Brockway Motor Company
Brockway Motor Companywas a builder of custom heavy-dutytrucksinCortland, New York,from 1912 to 1977.
History[edit]
It was founded as Brockway Carriage Works in 1875 by William Brockway. His son George Brockway later turned the carriages into a truck manufacturer in 1909. The first trucks were high-wheelers. DuringWorld War I,Brockway built 587 Class BLiberty Trucksfor the military. After the war they produced a new range from 1-ton to 5-tons.
They began withContinentalengines but switched toWisconsinin 1925. They bought theIndiana Truck Corporationin 1928 but were forced to sell it toWhite Motor Companyin the early years of theGreat Depression.A new range, the V1200 was offered from 1934 to 1937. The V1200 used a 240 hp (179 kW) V12American LaFranceengine and carried loads up to 15 tons.[1]
DuringWorld War II,Brockway manufactured the B666 heavy truck, including the B666 Daybrook M-II-A bridge erector[2]and C666 Quick Way crane,[3]as well as G547 and G690 6-ton 6×6 bridging trucks, part of a standard design series also built byCorbittandWhite.G547 "Treadway" trucks had a large hoist on the rear for self-unloading, while the G690 chassis were fitted with "Quickway" cranes, also used in bridging operations.[4]
All 6-ton military trucks (of all manufacturers) hadHerculesHXD 855 cu in (14 L)I6gasoline engines, developing 202 hp (151 kW) at 2150 rpm and 642 lbf⋅ft (870 N⋅m) of torque at 900 rpm.[5]
Post-World War II Brockway produced single and dual axle tractors and heavy duty triaxle dump trucks. The company was purchased byMack TrucksInc. in August 1956 and remained a division of Mack until its closing in June 1977. Mack cited "union troubles" for the closure.[6]
Brockway commercial trucks primarily usedCumminsengines, though many were powered byDetroit Diesels.Some Brockway trucks were equipped with I6 engines fitted withRochester2G(DualJet)carburetors.[7]
There is a Brockway Truck show in Cortland each year with many events occurring at the official Brockway Museum located in Homer, NY at the Central New York Living History Center.[8]
Thehood ornamentused by Brockway was ahusky dogwith pulling harness, thus giving Cortland the nickname of "Huskie Town USA".
A documentary about the trucks and the Brockway company is available from Wiffle Ball Productions in Cortland, New York.
References[edit]
- ^Ronald G Adams, Big Rigs of the 1950sMotor Books International St Paul MN 2001ISBN0760309787
- ^B666 Daybrook M-II-A bridge erector:length: 370 in (9,400 mm), width: 100 in (2,500 mm), height: 103 in (2,600 mm), weight: 26,500 lb (12,000 kg), about 13 tons
- ^C666 Quick-Way revolving crane:length: 408 in (10,400 mm), width: 100 in (2,500 mm), height: 136 in (3,500 mm), weight: 35,275 lb (16,000 kg), about 18 tons
- ^Doyle, David (2003).Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles.Krause Publications.pp. 208–212.ISBN0-87349-508-X.
- ^Doyle (2003),p. 212.
- ^Wren, James A.; Wren, Genevieve (1979).Motor Trucks of America.Ann Arbor MI: The University of Michigan Press. pp.215, 313.ISBN0-472-06313-8.
- ^Street Rodder,1/85, p.14.
- ^"Central New York Living History Center".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-04-23.Retrieved2013-05-15.
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- Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state)
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1912
- Companies disestablished in 1977
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- Mack Trucks
- Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York (state)
- 1956 mergers and acquisitions