When owner-driver Stephen Histed was diagnosed with prostate cancer he faced a crisis for both his health and his business. With nobody to drive his Daf XF 26 tonne rigid during his treatment and recovery of up to three months, he risked losing the business he’d worked so hard to build up. But his daughter Holly, 24 years old at the time, stepped up and volunteered to take on the driving.
She passed her Class C licence first time and was soon out on the road working in the 16-speed manual Daf. “I always used to enjoy going in the truck with my dad during the school holidays and I loved to help wash the lorries at the weekend, I must have diesel in the veins!” she tells us.
Stephen started off his driving career with John C Wheeler Transport driving a Bedford TK and then jumped up to a Ford Transcontinental and European work. He then got the first Daf 3600 ATi Space Cab in the country before deciding he wanted to head out on his own. That was 30 years ago and his first truck was a Daf 2100. “I was fortunate to get a good start, as John Wheeler said if I painted my truck his colours, then I could subbie for him” he explains. This got Stephen’s business up and running until he built up his own customer base. The company has around 20 customers, transporting all types of goods which takes them all over the UK.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Well forked Daf
Remember, we like to cover all sorts of different trucks here at T&D – like this impressive new CF rigid complete with Moffett Mounty forklift
King of the hill
Moving heavy equipment off road calls for a truck with plenty of power and traction, which is why M&J Plant chose a mighty 6x4 FH16 750
Time Machine 2015-2019
It’s the final part of our series on the history of UK haulage. Let’s look back at those innocent times before that pesky virus turned up
Original and best
There are few trucks which have been customised to the level of the Scania 143, but let’s not forget that the standard product was pretty awesome just as it left the factory, like this rare 420
GOING ALL THE WAY
Simon Rogers got behind the wheel as soon as he was able to, and nearly 30 years later, his company is going from strength to strength, with a striking all-black, top-spec Iveco S-Way 570 the latest addition to the fleet
Abnormal loads
In the distant past, when dinosaurs roamed the planet, truck drivers were a very different breed, made from sterner stuff than us mere mortals
Range change
After a gap of 13 years, Renault trucks have reappeared in the unique colours of MacRitchie Highland Distribution. T&D takes the high road to Inverness to meet owners, Donald and Catriona MacRitchie
Cutting a dash
Freshly showered and munching a healthy egg and cress sarnie in Gloucester North services, Chris has a Foden update
Air we go!
On Saturday 29 May at 6pm, 240 drivers gathered with their trucks at South Mimms Services for a parade to raise vital money for Essex & Hertfordshire Air Ambulance
A Cutt Above
From coal to turf to fencing and loads more, there’s not much the Calcutt fleet hasn’t transported over the years
