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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