1972 Brockway 761 Tractor

Brockway Motor Company was a builder of custom heavy-duty trucks in Cortland, New York, from 1912 to 1977. 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. During World War I Brockway built 587 Class B Liberty trucks for the military. After the war they started a new range from 1-ton to 5-tons. They began with Continental engines but switched to Wisconsin in 1925. They bought the Indiana Truck Corporation in 1928 but were forced to sell it to White Motor Company in the early years of the depression. A new range, the V1200 was offered from 1934 to 1937. The V1200 used a 240 horsepower V12 American LaFrance engine and carried loads up to 15 tons.

Old School skin for the KSW Brockway 761. Works on the 60″ sleeper only. The base solour is unlocked metallic and the accessories are blue.

This 1972 Brockway 761 Tractor was the Truckers Choice of the 2016 National Brockway show.

During World War II Brockway manufactured the B666 heavy truck, including the B666 Daybrook M-II-A bridge erector and C666 Quick Way crane, as well as G547 and G690 6-ton 6×6 bridging trucks, part of a standard design series also built by Corbitt and White. 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.

The hood ornament used by Brockway was a husky dog with pulling harness, thus giving Cortland the nickname of “Huskie Town USA”.