1948 Brockway Truck. Brockway Trucks, built in Cortland New York
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- This is a Brockway Truck Model 152W
Located in the Heart of Cortland NY, the Brockway Truck Company first manufactured horse drawn carriages and buggies but as time wore on they moved into the horseless carriage business...Trucks! In 1956 Brockway Trucks became a division of Mack Trucks.
Brockway would specialize in building quality trucks from 1912 to their end in May of 1977.
This 1948 Brockway 152W is in fantastic condition with a list of Preventative Maintenance work completed in 2013. Getting is ready for the road... it helps keep her in top condition.
With a wood frame, the sheet metal was stamped out, then actually nailed to the framing to create the finished look.
This style of construction was common in the early years of vehicle production, and also helped some of the early drivers come up with nick-names for this well loved brand....such as "The Cortland Shaker."
Equipped with the stout Continental 46B Engine, the 427 cubic inch Six Cylinder Monster will pull a house off the foundation, but top speed is about 42 miles per hour. It has a Fuller 5 Speed Manual Transmission
and an Eaton 2 speed rear axle. It has a MFG Rated Capacity is 22,000 lbs and the gross Weight is 32,000 lbs.
Look inside and see a working truck from yesteryear… No Power Steering…No Radio, No Power
Seat, Not even Air Conditioned!
These are the trucks that kept America moving…Kept America Growing”
I want to extend a very warm thank you to Tom Millard for getting the history of my truck to
me, as most often happens to antique vehicles, the history is lost and their identity with them.
Tom informed me that "Your truck" was originally a long wheelbase single axle gas or fuel tank
delivery unit! It was originally owned by Suttcliffe Oil in Scranton Pennsylvania!
Later in life, it went to Kaminski construction in Pittston Pennsylvania. It was never registered
for the road as it was a site truck on their property. Dom Zacanino bought it and I think he registered with another number as the registration is a 1948 but the serial number of the chassis and cab decodes as a 1953 unit.
While owned by Dom Z, this tractor was sent to Fruehauf to have the frame shortened and a new Simplex 5th wheel installed on the rails. The Continental Gas 46b motor was rebuilt by DG Nichols in Scranton Pennsylvania. In 1992 Dom entered "Miss Rachel" in a "BIG RIG" show and she won in it's class.
A few year later...Dick Howe, a noted truck collector near Sidney New York purchased this truck and
did a few upgrades, which you can see from the photos.
It's life in Pennsylvania is part of the reason that this Brockway is a rust free truck.
In the fall of 2006 Hugh Reihlman helped me bring it home and the rest is "history" as they say!
My dad had a twin screw mid 50's Brockway. Green, hot and nasty. He pulled a 40 ft. flatbed or a 30 ft. tanker with it. She was a beaut.
I have been trucking for 40 years ,My first truck I drove was a 61 brockway Texaco tank hauler ...
Great ♥️🤗
So glad you have it licensed and running rather than it being stuck in a museum never to run again.
Such an awesome piece of American history. Back when you could live in a small town and have a job to go to after you left high school. NAFTA has since ended most of that and destroyed hundreds of small towns forever.
This is/ was my family's business 😁
I saw the trailers still driving around in the 80's and 90's with the faded name..
Very, very cool...
I often rode with my dad while he was working hauling petroleum products for Henock Oil Co in the Clifton, NJ.
Awesome truck 👍
Brockway also owned Crown Motorcoach of Los Angeles which built quality buses and fire apparatus. The name implied top quality.
This just proves that the gents in the North do have thing's in common with us here in the South. We all love big trucks😎
She reminds me of that old yellow 1947 Brockway tow truck. At the old Union 76 truckstop State Line, PA. That was late 90's.
Beautiful truck. Glad it's been saved all these years.
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Heard the name, now I get to see it. Beautiful
Beautiful truck, with some real character ....
Nice! Back in the days of iron men and wooden trucks! Once in a while I drove a 1951 Brockway with 262 overhead valve Continental, 5 speed RoadRanger with electric over air two speed axle. I worked for a guy that used it as a wrecker. Even in the 80's, there weren't many local trucks that could run with it. It's still around...
Thank you John...great memories for sure!
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my dad had a48 and i got to drive it way back when !
Beautiful truck
What a treat, never heard of this manufacturer before today. That grille is a work of art! Thanks for sharing!
Showroom quality! Beautiful specimen of a unique rig.
This to me looks much more modern than 1948. Such a nice truck.
Thank you...
Most folks who never heard of a Brockway never heard of a Henway, either.
"What's a Henway?" somebody asked.
"Usually at least five pounds less than a turkey."
Beautiful truck, excellent video presentation.
Thank you Terry...
Thanks for showin'...! One of the first trucks I drove was a Brockway and this brought back fond memories....
Beautiful truck .Never heard of I guess before our time.
Thank you... Best Damn truck out there.
William OGorman
Thank you for your comment.Beautiful truck built strong. Be proud and drive safe.
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They were made by Mack's later down the pike,With Brockway name plate.
Very nice old truck my daddy drove a Brockway cabover thank you
Nice vehicle. Honest restoration is always best.
Thanks, nice overview & History.....interestingly I finally got my first truck, a 2007:GMC CANYON LE/ 2WD LOADED, in 2007... now enjoy trucks a lot more , all kinds.
Gmc canyon? That ain't a truck. Those things are slightly oversized matchbox toys
Fantastic truck excellent work.Regards to Cortland fromm Greece
Hi Bill. Nicely done!
Beautifully 😍 Done Sir...
Fantastic truck. I`ll bet you own it with considerable pride.
That is the strangest most confusing shift pattern I`ve ever seen, most likely not synchronized either. I bet it`s a nightmare to drive. Beautiful though.
I'd love to drive it.
I've been to the factory (in 1976).
What you haven't put spring brakes on it yet, they should be a drop in fit. Several friends have done that to their 40's and 50's brake systems, though one is still vacuum. You need enough brake for our long hills. Have fun
That’s really a beautiful truck and nice peace of history
Thanks for posting William, really enjoyed it!
Just art. Beautiful truck. Thanks
Never heard of these it's a nice truck
i build wooden truck model replicas so i love your videos thanks for the inspiration
Beautiful big rig 🤩 It looks like it was a Hook and Ladder rig for a fire engine ,👍👍👍
Wow! That's a gorgeous looking truck (dare I say it looks "friendly"?)
Thanks for all the hard work, time and money you've given to this classic. I hope you still have it. 👍💕
9 years later my grandfather is looking at it. It’s for sale
Very nice video and Merry Christmas. Thumbs up liked.
BOB REIMER drove many different rigs He loved The B Model Mack and wrote THE B MODEL MACK SONG by
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I'm a 48 year veteran long haul driver and have driven these old trucks. One thing that always baffled me was the fact that they often had a convoluted shift pattern. I got pretty good shifting them, but always wondered why they were designed that way. Anybody know?
She is a beauty you have Beauty
In those times they probably didn't put diesels in very many trucks.
They did not... gas was affordable and torque was king.
Great truck but, We want to hear it run...... Ya know?
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Trucks don't need to run 100 mph like they do now!.This get removed and no doubt censored anything negative it NOT ALLOWED😡
Gas powered.
lovely truck