A wish that came true

By: Gerrit de Heus. The following story is about the restoration of a Scania Streamline 143. This truck is from one of our southern neighbors, the Belgian Filip. Although there are Dutchmen who make fun of Belgian people, Filip is a guy to be taken serious, because of his big plans. And as far as Filip, I, as biggest Stiesfan (Gerrit), haven’t come yet, despite my large collection. This restoration... Read More...

The Nor-cargo scale model of Kees de Heus

Scale model of Arve’s FH12. Made by Kees de Heus. The following description is about the scale model of Arve’s FH12 (scale 1:50) It is a Tekno model of the FH12. The loading platforms are made by himself, where the major difference lies in the fact that the doors on the side actually can be opened. So you can now also see the loading platforms from the inside. He needed much patience before he... Read More...

The Sties scale models of Leo de Heus (1:87)

Here’s a picture of a Scania 141 Combination. The Scania has the old logo of Sties. Above is a picture of a Scania 142 Combination. This Scania has, just like the 141, the old logo of Sties. This is a picture of a model of a Scania 143 Streamline Combination made by Leo de Heus. The model has new Sties logo-stickers, made of adhesive polyester and equipped with a silk-screen. A scania 143 Streamline... Read More...

Restored Scania 141

Sties is back on the road in the Netherlands. From my childhood on was I, Gerrit de Heus, already obsessed with the tough trucks from Scandinavia and especially with the Sties trucks. What started with shooting some pictures at the highway and making a model, has now become a Sties-collection at my house and 3 websites. “Even the walls are in Sties colors.” Since Sties changed into Nor-cargo, the... Read More...

Model for driver Arne Kristoffersen – Mack F700

Although Stie used only Scania and Volvo in the early years, a Mack was imported. The driver was Arne Kristoffersen. Arne asked me to build a model of his truck. Since I have various stickers with all kinds of logos, it was not a problem at all. The model has a nice place at Arne’s home. Parts that were used came from Miho, Tekno and MOS.  Read More...

My Own Experience with Arve

I would like to write a piece about how I’ve experienced Arve myself, although I haven’t met him that often, the times we talked were always impressive. Especially since he could not only tell much about Sties, but also because he liked his job and was driven to keep his car clean and maintained. “My truck is the business card of Sties,” he said. I also have made some pictures of his car, even... Read More...

His Final Years

In his final years Arve drove with a permanent second driver in the truck. This driver was Trond Erik Sperre. Both names decorated the Volvo FH 12. Just as his previous truck, Arve put with big letters “Volvo” on front of the cabin, so you could see from afar when Arve was coming. On a modest spot the logo of Larvik, the place he lived, came. With this truck, they made several trips to several... Read More...

Just Forget Falken

In memory of Arve (Arabern) Almerud. By Geir Sundets (Translated from Norwegian to Dutch by Wim Varenkamp) In the second night of 1999 Arve “the Arab” Almerud died. The confirmation that our friend and deeply respected international transport colleague had left us after a stroke, was a big shock to the drivers environment. For everyone who had the pleasure to meet Arve, drive with him, hear his... Read More...

Arve’s Car

The next description and photo’s are about Arve (Arabern) Almerud’s Truck. This was a Volvo FH12 combination with Bussbygg loading platforms. At first sight, it looked an regular truck just like the other FH12’s, but because Arve liked to put his own mark on trucks, it changed a little. At the front of the cabin came in big letters: Volvo, these letters were red and white. On the side of the... Read More...

First model for STIES – Scania R-142

This truck was still carrying the old STIES logo (Oslo Trondheim). The truck has been delivered together with Roy Therkelsen with the Volvo F12 — BN 30741, back in 1986. The picture on the right (above) shows how the truck was delivered, proudly presented behind the window of Roy’s truck.  The picture left (below) is taken from the former Administrative Director of STIES, Mr. John Kristiansen,... Read More...

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