ERF B Series Rolls Royce Cold Start & Drive out
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2020
- Cold start and a little drive (first run up in six weeks or more) of one of my ERF B series' GAO171V with a Rolls Royce Eagle 265L, All filmed on my phone camara so not the best but none the less worth a post if you like your ERFs, Enjoy!
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Nice to hear someone that can drive and double clutch unlike today’s drivers
I remember my old man driving a few old ERFs for Jos Millican back in the 80s
She is a beauty what proper truck British engineering at its best built when there was pride bet she could do days work now
I couldn't have timed my search much better. Searched ERF B series and this came up as posted 20 hours ago. Love the Rolls Royce engine👍👍
I used to drive Atkinson Borderers. My first atki had the 180 gardner with the Davy Brown gearbox. Wouldnt pull you out of bed lol then i got a 205 cummins atki which was a huge upgrade with the 9 speed fuller box then i got the 250 cummins. It went like shit off a shovel lol. We had 2 b series erf's at the time. I rated the gardner for fuel economy but for power i reckon the cummins had it all the way. Then i got my first seddon atki with the 250 cummins turbo. My first sleeper cab then after a while i had a rolls 290 seddon atki. It kept breaking down for some reason then in 1985 i got the 320 cummins seddon atki 401 twin steer. Back then she was the holy grail of the seddons. The erf, atkis and fodens were very underrated lorries but outlived scanias and volvos of their era
Great old lorries. We have a 250 Cummins B Series. Love it
drove quite a few ERFs B C AND E Rev counters never worked nice to see one that does work engine sounds great
My first ever truck! 😂😂 The nostalgia! 🤠😃
How was it to use commercially?
@@eetherington Yeah it was a good truck back in the day. We only pulled 32 ton gross back then though. You had to tie a piece of rag to the top of your mirrors and it acted like a wiper flapping in the wind if you wanted to see through them when it was raining. 😂
Nice double declutching.
My dad drove a b series then a c series then a e series I think they were very underated you have to drive these I'm a fraied modern drivers only want autos now my truck drives it self I just steer these you have to drive them much more hands on so cool
I'm in the process of getting my hgv. I want one of these, sound amazing. I would love to learn to drive a split box or the other manual boxes, maybe even asynchronous get some of that double clutch action going 😂
@@eetherington crash box ,straight cut gears get the rpm ,engine speed , road speed all in sink you only need clutch to pull away and stop , you can double the clutch but why 🤷
Brilliant looks a lovley motor
Roller sound ❤️
I worked in the transport office for the company J H Henderson, Cumbria who used to own this ERF tractor unit, it was a green colour.
There's a picture of it in their Langwathby yard online somewhere loaded with steel I believe.
@@MGWilliams I have pics off the web of other ERF’s they owned - ECF 548V and RAO 970X parked at Langwathby yard.
@@MGWilliams Thanks - Found the pic of it.
Did they have a yard in Alston?
Yes Hendersons had a garage at Alston, they had a petrol station on one side of the road and car repair shop opposite. Petrol station closed and the site was cleared some time ago now, a Spar shop is there now. The repair shop shut down and was sold about 2 years ago. The Henderson business is no longer in operation due to retirement of the owners.
Beautifull a proper workhorse.
A local logistics firm now long gone had Leyland Roadtrain's with Rolls Royce Eagle engines in them. They were slow when fully loaded up as they did lots of runs to the local landfill but kept going.
We had a few Rolls engined ERF tippers back in the 80's. Most of them wouldnt pull you out of bed but one in particular with a C series cab pulled like crazy and would embarrass some of our brand new E10's. Must of been a bigger engine than the others.
Might have been a 290 as opposed to a 265
@@kevinkerr8310 maybe, our E10's were 290's and the rolls would edge away from very them very slightly at top speed., I think the E10's would have the edge on the hills though when loaded.
@@johnmelling9950 I worked with TNT in the 80s had an ERF. With a 10 litre Cummins was not great , had a Ford cargo with the same 10 litre Cummins was a small tractor unit went like feck but was a pile of shit bit like the Bedford TK of the artic of it’s time feck all like a scanny at the time
Maybe a Cummins L 10 in them
Could possibly have been a Cummins N14, especially if it was an eight legger
Alan Butt had an ERF B Series TVH816T like yours he used for hauling gravel, a Clessie Cummins 290 twirling a 9 Speed Fuller Roadranger Box and double reduction Kirkstall Axle, before she was traded in for a Mk 1 DAF 95 on an 'H' plate, pity that old ERF,s rear axle howled, as for the DAF in the charisma stakes a bit of a let down .
Sound better than a Cummins tbh
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Didn't Rolls sell the rights to the 'eagle' to Perkins and they're still building em? For boats these days? 🤔
Yes they because perkins Eagle.
Had a 265 from.new
Alright Max,,,,,Nice 2 C The Ole Wagon Out,,,,Have U Still Got The Cummins 220?
Sold the Roller and built a Wyatt transport replica (Gardner power) still have the Cummins 250 tag
sounds and looks fantastic ..now get 20 tonnes other back and film it again ..she will sound loads better
Folk used to say the eagle always blew head gaskets and leaked oil. Did they cure it with the mk3?
They were known for injector sleeve leaks and pre modification, oil pump drives and premature liner wear but not to my knowledge head gaskets. People knock them but Gardners and Cummins had their flaws too. Cummins 14s would snap head bolts and/or leak, Gardners absolutely love leaking oil etc etc. Only main thing against rollers was the cost of parts. Of course, regarding reliability this is depending who you ask as rollers were generally the money mens fleet engines as Gardner and Cummins had a following from certain operators meaning they got a bit more repect. A looked after roller was not a bad engine in my opinion this one is on a million miles, but its obviously had work in its 40 years. 👍
Same engine as the ERF EC12
Jack Richards had loads of these. Horrific things overall. Very poor cab build quality, wide panel gaps poor fitting doors, rattly windows, leaky window rubbers ect. Engines and gearboxes fitted were equally bad. Anything from the Eagle, Gardner, Cummins were all outdated and under powered. Some drivers seemed to like them but with many there it was all they were ever used to..
You can't knock the fuller roadranger it was indestructible. You'd wear them down over ten years listening to the grind. 😂
@@Rob-on-the-Road
Very true.
I may be wrong but I think the ERF with Rolls Eagle 265 I once drove had this box.
It was a long time ago though..
Reliability issues must have been long since settled but in late 60s I was talking to a fire chief from Takapuna who said the R-R diesel in their main fire engine was rather niggly compared with the Detroit or Cummins offerings.