I got my license in a 318 Detroit with the sweetest set of straight pipes I ever heard, three years after I left that job I heard the truck coming up Adams street in Peoria Il, New owner same pipes.
great sound ! Russia copied the engines Detroit 4-71 and 6-71. I rename them as Maz-200 and Maz-204, they have the same sound. Here in Cuba there are still Detroit engines of the 50's installed in trucks of those years working every day!
My grandfather had a trucking company, and had all Detroit Diesels. His terminal was in a location where houses grew up around it. We lived 2 houses down. I still remember hearing that sound as all the trucks came back every late afternoon.
Truth of the matter is to get the Best sound out of a 8V71 natural aspiration you need mufflers like twin Riker's. You get the sound from the exhaust and can hear the wine of the motor to make the Best Detroit symphony ever. Nice video, Beautiful Brockway
I used to break down and hook up our 40 ton shertzer detachable when I was 12 my old man taught me and the first thing he said and I"m 61 now is, whenever you hook this or unhook it stand on the lowbed if it drops it doesn"t cut your foot off, I suggest you do the same.
8 71 and 8v92 I like BEST to drive. Very cool old TRUCKS. Old in so many ways have better looks and character,it's like older woman,their beautiful lovers as the song says. Keep on truckin.
I can attribute part of my hearing loss to many trips from WNY to NYC driving a 1971 8V-71 Brockway with gvw's up to 90K (which replaced the old Cummins 250 Brockways.) Made a lot of noise in the city but didn't really put out in the country (old Detroit joke about city girls). It was still better than the extra tractor driven occasionally, a 1959 6-71 Crackerbox with a 2 speed tag axle. NYC was at least twice as far away. They each contributed to a slice of heaven, a 1973 Model 123 KW with a 350 Cummins opened up to 400 and authority reaching out and covering over 25 eastern states. Alas they are still fond memories.
How much more power did the 8v71 detroit have compared to the 250 Cummins....? I believe it was the older smaller block than the 855....probably the NH 743 block? With a turbo?
I never packed a thing, hell, I didn't even know I was taking a trip until I halfway to NYC riding shotgun with you and those ol trucks! There's a world of knowledge and hard work that go into driving and maintaining these ol trucks, that sorry to say, is no longer needed. Along with the onset of the automatic transmission, and an incredible amount of skills needed to operate trucks safely were removed from the truck driver portfolio. Two people in 2 separate truck accidents were killed on I - 70 near my small Illinois town this weekend, and could have been avoided altogether if people had been paying closer attention. You couldn't talk or txt and drive these ol trucks! I guarantee!
fil1329 The NHC-250 is a 14.0L (855 CI) and the 220 is 743 CI.The 250 Small Cam makes 240 HP and the Military used them a lot in the 5 Ton Trucks.I have a M813 that's running 330 HP and 995 Pounds of Torque being modified,and the 250 with 240 HP made only 728 Pounds of Torque.The 8V-71 was rated at 318 HP with 800 Pounds of Torque.
Even though Brockway closed in 77, those trucks kept rolling, I can remember seeing DeFazio Trucking running stubby nose Brockways like the one on the trailer into the mid / late 80s
DeFazio had a huge amount of those Brocks Re-Cabed in Lancaster PA at J Thomas LTD. He was an ex Brockway higher up , who was doing it the mid 80's. Toured the plant sometime in the 83, 84 range.......It was full of cabs, w/the interiors painted in that Brockway green.........
I live 35 miles from Cortland NY where the old Brockway building was they have a big Brockway show and parade set-up in the village,a great visual event. Some old guys called the Brockways ,the "Cortland Vibraters".
Nothing better than a Detroit in a Brockway. Drove a couple tri-axle dumps for this guy,, We had around 25 Brockways, most were Detroits with a couple 425 Cats in the trailer dumps.
Man, I must have watched this at least 30 times! I love that 361, such a beautiful example of my favorite model of truck. (I took the liberty of making her picture my profile picture :) Brockways forever!)
Don't roast me but I never really knew how those old flatbeds worked. But, good to see that people are saving pieces of history like I try to do. Kudos
Maynard Reed I know the new owner of the blue truck, if you’re interested I could get you in touch with him and he may be able to get you in touch with the property owner
the black one is a 361 and they are awesome work horses, it is such a shame that some of thesestrucks aren't being used when they have so much life left in them.
Boy thats a really nice rig u got there bro... m first ride in a truck was a 69 brockway tow truck. Been in luv with trucks sence, hey can u post a pic of the one u just pick up when yur done with it please. Thanks for the video takes me back to the good old days.👍👍
There's a way the air brakes whistle on these older trucks that brings back of when I was a little boy. I wonder why they don't make that noise anymore?
God what nice trucks. I regularly see a Brockway working here in the Glens Falls area of NY. There's an old Autocar too that I see once in a while. Would like to find who owns them so I could get a better look
We don't have them that loud in the states anymore either. You have to be an owner operator to suit your engine up that way. But American models are still louder than European models.
For the first clip imagine your in the forest playing hide and seek and decide to hide in one of the scrap cars then this Brockway is barreling up to you at high speed 💀
Michael Bacon They are very closely related, (by marriage, LOL). They were separate companies, But in later years Brockway was struggling, and Mack bought them out. The Dog you see on the Brockways is a Husky. I’m pretty sure that predates the merger. But the last Brockways that were made had Mack R model cabs with the squarish Brockway hood. Interesting though, I never see any Brockways out here on the West Coast I don’t know why they never were popular out here. They’re just primarily known as an East Coast rig. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockway_Motor_Company?wprov=sfti1
california. emitions. thats why. damn emition tests maded them die due to the fact that they are burn to much fuel. thats why. i too love the sound of a detroit but apparently emitions are WAY more important
Detroit diesels are scavenge fed by a blower. Turbocharged models have the designation of T after the engine modle. Like 4-53T or 8V71TT the whistle when they work
