Ua kapa ʻia ka inoa ERF ma hope o Edwin Richard Foden. He paionia ʻo Foden, a ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā kaʻa kaʻa e hiki mai ana i nā makahiki 1900 mua ma o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ke kaʻa mahu mua me nā huila huila kila – no laila ʻo kēia ka kaʻa kaʻa mua me nā huila paʻa paʻa! Ua hala ʻo Foden i ka makahiki 1950, akā ua ola kona inoa ma ka inoa ERF.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā kaʻa kaʻa ERF ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa - ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona kahiko - me ka hōʻailona e pōmaikaʻi ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kālepa ukana moana mai 1960-1980. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi o kā lākou huahana kūleʻa loa, ʻo ka E-Series tractor, i ka makahiki 1986 a ua kōkua kēia i ka ulu nui ʻana o ka brand, e hoʻopaʻa inoa ana i nā kaʻa he 3,740 ma UK wale nō.
I ka makahiki 1996 ua lawe ʻia ʻo ERF e Western Star Trucks Holdings. Pīhoihoi kēia i ka ʻoihana no ka mea ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi ʻoihana Kanada ma ka ʻenehana Pelekane. Eia naʻe, huli koke ka pīhoihoi o ka poʻe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka wā i hoʻomau ai ka hui i ka hana ʻana i nā kaʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Ua kūʻai ʻia ka hui iā MAN i ka makahiki 2000, nāna i hoʻomaka koke ʻo ERF i nā kaʻa ECS a me ECX. ʻO kēia nā kaʻa kaʻa mua i hāʻawi i kahi hale kila i nā mea kūʻai. ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ua pani ʻia ka hale hana Pelekane o ERF i ka makahiki 2002, a ua hoʻopau ʻia ka marque e MAN i 2007.
A no laila, ʻaʻohe kaʻa ERF i hana ʻia ma hope o 2007. No laila inā ʻoe i ka mākeke no kahi ERF hou, ʻaʻole ʻoe i laki. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, ua manaʻo ʻia aia ma mua o hoʻokahi kaukani kaʻa ERF e hana mau ana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa - me kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i ka makahiki 80, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mana hope i hana ʻia ma waena o 2000-2007. No laila inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kaʻa ERF iā ʻoe iho, aia nā ʻāpana kaʻa ERF ma ka mākeke, inā pono ʻoe iā lākou.
Minamina i hoʻopau ʻia ka marque, no ka mea, ua ʻike nui ʻia nā kaʻa ERF no ko lākou kūpaʻa maikaʻi a me ka hilinaʻi i nā pōʻai kaʻa. A ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana e MAN, nāna i hoʻoneʻe i ka hana kaʻa i kā lākou hale hana ma Munich, Kelemānia.
No laila ʻae - hilinaʻi nā kaʻa ERF. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka marque.
