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ilif ill ERF be around for much longer? Well, despite having
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been absorbed by German manufacturer MAN and not having any hardware to sell right now, there's no reason why it can't continue as a local operator's favourite. After all, like Poden, the marque will benefit from a brand new cab, while retaining that all-familiar driveline.
Meanwhile, it's important to know how to maintain existing ERF 8x4s, so to gather a few Tech Tips, Bryan Jarvis has visited the Potteries to watch Geoff Ball's four-year old example having its regulatory check-over. DEALER & WORKSHOP
• Beech's Garage (1983) is situated close to the heart of the North Staffordshire Potteries region, and has been ever since Harry Beech left Vulcan Truckworks, Southport, for Burslem, in 1932. The next year, when ERF began building oilengined wagons, his garage became the new truck maker's first English distributor.
Today Beech's is an ultra-modern ISO 9002 organisation operating a 24-hour repair, maintenance and recovery service from two dealership sites in Stoke-on-Trent and at Middlewich, Cheshire.
Allied to the garages, the company operates a full Class 4 80, 6 (1-IGV) MoT test unit and test prep workshop, as well as a tachograph centre, an up-to-date bodyshop and paint spraying facility
For this month's Tech Tips feature, we visited Beech's Stoke site to watch one of its senior mechanics, Darren Jenkinson, run a beady eye over JO Ball's hard-working ERF 8x4 tipper.
The truck, including its Wilcox/Edbro tipping bodywork, was about to have its six-weekly 0-licence inspection plus any necessary repairs.