HINO trucks.

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I am currently running a 2008 4x4 D40 Nissan Navara (or Frontier I think they were/are called in north America) as a field service and i am so far past the limits of the vehicle it isnt funny, even with a GVM upgrade I'm overweight, so I'm looking at replacing it with a 4x4 proper truck.I need 3k kg capacity once I have all my **** and me in the truck, and towing 4 ton would be nice, so I need something in the 6.5-7.5 ton (14-17k pound) GVM range, plus a 4'000 kg (9'000 pound) trailerThe thing is all of the nice affordable option you have in the U.S are not available here, so no RAM/ford F/ anything else like that unless I want to spend 300 grand plus to get it imported so that isn't happening.I'm looking at a Hino 300 817 dual cab anyone here have any experiance with Hino trucks?They suck for power compared to US availability in the same weight ranges, 165HP for a 24'000 pound combined truck is ****, but that's the sort of options I have available, that or a Fuso canter, or an Isuzu NPS, all the same sort of power, similar sort of weight.
Reply:I see some still on the road, cant be any worse than others and maybe better than the Ford Chevy we have here.  I got to agree about the engine though, good for paid drivers, keeps them slower but it gets old fast having to be on top of it for every power demand.  I have a French Mack and its handy girl can drive it but I didnt order the engine and would be outstanding with another 50 hpwww.urkafarms.com
Reply:I wouldnt be all envious of the trucks here.  Fussy about the interior but some of the stuff underneath is the same junk with more added on they have had for a long while.   You too can become more famoliar with 4 letter words when it comes to dealing with them, just had a brake switch fuggin with the trans the other day,,, I should have figured it out earlier since the cruise didnt work.  That truck truck might be way better and something 1/2 loaded is going to last longer than wringing the guts out of them.  Here it has to do 85 pulling a fitth wheel uphill so they can get to the next camp site to sit around the fire surfing the internet.  First thing a guy does after spending 85 large on a truck is spend another 10 on tuning exhaust and new tires and stickers telling all the extra stuff done to it.  (this is not exaggeration)   Another grand to put stamped sheet bumper grill guard on that cant stop a wet bug.www.urkafarms.com
Reply:Nice and affordable lol. Maybe back in 2004 when a new Cummings was 32k, now that truck is 100k. Definitely not affordable. Maybe u can get lucky and find a imported truck in youre area.
Reply:I think those cabover trucks will all be about the same, HINO is a division of TOYOTA. I had a roll-back wrecker bed on a DATSUN(NISSAN,UDC) TRUCK SIMILAR TO THAT, mechanically injected turbocharged 6 cylinder diesel engine, and 6 speed manual transmission. The only complaint I had on the truck was that one gear was bad in the trans, either 2nd or 3rd IIRC so it had to be skipped, it wasn't a huge deal, just inconvenient. Hey MOTO, THERE AIN'T ANY SUCH THING AS A "CUMMINGS", it's CUMMINS.Last edited by CAVEMANN; 4 Days Ago at 07:40 PM.NRA LIFE MEMBERUNITWELD 175 AMP 3 IN1 DCMIDSTATES 300 AMP AC MACHINELET'S GO BRANDON!"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Reply:We haven’t had cabover Hinos in Canada (maybe N America?) for quite some time.  Only conventional cab. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk:
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Originally Posted by motolife313

Nice and affordable lol. Maybe back in 2004 when a new Cummings was 32k, now that truck is 100k. Definitely not affordable. Maybe u can get lucky and find a imported truck in youre area.
Reply:I'm not so much envious of what you have as I am of the price, even accounting for exchange rate ($1.43 AUD to $1 USD ATM) vehicles are stupid cheap for what you get over the ocean there, MSRP on an F450 cab chassis is 46 grand, say the dealer stings you for 8 grand of covid tax, and convert to AUD thats 78 grand for a truck that's more capable, more comfortable and more powerful (by 2-3 times mind you) than anything I can get here in the 100k range.It used to drive me nuts when Pontiac were selling the VE Holden commodore over there as the G8, as despite the fact the car was built in Australia, they were 12 grand cheaper to buy in the states then locally which is insane.
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Originally Posted by ttoks

HERE's your yank tank option here in AUS 200k for an F250 a A 3500 RAM is even worse and a 3500's payload is only 4'000 pounds here, I need more like 6-8k Lb of payload, looking around an F450 crew cab seems to be in the 60k range US plus a tray. I'd call that affordable in comparison lol.
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Originally Posted by ttoks

I'm not so much envious of what you have as I am of the price, even accounting for exchange rate ($1.43 AUD to $1 USD ATM) vehicles are stupid cheap for what you get over the ocean there, MSRP on an F450 cab chassis is 46 grand, say the dealer stings you for 8 grand of covid tax, and convert to AUD thats 78 grand for a truck that's more capable, more comfortable and more powerful (by 2-3 times mind you) than anything I can get here in the 100k range.It used to drive me nuts when Pontiac were selling the VE Holden commodore over there as the G8, as despite the fact the car was built in Australia, they were 12 grand cheaper to buy in the states then locally which is insane.