Foden FE or ERF KV?

[Upatdawn]

[Hooli]

Looks like a Foden badge on the front to me.

[Upatdawn]

its like a hybrid... foden double diamond on an EFR cab

[Humper]

Upatdawn said:

I used to drive one of those when i was 21.

[zip929]

Humper said:

I used to drive one of those when i was 21.

Bet you had big arms?

[Upatdawn]

Humper said:

I used to drive one of those when i was 21.

did tha have to double declutch lad?

[Chipchap]

Upatdawn said:

did tha have to double declutch lad?

The real "oldies2 only used the clutch for pulling away. Every other shift was clutchless. Also these real oldies only had 5 or 6 speeds anyway. Some may have had an Eaton 2 speed rear axle, which was just like a splitter effectively.

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[Humper]

Double clutch whilst stirring porridge. 5 gears and a 2 speed back end.
40mph flat out. Vacuum brakes. 3 million turns lock to lock
Handballing bags of potatoes all.day long.
Nostalgia aint what its cracked up to be....

PS im not that old, the company ran the same trucks for 25 years.

[Humper]

Theyre still running about at shows today

[GC8]

I know a fellow who had a J registered (1992) six wheel Foden, which had a crash box!

[Cataldo]

GC8 said:

I know a fellow who had a J registered (1992) six wheel Foden, which had a crash box!

I drive artic's and there are some right relic's still on the road! along with some tractor units manufacturers seem to have kept producing for years despite being outdated! I saw a W plate ERF EC11 the other day.

don't get me wrong im not knocking the older motors, in fact id prefer to drive one that the MAN TGX I have to suffer now!

[Upatdawn]

when I worked in trailer parts one of our customers was Bassett Roadways (Tittensor) and they did full rebuilds on older trucks


and kept using them

can you believe that!

[Lucas CAV]

Upatdawn said:

That looks like a Jennings cab on a Foden chassis -

Presumably chosen to allow 3 seats to be fitted - the breweries had a rule about crew numbers IIRC

[Lucas CAV]

GC8 said:

I know a fellow who had a J registered (1992) six wheel Foden, which had a crash box!

Strictly speaking, a constant mesh box rather than a true crash box - but get the revs right and it would change far faster and with less force needed than a synchro -