Dave the Renegade:
Could be that they are classed as construction vehicles Nathan.
Exemptions from the LEZ
Your vehicle will be exempt from the LEZ if it is registered in Great Britain, designed for mainly off-road use and is occasionally used on roads. In such cases, your vehicle does not need to be registered with TfL and is not subject to the daily charge. Exempt vehicles include:
agricultural and forestry tractors
mowing machines
agricultural and farm machinery and equipment
mobile cranes
road and building construction machinery
historic vehicles - built before 1 January 1973
military vehicles
If your vehicle is registered outside Great Britain - including Northern Ireland - you must register with TfL to be exempt from the LEZ charges.
Cars, motorcycles and small vans not over 3.5 tonnes unladen weight are exempt from LEZ charges.
I can’t say that I’ve seen all that many agricultural or forestry tractors chugging up Bond Street.
quite often near where i live , i see a scammel (s26 ? - it has the roadtrain cab)) eight wheel tipper on muckaway work.
its E registered so 1987/88.looks in bloody good nick aswell. i’ll have to try and get a pic
Cotswoldcrunch:
You might’ve seen it Splitshift as I see it around the A406, is an ex Hansons ERF EC but with a muck body retrofitted. Surely modifying the exhaust system and replacing the body would be dearer than buying another wagon? Unless the operator is an ERF fan I suppose?
Still, it looks healthier than many of Walshs’ motors.
Yeah must be an ERF freak,(most likely has a Morris Marina to tow his stationary engines to country shows at the weekend ) they are not a normal muck wagon are they! btw we used to say that about Scanias though (nothing wrong with ERF’s just don’t seem right to abuse one on muck work) having taken the ■■■■ I’ve got to say a good O/D could very well make a decent living out of just such a motor.I made a living out of Reivers, Bisons, Constructors etc
I remember when growing up, muckshifters were mostly MANs, Daf 2500s, Maggie D’s, and later, Renault Maxters.
Aggregate wagons tended to be Leyland, Foden, ERF and Sed Atkis. Foden and Leyland seemed to “cross over” and be a Jack of all Trades, and Bedford TK and TLs were the “builders’ lorry.”
truckfing:
Nowhere near the oldest but getting on a bit. Saw this in Preston yesterday.
They still don’t look all that old fashioned, a bit like the Foden 4000s. I remember an OD from the Hook Norton area had an FL7 240-in an 8wheeler. Looked nice with sleeper cab and bulk body, but not nice to follow.
Cotswoldcrunch:
You might’ve seen it Splitshift as I see it around the A406, is an ex Hansons ERF EC but with a muck body retrofitted. Surely modifying the exhaust system and replacing the body would be dearer than buying another wagon? Unless the operator is an ERF fan I suppose?
Still, it looks healthier than many of Walshs’ motors.
Yeah must be an ERF freak,(most likely has a Morris Marina to tow his stationary engines to country shows at the weekend ) they are not a normal muck wagon are they! btw we used to say that about Scanias though (nothing wrong with ERF’s just don’t seem right to abuse one on muck work) having taken the ■■■■ I’ve got to say a good O/D could very well make a decent living out of just such a motor.I made a living out of Reivers, Bisons, Constructors etc
i think ive seen this erf ec on many ocassions,dark blue cab and a lighter coloured body.not english drivers as far as i know.i think his firm might have a few of them,seen them all around hangar lane/north circ/A1/M1 on a regular basis
L&B still have a few fl10s on the road cant think of the blokes name with the erfs my dad knows him well only employs rent a reck eastern europeans on about 70quid a day.
one of the owner drivers runs with us has an M reg fl10 thats in great nick.
A lot of firms bit the bullet when the lez come in and put exhausts on as anything euro 4-5 was silly money and if you know the motor its worth it plus not everyone wants Massive finance bills.
