Aye & hes running a motor that dont have to be plugged into a diagnostic gadget to tell him what is wrong with it, Of course thats if he has got a problem, whick I very much doubt & good luck to him with his Leyland , The ones we ran made us a few bob & were not much bother, We allways got good long term service out of them, Its a pity their not still about to-day, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye & hes running a motor that dont have to be plugged into a diagnostic gadget to tell him what is wrong with it, Of course thats if he has got a problem, whick I very much doubt & good luck to him with his Leyland , The ones we ran made us a few bob & were not much bother, We allways got good long term service out of them, Its a pity their not still about to-day, Regards Larry.
He used to run half a dozen constructors and Reivers.I expect he’s got a few spares.
Cheers Dave.
This Tipper is still going strong & is going for its MOT On Monday, It belongs to my mate from Seaton Burn David Lowdon Who is the son of Arthur Lowdon who is retired of course, But still has all his marbles when it comes to wagons, or even the older type motor cars, He is a genious with mechanical things, He can even repair electric washers & old hoovers, Now in his 80s but still good crack, Regards Larry.
I dont know if this tidy E.R.F. qualifies for " Older wagons still earning their corn ", but its certainly carrying it. 
The ex - N.W.F. ( North West Farmers ) bulker has been well looked after during its service in the U.K., and
it is now in use in Malta.
Photographed a couple of years ago , the E.R.F. awaits the ferry to cross to Gozo island.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
Bewick:
malc step:
Hi Folks,
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Used regulary.
Cheers Malc.Who’s axle conversion is that Malc ? Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
Euro Axles Newcastle -under -Lyme.
Cheers Malc.
My old girl taken last month
This one is still working daily.
bumper:
hi, this old ERF still going strong see it regular on the A1 heading north, bumper
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looks like its been to wavins for gas/ water pipe , wonder if its an ex WA Glendinning motor? my dad used to lead out of here for glendinning , same pipe , i would upload pix , but dunno how
There aren’t many motors working harder than this old one.
Last Thursday 28/11/12 my 1998(F) 143 still earning it’s corn delivering a Bell Dumptruck locally to a place called Ridge near Romsey.
Regards Pat
haddy:
This was still running around a year or so ago!
Are those motors parked up just outside Norwich haddy?
When you look at all these old motors still working i would imagine the profit margins must be fairly respectable for the owners. If you have got a good old motor that has been well looked it should still be reliable, you don’t need a laptop to fix it if it does go wrong, no finance hence you can pick and choose your work, park the bugger up if the rates aren’t up to much rather than chasing any old work just to make the monthly payments (no fool like a busy fool!) Look at a modern 8 wheeler on tarmac, 32 tonnes and they carry less than an old FL at 30 tonnes!. That’s progress for you. 
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Over 30 years old and still doing regular trips from greece to the uk,now fitted with a 500bhp 143 engine.This photo was taken 21 12 2012 at gondrands in dagenham. 
youll never catch him either what a flying machine, proper motor, notice how theres not any daf man still running greece from the mid 80s era
need i say more
happychristmas to all truck netters
Mike Ponsonby…
dazteahan:
When you look at all these old motors still working i would imagine the profit margins must be fairly respectable for the owners. If you have got a good old motor that has been well looked it should still be reliable, you don’t need a laptop to fix it if it does go wrong, no finance hence you can pick and choose your work, park the bugger up if the rates aren’t up to much rather than chasing any old work just to make the monthly payments (no fool like a busy fool!) Look at a modern 8 wheeler on tarmac, 32 tonnes and they carry less than an old FL at 30 tonnes!. That’s progress for you.
I know of a lady od who runs a K reg Foden 3000 series 8w. She keeps it going on as many scrapyard bits as possible. She gets the same rate as someone with a new motor yet when the work’s slack in January, she’ll be parked up and jetting off to Jamaica…