There I was, quietly snoozing away when I was rudely awakened by our brave leader 'Young Mr Salter' who asks me: "Pay attention! Any chance of a regular weekly post looking at the best products for sale in RT.com/buy & sell...sort of a Biglorryblog 'Pick of the Classified'? You can choose what you like." Well, like a boy let loose in a sweet shop I promptly checked out http://www.roadtransport.com/buyandsell/default.aspx
And guess what I found? Some rather smart ERFs for sale. But not just any ERFs oh no. These are ECTs with, yes, Cummins engines! The retailers of such fine road-going provender are the good folk at EVS (
They're based at Belton,
Anthony tells me they've got a couple of ex-McLaren F1 team Actros racing transporter tractors including this one which comes complete with fuly-enclosed streamlined back-end!
On a 56 plate.....all rather smart Meanwhile, if you're advertising on rt.com buy & sell and you've got something unusual on the website be sure to let me know and send me a picture to biglorryblog@googlemail.com And I'll post up something new and (hopefully) interesting once a week with whatever catches my eye..
Hi Brian
Yes the ECT is an excelent used truck option.As an ex ERF Main Dealer Sales Manager I remember MAN asking if we had to give up the plastic cab or the Cummins engine which would it be? The cab was well respected and a strong selling point for many years but steel had caught up, the Cummins on the other hand was the jewel in the crown and we ended up with the ECT ( a Cummins powered TGA) It's success helped with it's demise as it was far superior to the home grown product current at that time and the folks at Swindon were concerned it would eventually outsell the TGA and that would not please the Germans.The MAN/ERF saga and the massive legal case connected to it has rapidly slipped into history and an excellent truck has gone with it.
The current MAN is a great improvement and in Europe and the UK the D20 engine is performing well but I am hearing from contacts in Canada that the IH MaxForce (D20)is not proving so popular with North American operators as compared to the latest offerings from Cummins, Detroit Diesel and indead some earlier Cat's it has'nt got the grunt they are accustomed to raising doubts over its longevity.There is also some doubts that now in service it may struggle to meet emmision levels without the addition of Ad Blue.
It would be interesting to know if there is any truth in this or if it is just rumour
Mike Davies
Waterlooville
Blog Meister
Just cause I am not back on the road yet are you so desperate you have to repeat the sales pitch for RT.Com
The Boss
BM
Social engineering,you have moved it to point position,not much interest to Bloggers outside the UK..
B
Well I think it's worth repeating as I've done so many posts since putting it up originally it fell off the end--and Cummins-powered ECTs have got to be worth blogging on! If I had the money I'd buy one....and a Foden Alpha too. Though I suspect Mrs BLB might complain.
Brian, did I read that right?????
You would buy a Foden Alpha????
The Mk 1s had a Roadranger 18-speed, you know.
In fact, in NZ, some of the Mk2s had Roadrangers as well.
You would still buy one??? I suppose I could always come over and drive it for you, or at least give you lessons!!!!
LOL, Vic
Don't fall off your chair Vic! The Alpha was launched over here with a 16-speed ZF Ecosplit SYNCHRO! And anyroadup by the time it got to Mk II Foden had even put an AS-Tronic auto in a ISM-powered demonstrator tractor which I also drove. Blue metallic piant job and high-roof cab. Looked the business....and like I said, I had no trouble driving the 18-speed Fuller in the Western Star Commander in Oz. Only that was a long time ago....I don't use my left leg any more.
The Alphas over here had 18-speed Roadrangers, Brian, like all proper trucks do!!!!!