a couple of ERF Kv eight wheelers I drove,Leonard Greens WWT333 appeared at the 61 commercial motor show at Earl’s Court but some six years later when I got my hands on it Gardner 6LX 150,Parkgate iron &steel ERF 5766 was new to my Dad Norman 1961 Gardner 6Lw 120 ( Parkgate hesitated buying the new 6Lx) I first took it out 1970 by then in British Steel Rotherham ownership with the gold leaf lettering unceremoniously deleted
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Question Larry ----- was the 8 wheeler flat single drive and the tippers were double drive ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Question Larry ----- was the 8 wheeler flat single drive and the tippers were double drive ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis, Flats were single drive, The tippers were double drive, The flats were flat out at 37mph, But they had the 11.3 AEC engine in , and of course the had the Aberdeen overdrive, Or also know as silent sixth box which was an optional extra that was up to the drivers discression on how to use this added extra 
,I certainley used it, Being a naughty boy of course, But I never got into any bother,And allways checked the prop shaft bolts just in case they had come loose, Happy days Larry.
Are foreign motors welcome on this thread?
Both of these had Fuller 13 speeds, best box ever as far as I’m concerned.
These MAN’s were unstoppable off road. Very underrated at the time,I loved them.
The yellow one had very high ratio diffs, and luckily for me the speed limiter never worked -the upper edge of the green band on the rev counter was 75 mph.
Top speed would see the tacho needle go right round , as far as it would go.luckily I was on logbooks not tacho, as utility work.
Happily drive either tomorrow if they had a modern crane fitted
