In 1925 the Société d’Exploitation d’Autos-Chenilles ran about a hundred half-track barge tractors on the canals of northern France and Belgium, taking a barge from Calais to Saint-Omer in two days instead of seven. The P15 N snow half-track carried passengers and mail over the Alps: the Swiss Post ran two buses over the Ofen pass from 1929 to 1939, the Austrian post at least six, Iceland’s road administration four chassis, and a regular Grenoble–Briançon service crossed the Lautaret from January 1932.
The 2CV Sahara was built for oil exploration and delivered the Swiss post. The commune of Lège-Cap-Ferret used a Unic P107 as a forest-fire tanker from 1954 to 1979. Dangel’s C15 of 1991 went mainly to utilities and administrations such as EDF and the Post, and its Berlingo, Jumpy and Jumper conversions serve French fire brigades.
Barges and mountain roads (1925–1939)
4 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERBarge tractors in the north, snow buses in the Alps and Iceland.
Oil fields and the post (1960–1967)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe 2CV Sahara.
Registry records · chapter 2
Fire and utilities (1954–present)
4 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe Cap Ferret fire tanker and Dangel’s vans.
Sources
- Les autochenilles Kégresse (Pascal Honegger, 2015) — Krybebåndssocietetet (kegresse.dk)
- 2CV 4X4 Sahara – 1959 — 2CV Légende
- Citroën 2CV — Wikipedia
- Le Citroën C15 4x4 Dangel — Véhicules hors série
- Dangel — Wikipedia
Working vehicles in the registry
9 records, oldest first.
P4 T canal barge tractor (1925–27)1925–27 · France
Kégresse P15 N snow half-track (1928–34)1928–34 · France
Kégresse P19 (C6, 1929–)1929 · FranceP15 N Swiss Post bus (1929–39)1929–39 · FranceUnic P107 forest-fire tanker, Lège-Cap-Ferret (1954–79)1954 · France
2CV 4x4 Sahara (1960–67)1960–67 · FranceC15 Dangel 4x4 (1991–)1991 · France
Berlingo, Jumpy and Jumper Dangel 4x4 (1990s–)1996 · FranceC25 Dangel 4x4France