Terberg

After the end of World War II, Johannes Bernardus Terberg's village blacksmith in Benschop, the Netherlands, became a truck conversion company when it began modifying U.S. Army troop carriers into dump trucks. In the sixties, Terberg began building vehicles of its own design and specialized in heavy-duty dump trucks. The cabs came from Daimler-Benz, and later from Volvo. Terberg produced a total of 6827 heavy trucks with two, three, four and five axles between 1966 and 2013, mainly for use on construction sites, but also as special vehicles for various applications. In 2013, a production changeover took place and since then the Terberg portfolio consists mainly of terminal tractors, the production of which is based on the valuable experience and good sales revenues of the last forty years. In addition, it produces swap body carriers and, more recently, truck-mounted forklifts. The following chronicle of the development at Terberg has been written by our freelancer, the commercial vehicle journalist Niels Jansen. All important Terberg models are included in words and pictures.