Popular Post j hancock Posted November 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2019 Good looking hauler powered by Cummins. 10 3 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 man truck is gorgeous my uncles trucks were painted the same way.....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-436546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 There used to be two dumps same color in Southwick Mass with Cat engines. About 1974 also. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-436554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmygreek Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Everyone, thanks for the nice comments. It makes all the hard work worthwhile. Jim 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-436582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 you betcha,,,,that thing is perfect.rode in lots of them as a kid..bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-436609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 that looks a whole lot better than the one i ran back in the 80's. but by the time i got into the brockway, it was rode hard and put away wet every day for close to 11 years and showed it Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-436610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I remember an outfit called Hathaway they were running rigs that were beat to hell setup like those back in 1980 they were running all the way to Kearney NJ from Boston And at that time they didn’t look like they could make it to the mass turnpike ha ha Ha so I know what do you mean funny thing when I was a kid they were everywhere and now it’s hard to find one anywhere...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-436987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 if i remember correctly Bob, the one i ran was a Hathaway reject. the boss bought it for scrap price after the engine blew, and put a junkyard 350 cummins in it for use pulling the lowboy trailer. it was not a bad truck, but with the light weight rears it was not very good for the heavy weights i was hauling. kept on snapping the through shaft cause my average weight was around 150k lbs.. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-437002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Well those things were beat to hell The company didn’t believe in anything new for what I remember.Running junk 500 miles a night..lol....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Wow didn’t notice that at first 150 Gs you must be running wide loads Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Or overlength Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 how about both??😂 besides the fact the rig alone was 72k lbs. then add a 90k excavator on top of it. or the D8K with the 13'11" blade, i was always pushing the limits of my permits. the D8 with full fuel tank and blade on had me at around 185k lbs. after the Brockway finally died, i started using a 79 DM 800 with a V8 and 15 speed for the low boy after one of the hinge pins broke and the body went over tweaking the frame. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 sorry for the long wait for responce.....i dont always look in this section.....but yes,,that DM800 will handle anything...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 for those of you that missed these,,a few years ago....that tractor shot that is sideways....my uncle (deceased now)told me when that photo was taken.in 1957 that truck was brand new,,wasnt even registered yet...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Nice! Spare rim on the deck plate and a small mirror compared to the west coast mirror that would later become the standard. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Thanks for straightening that out I had lots of fun back in the 60s riding in those big Brockways Quite a thrill for a young kid my uncle sold the business in 1970 wound up going to work for beacon fast freight said he couldn’t take the headaches anymore a lot easier to work for somebody...bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Forgot to mention My uncle told me that photo was taken right after the guy got done littering it that was 40 years ago he told me that I am surprised i still remember that funny thing about guys memories we seem to remember all the stuff we want to remember and when my wife asked me what we did last Saturday can’t remember a thing ha ha Ha...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 He also said that was real gold leaf lettering 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-438803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 First "big truck" I ever rode in was a361 Brockway day cab with a load of steel sheets going to Chicago From Homestead Works in Pittsburgh, My buddy was driving B P (Baltimore/Pittsburgh) owned the rig.I started driving the next year for an Allied Van lines contractor in a "crackerbox Jimmy" never realized how uncomfortable those old horses were til I drove a new Airride Freightliner! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-439272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 first truck i ever drove in my life was a crackerbox i was only 16,,,just drove it around the yard.....man what a rush!!!!!!!!!!,,,aaaaaaaahhhhh the good old days....and 10-4 on the comforts...lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-439542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chuck P Posted January 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2020 2nd big truck I rode in was a beautiful black 361 Brockway pulling a rock dump . I went to work with dad as a kid (maybe 8 or 9 YO, Summer break) and he was foreman at an asphalt plant in Keasbey NJ. Dad ran the 2 (yes, 2) Barber-Greene batch plants and they were constantly getting in crushed stone and AC all day long. An outside driver from Succasunna NJ named "Porky" was bringing in fresh stone out of the Glen Gardner quarry and was making 3 or 4 trips a day. Dad saw that that I was impressed with that shiny black Brockway and flagged Porky down as he passed by the control house. He asked if I could ride along for a load of stone (~2 hrs round trip). I hopped into that cab and was grinning from ear-to-ear the entire trip. Windows down, stack right in your ear (Cummins-power) and tooling along RT287 & 78... I was in heaven! The truck owner also had one of the first Mack Westerns I had ever seen in my area, but looking back now I think it was a brand new Value Liner. You could never do that today. My how times have changed. 3 Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-439759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Gallo asphalt, or Cardell Chuck? what was your dad's name ? Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-439787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 14 hours ago, tjc transport said: Gallo asphalt, or Cardell Chuck? what was your dad's name ? Cardell. They had a decent fleet of short hood GMC Generals w J&J bodies at the time with a few Paystars and RD600s mixed in. Ugly color scheme.... 2-tone grey. My dad is Chuck Sr. He left when they closed shop in the mid-nineties. They had a decent-size operation and had one of the 1st Wirtgen milling machines in the area until it hit an unmarked gas line. Burned up on the spot and was a total loss. I wish I had some pics of their fleet. I'm pretty sure they ran all DM800s before the Jimmys. Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-439854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 i remember cardell very well. carmen jr, and the nestea boys. carmen and john. then there is rob nagy. and butch the driver. charles bell. i pulled many a load of asphalt out of the plants when i was driving for joe defino. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59808-1974-brockway-n361/#findComment-439866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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