Joe Ditchkus

Leversole In Pa. you cannot buy an Antique Plate for a trailer I have been told. Trailer Plates in Pa. are reasonable I think $25.00 year and it has to be Pa. safety inspection which is not bad good tires,brakes lights work trailer solid not rotted out bad.I pull a trailer with Freightliner that has Antique Plates.I am taking my Brockway to ATHS Show in Springfield,Mass. this May on trailer I hope no problems.I do not know about RV options. Joe D.

Shawn I live in Penna. and run trucks with ICC and Pa.PUC Authority. I also run Antique vehicles but keep everything separate.Neither is needed to drive your Antique Plated and insured Vehicle to shows, garage or pleasure ride. If you plate your truck antique 25 years or older in Pa. no state inspection is needed.Pa. is pretty good on running antique plates I have never been hassled in 20 or more years. No Commercial use allowed at all. I have Antique insurance with both J.C. Taylor and Gulfway. Both are good but Gulfway allows you to pull trailer with your antique vehicles on it J.C.Taylor does not.As far as getting Antique plate at Harrisburg its a trap shoot who you deal with at Penndot,I have had both good and bad experiences. When you take pictures for Penndot you will need all 4 sides no names,lettering or license plates are allowed by the person I dealt with. Try to wipe cab down with oil as it helps paint look better or spray with water before pictures it works sometimes. Nice B. Joe D.

If you go to Macungie Show go 80 miles North to scranton,Pa.Steamtown USA is there a collection of steam powered locomotives. Also about 2 miles away is McDade Coal Mine Tour. You go down in mine car to the workings of an old Anthracite Coal Mine.If you have never been in a deep mine before it is quite the experience. They tore down the Mack family House in Mount Cobb,Pa. and now is a new housing development Mack estates. i live about 1 mile from Mack Estates Development. If here in middle of August Brockway Truck show 100 Anniversary is being held in Cortland,New York. They close down Main Street for the day. Joe D.

RTLO-16618 has final ratio 0.85 RTO-15715 final ratio 0.79 Joe D.

It is good Bobbie's Truck stayed close. Thanks for the pictures. the Emeryville next to Bobbie's is owned by an acquaintaince of mine Bill Nagy. Joe D.

Rob Good looking Grandaughter. Joe D.

There are some options if you want to keep it. Outside storage at storage business usually is reasonable $50.00 month or less. Before I had my garage I found garage and warehouse owners that were reasonable. Good Luck Joe D.

Where did Bobby Fiero's truck end up? I hauled coal with Bobby from Scranton Wilkes Barre area to Nepco and Panther Creek. He was driving the Superliner Tractor with the V8. He used to pass us going up Ashley Plains hill and look over and smile,not to rub it in but he loved driving the V8. We always met up at Macungie.Joe D.

I was leased to Gilchrist/Queensway in mid 80'S. I was leased to their Northeast Delivery Company. All 3 were owned by same family. They now run a company called Dupont Motor Lines Old Forge,Pa.same old terminal. When I was working for them they had plenty of work and paid on time with decent rates. They ran a lot of F-Model Macks back then. Green dash Queensway Trailers did have the yellow crown on them.Joe D.

Rob you got me again. I forgot about that option for operating in snowy or dusty locales. I have a gaspot IH with 549 that has that also. Joe D.

Rob I should have said the 237 had one tube from air cleaner sorry about that. I never owned a 300+so no experience with them, but had several 237 and 300 Maxidynes. Joe D.

If it has 2 tubes from air cleaner and 5 speed I would say it is a 300 (283-285 hp ) Maxidyne. If it was a 300 plus it would have a 9,10 or more speed trans as they were not high torque rise engines Thermodynes.Joe D.

James j I would think International was the top seller of trucks in time period you asked about. It still is the # 2 seller of heavy duty trucks today. Joe D.

Olivetroad I was busted up pretty good. The drunk driver of other vehicle did not make it sorry to say. Truck and trailer went down road on its side at 60 mph. It caught fir and when it stopped I climbed out passenger window. Only about 20' of trailer and tractor frame was left, the rest melted in fire. Joe D.

About any heavy duty parts store could get you what you need. Joe D.

I would love to have that Donald Duck IH. In 1979 my Brother and i bought a new Astro same paint scheme with 8V-92 Detroit. I totaled it along with reefer and load of apples in Montana in 1981. Joe D.

Overdrive ratio on RTO 915 is .81 19%.I hope they put in overdrive trans not direct. Olivetroad I was also bidding but was outbid early. One of the nicest original F-Models I ever saw that was not restored. In reality it would be cheaper to buy this F-Model in nice shape than find one that needs restoring. You would put quite a bit more to bring one up to this condition. Joe D.

Its up over $5,000.00 with 7 days to go. Looks good though. Joe D.

There are still some working Brockway's in my area Northeast,Penna. Mostly tri-axle dumps.Joe D.

Just what I need. I have a tri-plex and shift levers from a F-Model. I know this was the reason I bought them 10 years ago.Joe D.

The aux. in my White is not progressive so once out of under in aux. you only use direct and overdrive. Joe D.

The White 3000 was on Ebay recently and had a winning bid. I do not know if buyer went thru with deal. It had a C-180 Cummins. Joe D.

What looks like clutch plate to you most likely is parking brake. Truck has air brakes also.I have a White Mustang with same main and aux. shift sequence. Joe D.

GG2 if it is a 335 someone added an aftercooler.Joe D.

Reyco is fine for over the road but not stable for dump work and not enough articulation also. Joe D.