Do Hino still sell to the UK?
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Must admit i'm not very into trucking.
Pen-pusher by day but my Granddad's Dad used to drive Scamells and my granddad used to tell me tales about riding in the back - taking a day to get from St Helens to Liverpool carrying glass to the docks, before he passed away.
The only time i've really been in a truck was with my mates Dad, late 1980s, i was around 8 or 9, and that was a Hino tipper, delivering topsoil to where-ever it needed to go, mainly local, circa 1 hr runs. Loved it as an 8 yr old lad, with my mate and his Dad.
Just wondering though - do Hino still sell into the UK, hardly seem to see them like you did around the 1980s. My mate's Dad used to point them out and most tippers then seemed to be Hino.
Pen-pusher by day but my Granddad's Dad used to drive Scamells and my granddad used to tell me tales about riding in the back - taking a day to get from St Helens to Liverpool carrying glass to the docks, before he passed away.
The only time i've really been in a truck was with my mates Dad, late 1980s, i was around 8 or 9, and that was a Hino tipper, delivering topsoil to where-ever it needed to go, mainly local, circa 1 hr runs. Loved it as an 8 yr old lad, with my mate and his Dad.
Just wondering though - do Hino still sell into the UK, hardly seem to see them like you did around the 1980s. My mate's Dad used to point them out and most tippers then seemed to be Hino.
sider said:
Must admit i'm not very into trucking.
Pen-pusher by day but my Granddad's Dad used to drive Scamells and my granddad used to tell me tales about riding in the back - taking a day to get from St Helens to Liverpool carrying glass to the docks, before he passed away.
The only time i've really been in a truck was with my mates Dad, late 1980s, i was around 8 or 9, and that was a Hino tipper, delivering topsoil to where-ever it needed to go, mainly local, circa 1 hr runs. Loved it as an 8 yr old lad, with my mate and his Dad.
Just wondering though - do Hino still sell into the UK, hardly seem to see them like you did around the 1980s. My mate's Dad used to point them out and most tippers then seemed to be Hino.
Hino trucks are available in the UK -- I don't think they are as cheap and basic as they once were -Pen-pusher by day but my Granddad's Dad used to drive Scamells and my granddad used to tell me tales about riding in the back - taking a day to get from St Helens to Liverpool carrying glass to the docks, before he passed away.
The only time i've really been in a truck was with my mates Dad, late 1980s, i was around 8 or 9, and that was a Hino tipper, delivering topsoil to where-ever it needed to go, mainly local, circa 1 hr runs. Loved it as an 8 yr old lad, with my mate and his Dad.
Just wondering though - do Hino still sell into the UK, hardly seem to see them like you did around the 1980s. My mate's Dad used to point them out and most tippers then seemed to be Hino.
They are v popular in Ireland too
Hino's were rough and mechanically simple, but heavy. The company is or at least was part of Toyota. The cabs were rot boxes but in general they could be fixed with a bent spoon. They were imported into Dublin as a kit and assembled by a firm called Harris. The last one i worked on was up to euro 4 emissions spec, ran ad-blue. Probably not as cheap as they were hence not as attractive. Back in the day, a local-ish muckshifter ran a fleet of Volvo F7's when everyone else ran FY Hino's. Why? Volvo also make cars, tax it as private, light goods and run on gas oil, lots and lots of profit...
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