Bussbygg Norway – Volvo FH 420

This is my model of the Volvo FH 420, which you can see on the picture on the left. I have built this model for Bussbygg, a company specialized in car parts that build up the real car. The real truck you see on the picture, is the one that has delivered the model to the Bussbygg offices. The minitiature models are pictured below. Conrad, Mos and Tekno delivered the model parts. You can find a description... Read More...

On the Stena Line

During one of the outings of the company I work for, we went to Sweden and we spent the weekend in Gothenburg. To get to Sweden, we had to take the Stena Line ferry from Kiel to Gothenburg. When we were all aboard and checked out the decks, I wandered of to the car deck, to find out if I could find any Sties trucks. Nothing, bad luck. However, we still had to take a ferry back to Kiel, so who knows. On... Read More...

With Betsy to Spain

1963. Sties first carriage with fish to Spain. We were loading the fish by Frionor in Trondheim to deliver in Madrid. It was a long way to drive. The distance from Trondheim to Madrid was about 3600 kilometers. Spain was under the dicta tor ship of General Franco. The border controls were very strict and it was difficult to get permission to drive trucks into Spain. There were soldiers and police everywhere... Read More...

With Betsy to Italy

Stie’s first transport of fish to the European continent was going to Italy in 1962. I was driver with the truck “Betzy” loaded up to the ceiling with whole frozen Porbeagle fish. We had to load the fish in Aalesund, 550 km north of Oslo. But there was a problem. The truck “Betzy” had tree axels. Because of bad roads, it was not allowed to drive with tree axels trucks on the road around Aalesund. There... Read More...

Stie’s on the ferry: how it all started

A new ferry line Oslo – Kiel started at May 1961. The line was operated by a new car ferry with the name Kronprins Harald. She was a small ferry boat compare with the car ferry to day. But she was a luxurious ship, mainly built for small passenger cars. This new ferry line was very interesting for Stie, as it would mean a 24 hour sail to Kiel instead of driving 800 km through Sweden and Denmark .There... Read More...

The daily 560 kms from Oslo to Trondheim

We usually drove up to Trondheim to load fish. The road from Oslo to Trondheim was 560 km long. The highest point of the road was 1024 m. Sties trucks were driving that distance almost every day. We used 14 hours on that drive with only 2 stops. One stop for dinner, and one stop at midnight for coffee and sandwich at a filling station. Sties trucks were very often the last truck out of Oslo bound for... Read More...

The Old Days by Jan Sunlay

Reg no.: I-7284 Ø. Stie`s first truck with trailer Scania Vabis Regent L71 Mod. 1956.. Hp. 150 Colour: Truck pink and trailer turquoise Photo from about 1958-59. Truck driver Kåre Delin delivers a package to a shop. He has a white mantle because he handles foods. Stie’s drivers where always clean and dressed for the job. This truck was built in 1956 for transport of frozen spinach from Grimstad... Read More...

History of Betsy

The Story of Betzy In the sixties and seventies, it was quite common to baptize your truck with a nice name. So did Jan Sunlay, one of the first drivers for STIES. Jan’s father designed and created two wonderful name plates for both sides of his Scania-Vabis LS-75. For many years, the name plates served as a mascot on Jan’s travels. After years of preservation, the name plates have found a new... Read More...

The History of Sties

1957 The Company Sties Termo Transport LTD. was established by Øystein Stie. Sties first truck was a Scania Vabis L71 (Regent) 1956 model with trailer. The truck had isolated containers fir transporting frozen spinach by order of Fionor Products, using dry ice to refrigerate. 1961 Sties first truck with refrigerator was set into duty. This was the first truck painted in the well known colours, blue... Read More...

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