Gallery

Photographs of the B/Mc spray valve, the trucks it runs on, and the company that has been building it in the USA since 1971.

The valve

B/Mc water truck spray valve on a white background, showing the cast lid, banded clamp and grooved inlet
The B/Mc spray valve — cast lid, banded clamp, grooved inlet.
Bertolini B/Mc pneumatic water truck spray valve, part 03-001
The same valve photographed in the shop.
Detail view of the Bertolini B/Mc water truck spray valve
From the side, showing the clamp band and control fitting.
Assembled B/Mc spray valves with the cast B/Mc mark visible on the lid
The mark is cast into the lid, not applied afterwards.
Close view of machined inlet bores on a batch of spray valve bodies
Machined inlets on a batch of bodies.
Rows of grooved spray valve inlets seen from above
Grooved inlets, looking down the row.
Cast B/Mc lid among a batch of grooved valve inlets
The cast mark on a lid, among a batch of grooved inlets.

In the shop

Valves are built, assembled and tested in Kelso, Washington.

A batch of assembled B/Mc spray valves on a workbench
A batch on the bench.
Assembled spray valves lined up along a shop bench
Assembled and lined up.
Spray valve bodies and components staged on a bench for assembly
Bodies and components staged for assembly.
Rows of finished spray valves in the shop
Finished valves waiting to ship.
Spray valve assembly under way at a shop bench
Assembly under way.
Finished spray valves and bodies on a bench
Bodies, lids and finished valves together.
Grooved couplings and clamps grouped on the shop floor
Couplings and clamps, ready to go out.
Close view of rows of machined grooved couplings
Machined couplings, close up.

On the truck

The valve as it is actually used — mounted, plumbed and working.

Spray valve and plumbing mounted at the rear of a white water truck
Mounted at the rear of a finished truck.
Spray valve mounted on the side of a water truck body with control plumbing
Valve and control plumbing on the body.
Close view of a spray valve mounted on a water truck
The valve sits close to the spray head it feeds.
Spray valve and hose routing on a water truck
Hose routing into the valve.
Water truck outdoors with a side-mounted spray valve
On a truck ready for delivery.
Spray valve with control line fitted to a working truck
Fitted and in service.
Row of spray valves and plumbing along a truck body
Plumbing along the body.
The B/Mc monogram over a photograph of a water truck fitted with B/Mc spray equipment
A water truck fitted with B/Mc spray equipment.
Spray valve and plumbing at the rear of a finished white water truck
Valve and plumbing at the rear of a finished truck.
Spray valve mounted on a water truck outdoors against a blue sky
Mounted on the tank, outdoors.
Spray valve and control plumbing against the body of a white water truck
Valve and control plumbing against the body.

Tankers and trailers

Rear of a finished white water tanker with spray heads either side of the tailgate
Spray heads either side of the tailgate.
Rear spray head plumbed on a white tanker trailer
Rear spray head, plumbed and ready.
Spray valve and head mounted beneath a tanker
Mounted beneath the tank.
Underside view of a spray head and delivery pipe on a tanker
Delivery pipe running out to the head.
Spray head mounted below the frame of a tanker
Below the frame.
White tanker trailer with rear spray equipment fitted
A finished trailer with spray equipment fitted.
Rear view of a finished white water truck with spray fittings either side of the tailgate
A finished truck, rear view.

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