Brocky

The article on Allis Chalmers engines was in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of the ATHS Wheels of Time. If you are an ATHS member you can go to the home page top right enter your member number and acess the issue. Brocky

The whole story is NOT known. During the late 40's thru the mid 50's the design engineering departments at DT and IH had a very close working arrangement. The people in the know have since passed away, but it assumed that they worked togather in the design of the conventional "Comfovision" cab which was stamped by the Chicago Cab Co and assembled in the individual plants. The DT 22 series spring loaded counterbalanced manual tilt LCF cab, which IH used as the VCO cab, was designed by the Murty Bros of Portland OR under contract to Mr. Tilt of DT. IH used the DT plant in Chcicago to build heavy duty, special order, R model IH trucks which would have tied up the regular production line in Fort Wayne. IH also used DT to build prototypes as industrial esponage mis-information. The nickname Emeryville came from these trucks first being built at the IH Emeryville CA plant. Brocky

Here is another of the prototypes using the LCF Diamond T 22 series cab set up and to the back. It has Diamond T badges and the picture is taken at the DT factory in Chicago. After about 5 pages of discussion on the ATHS What am I forum in 2009 it was finally decided that it went on to become the Emeryville.

Jim beat me to it! Just Old Trucks is a great forum. Lots and Lots of pictures of all makes. Plus the daily WAI picture question section moved over there from the ATHS site.

Bullhusk Did the Richard Dahn outfit also have some pnuematic tanks pulling cement out of Northampton,Nazereth, Bath PA area? Seems I remember them back in the 70's-80's? Brocky

Mark I am glad to see Campbells is still in business. 20-25 years ago when I drove for Oliver Trucking pulling Records out of CBS in Pitman we used them as a cartage agent. Very nice people to deal with, Some of the family lived on the same street as the terminal and with a phone call you could load/unload 24/7. Brocky

Since the Werner trucking family also owns the Werner Ladder Company it is hard to tell if there is a connection.

As Bullhusk has said the Superliner was designed by Brockway for introduction in '78, BUT Mack never let Brockway get that far and kept the design to make into the Superliner. Somewhere on the Brockway site discussion board and/or Huskidrive.com is a topic with several pictures taken in the Brockway shop during its development. Brocky

That box means that there is supposed to be a picture to go with the post that did not come thru. I have no idea why or how to fix??

I believe this whole problem started in the mid 60's with Dr Spock and the other child psycoligists who said we wered only supposed to 'Talk" to children not discipline them. The first word a child learns (or at least should) at age 6 month is the word NO!! He forgot that the slap on the back of the hand or across the bottom was required to get their attention first and to re-enforce the words. 50 years later, with each generation becoming increasingly lax, along with the loss of religious guidence and increasingly wierd sh*t in all areas of the media we now have people who have NO RESPECT for themselves, parents, other people,or authority. The pendulum of child abuse has swung all together too far liberal from what it was 100 years ago and now society is paying the price. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims familys and the responders who had to deal with the situtation. Brocky

Mike My only thought is to contact George Tackaberry in Athens Ont, addy should be listed in an ATHS roster, as he has bought trucks from the states and probably sold some back into the states. He regelarly brings truck to stateside shows so he must know most of the regulations and/or who to contact for the "official" version. Brocky

Mike Thanks for the pictures. The museum and Jamboree are on my wish list of things TO DO. Maybe I can schedule it in with going to or returning from Yakima. Brocky

Vlad Please take the time to go to http://forums.justoldtrucks.com Peter J's place // Marmon-Herrington trucks topic We are having a discussion as to whether or not some M-H trucks made it to Russia before, during, or after WW 2??? Any information you might have would be appreciated. Their registration system to post takes a return email to activate as spam prevention. Thanks Brocky

My first thought was with Maddog. Good dryer vent hose.. Brocky

Hey Vinny and others When you have plenty of time, take a visit to this website for your fill of Macks and other makes of plow trucks. You may even see a picture of the Mack going by your house. plowsite.com // pictures forum // equipment, tools, and vehicle pictures // DOT/city/town/county Bring the whole coffee pot with you as the topic has 460 pages over a span of 8 years!!! Brocky

Vinny I believe it was. Both of those green macks are owned by Jerry Ayres (?) of southwest Virginia

And a couple of overall scenes

Here are acouple more Macks at Chilhowie last spring

Back in the 60's I seem to remember that Onondaga Redimix in Syracuse NY had some mixer trailers?? With a rear axle driven by the hydraulic system??? Can anyone confirm or deny my case of CRS?? Brocky

Neat Pictures. It is being driven by ATHS member retired Colorado senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. If you go to justoldtrucks.com, Peter J's Place back a page or two, there is a topic on this subject which also has pictures of the 2007 tree convoy in which the ATCA chapter from Rutland VT used ALL antique Mack and Brockway equipment. Brocky

Guys It was a great show. 150+ antique trucks, 30-40 farm tractors, and 20 or so new commercial and towing rigs. Southeastern Regional Truck Show (SERTS) put on by about 5 ATHS chapters of the Tenn / NC region. This next spring it will move, because of expenses, to the Roane County Community College in Harriman Tenn, about 30 mile west of Knoxvillle. The show is in the middle of April. I will post an exact date when I get one. Brocky

There is more on them on the Brockway site.

I am with RandyP, I started on Brockways: At 14 y/o a '59 single axle 220 and 5+2 with 38 ft dropdeck in the fields loading hay, then a '48 154 wrecker around the garage lot, and took my NYS Class 1 road test in '67 in Syracuse on a 1953 154W belonging to Ithaca Delivery. First Mack was a mid 60's B-70 single axle dump, 707 and quad, with a V plow and wing. Then the first OTR was a '70 R-600 237 and 5 speed for Matlack. And in '77 a '76 459 Brockway for a year. Brocky

There is finally a little more discussion of the show losses on the ATHS Road Kill site.. That is if they do not get deleted overnight!! Brocky

FWD My son in law in Doylestoen, an IT engineer, has a 12 volt back up on his sump pumps and a charger wired up from the garage so he can charge the batterys up from his car if necessary. A lot of the rush at the stores is that city people today do not have a pantry full of canned goods stocked up for any emergency. Brocky