The Terberg Chronicle
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By Niels Jansen (North Holland 2023)
Consequences
For twelve years after the turn of the millennium, Terberg continued to offer on/off-highway trucks with 6x4, 6x6, 8x4, 8x6, 8x8, 10x4, 10x6 and 10x8 drive, mainly for the local market. Due to fierce competition in the construction and road building industry from the major European truck manufacturers, who also entered the multi-axle market, Terberg saw its production drop to less than 100 new truck chassis per year. It also produced special vehicles for niche markets at home and abroad, such as special crane chassis, heavy off-road dump trucks, narrow 2-meter chassis for municipal waste collection, terminal tractors and swap body carriers with asymmetric single cabs for use in ports and industrial sites.
Since 2013, when truck production was finally discontinued, Terberg has focused almost exclusively on building tractors for terminal and Ro/Ro work. These workhorses are offered with 4x2 or 4x4 and 6x4 drive for total towing weights from 65 to 350 tons and are exported to more than 100 countries around the world. Whether one or a hundred units are ordered, all are built on chassis designed and manufactured in-house.
Even the modern asymmetric cab is a Terberg in-house development. The diesel engines come from Cummins, Mercedes, Volvo and Caterpillar, and the transmissions from Allison, ZF or Clark. Since 1973, when the first terminal tractor saw the light of day at Terberg, these vehicles have evolved enormously. They are considered a success story for the family business, which today includes 26 operating companies, all of which are active in the vehicle sector. For its 150th anniversary in 2019, the company was awarded the honorary title of "Court Supplier" by the Dutch Royal Family.
Sources:
Wobbe Reitsma: TERBERG Benschop – Manufacturer of special vehicles, Uitgeverij De Alk bv, Alkmaar, Holland, 2018 – The book is available in Dutch and English language.
Anyone interested in ordering the book can contact the author directly: wobbereitsma@hotmail.com
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