Gallery

Photographs of the B/Mc spray valve, made in the USA since 1971, along with the trucks it runs on and the company that builds it.

The valve

B/Mc water truck spray valve on a white background, showing the cast lid, banded clamp and grooved inlet
Bertolini Valve – Electric
Bertolini B/Mc pneumatic water truck spray valve, part 03-001, with cast body, banded clamp and grooved inlet
Bertolini Valve – Pneumatic

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.
Finished spray valves and bodies on a bench
Bodies, lids and finished valves together.
Grooved couplings and clamps grouped on the shop floor
Assembly Process.
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 Slide In Tank System.
Spray valve mounted on the side of a water truck body with control plumbing
Valve and control plumbing on the body.
Spray valve and hose routing on a water truck
Hydrant Hose routing next to 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.
Spray valve and plumbing at the rear of a finished white water truck
Valve and plumbing at the rear of a Slide In Tank Sytem.
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 Trailer.
Rear spray head plumbed on a white tanker trailer
Rear spray head, plumbed and ready.
Spray valve and head mounted beneath a tanker
Rear Spray with Bertolini Valve
Underside view of a spray head and delivery pipe on a tanker
Bertolini Valve with a Spray Attachment on the Passenger Side Spray
Spray head mounted below the frame of a tanker
Below the frame.
White tanker trailer with rear spray equipment fitted
A finished Drop On with Bertolini Valves installed.
Rear view of a finished white water truck with spray fittings either side of the tailgate
A finished Water Trailer, rear view.

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