Within three months of the buy out Tibbett & Britten invested heavily and began to replace Lowfield’s aging eight year old fleet of Gardner powered ‘C’ Series ERFs with a fleet of 46 ■■■■■■■ powered E10 ERF 4X2 tractor units.
The first batch arrived in November 1989 and were powered by ■■■■■■■ 290 engines followed by a second batch early in 1990 of ■■■■■■■ 325’s.
In October 1989 shortly before they started to arrive a number of Lowfield’s drivers were invited to go on a tour of the ERF works in Sandbach which is where the picture above was taken.
Back row left to right,
Dave Vernon, Traffic office clerk?, the late Alan Biddle, Peter Prior, Paul Anderson, Steve O’Brian (traffic manger), Trevor Boss.
Front row left to right,
Barry Holden, Wally Walton, Lee Knight.