Stay away from hino

Parts are really expensive.

 

Hmmm.....no personal experience here. Tow guys seem to love them for rollbacks. I've heard good things of older units with stupid high miles like 3 to 400k on engines without serious issues.

Anything trucks with overseas label is thru roof. Ever priced anything for those Brazilian Ford Cargo's?

Mitsubishi? Isuzu? Are just as bad.

 

I don't mind small trucks like those. TOO much.

I was handed a set of keys to a little Mercedes 20 footer cabover. It has a transmission that is designed by someone who did not know what he was doing. And those old concrete plates on I-95 in Maryland (Shows you how long Ive been running, it's blacktop now...) were really the worst. Every plate it ran onto it would take a all wheel hop.

So. 25 miles to downtown. hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop. Then another 40. Clack! on those old paved concrete roads where the pavement has failed at the edges of the plates. Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack!

Got in my car and went home. (Stopped for a drink on the way which was not usual for me) had a temper that was bad when I finally got to Joppa with it. Boss man asked wtf? Let's go Ive got a load for you. Give it to someone else that little truck took it all out of me today.

I don't have issues with those trucks generally. I refuse to. If I have to drive them one more mile like that... Shoot me.

 

Ha Goody: I appreciate all the help you have given me! Most of it I did not ask but you were answering other people.
Allow me to share some Hino experience. Years ago I worked for a company that had some of them with 6 cylinders. They were basic work trucks that gave their heart and were dependable. Working on them could be interesting as people on the other side of the big fish ponds do things differently.
A regular customer with mostly Ag equipment has 1 Hino. It had engine problems and he called us. We would have turned it down for anyone else but it is a regular customer. Parts for an inframe, no injectors or turbo, cost over $5,000 dollars. It is a 4 cylinder.
We purchased the parts from a dealer a bit farther away. Parts from the nearest dealer had our cost and list price as the same in the past. When we were broke down on the side of the road they were no help. Tow it in I am am sure we can figure it out. It is loaded with a perishable load. Can you give us some pointers or come out?
Ordered the parts which came in box on a pallet. Box looked like it had lost the battle as a kids fort and been taped back together. One of the liners was in the oil filter box. We know that is on the shipper but why is a head light assembly in the box with our engine parts? We had two sets of wrist pins and something else was missing.
Asked them to send us a UPS return label for the headlight, more than once, and torque specs. Called and asked to speak to the parts manager but had to leave a message. No reply.
Parts guy sent one page of the manual and said he got in trouble. That is papritory information! We have that because we are the dealer and they are supposed to bring it to us for repair.
My reply is a little out of order but it is all true. Young man in the shop found all the info through an app on his phone. Transferred the PDF file to a desk top and we printed it for free.
Now what should I do with this head light assembly? It lists for about $400 on google and I have had it for six months. I intended to return it with a letter but have not gotten around to it. It is a major company. Who would I address it to?
As to the truck itself it ran over 300,000 miles with minimal expense. It is easy on fuel and power is impressive for a 4 banger. It has DEF.