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From humble beginnings we are now market leaders within our industry and pride ourselves to be innovators and not imitators. Here’s a bit about our boss and his quest to make MHF what it is today.
Martin Harvey Fernihough was born in Radford on 18th June 1951 as the youngest of 9. He started pig farming at 14, going to Agricultural College at Moreton Morrell at 19.
The porcine project …was a disaster so Martin, who having been raised on the family farm had accumulated a vast knowledge of all things mechanical, tried his hand at agricultural vehicle repairs for starters, then orchard clearance, then a bit of ditch clearing, some hedge removal, digging drainage systems and installing irrigation systems. Branching out some more, he moved onto digging footings, installing septic tanks and general building groundwork.
Aside from his money earning ventures, Martin – or Hoss as he has become known to many, was forging a name for himself as a jalopy and then a Brisca F1 stock car racing driver. Starting out a callow youth, he went on to win many races as driver number ‘208’. Not only did he get results, he was almost as renowned for his off track antics as the racing itself, One thing was for sure his motto was and still is to this day “win or lose we drink the booze.”
The early 90’s saw the first brand new lorries bought solely for the hire fleet. A pair of Mercedes 16/70 trucks were put out to work all over the country, mainly to waste paper companies. Throughout this time there were still bins and containers both new and used being supplied to all manner of companies across the UK. The first new hook lift trucks were bought, a Mercedes 2421 8×4 and a Foden 8×4, they were quickly sent out on hire to earn their keep.
In 2005 the new office building was put up, it meant the office staff could be out of the way of the stores. The decision was made to expand the hire fleet and cut down on the skips. Planning permission was sought for a new workshop building.
