Retro Test - ERF E 14 | A Nostalgic Journey

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Welcome to the first of a new semi-regular series we’ve called Retro Tests.
We’re going to sample trucks from the great era that spanned the early 70s, through until the early 90s, roughly…there are no hard and fast rules. To some degree we aim to investigate just how far we’ve come (if we’ve come that far at all), but the main thrust is to have a bit of fun, go on a nostalgic trip, enjoy a few laughs, and rekindle some fantastic yarns and memories from a great period in our transport history that’s now gone.
The main delivery media for the Retro Tests will be video, with print as the support - in other words, opposite from the magazine’s main test. We hope you enjoy watching and reading them as much as we do putting them together.
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@johnmelling9950 3 жыл бұрын

That Cummins is like a glorious symphony

@johnmelling9950 Жыл бұрын

@Gordon Bird I've no idea what you're talking about bird brain

@davemadman7093 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Ahh the old days indeed. Loved them units.

@ivecodaddy4817 3 жыл бұрын

Jake brake on the ERF!!!! Sounds good ☺️

@ianinnes8063 4 жыл бұрын

Best erfs ever built they took the market by storm when it was launched in uk most haulage companies had at least 1 of them the 320 big cam could boogie especially before speed limiters in uk were launched . Nice to see one and hear that jake working .

@gideonstrydom8242 11 ай бұрын

Best sounding Cummins ever! I agree with the comfort part. In their day it was the most comfortable ride one could buy in any truck. Thanks for the video. I truly enjoyed it! Cheers from South Africa.

@richardgriffin9676 3 жыл бұрын

What a nostalgic sound.I've haven't Hurd for a long time

@TheBoatmad 2 жыл бұрын

How cool, loved the video! Back when I was a kid my dad had several erf lv (?) tractors and run fruit and veg to and from London. I used to sleep on the engine cover under a duvet but then they were mostly gardeners! He once drove 32ton loaded from Covent garden to sandy in the early hours of the morning with no clutch! Sadly never driven a truck myself as I am diabetic..... so keep those classics coming!

@Dan23_7 Жыл бұрын

You’re the mirror image of me mate, I grew up going with my dad all the time in ERF, Fodens, old Volvo and Scanias, whatever he was driving lol. My whole family (men) were wagon drivers, my brother is now too, guess what? I’m not because I’m type1 diabetic 😂 I know we can do the licence now but I drive long distance anyway but in a van up and down the country, And sometimes do bigger distances than my brother. I love these “proper” wagons. These days they all look the same and sound like hairdryers. Even the Scanias with the v8 sound cr4p now. Take care 👍🏼👍🏼

@ethanthopy1996 6 ай бұрын

Come to the states as long as it can be managed without shots or you've had the insulin for 6 months you can drive here! My advice would be take plenty of healthy snacks and food and "graze" as need be! Also staying in shape will make it easier on your bodies!!!

@2500mike Жыл бұрын

Im late to the video but that is a stunning example. ERF is on my top 5 favourite tuck list. Really enjoyed seeing and hearing the ol girl. It may not be a yanky built cummins but as an Ameircan i can tell you the sound track is spot on! class gents cheers

@davidwyatt3188 4 жыл бұрын

Love the video, more please, maybe foden 4450 next.

@MetalNicky1983 6 ай бұрын

Great video. I love that Cummins/jake sound😎

@NZTruckingMag 6 ай бұрын

As do we 😃

@ronniebreizh9162 2 жыл бұрын

Good old resin rockets I owned a fair few from B series to the ECX which I have to say cured my ERF habit. I loved these motors always got me home and was never left stranded with them traveling all through europe and Scandinavian. I have to say its better than the peterbilt 389 dinosaur I've got now 100 years out of date and almost brand new.

@ashleyclough9277 4 жыл бұрын

That was fuckin excellent, more wanted in GB!

@seancooke4127 3 жыл бұрын

In the early 90s I was driving Volvo F6 and FL6 16 ton rigids. This was when the E Series was really flying. I really evied these guys who had Cummins 290 & 325s and 14 litre 320s with the magnificent Eaton Twin Splitter box. Proper trucks driven by proper truckers.

@ebddenby8439 3 жыл бұрын

The Volvo f6 was also a gem dad was driving one when I was born. Best wagon he ever drove untill he got to a 2009 reg Scania there was 5 Riggs between the Volvo and that Scania

@seancooke4127 3 жыл бұрын

@@ebddenby8439 never let me down once. The FL6 was powerful and comfortable but couldn't match the visibility of the F6. Moved onto a 1987 Reg Scania 92 with a 10 speed Splitter and a much stronger engine and then a 1995 feg Scania 93 with the 8 speed Range Change box. Both Scanias were 26 tonners. All Swedish and designed to work hard day in day out with minimal problems.

@ebddenby8439 3 жыл бұрын

@@seancooke4127 I wonder how many people are aware the 93m still didn't have seatbelts as standard my dad got one of the first 4 series in 97 followed by 3 manual p series and a opticruise p series in 2007/8 and 9 long gone are the days where you have your own truck now you drive what your told.

@seancooke4127 3 жыл бұрын

@@ebddenby8439 true, but the driver who drove his own truck cost a lot less than the bung in an automatic so that multiple drivers don't wreck the gearbox or the clutch, sales line was invented. I fear that if drivers could not be trusted to drive different vehicles without breaking them, then they're probably not great drivers really. I have driven my own truck, which is great. However, I have have also had drive what I was told. In that case it was my job to familiarise myself with whatever truck I was allocated and drive it properly.

@ebddenby8439 3 жыл бұрын

@@seancooke4127 yeah that's the thing dad could originally have a shovel, jacket and wellys behind the passanger seat for any situation which may arise. From about 2007 onwards s.j bargh was no longer a little firm out of Caton nr Lancaster it got so big it got to the point they gave him a 54 reg 4 series and said that's yours now so he put all his belongings in it just like he had done since 1984. He could go in any morning and his wagon would be in longridge or Endon or kendal this was a example of the 54 reg and when he got it back if he got it back there would be alsorts of damage. And the belongings were gone. He has relied on company tools since.

@Waynegrace323 4 жыл бұрын

Fkn crack up fellas...loved the 'back in the day' commentary 😂😂😂

@MrMarky2000 3 жыл бұрын

Much love from the UK guys 🇬🇧 great ritro road tist.... ❤ in my best NZ accent 😍

@lumbered8299 3 жыл бұрын

OMG I used to drive one of these in the UK, Twin Splitter though, Oh how I miss her!!!!

@martinclark8162 Жыл бұрын

1:11 "from a few generations back", What the actual fk?, a few generations!, an Aussie since '80 I built some of those ERF's back in Sandbach and my pubes are still a healthy shade of brown. Cheeky Kiwi barstewards.....

@frankbing1 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! thanks for sharing, driven a few of these in my time, I would happily drive this today.

@dailittle6980 3 жыл бұрын

It should have had the Eaton twin splitter gearbox in that truck. Then she’d be proper

@garyjanssen5388 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for you guys taking a T liner for a spin, real soft spot for them,

@scottjane4814 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys! Would love to see more vids like this. Even with modern trucks and or drivers! Haha

@tatuaalbert3112 4 жыл бұрын

awesome boys, yeah must search for the rest of your retro reviews tu meke.

@vineshnaidoo9402 3 жыл бұрын

Best engine brakes ever

@9186SZ 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, nice truck, beautiful country

@ovandek8959 Жыл бұрын

great sound, reminds me of the Ford Transcontinental. I wish those times would come back. 320 Cummings big cam with 13 speed fuller double split. Not the modern s... with automatic transmission and emission control systems

@h8evil685 3 жыл бұрын

E.R.F...Long Live the Mighty STREET KID...

@ebddenby8439 3 жыл бұрын

Love the 80s e series ERF what a beut and the Jacobs brakes 😍

@acd1202 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder why it has a 9 speed, in the UK it would have had a twin splitter with a very few fitted with a 13 speed, the only E series with a 9 speed was the supermarket trolley with the L10-250. On the other hand you get a Jake, it wasn't even on the option list here although one or two did have them but I think serious grovelling to Sandbach must have been involved.

@olepedersen5420 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea with re-tro tests.. keep them coming :-)

@billyadams8906 5 жыл бұрын

Best nz trucking video yet!

@stevenjohnston6213 3 жыл бұрын

The Eaton twin splitter was the gear box to have .ref ec 16 .went like a train

@rickykingi5191 3 жыл бұрын

Good hearing the kiwi accent for a change makes me homesick 😂👌

@danielduran7867 Жыл бұрын

ERF truck Cummins ISX 15. Cummins X15 , Cummins N14 , ERF truck Cummins ISM11 👍👍😊

@truckerman-01 5 жыл бұрын

Love it need to see more like this

@Ironhorse41 5 жыл бұрын

love the video and the wrap up guys, loved driving ERF quakes ;) good times

@justinrobinson5828 5 жыл бұрын

I reckon a volvo g88 very rare to see them on the road as a daily runner now days.

@andrewwallace9642 5 жыл бұрын

do a 500hp foden next if you can find one old school one! direct transport had one and it was a weapon!

@dazzamate4894 5 жыл бұрын

likd and subd mate.. love the older gear.. more of this series plz

@aidenlepore 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys 👍

@peterverity3506 Жыл бұрын

Locomotive is AB class "Passchendaele"

@cummins4416 3 жыл бұрын

Bring on the T line 👍

@cummins4416 4 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks for posting , is that an old chassis as I note the turbo on the back end rather than the side and the air stack on the n.s ?

@davidbroomfield1974 2 жыл бұрын

I think this a very early configuration of a 290 Cummins. I remember loading in the Nitram plant at Gillingham with my father, late 70s/early 80s and there was a new SA 400 and day cab with same configuration.

@stevwalker2116 4 жыл бұрын

same spec as my one cost$220000 on the road ...great truck

@philipdormer9434 4 жыл бұрын

Who knows what ERF stands for?, it is Edwin Richard Foden.

@NZTruckingMag 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Philip. Yip, it was named after Edwin Richard Foden, who founded the company in 1933.

@andrewbird1977 3 жыл бұрын

Cool truck seems to have very long wheelbase and 6x4double drive bogie we would favour 6x2 twin steer and where tacko should be normal Speedo a part from that she's pretty standard to the norm pls do a c series

@danielduran7867 Жыл бұрын

ERF truck Cummins X12

@johnmelling9950 2 жыл бұрын

The cab doesnt look to be seated down properly. Out if interest, what was the difference with the UK and US Cummins?

@woodthorpe100 2 жыл бұрын

Eaton Twin Splitter best gearbox ever

@G7IQJUK 3 жыл бұрын

GIVE IT TWIN SPLIT DRAKE BRAKE

@cummins4416 3 жыл бұрын

Any more yet ? 👍

@richardculling2288 4 жыл бұрын

hello... wow wtf lots of what they say is right..my brother meet ron when he was about 4, i was 7ish.. motor trucks was my dads work.. i kknow where he came from and the painter that went with him.not sure but culling enterprises ltd....palmerston north bennet st..i remember to much.. like my very frist basecoat/clearcoat in trucking mag pic centre on wall. if you may know how he really got the color from and where DAF spring up fromjust ask.. i have have lots of stories like john who paint the very first and seening in ici yellow

@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759 3 жыл бұрын

I know the Foden brothers fell out, but instead of Foden and ERF being bought by different companies and eventually being dissolved they should had joined and made ERFODEN!

@martinclark8162 Жыл бұрын

Heresy mate, you should be boiled in oil, if the bro's hadn't split they would still be driving steam truck FFS. ERF bought in the best diesel engines to take over from old school Fodens.

@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759 Жыл бұрын

@@martinclark8162 neither exist now though, and there isn't any British makers, just dafs made in britain

@martinclark8162 Жыл бұрын

@@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759 Yeah, fair point, have a good one David.

@cummins4416 3 жыл бұрын

Any news on more nostalgic journeys?

@NZTruckingMag 3 жыл бұрын

Within the next few months!

@cummins4416 3 жыл бұрын

@@NZTruckingMag Great I’ll look forward to it 👍