I bought one because I felt I needed to get out of the downward cycle that owner-drivers can fall into if they aren’t careful.
I had an R-reg Daf and it was just starting to cost me money on a regular basis in repairs etc. I wanted newer but wanted much newer to try and improve reliability. Looking around with a budget of around 20k I could have had a 6 year-old Daf (400,000kms) or 7 year old Volvo / Scania (around 500,000k’s). The Daf I was running was 7 year old when I bought it and it had still only done 650,000kms so I felt that by buying a 6 or 7 year old truck and that kind of mileage I was just standing still.
So, I found a Hino that was 3years old and had done 150,000kms and was under my budget. A lad in my yard ran two and loved them on skip work. Tipper work is pretty similar - you don’t need flash, you need simple and robust.
I’ve still got the Hino (nearly 2 years on) and its been excellent for what I bought it for. Its been reliable, I’ve had one minor breakdown (brake chamber blew but I got it home in an hour) and its still only done 220,000kms. I would say that the gear change isn’t good but it goes ok, stops really well and is comfortable to drive with a good seating position. The bunk is handy for a kip and storing stuff on and the factory fitted items like tipping gear (HYVA) are good quality. They are brilliant off road and will go anywhere, its also proving to be very light on its tyres (for some reason I thought it would be much harder in its tyres than my old Daf but that hasn’t been the case).
I think there is a bit of snob value against them but I quite like that! They are heavier on the juice than the Daf (about 0.5mpg) and its a bit heavy for a 6x4 on quarry work. I’m about 500KGS down on a mates Volvo FM but he’s on allys and I’ve left the Hino on steels simply cos the job doesn’t pay enough to invest in some allys 
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