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  1. Brocky
    Dumb Butt Question: Anybody got an idea what the silver gismo ahead of the oxygen tank on the cart is???
  2. Brocky
    Seed, Not a dumb question.. Actually interesting.. Beyond the Statue of Liberty decal IDK>> Will let the experts answer your question.. Was there also a special power train package???
  3. Brocky
    Both cabs were built by Sheller Globe in Ohio, But there were a lot of differences.. Besides what Green Giant said there was also a difference in the cowl as Brockway was still using the butterfly hood instead of a tilt hood.
  4. Brocky
    I remember seeing those covered wagons with a reefer unit on the PA Pike years ago, Thinking a 4 axle tractor also?? Never found out what they were hauling????
  5. Brocky
    G'Day Harry, Sort of off topic, but in September of 2015 I met Ian and toured his facility. What a fantastic man and place. Here is a link to some pictures of it. Scroll down to the bottom 1/3 of the page. http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/84264/Down-Under-Trip?PageIndex=7
  6. Brocky
    Red Horse, You are right on the Blank Look!!!! The Super Duty name replaced Big Job in 1958 with the introduction of the 401,477, and 534 Built for trucks engines.
  7. Brocky
    I agree with h67st on the Moving Van. They are a rare animal today.. Check with Jeff Lakaszcyck over on the Just Old Trucks website and he can give you more of the history and pictures of them. PM/Email me if you need his contact info..
  8. Brocky
    Also check with this website's sponsor WATTS MACK!!
  9. Brocky
    That looks Aikers Motor Lines Green. I sent you an email thru here.
  10. Brocky
    Agree, but at least that yellow one does NOT have the "Devil's Horns" spot mirrors sticking out of the middle of the hood.
  11. Brocky
    James, before the White buyout (1958) Diamond T used the IH Comfovision cab, like shown in the above picture. After that they used both the REO cab for vocational use and the Autocar cab for over the road trucks. After 1960 All Diamond T, REO and some special order HD Whites were built at the REO plant in Lansing Mich. Three identical trucks could come down the assembly line and drive out the door as three different makes!! On May 1st, 1967 White motor combined DT and REO and created the name Diamond REO.
  12. Brocky
    Steve, It all depends on the load.. Bob tailing or with an empty trailer you can get away with just the main, then slip in a few auxiliary gear changes to keep your speed/ RPM's comfortable. Then after you are used to both boxes then you can play with the progressive splitting especially with a load on the trailer.
  13. Brocky
    When we went to Alaska I reemember noticing the docks in the freight hauler terminals with the dock edge / plate sticking out about 6 foot so that this type of straight truck and B double lead trailers could back under the dock to be loaded / unloaded.. Noticed them as I drove by so sorry no pictures..
  14. Brocky
    He has participated in the South Carolina Special Olympics Convoy with that truck for several years now.
  15. Brocky
    Yes, More pictures of your car!!!! And the progress..
  16. Brocky
    Contact Tony Champion in Rockhampton NSW AU.. search his business name of Volvo Commercial Vehicles for phone#, or email contact..Although when I was there in 2015 he did NOT have a Volvo on the lot!!!! He is a Mack Guru and can possibly answer you question or at least can tell you where the info is..
  17. Brocky
    The R model Macks were used as road tractors pulling double 28 foot PUPS. also most were set up to take the converter dolly and make it into a "Clip On" tag axle for pulling 48 footers
  18. Brocky
    If you could cut NYS off at Interstate 84 and let the southern part drift out to sea and sink, The rest of the state might become a decent place to live in again.
  19. Brocky
    They are also stating that the BOD meetings and various speakers will be live on their Website?? But so far they have not got the new website working anywhere near right, So I will NOT hold my hand you know where!!!!
  20. 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
  21. Brocky
    The ATHS Palmetto Upstate Chapter has also canceled their April 25th Spring show in Tigerville SC.
  22. Brocky
    Various states had short length laws, SO shorter tractors meant longer trailers.
  23. Brocky
    There is a NASCAR display transporter based along I-85 in Gaffney SC with a whole fleet of those trailers.
  24. Brocky
    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..
  25. Brocky
    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...

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