Rign14 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Season 1 of Movin' On is on you tube, great qualitiy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I watch youtube often. Thanks for the info .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpeterbilt Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Theres also a very affordable box set on amazon. I believe its made by Truckerflix.com, which also puts the old trucker movies on dvd. Theyre bounced from VHS tho, so no remaster quality. Still not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rign14 Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 The ones posted on youtube are great qualitiy, I believe there was a Retro TV Channel that was going to air Movin On and BJ and the Bear. Looks like they may have pulled them off that, dosen't look like it is from a video tape. If you use Real Player Cloud you can download them to your computer, then there is no streaming buffer. I have pulled a few BJ and the Bear, they are uploaded by a different person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Ok, so I've been working my way through Season 1 (I'm on Episode 11), and I've noticed a few things about the truck. Sonny has referred to the engine as a "903 diesel", and in several of the episodes you can clearly see the "903" on the valve covers & the turbo; so that leads me to conclude that the truck has a VT903. In Episode 10, Will is concerned about driving a logging truck with a 5-4 twin stick. When Sonny tells him about the transmission, Will replies, "What? No buttons?". I'm assuming that he is talking about the transmission on Sonny's truck, but I'm not sure what he's talking about. Is he saying that Sonny's truck has an automatic transmission, or that it has an air assisted manual transmission? I also noticed that the badging on the truck (the hood ornament & the "KENWORTH" badges on the side of the hood & sleeper are gold. This leads me to believe that the truck they are "driving around" is a 1973. The interior looks to be a tan VIT interior, but I cannot tell what color the buttons on the back wall & doors are. In some shots the look green (to match the exterior? ), and in other shots they appear to be brown-ish. Does anyone know what color they really might be? I have to admit, it's a pretty cool show. Never did see it back in the 1970s, and I actually hear about it from a 1984 AutoWorld catalog where there was an article about "correcting" the AMT "Movin' On" Kenworth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell C Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) I'd missed the original post, glad to see the update today since I'd only managed to record 4 episodes last year from Retro TV. Link here for the first episode to save others from searchin': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrtrfRDdn00&list=UUv1xRsmc1tS2j4imjYD36vA Edited September 10, 2014 by Russell C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 A mate of mine got the complete series on a usb stick and i watched it so much that i was all movin on'ed out half way through it !!!!!!!!!!! With the buttons thing is , is that when you have a twin stick gearbox the second gearstick used to do what the buttons , ( splitters ) do now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmate Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Watched the first episode, pretty cool old show and truck but I wonder how they made a living when they just drive around visiting people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rign14 Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Ok, so I've been working my way through Season 1 (I'm on Episode 11), and I've noticed a few things about the truck. Sonny has referred to the engine as a "903 diesel", and in several of the episodes you can clearly see the "903" on the valve covers & the turbo; so that leads me to conclude that the truck has a VT903. In Episode 10, Will is concerned about driving a logging truck with a 5-4 twin stick. When Sonny tells him about the transmission, Will replies, "What? No buttons?". I'm assuming that he is talking about the transmission on Sonny's truck, but I'm not sure what he's talking about. Is he saying that Sonny's truck has an automatic transmission, or that it has an air assisted manual transmission? I also noticed that the badging on the truck (the hood ornament & the "KENWORTH" badges on the side of the hood & sleeper are gold. This leads me to believe that the truck they are "driving around" is a 1973. The interior looks to be a tan VIT interior, but I cannot tell what color the buttons on the back wall & doors are. In some shots the look green (to match the exterior? ), and in other shots they appear to be brown-ish. Does anyone know what color they really might be? I have to admit, it's a pretty cool show. Never did see it back in the 1970s, and I actually hear about it from a 1984 AutoWorld catalog where there was an article about "correcting" the AMT "Movin' On" Kenworth. I believe the "button" he is refering to is the splitter valves on the gearshift, I believe they are running a Roadranger 13 speed trans. As to the color of the buttons on the inside, if my memory serves me correctly brown-ish to work with the tan, I say if my memory serves me correctly because way back when the show was on TV, they had one of the trucks on tour visiting alot of Kenworth Dealers, we got to our local dealer after the sales office had closed, but my father was a truck driver and new 1 or 2 of the shop personnel and they let us in the shop to see it, I was just a kid, but I loved that show and getting to be in one of the trucks was awsome. That was such a great truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brinx Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 @jimB..if you're asking about the buttons in the "diamond tuck" of the interior , they appear to be dark Green into tan. (season 2 episode 19) brinx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Thanks for the info, guys. I'm kind of thinking they are dark green as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapazleo Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Being there was more than one truck used for filming the color of the buttons could be both green and brown. One truck had a vt903 and another had a small cam 350 I remember for sure. Many people missed the show during its original airing because it was opposite Happy Days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repstock Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Perhaps this will help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olsbooks Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 A true GOOD old show. The twighlight of the golden age when primetime networks and viewers still had their head screwed on straight and priorities right. QUALITY entertainment extolling some values that matter....... Lost but not totally forgotten. THANK YOU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) he is asking about the trainy. yeah about the same idea. Im sure there is a fuller or eaton man in here that can tell more. Also for a (RUFF) idea you can youtube Fuller transmission. Its beef 22 years since I been in one what is being used now I have no clue.did look at one video To me that dont seem rite. Edited December 16, 2014 by clayton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olsbooks Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) Humor me as I go down amnesia alley..... While they likely used different trucks for the show with different spec's and little emphasis made on technical accuracy, transmissions were usually one of 3 things for standard "over the road owner operator setups".... A main and aux transmission. No air lines/buttons/splitter with 2 sticks. The then new Eaton/Fuller "Roadranger" .Back then they were using model RT125 and RTO125 series (direct or overdrive) in 9,10,13, 15 speeds for big engines. Other than the knob appearance, function stayed pretty much the same well into the 90's. 9 and 10 speeds have a hi/low range selector mounted on the shift lever. 13 and 15's overdrives had a direct/overdrive selector on the knob. Non overdrive 13 and 15 speeds which had 3 position selectors on the knob and no hi/lo range on the lever. Spicer had all kinds of setups with their 14 speed being pretty popular. They were easy to tell by a large blue shift knob with a single select lever on the front of the knob. With KW, you could get all kinds of oddballs if you had the $ and imagination as the option list was as thick as a dictionary. Unlike GM with whom I spent my time, on KW (and others like Pete, Marmon, and Western Star) if you could dream it, they would build it. There were even set ups with Allison automatics AND a 2-3 speed manual auxiliary behind them. These were for some dump truck operators that wanted better slow speed control when dumping asphalt or serious grade issues. Probably the "hottest" setup with owner operators beyond the 5x4, was the RTOO12515. 15 speed double overdrive. If you had the HP, were empty, a fast rear end gear like 2.73, 24.5" tires on flat land, you could fly. 100 mph quite easy. Edited December 17, 2014 by olsbooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrodder Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 My dad and i (remember im 15) watched a couple episodes the other night and i love this show...seeing all the kw's makes me want to build one of the old w-925's. i plan on finishing up season 1 by monday...as long as we get an hdmi cable so we can watch them on the tv instead of our laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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