As one who grew up in Cortland NY, had a chance to tour the plant on a school field trip in 1970 or 71. Was amazed has to how a truck went from two steel rails, too a finished truck. A true hand build truck. No robots made.
I drove trucks for 38 years and the first truck I drove was a 1962 Brockway diesel dump truck which I loved and I hauled blacktop with it. Thanks for the memories. John
I drove a nice conventional Brockway in 1977 for a Cortland NY outfit called Monks transport. I lived in Cortland at the time. It's the only conventional I ever liked . As a kid I rode Brockway buses that were from the thirties.
my grand dad plowed snow for 23yrs for the richford NY town highway department that used brockway trucks till the late 90s. loved riding in that truck with the V plow setup.
The brockway was just a different version of mack by the time I was old enough to drive in the sixties. Our location on the west coast along with our own road conditions, didn't fair well with many east coast rigs and the first brockway I seen was parked in the salvage yard. I don't really know much about it except it just wasn't popular unless you were used to seeing autocars, macks, sterlin's and a few others. I started on a international and then mack and then pete. I just gave it up for pulling wrenches as it paid twice as much and kept me out off trouble.
Drove both, long nose, cab over. Rattling Detroits. Later Int. CAB OVERS . Brockways sounded as if you were speeding, cops watched. 55 MPH in a head wind, loaded 40 ft. Load. Them were the days . 85 retired, miss the noise,diesel smell. Perfume to me. 🐻❤❤❤
I love this video!!! I work for my family's Excavation Business and we run a couple Brockways. My dad has a 761 tractor and I have a 761 dump truck. My grandfather also has three Brockways.They are great trucks. Awesome video. I an going to share it with some of my Brockway friends!
One of all time favorites use to run one once in awhile what a truck to drive wish they never went out business would of owned till this day as a owner operator
Yes sir,Mack followed through.And i remember that Mack brought 5 Mack R models with original 350 Econodyne engines with turbo and turbines and original borinquen special treatment.I know because my dad's former boss Carlos Rivera(R.I.P.)had two.
@@fernandofigueroa2408 Juan Hernandez transport in Arecibo, P.R. had some beautifull Mack R models single axle tractors built like those macks you mention.
I like this channel. There's not a lot of good info I've seen on history of trucking- only summary blips about "oh yeah something six axle PETERBILT 379" so having a source of good info about the evolution of the industry is appreciated.
It’s too bad Brockway had to shut down after a strike in mid 1977 when Mack shut it down. While America had Brockway, Hayes in British Columbia was an equivalent size truck manufacturer, mostly using Kenworth cabs. Jack’s Chrome Shop should do a video on the history of Hayes and Scott (the Canadian Oshkosh) trucks.
Brockway left a bad taste in my mouth. Literally. One of my first jobs out of school was in a 2 way radio shop installing 2 way radios in every imaginable vehicle type from Cushman scooters to tractor trailers. Everything. One of the customers the boss picked up was a trash company with a fleet of trucks that were about 90% Brockways. Not every truck that got a 2 way radio was new. What finally did it for me was making battery connection under the trash box with garbage juice leaking from some weephole, dripping down the back of my head & neck, finding it's way into my mouth. After vomiting for a good 10 minutes and praying to God I didn't swallow any toxins, I decided I wasn't going to do that shit anymore. I'll do the tower work, but screw that mobile radio installation shit. Not the fault of Brockway to be sure, but jeebuz. >SHUDDER< I think I paid my dues on that job.
It’s sad that such a company had to close doors like this, probably one of the best examples of how a brockway should be is a video here on RU-vid of a Brockway U459 cabover with a 12V71 detroit in her… that thing sings
Hey would it be a stretch to do a few history vids on buses? Most notably, GMC, Prevost, Flxible, MCI, New Flyer, Gillig, Nova Bus, Eagle, Mack, and AM General.
Awesome video. I like Brockway trucks too. Can you do a video about Autocar trucks including the A-10264 truck form Over The Top too? If it's okay with you. Please leave a comment and like so Jacks Chrome Shop can see this. Please and thank you.
6:47 "Help win the war in Korea?" Maybe need a little fact checking on that one...lol As for Brockway, my dad owned a drilling company and one of our trucks was a Brockway. Hated that truck! Slow af and a hot mess to work on. Was never so happy as the day he sold it LOL!