Pictured last year in a layby near Gisburn still earning a crust. Regards Big Al
Another one of my old ladies, last heard she was shunting steel in Scunthorpe. regards Big Al
Chipping Steam Rally around 2008 ? regards Big Al
Preston Flag Market Fair two showmen’s ERF’s
Tempus fugit the little chap sat on the bumper is my son now at 6ft 5" bigger then Dad he is 47 next year.
Where did those years go ? regards Big Al
Big Al:
Tempus fugit the little chap sat on the bumper is my son now at 6ft 5" bigger then Dad he is 47 next year.
Where did those years go ? regards Big Al
I don.t know what model ,but my dad work for a company called Fridgelink back in the 70s and they had AEC with a sleeper on the back then he got this ERF with what he told me if i remember right was the first factory fitted sleeper cab his boss had bought it at the Com show ■■ anyone out able to help dad passed away in 95 so he can,t
Bewick:
This is a shot of our first ERF “A” series seen when new in the yard at Milnthorpe Sept '73. At the time we were struggling to get Atki’s so when Eden Commercials of Carlisle offered us an “A” series more or less the same spec as the Borderer I jumped at it!!! 220 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 609/Kirkstall HR.This was a smooth running tractor but never seemed to pull like the Atki’s.
Another shot of this tractor but from the rear this time,the back of the ■■■■■■■ 220 is clearly visible! More shots of “all round” should/have been taken,not just frontal ones!! Bewick
A nice shot of two of our “A” series in the depot at Milnthorpe.The N reg is a 240LXB which we supplied new to a Milnthorpe owner driver John E.Ion and then when he took delivery of a new “B” series we bought the "A"Series back off him.He only did about 40,000 miles per year (one round trip per week Glasgow/London) so really the big Gardner was only “run in” when we got it back.From memory we sent it to Daventry and it ran up and down to the south east turning one of the night trunks round,mainly a 33ft trailer into a carrier then change trailers and load 20 ton of pulp for the mill at Beetham.The P reg one ran on nights from Milnthorpe to Daventry but mainly with a load of Bowater tissue out-bound and back with pulp for Beetham or 20ton of coreboard ex Reeds Tovil straight back to Barrow.
A shot of a 2nd hand ERF we ran seen on the fuel pump in the Yard in Milnthorpe.Initially we double shifted it from Dudley,nights up to Milnthorpe and days to London.
This is a shot of the “Y” reg C38(mate to the two “X” reg’s) the tractor was about 3 years old at this time and we had transferred it to the J & J Makin depot on Kingsway Rochdale.We had taken over Makins in-house fleet of Sed/Atks and boosted it with the transfer of our ERFs,the two X regs followed later but the colour scheme had been changed to blue in-stead of Bewick red.
Big Al:
These ladies are currently for sale on my ebay account for a friend of mine A 1968 & 1970 A series both with 120 Gardner engines
Hi Al,
photo of RWT 444K i drove it when it was new .
Cheers Malc
Thats a nice turn up Malc!! I often wonder what happened to some of our old motors! but havn’t seen any yet,I suppose they’ve all been weighed in and turned into bean tins or similar!1 Dennis.
Bewick:
Starting with my favourite ERF when new in the depot Jan '76
Rear shot of the unit and has the “Bewick” name on the rear of the cab,a feature we had incorperated into our livery a year or so ealier,the back end of my Granada Ghia is poking out from the corner of the garage!! MEC 300P.Bewick.
Bewick:
Bewick:
Starting with my favourite ERF when new in the depot Jan '76Rear shot of the unit and has the “Bewick” name on the rear of the cab,a feature we had incorperated into our livery a year or so ealier,the back end of my Granada Ghia is poking out from the corner of the garage!! MEC 300P.Bewick.
Have you still got the Grenada ? I go up for the ■■■■■■■■ run every year and sitting in a lay bye just past the start is a Grenada Gia.
regards Big Al
Sorry Al no! I bought it new in Oct '75 and sold it in May '76.are you pleased with the ERF thread----seems to have created some interest anyway!! Dennis.
hi all,
it’s great to see a thread for the “a” series erf.here is the one i had,registered tbo 694n seen here in sept. 1999 and me and my mate stan are in glencoe in the western highlands returning to south wales from the west coast run to fort william.she is also seen in blue on page 2 of this thread, now owned by a firm from wigan.she has a 250 ■■■■■■■ and rto9509 fuller,very noisy but she could go very well 
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truckfest south west 1998.
pete 359:
hi all,
it’s great to see a thread for the “a” series erf.here is the one i had,registered tbo 694n seen here in sept. 1999 and me and my mate stan are in glencoe in the western highlands returning to south wales from the west coast run to fort william.she is also seen in blue on page 2 of this thread, now owned by a firm from wigan.she has a 250 ■■■■■■■ and rto9509 fuller,very noisy but she could go very well
Hiya Andrew,they should have been 3 real 7 ton coils-----that would have quieted her down a bit!!! Dennis.
Bewick:
Sorry Al no! I bought it new in Oct '75 and sold it in May '76.are you pleased with the ERF thread----seems to have created some interest anyway!! Dennis.
Dennis it is great, I had a great time in the sixties driving mainly ERF’s. Sadly I had a devastating fire at home and lost
a lot of my old pictures (which I had promised myself I would scan) Luckily enough my digital pictures were backed up
else where so I managed to save a few. regards Big Al
Big Al:
Bewick:
Bewick:
Starting with my favourite ERF when new in the depot Jan '76Rear shot of the unit and has the “Bewick” name on the rear of the cab,a feature we had incorperated into our livery a year or so ealier,the back end of my Granada Ghia is poking out from the corner of the garage!! MEC 300P.Bewick.
Have you still got the Grenada ? I go up for the ■■■■■■■■ run every year and sitting in a lay bye just past the start is a Grenada Gia.
regards Big Al
And this is a shot of NEC299P in her twilight years seen here as the yard shunter and used by our Tyre/Trailer fitter.It was such a handy little tractor for the job. I remember one hot August bank holiday coupling her up to a dodgy Ross Young fridge unit with jumper leads to keep the motor running and the Temp at --22 degrees.The old girl ran for circa 48 hours,just ticked over like a little clockwork watch!! It really was one of,if not,my favourite motor along with Atki OJM480L!! Dennis.