they also need another part but 4 to 6 weeks wait..i had planned to go back to Roma but now I will try and ease her back to nsw late tomorrow then order from there.i should be able to upload 2 videos today then there will be a break
@@TheCt300 No teething problems at all with the inception of the 904s, they were rock solid. You just had to be careful to stick to the right proprietary parts for model series & spec. KW, CAT, Eaton Fuller, & Dana was truly a marriage made in heaven. The teething problems came with 908s, & consequent switch to Cummins, twin turbos, gas, etc. Bad news about the VW, sounds like an expensive pain in the buttocks. Mercs are the same story, ditto Fiat, in my view anything Euro. I remember reading an RAC report in the late 2000s that said " the best of the Euro is equivalent in quality terms to the worst of the Asian. & I've talked to a lot of WA pilots, they liked the Hyundai iload best. One woman bought a Merc & when she escorted me up to Derby said she thought she was buying quality. When the diff crown wheel broke, it was clearly & undeniably started from a casting crack that had passed QC, but they refused to warranty it because it was a pilot vehicle. Same story with Fiat gearbox seals, & warranty. I won't even mention VW. You know I often thought pilots got a raw deal on the road, here a truckie could have a shower at any road house, but not a pilot. Then again Mitchell sold out of his fuelies to Toll, & started buying up roadhouses in earnest, inflated the fuel prices, sold only toxic, fat, junk food, & you had to buy 600 ltr min to get a shower. I was a great believer in supporting the outback communities, but that's when I started carrying 1000ltr pods over the drives, getting the butcher to kryvac portions for me, & cooking with gas. Looking forward to watching Roma 2 during dinner, "ah, the simple joys of being single".
@returnofthenative apart from the kitchen duties I love being single native,when you watch no 2 you will like 1 special truck I have on it.with the vw,she be alright as long as my pockets are full haha.i didn't know about the 908s until you told me but I still reckon they are a great looking truck.did cummins sort their problems out in your book mate and what do you think about them now.this trip I got a few videos with at least 5 with cats in them.that Johnstone 904,he told me he's just put a cat in her after over 2 million kms.hes the last of the brothers driving now,the other 2 are in their 80,s.hes in his 70,s and said he's still loving it
@@TheCt300 Don't know about the 908s now, I never had one, & teething probs are only to be expected with anything radically new. I'm just into my 70s now & past it all. Had to surrender my license because of significant vision impairment. Quite frankly I could hardly see, & it was a huge worry. BTW my C16 had done over 5 million k's & still wasn't burning oil between changes. Ran it at 26psi boost polling 120-140 tons. I cobbled up an electric to geared car oil pump pre-start at 4 or 5 psi. ran a Scania spinner pre-filter (the old type that had to be scraped out with a plastic paddle) before the stock paper filters, fitted marine zinc anodes into the block plugs to avoid electrolysis damage. Made up a huge fuel sedimenter before the filters. Ditched the air intake scoops in favour of Donaldson dust bowl type pre filters. Lots of things really. Another thing that was very, very successful was that I used the synthetic gear oil used in extreme mining applications on the drive train. 8 times the price, but it doesn't burn & you never need to change it. I found it in a 1000 ltr tumbled & slightly broken open pod on the side of the road, & having nothing to decant it into, I isolated & drained one of my 500 ltr fuel tanks to carry it home. Used it on my motorcycle boxes too. Sequential boxes clunk, now they snicked into gear. Both the same, but one has done 560,000 & the other 285,000. Still no detectable wear, & I was only ever on one wheel or the other, still got them just can't ride them anymore. Hope you don't have any major dramas with the VW on the way home.
I believe that the Superliner was an evolution of the N.R. Mack from the war. When I was a kid I thought they came from heaven. Having been involved with Ted Pritchard's steam car I wanted Mack to look at steam. They did not reply. A huge mistake because after all those years I believe something will come of it. Where it would be now would be anybody's guess but they would have left the diesels for dead. They should look at it now but I don't think there is anybody in this whole wide world as gutsy as he was. That project was ruined by idiots in Canberra. His friend designed and built the first flight recorder at the Govt. Aircraft Factory and because the govt. would not continue funding it they sold it overseas for peanuts. I tell kids to get out of this country fast if they want to go places.
The Johnson Bros T904 and the classic Superliner are indeed spectacular. Those were awesome catches. The usual locations in Roma never disappoints. The variety is great, old and new trucks with interesting loads. Thanks a lot for the new videos, it's great you are posting again. I'm sure this will be a quality new series.
Thanks zsolt,the superliner was a pearler,great to see her still working away.904s are always a great get.this trip I found another spot,it's good aswell.not as many triples this time as I had engine problems
As an American i have always appreciated y’all’s road trains. If i could drive anything. It would most definitely be an Australian road train.
I agree with you mikey,when you have roadtrain on the front and back,you know it's a bigun.i take my hat off to the drivers,it wouldn't be easy mate
@@TheCt300 i agree with ya!!
Great footage, thanks.
Thanks mate,I appreciate that
romas always a great spot to find the type 2 trains! spotted a parked quad setup at 5:00 as well
Roma is like the grand final for me Jonny, no 1.thers a few quads to come up later on mate
Mack Superliner might be 1988-89 ish? It's got the newer style tanks with the built in step drop down, usually seen on Valueliner's. I don't recognise the sleeper as a normal factory Superliner one though.
Either way that's an all time favorite truck for me. 👍💯🚛
Used to see a yellow/white one (Superliner II) up in FNQ hauling for Woolworths, it was called "mack-gician" 😂. What a unit too!!
Haven't seen it since mid 00's, like to know what happened to it.
Excellent Video once again !
And 1 more thing, sometimes your hand or finger is a black blur in the top left corner of the lens, just an FYI 🙄
Your right canuck 1 of mine all time favourites.i notice the blurr when I'm videoing sometimes,it's not my finger.it only happens sometimes,I haven't worked the problem out as yet mate,but I will
You sound like a true Mack afficionado, & very select tastes too. There's a chap in Brisbane ? who is running exclusively B models on local, last I saw he had 3 of them working.
That shade is because I have the stabilisation mode on,it's a fault on my camera I found out yesterday.when I'm back to where I purchased it I will have it looked at and fixed canuck
Hello from Germany 👋🙋🌿🇩🇪
Hello from Australia amir,I hope you are enjoying
Allez gutte? Allez frisch?
Western Australia.
Love that blue Kenworth triple road train over size
The keogh one,yes I agree adrian.they have some beautiful trucks.in no 3 I videoed the white western star and the blue western star leaving the United servo,both beautiful.and if you look at my roadtrains at morven 2023 video you will see a beautiful keogh 909 grey triple leaving that servo.im sure it's the first clip mate
G'day mate I know what you mean about the old stuff I'm a Kenworth bloke but I adore the old stuff especially the Mack good to see you have a few more videos coming cheers mate
You like the old stuff like me Michael,well your going to like the next video.ive got a kenny thats unbelievable.i was a kenworth fan growing up but when the superliners arrived,gees i couldn't split them,I'd have been happy with either
There like a good woman it's hard not to have a soft spot for them .
@@michaelmason1087 so very true mate
Would it be to much trouble to get some still photos of a few trains an especially that Marmon if you come across that again Christ there's not many of them in Australia when I was in my late 20s a agent ask if I'd be interested in selling them here turn that down I should have had a crack at it.
@michaelmason1087 I've finished Roma as I've got engine problems Michael stuck in toowoomba at moment.next time I'm videoing I will definitely take some pictures and put up aswell mate
Great footage mate👍
Thanks Robert,I've got a couple more good ones to come.no 2 is up now and no 3 be up early tomorrow
So you made it to Roma, good stuff!
That Johnson's T904 was an early heavy, & they really were the goods alright, last incarnations of the model not so much, in my opinion, & I had both the first & the last.
When KW launched the T904s they toured & showed a light spec & a heavy, both had daylight doors, but it took them 3 years to loose the quarter vents in the production models.
Another thing was that the early bonnets were very, very heavy in comparison to the later ones. It was a two man lift, I used a hook behind the bonnet emblem & strap to the bullbar to use its weight to make the lift on my own; & if you're replacing mounting rubbers, get the right ones as the later ones won't last more than a day or two, the resulting misalignment will then destroy the guides.
BTW you can get under round tanks, not so with square tanks, they have to be run up onto blocks so that you can then only slide under from the bullbar end.
But here's a story, mayhap 25 years ago I followed a chap as we bobtailed over to CAT in Melbourne, just in case he needed a tow. He had an absolutely gorgeous T900 with an E motor, the ill omened 1/2 electronic, 1/2 manual version. It was over fueling massively, couldn't see it for black smoke. It was a fairly easy fix, & put right in a couple of hours, so when they presented their invoice with a flourish, he said "what? I have to pay now?" & "can't you just send me the bill, & I'll pay it in 90 days?" "You know same as the way you pay me for the freight I haul for you?" Well he did pay, 3 months later.
I was thinking you might like 904 when I was filming it Native.i have another blue 4 decker later on to upload aswell,gee is she a beauty.im doing another video now,it should be up late today with a 501 brute,wait until you see her,big 600 cat in it.gees I didn't know there were so many teething problems in the 904s,you owning them would know mate.i did get some good videos but not as many triples as I had engine problem and had to get towed to toowoomba,where I'm at now.it kept cutting out after 2 seconds,racq computer said the code.after 3 days being idle starts and no problem. here at vw toowoomba,no problem on their computer.so I give them the code,comes up something to do with the emission gases so I decided to replace the part,but this morning they call and say to that they also need another part but 4 to 6 weeks wait..i had planned to go back to Roma but now I will try and ease her back to nsw late tomorrow then order from there.i should be able to upload 2 videos today then there will be a break
@@TheCt300 No teething problems at all with the inception of the 904s, they were rock solid. You just had to be careful to stick to the right proprietary parts for model series & spec. KW, CAT, Eaton Fuller, & Dana was truly a marriage made in heaven.
The teething problems came with 908s, & consequent switch to Cummins, twin turbos, gas, etc.
Bad news about the VW, sounds like an expensive pain in the buttocks. Mercs are the same story, ditto Fiat, in my view anything Euro. I remember reading an RAC report in the late 2000s that said " the best of the Euro is equivalent in quality terms to the worst of the Asian. & I've talked to a lot of WA pilots, they liked the Hyundai iload best. One woman bought a Merc & when she escorted me up to Derby said she thought she was buying quality. When the diff crown wheel broke, it was clearly & undeniably started from a casting crack that had passed QC, but they refused to warranty it because it was a pilot vehicle. Same story with Fiat gearbox seals, & warranty. I won't even mention VW. You know I often thought pilots got a raw deal on the road, here a truckie could have a shower at any road house, but not a pilot. Then again Mitchell sold out of his fuelies to Toll, & started buying up roadhouses in earnest, inflated the fuel prices, sold only toxic, fat, junk food, & you had to buy 600 ltr min to get a shower. I was a great believer in supporting the outback communities, but that's when I started carrying 1000ltr pods over the drives, getting the butcher to kryvac portions for me, & cooking with gas.
Looking forward to watching Roma 2 during dinner, "ah, the simple joys of being single".
@returnofthenative apart from the kitchen duties I love being single native,when you watch no 2 you will like 1 special truck I have on it.with the vw,she be alright as long as my pockets are full haha.i didn't know about the 908s until you told me but I still reckon they are a great looking truck.did cummins sort their problems out in your book mate and what do you think about them now.this trip I got a few videos with at least 5 with cats in them.that Johnstone 904,he told me he's just put a cat in her after over 2 million kms.hes the last of the brothers driving now,the other 2 are in their 80,s.hes in his 70,s and said he's still loving it
@@TheCt300 Don't know about the 908s now, I never had one, & teething probs are only to be expected with anything radically new. I'm just into my 70s now & past it all.
Had to surrender my license because of significant vision impairment. Quite frankly I could hardly see, & it was a huge worry. BTW my C16 had done over 5 million k's & still wasn't burning oil between changes. Ran it at 26psi boost polling 120-140 tons. I cobbled up an electric to geared car oil pump pre-start at 4 or 5 psi. ran a Scania spinner pre-filter (the old type that had to be scraped out with a plastic paddle) before the stock paper filters, fitted marine zinc anodes into the block plugs to avoid electrolysis damage. Made up a huge fuel sedimenter before the filters. Ditched the air intake scoops in favour of Donaldson dust bowl type pre filters. Lots of things really.
Another thing that was very, very successful was that I used the synthetic gear oil used in extreme mining applications on the drive train. 8 times the price, but it doesn't burn & you never need to change it. I found it in a 1000 ltr tumbled & slightly broken open pod on the side of the road, & having nothing to decant it into, I isolated & drained one of my 500 ltr fuel tanks to carry it home. Used it on my motorcycle boxes too. Sequential boxes clunk, now they snicked into gear. Both the same, but one has done 560,000 & the other 285,000. Still no detectable wear, & I was only ever on one wheel or the other, still got them just can't ride them anymore.
Hope you don't have any major dramas with the VW on the way home.
@returnofthenative sorry to hear about your vision native,i hope it can it be fixed for you.
Great clip mate.
Thanks mate,it's a great spot one of my favourites
Hey mate you get any of Halliburton 👍🏻
I still have more to upload Ben,I'm not sure.i do have Halliburton on my 2023 videos.no 12 onwards
Too easy I was running bulk tanks between 7th- 21st I saw you a couple of times cool vids mate 👍🏻
@benboon3472 next time I'm out there Ben,if you see me say hi.then I will know what your driving and I will video you
1:51 Mack ♥️♥️♥️
Yeah she's a beauty eh
I believe that the Superliner was an evolution of the N.R. Mack from the war. When I was a kid I thought they came from heaven. Having been involved with Ted Pritchard's steam car I wanted Mack to look at steam. They did not reply. A huge mistake because after all those years I believe something will come of it. Where it would be now would be anybody's guess but they would have left the diesels for dead. They should look at it now but I don't think there is anybody in this whole wide world as gutsy as he was. That project was ruined by idiots in Canberra. His friend designed and built the first flight recorder at the Govt. Aircraft Factory and because the govt. would not continue funding it they sold it overseas for peanuts. I tell kids to get out of this country fast if they want to go places.
cool mate
Thanks Rodney
Super liner is registered as 1990 model
OK Paulie,she is a beautiful old girl
THAT'S A TRUCK.
Agree totally David
it's a 1990 Mack superliner
OK Alex,she's a beauty eh.when I saw her parked up I just had to film her
@@TheCt300 just use rego checker to find out the make & year..
@@alexspano6970 ok mate