Skip Hunk – January 2009 | The Skip Magazine

Skip Hunk – January 2009

Wowsers! The first Skip Hunk of 2010 and we certainly landed on our feet, didn’t we ladies?

Hunky, spunky Craig Steels, 25, has been nominated by his good friend Adam Hargreaves. We asked kind Adam why he went behind his mate’s back to put his photo up for our monthly Skip Hunk Slot. The answer…?

“He is constantly playing practical jokes on colleagues, enjoys driving new trucks around our yard and is generally a stand up type of guy. He avidly follows your Skip Hunk feature every month, often commenting that, his ‘guns’ are far bigger and better than those featured!!!”

So dig the dirt on Craig “Arms of Steel” Steels, then Adam…

“Well, he’s passionate about truck driving, especially Scania (free plug there, Scania!) He drives a Scania Tractor Unit on a weekend for his dad’s firm Normal Steels & Sons. Often delivering sugar beet down to Newark and back. His over hobbies include subbing for the local football team, attending the national truckfest weekends and of course reading the Skip magazine. A copy of which can be found in his bathroom at home!! no joke…. Although he did say his favourite feature was the Skip Chicks…”

Nice to see a red-blooded male getting to grips with the industry’s babes! So any dislikes?

“He dislikes hard work and often complains about poor driving. He is also a big vegetarian and can’t stand the smell of the lads Sausage sarnies on a Friday break time…. Banning the sausages is something he never seems to get his own way on.”

Well, sounds like a good plan if he’s got a body like that, eh ladies? So, there’s a few girls in the office wondering if this hot stuff is taken?

He is not married, but in a relationship with his childhood sweetheart for the last 10 years and have recently just moved into their first house together. His house warming gift to himself was a remote control Scania truck which he enjoys driving his cat George around the bend with.

Sounds like his poor girlfriend is a Scania widow! Tell us about any funny stories about Craig…

When Craig first joined Harsh in 2002 he fell for the usual first day pranks played on unsuspecting trainees. Getting sent next door to Rapide Tankers for a ‘box of sparks’ for the grinder and a long stand. However, prehaps the funniest story was a prank played on Craig a few weeks into with Harsh experience. There is a local air strip which Harsh backs on to. Craig was made to stand outside with Full High-Visibility suit on waiting to direct a plane into land that he’d been told was carrying urgent goods being delivered from a supplier in Italy. Needless to say the plane never did lad and Craig did finally twig on to the joke. He has since enjoyed playing similar pranks on newer greener employees.

Bless him! I’m sure he’ll get his own back when he sees this photo, Adam – watch your back!