Brocky

For those of you who have not seen it before. Some of Tony's collection is on the bottom 2/3 of this page., taken in 2015 on the ATHS Down Under Tour. His personal truck, the Southern Cross, is a 50th year anniversary truck. http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/84264/Down-Under-Trip?PageIndex=7

The ATHS Palmetto Upstate Chapter has also canceled their April 25th Spring show in Tigerville SC.

Various states had short length laws, SO shorter tractors meant longer trailers.

There is a NASCAR display transporter based along I-85 in Gaffney SC with a whole fleet of those trailers.

Harry, I believe that Brockway always used their own frames (????) especially as the majority were built for semi off road, severe service, duty.. It has always been claimed that the prototype 1978 Brockway became the American Mack Superliner. So it would not surprise me that Mack of Australia borrowed many of Brockway's developments. Especially for Outback Road Train work. I also do not believe that the Mack and Brockway design engineering departments worked together much until into the early 70's when Brockway started to use the Sheller Globe built Mack R model cab that Brockway introduced in 1974 or 5..

Check in with Geoff Weeks over on the Just Old Trucks website.. He has a couple of trucks with Air Start and swears by them...

I had my 1949 Diamond T professionally restored while I was still working.. Glad I did as now I am retired I could not afford it and I have a good truck to take to shows..

Thank you Jim..

A few years ago at the Cortland NY Brockway show someone had done an excellent job of putting Brockway sheetmetal on an IH ex-U-Haul and was pulling a good sized camper with it. Can not remember the mans name.. Possibly go to brockwaytrucks.com and ask?? There might be pictures also if you go to topics about their show?? Jim Hancock, do you remember the black truck I am talking about???

Nice looking truck!! I really like to Aluminum wheels on the steer and original spokes on the drive.. Period Correct!!!

That unit belonged to past ATHS president James Suttles. He has now passed away, and I have not heard what has happened to his trucks?? If you contact Dana Transport in Demopolis AL, they might be able to help you. Dana bought out Suttles lease operator operations for Matlack and the last email address I had for Mr. Suttles was thru Dana's website. Another contact might be Phil Henderson thru the Superior Carriers website.

Looks good.. I will plan on seeing it in person on May 16th in Spencer NC at the ATHS Piedmont Chapter show.. PM / email me if you need more info.

86, by the tracks you made, you have had as much RAIN as we have had and are getting here in South Carolina.. My driveway and yard are falling apart with the cattle feed trucks..

For the glass!! Send me a PM/Email thru here and I will give you the contact info for David Fay. He is working with a man (in Iowa????) who can build the windows in racing quality Plexiglass. He has him making windshields for his Diamond T "China Closet" COE.

Contact Dane Baldwin 585-233-3682 or dbaldwinjr25@aol.com He deals in a lot of Brockway parts, if he cannot help you he might know of someone who can

Just basically WAY TOO MUCH trailer for that sized truck!! More common sense left behind.

OK on Rick's A-car.. Then the show is probably Springfield MO?

Thanks Jim!! My thoughts were that was Randall's truck. Not sure where that picture was taken, but it looks like Tom Millards Brockway behind it??

January of 1965 or 66 in Oswego NY we had Lightning and thunder in a whiteout snow blizzard!!

I think it is Hagerty who gives a discount to ATHS Members??? Mine are with State Farm.. At the time I insured my 55 F-600 State Farm beat Gulfway by a lot..

Our condolences to you and your family.. All of you will be in our thought and Prayers. Brocky and Nelle

NWS said we also had 3 or 4 small F-1 ones on the south west side of Greenville SC Saturday night.

I have been told that this Superliner design was the one big thing Mack kept as they closed Brockway. The Brockway operation closed in the winter of 76-77 with the final Iranian units assembled by management in Miami the late spring / early summer of 1977. I believe that the design / engineering departments of both companies started working closer together in about 74-75 with the introduction of the Brockway 700 series using the basic Sheller Globe Mack R model cab which had a different cowl for the Brockway butterfly hoods??? Maybe even earlier when Brockway started using the Mack F model cab for their cabovers?? Mack of Australia also used the Brockway designed "Huskiteer" 500 series cab after Brockway closed..I always stand to be corrected..😨

Tom, Thanks for all the pictures of your Florida trip.. The picture of the ice handling equipment reminds me that if any of you are able to get to the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mtn Lake NY, they have a big display of the ice harvesting from frozen lakes to ice down the milk trains coming out of the St Lawrence River valley en route to NYC. They also have a Linn truck with log bunkers in the forestry section. You and the redhead need to come up to Cortland NY for the Brockway weekend and visit all the beautiful upstate.

Paul There is a sugar mill along the A1 in the Mackay / Sarnia QLD area which has a mini mill in front of it, open to the public, which shows the whole operation, plus some antique harvesting equipment in the yard. There are some pictures of it here: http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/84264/Down-Under-Trip?PageIndex=7 scroll down towards the bottom of the page