I don,t think so ,okay for driving Miss Daisy, but not to deliver bricks or bags of cement to a building site wearing an Armani suit , stick out like a Siamese cat at a dog show.
Lindsey is my youngest brother and a true genius at this stuff. He hasn't done too much with it lately, I don't think, but I wish he'd get back into it. There are some great interviews!
Boy, Seeing this truck brings back some memories! I remember when i was a kid seeing a Brockway with a v12 detroit pulling a dump trailer,grossing out on the scales at 140.000# and run the road at 70-75mph all day long. Boy, those were the days!!!
@@dwi189, things were different, before 1980 in Massachusetts, when all the gravel haulers were hauling 140k almost every trip. Moist gravel is pretty heavy...
Beautifully filmed, showing the things an enthusiast would want to see. Good sound synchronization. Good commentary with no music to ruin it. Excellent choice of subject. Well done.
When that truck was built Brockway trucks were considered by many as the best truck money could buy especially on the East coast. The first truck I ever drove was 68 Brockway dump truck it had the same drive train set up as the one in this video. The Buzz-en Dozen and a 13 speed. After a year my boss offered his 5 year old Freight Shaker to me because he was getting a new one. I think I drove my new truck for about a week and asked for my Brockway back.
Brockway = One Beautiful Truck PERIOD! Brings back memories looking out the windshield over the long hood. The very first tractor that I drove was a 1957 Brockway single axle 2 speed with a Continental gas engine. It was a damn shame that Mack discontinued the production of this great hand made truck.
Drove one like this , same color. 318 Detroit noisy. Pulling loaded Miller at 65 MPH hit head wind went to about 59 MPH. GEAR DOWN , GEAR DOWN. First of these had wood floors. Also drove cab over , really a Mack. Ol Bear , 83 years old retired trucker. Man still miss the road . Keep'em rolling , wonder if they got them in Heaven ?
Great video and a very beautiful truck!!!! I spent many days of my youth riding in the passenger seat of a V12 powered Brockway. This sure brought back some very wonderful memories. Thanks so much for sharing.
Brockway was one of the first trucks I drove when I started driving at 19. I alternated between a 5spd Mack semi, a 13spd ten wheeler milk tanker (with no Jake and only a 238hp engine) and a Brockway w/a Mack cab and a 270 Cat with a 13sp (no jake). I got educated real fast, LOL! Love those old trucks...rode many a mile w/ my dad...I guess it was just in my blood as I drove 31yrs before retiring. God Bless, Jeff :)
Someday I wish to be enough of a gentleman to drive a classic obnoxiously overpowered semi truck from a defunct manufacturer through town while wearing a mint green suit and stylish tie.
It was!...That Brockway was the baddest and the fastest truck i ever saw. The only other truck i ever saw that could come close to it was an early W-900 KW with a transplanted CAT 3408 with a 5x3. Good times,Good memories. I wish i knew where those trucks are today!!!
Now that really is an old timer.He's double clutching.My father never uses the clutch when he's shifting.He said that just wears out a clutch that much faster.
Neat video and beautiful restoration. I logged a million miles in the great Northwest in the 80’s and early 90’s and I never saw one single Brockway on the road out here. 70’s Mack’s were a rarity and usually underpowered and undergeared for the region. I have since driven a few and really appreciate how tough they are.
Beautiful Brockway. I'm thinking that 1970 was about the time that Mack bought out Brockway as that looks like a Mack steering wheel. "In its day it was one hell of a truck". It still is.
Nice old brockway too kh i had my own hauling service company llc too and 4 trucks too but now im sorta retired business owner too now in williamsport Pennsylvania 17701 usa im 63 too thanks kh
318 was the 8v71 the 92 series or 6v92 and the 8v92 were built after the 71 series mostly used in buses and ova the road trucks.all the 71series and 92 series used a turbo and a superchager on the these motors.they were a 2 cycle diesel with intake valves and ex ports.they needed the scharger on them to scavenge the exhaust from the block.hope this helps
I know...😔90%plastic. When will #Tupperware start making our glider-kit’s, right?😂 Even-then, we couldn’t let them get too exposed to the summer sunshine because plastic warp’s, so we would all have to drive @night. 🙀
Hands down my favorite Truck on TH-cam. You also look like you enjoy it very much. it runs so well and you shift very well to. I would love to take it for a ride. My uncle had a Cab over 1965 Day Cab with a 230 cummings and a air shift 10spd. That was a nice truck too. I wish I could have gotten my hands on that Brockway before he got rid of it.
@longroadpro The dump truck I drove ran like a scalded dog. The Brockway I first drove was 20 years old and when I first got it looked a little sad and since I was a Kid I got ragged on by other drivers in their new shiny trucks. That all changed when I would pass them like they were standing still on going up a good grade
Awesome, Been a trucker for 22 years, is she like a Super 10? Never had the pleasure of driving a Brockway, drove an Old 5 speed Biscayne Mack, she tore up the highway, did NOT like hills though, but, on a straight away..75 MPH. Great old tractor, NICE!!
+Apocyl Doomer A Mack 12 speed transmission is like a Road Ranger Super 10. He has a Road Ranger 13 speed transmission. The shift pattern is selector down, splitter in direct, 1-2-3-4, selector up and back to first, 5-direct, mover splitter to OD for 5-over, 6-direct, 6-over, 7-direct, 7-over, 8-direct, 8-over. Now you can drive a 13 speed like a 10 speed if you want, selector down, splitter in direct 1-2-3-4, selector up 5-6-7-8 then 8-0ver. On newer Road Ranger 13 speeds they put the selector and splitter on the top of the knob making a three position switch, but they drove the same way. The next transmission Road Ranger came out with was the 16 speed, which you split both bottom and top gears. Most people drive 16 speeds like it was a 13 speed. By the way, I spent 25 years driving trucks both over the road and local work. I've driven Mack 5 speeds, 6 speeds, 8, speeds, 12 speeds, 16 speed, 5 x 2, 5 x 3. Spicer 7 speed, 16 speed which does not have the same shift pattern as a Road Ranger 16. Road Ranger 8 speed, 9 speed, 10 speed, 13 speed, 15 speed and 16 speed. With all of these new trucks with Automatic transmission, this will soon become a lost art, knowing when you can skip gears. Ah the good old days of driving.
i could swear i was back in Puerto Rico, circa 1974. there were plenty of these out by my grammar school. i would see them turn into the highway in the corner by my old school's play yard. thats were the traffic lite was. some where v-8 powered too. they sounded very strange too. nice rig, nice resto job too. i'd luv to own one.
Excellent vid and beautiful truck!! It doesnt get much better than a Brockway with a Detroit Diesel 12V71 roaring under the hood!! One thing though, has the sound of the engine been edited down so that its quiter?? That was pretty quit compared to the 12V71's im used to hearing.
The 12V-71 used 2 6-71 heads, and I think 2 6V-71 blocks. ( not sure) The crank is either purpose-built, or it might be 2 connected V6 cranks. The 16V-71 is definitely 2 8V-71 blocks. That means 2 cylinders hit at the same time. (pretty sure!)
Mack cabs may have been a choice, but the B'way I owned used the White 4000 cab. Hendricksons used International cabs. Older B'ways may have used a B61 Mack cab.
I imagine it must have had a new gearbox fitted as the shifts were quite stiff. Not like some of the trucks I've had a go at which were like wobbling a wooden spoon in a bowl of porridge. Could I ask the owner's name?
@2000eclipseracer There's one at the Washington county fairgrounds every summer, in late july I believe. One of the first ones in the show season is in western mass
Anyone know of a Brockway still working in the Glens Falls area? I see one once in a while. It's not restored , just working (like it should be) Would be interested to know who's it is
jtoddjb Thompson's garage on Rt 9N in Lake George always had Brockway trucks running around when I was a kid...Saw one outside my last trip home late last year
What was the hp rating of the 12V71? I know the 6/71 was a 318 right? There seamed to be a lit of Mack components used in the Brockworth. That sure is a beautiful beast!
K. R. V. 12V71s were rated 475 hp naturally aspirated. The 318 was a naturally aspirated 8V71. 6-71s were usually 238 hp N/A with small injectors. Think of a 12V71 as two 6-71s sharing a common crank and crankcase.
my dad had one of these but we used it to haul produce from Pompano Beach ,Fl to New York every week in a Day cab that was fun . NOT. I miss the truck but not the run up the east coast with it.
The 318 Detroit is the 8V71, where the naturally aspirated 8V71 was 318 HP. The numbers 71 and 92 are the CID displacement per cylinder, the 92 series replaced the 71 series, with increased HP as well.
Hi, June201955, Thanks for the post. I remember the gas powered Brockways very well. They had Continental gasoline engines in them. One man who lived up our street around 1964, I was 11 years old, he drove a circa 1960 gas powered Brockway, red cab, long hood, single axle pulling a trailer for a bulldozer for Zara Construction Corp., Zara was quite big at the time, I believe they're still around. I think that truck he parked in front of his house had a Continental model S-6749 gasoline engine, with 749 CID, 254 HP, and 585 ft. lb. of torque.
I remember Brockways when I was a kid- serious, no bullshit looking truck! I wish they were still around with the screaming Mimi engine- I'd love to see these with a couple of tag axles running straight truck as a water bottle! These wouldn't even feel 4200 gallons of water or brine!
@thissitesucks74 You wear out the clutch or you wear out the synchros/gears. I can change a clutch in a day or so, but rebuilding a transmission, with R & R, can take a week -- not to mention that the clutch job is a lot cheaper. Take your pick. For what it's worth, I usually double-clutch. Yeah, I'm old...almost 60.
Hi, Cari, The model tractor in this video is a Brockway U361LL; in the model code, the '361' stands for an axle set back (denoted by the number 1 in '361'); on a long hood conventional, denoted by the '36-' the 360 series; the 'U' is the engine model code for a Detroit Diesel 12V-71N engine; the 'LL' represents a tandem tractor, a single 'L' is a single driven axle tractor. For example a Brock H360LL, is a tandem axle tractor, with a CAT 1693 engine (model code 'H'); with front axle set 'forward' (denoted by the zero in '360'). The Detroit 6-71, in-line six, would have engine model code 'E'. I remember this back from 1967 when I was 14 years old and visited a Crane Carrier Corp. and Brockway truck dealership, out in Woodbury, NY out east long island. They were on Jericho Tpke., the dealership was Jerkens Truck and Equipment Co. I visited them with my Dad and Mom, and the salesman, Al Coppack, let me sit in the passenger seat of a Brockway U361LL tractor on the lot while he turned on the engine, and then revved it up for a second and let it idle while he opened up the hood for all of us to see. It was red with red wheels but all wheels were 6 cast spoke with heavier rears than the one in this video. I recall seeing another Brockway 361LL with a Cummins NTC-335 engine, with six cast spoke wheels and high flotation tires on the front axle. I even met Charlie Jerkens, the owner of the dealership. It was a very cramp garage, not too old, and a small lot, with some Crane Carrier Corp., transit mixers parked on the road across the street. The CCC trucks they sold were mostly transit mixers with Challenge 13 cu. yd. barrels on them, a popular engine in them was the Cummins NHC-250 and Cummins NTC-270 (back then called the NHCT-270), which was the NHC-250 with a turbo on it. I'll never forget that early summer evening visit!
+Just Here For The TH-cam ...I drove one of these when I was a young buck. Hopped-up 8V-71 Detroit, 13-speed Roadranger and straight pipes. What an amazing beast! You could hear it coming from a mile away! And the best part: chasing cars uphill while hauling 54K!
Dallas Cheked Really? I've heard Detroits have trouble uphill since 2-strokes need a lot more air to breath right. I've never driven or even ridden in one, though, so I'm just going on ear... or sight, I guess, I read it on a forum.
Just Here For The TH-cam I drove a 8V92 HEMTT in the Army back in 85. The 2 stroke Detroits don't really need more air than a 4 stroke, it is just they won't run without a supercharger or Blower since they don't have intake ports at the top of the cylinder head like a 4 stroke does. They have a narrow power band, meaning they produce the most power at a narrow range around 2100 to 2300 RPM, higher for 53 series.. Detroits worked best for applications like pumps, generators, cranes, and marine, But they were used a lot for trucks, and when they were running right, they didn't have any problems with hills really
Just Here For The TH-cam ...This one was exceptional, redone by a true master in his field. I never thought a two-stroker could run like that one did until I tried it for myself. I still get all tingly everytime I think about that rig. No electronics, emission controls or anything fancy. Just the pure essence of driving.
You don't expect to see a suit and tie driving a semi, very cool
Cowboy in a continental suit s:)
I don,t think so ,okay for driving Miss Daisy, but not to deliver bricks or bags of cement to a building site wearing an Armani suit , stick out like a Siamese cat at a dog show.
Brockway just had a style all their own.....looked just brute tough...and with a buzzing dozen too
Lindsey is my youngest brother and a true genius at this stuff. He hasn't done too much with it lately, I don't think, but I wish he'd get back into it. There are some great interviews!
Boy, Seeing this truck brings back some memories! I remember when i was a kid seeing a Brockway with a v12 detroit pulling a dump trailer,grossing out on the scales at 140.000# and run the road at 70-75mph all day long. Boy, those were the days!!!
Must have been a special oversize load.....80,000# is the normal weight limit.
@@dwi189, things were different, before 1980 in Massachusetts, when all the gravel haulers were hauling 140k almost every trip. Moist gravel is pretty heavy...
Beautifully filmed, showing the things an enthusiast would want to see. Good sound synchronization. Good commentary with no music to ruin it. Excellent choice of subject. Well done.
When that truck was built Brockway trucks were considered by many as the best truck money could buy especially on the East coast. The first truck I ever drove was 68 Brockway dump truck it had the same drive train set up as the one in this video. The Buzz-en Dozen and a 13 speed. After a year my boss offered his 5 year old Freight Shaker to me because he was getting a new one. I think I drove my new truck for about a week and asked for my Brockway back.
No power steering means steering by armstrong.
🥰That’s what I love about driving a classic semi-truck; No-such-thing as power-steering!👍🏽❤️😈
Brockway = One Beautiful Truck PERIOD! Brings back memories looking out the windshield over the long hood. The very first tractor that I drove was a 1957 Brockway single axle 2 speed with a Continental gas engine. It was a damn shame that Mack discontinued the production of this great hand made truck.
Drove one like this , same color. 318 Detroit noisy. Pulling loaded Miller at 65 MPH hit head wind went to about 59 MPH. GEAR DOWN , GEAR DOWN. First of these had wood floors. Also drove cab over , really a Mack. Ol Bear , 83 years old retired trucker. Man still miss the road . Keep'em rolling , wonder if they got them in Heaven ?
A true American right here folks, a suit and tie heading to the Office in His 12v71 Powered Brockway!!!..🇺🇸😏👍
Great video and a very beautiful truck!!!! I spent many days of my youth riding in the passenger seat of a V12 powered Brockway. This sure brought back some very wonderful memories. Thanks so much for sharing.
I have known peter for many years everything he owns he drives them great guy.
This is "Pristine". An unrestored 1970 Brockway U360TL. Lucia Lumber in Troy NY purchased this truck new.
The original Brockway cab. Before Mack put the R model on it.
Absolutely Glorious.
😁I just subscribed
Love the #Brockway & it’s 12v71 Detroit-Diesel. I was born January of ‘71.
Brockway was one of the first trucks I drove when I started driving at 19. I alternated between a 5spd Mack semi, a 13spd ten wheeler milk tanker (with no Jake and only a 238hp engine) and a Brockway w/a Mack cab and a 270 Cat with a 13sp (no jake). I got educated real fast, LOL! Love those old trucks...rode many a mile w/ my dad...I guess it was just in my blood as I drove 31yrs before retiring.
God Bless,
Jeff :)
Someday I wish to be enough of a gentleman to drive a classic obnoxiously overpowered semi truck from a defunct manufacturer through town while wearing a mint green suit and stylish tie.
Fantastic! Thanks for posting.
Once drove a similar Brockway with 318 DD, a great truck. I surely hated it when they closed down.
old man is a truck gangster :D
It was!...That Brockway was the baddest and the fastest truck i ever saw. The only other truck i ever saw that could come close to it was an early W-900 KW with a transplanted CAT 3408 with a 5x3. Good times,Good memories. I wish i knew where those trucks are today!!!
Now that really is an old timer.He's double clutching.My father never uses the clutch when he's shifting.He said that just wears out a clutch that much faster.
Thanks for the ride along! What a great truck.
that truck was built in Cortland NY, now ...Brockway is long gone, but we still have the annual return of the brockways to their birth place...
All I can say is congratulations. That is one beautiful truck.
Beautiful truck nice video
Neat video and beautiful restoration. I logged a million miles in the great Northwest in the 80’s and early 90’s and I never saw one single Brockway on the road out here. 70’s Mack’s were a rarity and usually underpowered and undergeared for the region. I have since driven a few and really appreciate how tough they are.
Beautiful truck, beautiful, beautiful!!! This video is very well done. Thanks for sharing this astounding clip.
I have know pete a long time a great guy and loves his brockways Don Cullett from troy ny
Beautiful Brockway. I'm thinking that 1970 was about the time that Mack bought out Brockway as that looks like a Mack steering wheel. "In its day it was one hell of a truck". It still is.
Awesome video. When you show up for a suit and tie meeting in a Brockway, you are the coolest guy on my block!
He's a fortunate man indeed. Try finding a Brockway today. They are priceless.
Love the look of that old Brockway. Looks like a heavy duty truck for back then.
Awesome truck, great video and info about the 1271’s. Awesome engine.
Nice old brockway too kh i had my own hauling service company llc too and 4 trucks too but now im sorta retired business owner too now in williamsport Pennsylvania 17701 usa im 63 too thanks kh
@gullreefclub
I was surprised just how quiet this truck was. You could tell it wanted to get out there and go.
what a nice old truck, sweet music in my ear.
***** the truck has always been local to the troy area. but it now resides in Cortland NY. same owner
What a absolutely wonderful example of a beautiful tractor. Such a beast in sheeps clothing lol
318 was the 8v71 the 92 series or 6v92 and the 8v92 were built after the 71 series mostly used in buses and ova the road trucks.all the 71series and 92 series used a turbo and a superchager on the these motors.they were a 2 cycle diesel with intake valves and ex ports.they needed the scharger on them to scavenge the exhaust from the block.hope this helps
That is one BEAUTIFUL looking and sounding Old Husky!❤️
kudos to the old school trucks built to out last the ones we have today
I know...😔90%plastic.
When will #Tupperware start making our glider-kit’s, right?😂
Even-then, we couldn’t let them get too exposed to the summer sunshine because plastic warp’s, so we would all have to drive @night. 🙀
Nice old Brock. A beauty.
I used to drive one like this with a 903 no blower .what a sound . Back in 1971
Hands down my favorite Truck on TH-cam. You also look like you enjoy it very much. it runs so well and you shift very well to. I would love to take it for a ride. My uncle had a Cab over 1965 Day Cab with a 230 cummings and a air shift 10spd. That was a nice truck too. I wish I could have gotten my hands on that Brockway before he got rid of it.
Beautiful old truck runs and sounds great
Beautiful, graceful
I just noticed it has a single piece windshield too!
Just imagine that fuel bill
I love the Brockway and it having a "Dirty Dozen" makes it even better!!
loved the one i had back in the day,,,nice video
interesting guy, wearing a suit and shifting like it is common knowledge
@longroadpro The dump truck I drove ran like a scalded dog. The Brockway I first drove was 20 years old and when I first got it looked a little sad and since I was a Kid I got ragged on by other drivers in their new shiny trucks. That all changed when I would pass them like they were standing still on going up a good grade
Awesome, Been a trucker for 22 years, is she like a Super 10? Never had the pleasure of driving a Brockway, drove an Old 5 speed Biscayne Mack, she tore up the highway, did NOT like hills though, but, on a straight away..75 MPH. Great old tractor, NICE!!
+Apocyl Doomer A Mack 12 speed transmission is like a Road Ranger Super 10. He has a Road Ranger 13 speed transmission. The shift pattern is selector down, splitter in direct, 1-2-3-4, selector up and back to first, 5-direct, mover splitter to OD for 5-over, 6-direct, 6-over, 7-direct, 7-over, 8-direct, 8-over. Now you can drive a 13 speed like a 10 speed if you want, selector down, splitter in direct 1-2-3-4, selector up 5-6-7-8 then 8-0ver. On newer Road Ranger 13 speeds they put the selector and splitter on the top of the knob making a three position switch, but they drove the same way. The next transmission Road Ranger came out with was the 16 speed, which you split both bottom and top gears. Most people drive 16 speeds like it was a 13 speed. By the way, I spent 25 years driving trucks both over the road and local work. I've driven Mack 5 speeds, 6 speeds, 8, speeds, 12 speeds, 16 speed, 5 x 2, 5 x 3. Spicer 7 speed, 16 speed which does not have the same shift pattern as a Road Ranger 16. Road Ranger 8 speed, 9 speed, 10 speed, 13 speed, 15 speed and 16 speed. With all of these new trucks with Automatic transmission, this will soon become a lost art, knowing when you can skip gears. Ah the good old days of driving.
suit and tie and double clutch perfect truck driver
Excellent work making this video! Thank you for a trip back in time :)
Good video nice to see a professional and good truck
Them ol Brockways had a ride nice and smooth
What can one say... top notch !
i could swear i was back in Puerto Rico, circa 1974. there were plenty of these out by my grammar school. i would see them turn into the highway in the corner by my old school's play yard. thats were the traffic lite was. some where v-8 powered too.
they sounded very strange too. nice rig, nice resto job too. i'd luv to own one.
Excellent vid and beautiful truck!! It doesnt get much better than a Brockway with a Detroit Diesel 12V71 roaring under the hood!!
One thing though, has the sound of the engine been edited down so that its quiter?? That was pretty quit compared to the 12V71's im used to hearing.
The 12V-71 used 2 6-71 heads, and I think 2 6V-71 blocks. ( not sure) The crank is either purpose-built, or it might be 2 connected V6 cranks. The 16V-71 is definitely 2 8V-71 blocks. That means 2 cylinders hit at the same time. (pretty sure!)
Mack cabs may have been a choice, but the B'way I owned used the White 4000 cab. Hendricksons used International cabs. Older B'ways may have used a B61 Mack cab.
I imagine it must have had a new gearbox fitted as the shifts were quite stiff. Not like some of the trucks I've had a go at which were like wobbling a wooden spoon in a bowl of porridge. Could I ask the owner's name?
@2000eclipseracer There's one at the Washington county fairgrounds every summer, in late july I believe. One of the first ones in the show season is in western mass
@doltoy Actually they were bought by mack in 1956 (if I remember correctly). It was long before the 300 series was produced at least
What a sweet sounding motor!
Anyone know of a Brockway still working in the Glens Falls area? I see one once in a while. It's not restored , just working (like it should be) Would be interested to know who's it is
jtoddjb Thompson's garage on Rt 9N in Lake George always had Brockway trucks running around when I was a kid...Saw one outside my last trip home late last year
Thank you very much. I will check it out
It was local to the Troy area in the late 90's. I couldn't say for certain today.
I just shot and edited the video.
that guy can shift like a boss!
he is a boss!
Scott Prendergast
@flyingscrapyard Thank you for appreciating all that I strive to achieve in these videos.
Why no two sticks
What was the hp rating of the 12V71? I know the 6/71 was a 318 right? There seamed to be a lit of Mack components used in the Brockworth. That sure is a beautiful beast!
K. R. V.
12V71s were rated 475 hp naturally aspirated. The 318 was a naturally aspirated 8V71. 6-71s were usually 238 hp N/A with small injectors.
Think of a 12V71 as two 6-71s sharing a common crank and crankcase.
Why Mack quit making Brockway's I'll never know.
great camera work
Is that a road ranger transmition in that?
Listening to those things idle reminds me of an EMD locomotive...but then the engines aren't too dissimilar.
one of the best trucks built
Very nice, great old truck.
my dad had one of these but we used it to haul produce from Pompano Beach ,Fl to New York every week in a Day cab that was fun . NOT. I miss the truck but not the run up the east coast with it.
Dang not far from me . Does any body know were and when a classic rig show is in Ny ?for 2011. I wanna git into this as a hobby
I drove a '74 model , had a Mack cab with a Hummin Cummins.
damn nice lookin rig.. I love the old ones..
He says is a 318 Detroit, what is a 8v 92 or 8v 71 not sure, naturally aspired I guess, awesome truck and a great driver
The 318 Detroit is the 8V71, where the naturally aspirated 8V71 was 318 HP. The numbers 71 and 92 are the CID displacement per cylinder, the 92 series replaced the 71 series, with increased HP as well.
very very clean truck!..nice video
@jmac5058 As I recall, that truck had a 13 speed RoadRanger.
Back in the 50's my Pop owned a few Brockway's. The one's that he had were powered by gasoline engines.
Hi, June201955, Thanks for the post. I remember the gas powered Brockways very well. They had Continental gasoline engines in them. One man who lived up our street around 1964, I was 11 years old, he drove a circa 1960 gas powered Brockway, red cab, long hood, single axle pulling a trailer for a bulldozer for Zara Construction Corp., Zara was quite big at the time, I believe they're still around. I think that truck he parked in front of his house had a Continental model S-6749 gasoline engine, with 749 CID, 254 HP, and 585 ft. lb. of torque.
I remember Brockways when I was a kid- serious, no bullshit looking truck! I wish they were still around with the screaming Mimi engine- I'd love to see these with a couple of tag axles running straight truck as a water bottle! These wouldn't even feel 4200 gallons of water or brine!
What's a clutch? An old pro for sure.
I love this guy ! Where's a suit and tie, looks straight as an arrow, but love's to restore vintage iron Brockway trucks ! ! !👍🏻
@MrJevonmartin or the Hayes, nobody knows if they were the same manufacturer or what the story is.
Nice truck. Almost looked like the North way!
This was shot many years ago, but I'm pretty sure it was a 13 speed. He was splitting the top 4...right?
Maybe I should watch it again.
@longroadpro Sure there was music. the 12v71 was singing for all of us to enjoy. you see there are ZERO haters in almost 38 thousand views
Oh absolutely WOW thank you and thank him on my behalf for keeping this gem roadworthy and absolutely gorgeous. gotta love the buzzin dozen :)
@thissitesucks74
You wear out the clutch or you wear out the synchros/gears. I can change a clutch in a day or so, but rebuilding a transmission, with R & R, can take a week -- not to mention that the clutch job is a lot cheaper.
Take your pick. For what it's worth, I usually double-clutch. Yeah, I'm old...almost 60.
:) I just did. He had a meeting to go to, and naturally had to dress for it.
is this a Brockway 361? or what model?
Hi, Cari, The model tractor in this video is a Brockway U361LL; in the model code, the '361' stands for an axle set back (denoted by the number 1 in '361'); on a long hood conventional, denoted by the '36-' the 360 series; the 'U' is the engine model code for a Detroit Diesel 12V-71N engine; the 'LL' represents a tandem tractor, a single 'L' is a single driven axle tractor. For example a Brock H360LL, is a tandem axle tractor, with a CAT 1693 engine (model code 'H'); with front axle set 'forward' (denoted by the zero in '360'). The Detroit 6-71, in-line six, would have engine model code 'E'. I remember this back from 1967 when I was 14 years old and visited a Crane Carrier Corp. and Brockway truck dealership, out in Woodbury, NY out east long island. They were on Jericho Tpke., the dealership was Jerkens Truck and Equipment Co. I visited them with my Dad and Mom, and the salesman, Al Coppack, let me sit in the passenger seat of a Brockway U361LL tractor on the lot while he turned on the engine, and then revved it up for a second and let it idle while he opened up the hood for all of us to see. It was red with red wheels but all wheels were 6 cast spoke with heavier rears than the one in this video. I recall seeing another Brockway 361LL with a Cummins NTC-335 engine, with six cast spoke wheels and high flotation tires on the front axle. I even met Charlie Jerkens, the owner of the dealership. It was a very cramp garage, not too old, and a small lot, with some Crane Carrier Corp., transit mixers parked on the road across the street. The CCC trucks they sold were mostly transit mixers with Challenge 13 cu. yd. barrels on them, a popular engine in them was the Cummins NHC-250 and Cummins NTC-270 (back then called the NHCT-270), which was the NHC-250 with a turbo on it. I'll never forget that early summer evening visit!
That truck is quiet for a 12V71
rbagel55 Most truckers that still use detroits put straight pipes on them, the owner probably kept his stock.
+Just Here For The TH-cam ...I drove one of these when I was a young buck. Hopped-up 8V-71 Detroit, 13-speed
Roadranger and straight pipes. What an amazing beast! You could hear it coming from a mile away!
And the best part: chasing cars uphill while hauling 54K!
Dallas Cheked Really? I've heard Detroits have trouble uphill since 2-strokes need a lot more air to breath right. I've never driven or even ridden in one, though, so I'm just going on ear... or sight, I guess, I read it on a forum.
Just Here For The TH-cam
I drove a 8V92 HEMTT in the Army back in 85.
The 2 stroke Detroits don't really need more air than a 4 stroke, it is just they won't run without a supercharger or Blower since they don't have intake ports at the top of the cylinder head like a 4 stroke does. They have
a narrow power band, meaning they produce
the most power at a narrow range around
2100 to 2300 RPM, higher for 53 series..
Detroits worked best for applications like
pumps, generators, cranes, and marine,
But they were used a lot for trucks, and when they were running right, they didn't have any problems with hills really
Just Here For The TH-cam ...This one was exceptional, redone by a true master in his field. I never thought a two-stroker could run like that one did until I tried it for myself. I still get all tingly everytime I
think about that rig. No electronics, emission controls or anything fancy. Just the pure essence of driving.
Beautiful truck.
could that have been Colonial Sand and Gravel?