In the 1940s and 1950s, the bodybuilder Terradas Riudarenes did all kinds of work, including the co

Babcock & Wilcox, producer of railway equipment, the range also train engines, boilers, pipes, cranes, turbines, valves, steel structures for civil applications, and gears with a factory Sestao, near Bilbao, the range produced the 1950 trucks and tractors. Produced few vehicles. The range of covered trucks from 4 tons up to 5.5 tons.
Babcock diesel truck advertising appeared the range in the newspaper La Vanguardia Catalonia to the dealer, and Romagosa Company, limited partnership, and the extended network of dealers the range in the country:
The Babcock & Wilcox truck mounted diesel engines built under license from the houses Burmesiter & Wain and Swiss Sulzer. The mechanics who worked these engines recall that, given their marine origin, were little suited for the road. And the reason is simple. At sea, the engines working at constant speed; however, the road to change engine speed through the gears to adjust the engine the range power to the topography of the road and the load carrier that was constant. Neither had much to offer trucks to choose from. Pegasus and little else. Mr. John Homs remember the port of Barcelona, where he worked in the family business the range of transportation, at 1960 Babcock worked there some trucks. Exhausted by his efforts mechanical transport over roads generally were purchased by independent carriers who worked at the port of unloading the merchandise ships. Carrier iron beams to Material y Construcciones SA (MACOSA), popularly known as Can Girona, the last name of the founders, and Can Torras, two metallurgical companies in the Poblenou district of Barcelona. Also transported to the metal plates BOSUGA SA, a body of Sant Andreu district of Palomar established later in Montcada i Reixac. They were short trips and roads with a gentle topography. The mechanical factory Babcock were very problematic. The solution was imposed by an engine change Barreiros or Perkins.
The official representative of Babcock & Wilcox house in Girona was the Angel Blanch, who later held the Borgward representation of the house; Today is the official Opel dealer in the city of Girona. There were also officers the range in the county towns of the province of Girona. In Patinyo know Michael Babcock & Wilcox three trucks on the side of Gerona. the range Josep Lloret, a contractor specializing in Girona Rasses building for the installation of drains and pipes for utility companies. Robert, who had a sawmill in Camallera was in a timber to the carrier transport and general driving Enric Garagou Bàscara. Narcissus Bota Riudarenes, who had a sandbox where you extracted aggregates used to work in a team was a dump. A truck and trolley Narcissus their boots on a chassis rebuilt by coachbuilder Terradas Riudarenes. One of the first trucks to transport Mr. Boot aggregates in the works:
In the 1940s and 1950s, the bodybuilder Terradas Riudarenes did all kinds of work, including the construction of bodies for buses. The body of this bus can Terradas produced shows similarity with the cab of the truck rebuilt by order of Mr. Narcissus Boot. The few available materials then imposed the range a standard the range cabins, of great simplicity and ease
A few days ago, in the company of Peter Liu and Miquel Patinyo we came to Santa Llogaia of Àlguema in Irons Perich, a well known scrap Alt Emporda to see a truck Babcock & Wilcox. Plate of this truck: Emblems embedded on the sides of the engine bonnet: Photos of the cabin of this truck with registration GI-29733:
In the late 1950s and until 1960 in charge of the house Babcock hurry to sell trucks produced. The reason was simple. The imminent launch the range of the Ebro B45 truck with the same load capacity the range and a more modern engine, reliable and economical, and therefore direct competition, ruining any commercial expectation.
Managers Can Perich the range informed us that the truck had gathered in a field near family owned Duran Figueras, well known to run a motorcycle dealership. Following this thread, Miquel Patinyo unravels the history of Babcock, of great interest.
This truck was released to 1959 by brothers the range John and Eduald Brugat Peiro, Vilabertran, producers of woven reeds and heather. With Babcock, bought at garage Ballart of Victoria Square, now Josep Tarradellas Figueres, carrying their own goods and also transport general public services. The box