Anonymous-0
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I am still working on the Mack Truck tales and jokes. Now I need more information. What is the relationship in a Mack and a Brockway? I have no truck experience, but My late father was a trucker/farmer and loved trucks.
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once seperate companies, mack aquired brockway in 1956 and built both trucks for awhile, brockway slowly took on more and more mack componets and i believe the last brockway was built in 1977, brockway was primarlily a east coast truck very rare to see one out west both companies had a reputation for building tough reliable no frills trucks of good quality and held a large share of the vocational market, mack first hit the road in i believe 1907 and continues today in both the vocational market as well as the owner operator market i think that first mack is or was owned by the iowa 80 truck stop and is on display there [ the worlds largest truck stop]
Sean Feeney
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The company was purchased by Mack Trucks Inc. in August 1956 and remained a division of Mack until its closing in June 1977
The company was purchased by Mack Trucks Inc. in August 1956 and remained a division of Mack until its closing in June 1977
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Slightly off topic, but I was in an antique shop over the weekend and I saw a Mack cigarette ash tray. Of course it had the bowl for catching the ash, but right in the middle of it was the big Mack bull dog. I thought about buying it, but I already have too many knick knacks.
Cool item, though.
Cool item, though.
I was working for a hauling company in the late 60s, early 70s. We had mostly diesel Mack Thermodynes and Autocars - but also had two old 50s Brockways with gas engines. Whoever showed up for work the lastest got punished and had to drive a Brockway (often it was me). Besides the gutless gas engine, and very hard to shift trans - one thing sticks in my mind. The driver's seat had a sign on it that read "adjust and enjoy your Brockway truck seat." It felt like I was sitting on a milk crate, especially when I had a hangover.
Brian G. NY
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When I graduated H.S. in '59 (yes, 50 years ago LOL) most of our school buses were Internationals but we still had one Brockway and one White left in the fleet. They must have been pretty good to be kept on. When I was real young, the farmer up the road drove an early Mack (maybe late 30s) school bus for our school.
This was the "little' Mack (don't remember the model) and had a real nice chrome grill. That bus was in the fleet for a lot of years also.
This was the "little' Mack (don't remember the model) and had a real nice chrome grill. That bus was in the fleet for a lot of years also.
Bob M
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Hey Brian - that brings back memories!
When I was in school in the late 50's and 60's (also in upstate NY) our district had one each White WC "Super Power" and Mack A40 bus. The other 4 or 5 buses were all Brockways. The Brockways were still on the roster when I graduated in 1967. However by then IHC's were beginning to appear and were starting to replace the old Brockways.
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Also virtually every upstade town DPW owned at least one Brockway single axle dump with a big Continental gas engine. Seemed the Brockway was the "standard" snow plow truck of the era around here.
When I was in school in the late 50's and 60's (also in upstate NY) our district had one each White WC "Super Power" and Mack A40 bus. The other 4 or 5 buses were all Brockways. The Brockways were still on the roster when I graduated in 1967. However by then IHC's were beginning to appear and were starting to replace the old Brockways.
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Also virtually every upstade town DPW owned at least one Brockway single axle dump with a big Continental gas engine. Seemed the Brockway was the "standard" snow plow truck of the era around here.
As mentioned below , Brockway trucks (made down the road from me in Cortland NY) was bought out by Mack truck and was closed down for good in 1977 after a long time in business - Brockway startted out in the 1800's as a wagon manufacturer. There is a Brockway show in Cortland every Aug. This year I think its Aug 8-9. My dad spent about 35 years as a truck driver hauling petroleum produts - started out in Brockways with wooden floorboards .
Sean Feeney
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Good to see you back young man!
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