What Happened to Eddie Stobart? 

I don't know about Eddie Stobart but Stephen Hawking seems to have found a new niche narrating youtube videos.

Any one here remember when Stobart took over some Tesco RDCs. All staff were told to reapply for their jobs on less pay and conditions.

He died, he was found to be "HGV Positive ".

The company that wrecked British Road transport.

I remember my trainer talking about Stobart when I did my National and International CPC back in the mid 90’s. I seem to recall him having his “O” licence taken away on several occasions because of the way he ran his fleet operations. Clearly he was “influencing” someone in the right way as he seemed to bounce back each time!

Their demise was a result of how they expanded so fast by getting work by low ball bidding to force the competition into liquidation. Large fleets like Yardelys of Leeds and Browns of Carsile were east to undercut, their management was old and complacent and when the next generation took over as in Yardely's case they didn't have the hungry killer instinct of Eddie S.

Had a 'run in' with one of their drivers a few years ago. He was in the wrong lane at an island and tried to cut me up on the exit. We stopped side by side, he put his window down and said i had to let him in because they were the elite. Not so elite now are they?

I recently did my Class 2 licence and there was a lady doing her Class 2 as well and it turned out that she is the niece of Andrew Tinkler and she explained that although the name and brand colours still exist, the main reason why the Culina group ended up buying Stobart's was because they wanted their contracts with companies and the fleet was a nice addon to the deal. She also mentioned that the Stobart family do have a trucking firm still though, they are called WS transport.

I used to play a game for two players while driving on the motorways- Eddies and Norberts. Each participant chose the trucks they would look out for, either Eddie Stobart or Norbert Dentressangle. The first to reach ten won the game and then you started again. However, if either player spotted a Preston's of Potto truck, that trumped everything and was a game winner.

Not to mention that the company nearly went under. Had multi bail outs.

Funnily enough I spotted one of their Scania wagon and drag today on the M8 still in the original colours, 1st of November. These big companies like Culina and Gregory and suchlike are taking over the UK transport.

I always wondered what happened to Eddie Stobbart with not seeing his trucks on the road, this is what happeneds when you get too big too fast. Alan Merseyside.

Robot voice. Instant switchoff.

Suis un français breton. J'ai toujours connu ces ensembles rutilants. Souvenirs. Le bonjour aux trucks english 🚛😉

This is not the full story, I have worked in the transport industry for the last 50 years and experienced the effect stobbart had on other hauliers , stobbart by various devious operations caused the closure of many other hauliers, both company's and owner drivers , the stobbart drivers were shunned by drivers from other company's, in greasy spoons while eating , if a stobbart clown came and sat next to other drivers , they would all get up and find other tables , their dodgy operations should have bankrupted them , but they owed to much for that to happen , so they were allowed to carry on , undercutting honest hauliers , and driving them out of business, ...........here's a good one about stobbart , ......" what's green , and hangs from a @unt , .........an Eddie stobbart tie "

Only avid fans of The Simpsons TV show will like this (the one where Sideshow Bob was trying to kill Bart). Driving along the M6 one dark night, my headlights caught the words "Die Bart" on the back of the vehicle away in front of me. I was puzzled by this for a long time before I eventually caught up with the vehicle. It was an "Eddie Stobart" lorry, but only part of the firm's name on the back doors was showing because one door had been removed. 😂 [ "EdDIE StoBART."]

The company has been brought out by Culina, so the traditional colours are being phased out, Stobart is no more.

Best thing that ever happened to a haulage company they were absolute shits to work for and they put a lot of single owner operators out of business by stealing work from them I had my own unit and trailer and on many occasions I would go into Coca Cola depot to pick a back load home to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and the dogs from stobart had takin my load just for the price of a tank of diesel and they weren’t the only ones

No longer with us? That's arguable. Yes, it's been bought out, yes, the lorries are being rebranded and re-liveried, but Eddie Stobart Ltd is still a UK registered company, 2023 accounts are at Companies house and due to be published in about 10 days.

What voice did you use for? The video sounds like the Apple robot voice, Daniel.

The Stagecoach of the haulage industry. At one point they had the clout to be able to run contracts at a loss until their competitors went under then they'd ramp up the price. It was only children and Sunday drivers who ever had a good impression of them.

Haven’t seen an Eddie Stobart truck for ages , I have noticed my little model of one ,has gone missing . Maybe some one has nicked it because if Stobarts goes pear shaped ,it might go up in value ,to collectors .

WS Transportation is William Stobart and one of his sons i believe.

I travel to Sheffield Hospital 96 mile journey every 6 months and pass loads of eddie stobart trucks. I haven't seen any of the new brands u have shown here. My journey adds up to 196 miles on the A1m and M1. Am in the process of building the eddie stobart twiggy truck

Why the computerised voice? Switched off

Stobarts didn’t own the trucks they were leased, hence why they were wrapped. You can’t paint a leased vehicle.

Eddie was taken over by culina good or bad😮lwas a spoter and still can see a stobart liverd track ter trailer some time 😮

On our coach trips.we use to count how many trucks we would see.

Whymust you usea speech synthesizerto narrate your videos? It's very hard to follow. Surely it wouldn't have been difficult to read out the script - it's only 110 seconds!

I hate these robot voiceovers, the cadence is all wrong. Another British company, bought by foreign interests just so they can kill it off.

Nothing happened at all Eddie died and the company got bigger.

Often to be seen buried under a bridge somewhere!

I remember when i was a lorry driver yearsssssssss ago, Eddie Stobart (the old man) went to France to try and register the new lorrys in france, BUT the owner of Norbert Dentressangle (ND) Flys his Helicopter to Stobart and landed at his place and told Stobart he had a small window to move all your trucks out of france, or ND will undercut every job Stobarts bids on and run Stobarts into the ground. Now you know why all the lorrys are resigtered in Belguim. This was a story that was told loads of time when drivers where on the P&O ferry eating in the drivers food court. Also back then Stobarts would only imploy X Army! As they said they where better drivers. HMMMMM a driver that has only followered a orange flashing light when on the roads also never had to put the lorry in reverse with a trailer. i know this first hand, as i worked for a couier company when i gave up drving in Europe, When a agency driver came to the depot, i woulg ask what they have done and so on. then i ask them to park a trailer onto a bay, 15 mins later they where still trying to park the trailer, i then asked where you in the army? they said yes, so i parked it onto the bay, Many times when i had agency staff for drivers, if they where in the Army before, then it was hard work as they had not had real life driving a lorry where you had to think what to do and not just follow the orange lights of the convoy jeeps. Dont get me wrong everyone had to start somewhere :)

Culina just don't seem to have the same mentality that Stobart had, just look at the names of the trucks for example which are like the driver's partner on the job.

Miss seeing Eddie stobart big fan but did actually see tractor unit and trailer heading north on m40 north bound last weekend and sad little chacter am shouted steady a proper one not culina stobart 😢

Im dure ive seen stobart trucks with the stobart logo in the culina typeface, culina bought out stobart after their ladt bankruptcy i think.

He passed away and the company was financed by a larger group to expand keeping the name and brand.

Well if anyone looked on Google it was culine and turners of Ely Suffolk and ws transport and Cambridge has all of the new trucks and new trailers but not the Eddie storbart trailers they use there own trailers to do the job and there own trucks

This computer generated commentary is utter crap and ruins the subject...

So they now are gone. Remembered seeing those wagons doing there business of what they we're built for. 😢

Ha ha ha!! Myself and my fellow 113 drivers back in 2010 to 11 had to put up these when working for tesco and they just took our jobs...

Hated them with a passion, took a lot work away from my old firm back in the late eighties, not many hauliers in East Anglia had any time for them. ' I had a run in with one of their gobby shunters in an Amazon RDC in Leicestershire four or so years ago a few weeks before I retired. Good ridance to them and all the other global 'logistics' companies, that word alone was a nail in the coffin of British road haulage.

Was destined never to exceed 56.

What happened to Eddie Stobart Culina bought them out and got rid of the name...just like some other companies they have bought recently.....

What a shame, their drivers were known for their courtesy

I think Harry Hill caused the demise of the tv series. As for all the comments saying Stobarts got what they deserved need to remember they were bought out as opposed gone banktrupt, that's a massive difference.

You think or what

They stopped washing their trucks.

Grief! I hate these "Dalek" commentaries!!

Got greedy and believed there own hype

They got too big for their boots. Tried to muscle in on transport area’s they didn’t know (cars). Lost millions and that was they’re demise. Bye bye! No loss.

Anyone remember Microsoft Sam?

Happy they have gone , they undercut most euro haulage and killed a lot of good companys.

Third rate drivers,greed,they lost their way,or respect years ago,Eddie must be spinning in his grave.

Stoddart was sold to culina so the colour has gone

Culina own stobart

Stoddart is know cullina. No Stoddart no more.

OH NO!!! Anyway..........

He died.

I've always worked in road haulage and i believe that Stobart as been disliked over the years by other hauling companies and inpart responsible for small haulers go to the wall unable to complete,he seemed to flood the market with vehicles and undercut anyone who stood in his way,it was well known that loads coming out of England when reach Carlisle they would deliver for free products going on into Scotland,there are many great haulers apart from Stobart like Nights of Old,Jack Richards and many more, after Eddie past away the strict rules fell away, gone were the white shirt and tie which was a stupid idea anyway, after all truck drivers are not meant to look like coach drivers,Stobart will exist but not the way club members remember it.

Not kalina , but CULINA.

Shame was once recognised as a very good hauler unfortunately the standers of their drivers and diversity has let down all there hard work that’s a lesson other haulers need to think about

Such a shame for this iconic haulage company to go. I always thought it was so wealthy nothing could stop it growing & being ever popular by it's megga fans. But, i am sad to hear that this company is no longer in existance. Certainly not the way we loved their drivers for being so sociable to their fans at truckfests & when they get a spare moment to get their pic taken with a happy fan. They always tried to be very obliging to a fan as much as they could. Some of the drivers seemed a bit more popular than others. But, that is the way it was But, all was popular in their own way it just depend on the fan. Once again i am deeply sorry to hear that this HUGE ICONIC!!!! company is no longer more. I thought it went bust , huge debt , liquidation or some other reason. But, i honestly thought that is impossible. . But, like many thousands of others we are so very sorry to hear E. Stobart haulage is no longer no more certainly not the way we loved it. 😂😮😯😟😟😟😟

I bet Eddie Stobart is turning in his grave.

L culina

Spoken by a fool.

Shite company to work for want you out as long as possible

Cowboy outfit

When you keep cutting rates you go out of business good bye and good riddance

Yet another YT video with a terrible AI voice and intonation

Never liked him him a bit of a not at great happy day gone and completely forgot got no doubt he has a fat bank account wel money cant buy happnes great day to day ❤❤❤❤

He Died FFS

who are culina ?

Corporate greed got the better of them and good riddence to them (although I do have some sympathy for the displaced workers).