andrew.s:
Juddian:
You have to wonder if some of the blokes here wear clothes (or trainers when schoolboys) with someone else’s name stamped on them.
Victims of fashion, wrong badge? …ooh dahling that simply won’t do… 
well in this country they dont come with proper (fuller ) gearboxes,they come with a 16 speed zf (which i like when installed properly in a daf,lovely box) but with slap across range change and all made much worse by it being a poxy [zb] cable linkage that is just utterly dreadfull,and a clutch so heavy its hard to believe in 2012.
I’ll bow to your knowledge but i’d still like to try a days work in a modern version, gearbox can’t be any worse than Axor with the 4 over 4 can it? and i liked them a lot.
Confess i like the way (most) old school lorries drove, would swap any of me normal day to day electronic stuff for a 401 Sed Ack with a ■■■■■■■ rumbling away under the bonnet, however if the Hino clutch is anywhere near as heavy as a Crusader… 
Juddian:
andrew.s:
Juddian:
You have to wonder if some of the blokes here wear clothes (or trainers when schoolboys) with someone else’s name stamped on them.
Victims of fashion, wrong badge? …ooh dahling that simply won’t do…
well in this country they dont come with proper (fuller ) gearboxes,they come with a 16 speed zf (which i like when installed properly in a daf,lovely box) but with slap across range change and all made much worse by it being a poxy [zb] cable linkage that is just utterly dreadfull,and a clutch so heavy its hard to believe in 2012.
I’ll bow to your knowledge but i’d still like to try a days work in a modern version, gearbox can’t be any worse than Axor with the 4 over 4 can it? and i liked them a lot.
Confess i like the way (most) old school lorries drove, would swap any of me normal day to day electronic stuff for a 401 Sed Ack with a ■■■■■■■ rumbling away under the bonnet, however if the Hino clutch is anywhere near as heavy as a Crusader…
apparently the new ones have an air assisted gearshift,which would make all the difference,but the driving position is pure bedford tk,just higher off the floor lol.datsuns with ten stud wheels is all they are!!
i would rather drive ANY other 8x4 chassis than a hino lol. 
Hino 700 Series.
I have been driving tippers since 1976 as a driver for local sand quarries in the Northwest, in 1987 became an owner driver and bought my first 6 wheel tipper 1982 Mastiff kept her for three years, then had Volvo. In 1990 bought my first Foden 6 wheeler second hand with ■■■■■■■■ engine that blew up. 1999 first new Foden 6x4 tipper with Cat 380 then 2003 Foden Cat 450, when Fodens packed up bought 2007 Hino 700 series 410 8x4 alloy Ali-weld body and electric sheet front to back alloy wheels and air con, some folk on here seem not to like the Hino 700, but have had mine since 2007 carries bulk aggregates in the Northwest. Midlands and North Wales never had anything wrong with her, hardly any spanners have been near the engine nor the ZF16 speed box, no broken springs, she carries 20800 tonnes and does between 8 and 8.5mpg depending on the work she does. At mot time she has a full service and wash and never uses any oil from one service to the other. As to the gearbox being 4 x 4 and slap over with half gear drops you get use to that, I dont find the clutch heavy and do like the high sitting cab, with the cab being so high it lets you see over hedge cops what other folk are up to. As to the bunk I agree with most the mattress is a plank of wood covered in cloth, but have now put in a 5 inch mattress and that is a lot better. Would I buy another, YES for the price I paid in 2007 this truck/tipper has been a god send for me, I priced Volvo`s and Dafs at the time and the Hino was £15000 cheaper, OK I may not get the end price like a Volvo or Daf but who cares the Hino will stay with me until I retire, I have another 5 years to go. So you see there are Hino fans out there including myself and I have no regrets.
I had two Hino tractor units and I couldn’t fault them. The first one was a demo from a company in Ipswich when I told the driver who id allocated it to that he had it for a fortnight while his own moter ( F12 ) was off you should have seen his face drop. The Hino arrived it was a high cab 4x2 tractor unit and rated at around 330 bhp ,twin spitter gearbox , double bunk , fitted with cb, radio, colour tv (complete with remote ) night heater and was so quiet inside with the windows shut if it wasn’t for the gauges you wouldn’t know if it was running or not. The particular driver did the same run week in and out ( South West , Devon / Cornwall ) and the F12 could not touch it for fuel consumption it was returning 7/7,2 the Hino returned 8/ 8.5 load for load. Needless to say we kept it and in 3yrs it never missed a beat, two months after the demo moter we got another same speck it came on lease/purchase Taxed, Insured and on full maintainance agreement all I had to do was put fuel in the tank and a driver behind the wheel .I was worried about parts and downtime so they showed me the parts department and the stock they carried ,I was amazed all they had in the stores was the basics filters ect. I had it in writing that should the worse happen they would provide a hire/replacement vehicle countrywide ( we never had need of this option ). If you tilted the cab ( by the way this was electric with manual pump in case ) I always remember the engine looked for all intent and purpose like an old Leyland 680 except for a turbo, mates of mine could not believe it only rated at 330bhp it pulled like a train , top speed was around 65mph but reliability I could not fault them. The exhaust I remember came out at the back of the chassis my only regret was at the end of the lease I could have had both moters for a thousand pound apiece and due to cercumstances at the time I never took the option up. If I remember rightly the company that marketed them in Ipswich was called Saxon Trucks and their depot was near the docks ,they had trouble at the time selling them cos everybody wanted 350/400 bhp and at the time the 330 was the biggest engine they had available there was talk of a bigger hp engine but it wasn’t available at that time. I ve got some photos somewhere and ill see if I can dig them out my old units ended up I believe going back to Ireland were a chap called Harris used to import them. A mate of mine from Ireland who ran under the name of Reindeer t/port ran a six speed 280 ? 4x2 unit on European work pulling a fridge for years and it never gave him any major grief.
Everytime I pass a Hino I point and laugh
norfolk:
I had two Hino tractor units and I couldn’t fault them. The first one was a demo from a company in Ipswich when I told the driver who id allocated it to that he had it for a fortnight while his own moter ( F12 ) was off you should have seen his face drop. The Hino arrived it was a high cab 4x2 tractor unit and rated at around 330 bhp ,twin spitter gearbox , double bunk , fitted with cb, radio, colour tv (complete with remote ) night heater and was so quiet inside with the windows shut if it wasn’t for the gauges you wouldn’t know if it was running or not. The particular driver did the same run week in and out ( South West , Devon / Cornwall ) and the F12 could not touch it for fuel consumption it was returning 7/7,2 the Hino returned 8/ 8.5 load for load. Needless to say we kept it and in 3yrs it never missed a beat, two months after the demo moter we got another same speck it came on lease/purchase Taxed, Insured and on full maintainance agreement all I had to do was put fuel in the tank and a driver behind the wheel .I was worried about parts and downtime so they showed me the parts department and the stock they carried ,I was amazed all they had in the stores was the basics filters ect. I had it in writing that should the worse happen they would provide a hire/replacement vehicle countrywide ( we never had need of this option ). If you tilted the cab ( by the way this was electric with manual pump in case ) I always remember the engine looked for all intent and purpose like an old Leyland 680 except for a turbo, mates of mine could not believe it only rated at 330bhp it pulled like a train , top speed was around 65mph but reliability I could not fault them. The exhaust I remember came out at the back of the chassis my only regret was at the end of the lease I could have had both moters for a thousand pound apiece and due to cercumstances at the time I never took the option up. If I remember rightly the company that marketed them in Ipswich was called Saxon Trucks and their depot was near the docks ,they had trouble at the time selling them cos everybody wanted 350/400 bhp and at the time the 330 was the biggest engine they had available there was talk of a bigger hp engine but it wasn’t available at that time. I ve got some photos somewhere and ill see if I can dig them out my old units ended up I believe going back to Ireland were a chap called Harris used to import them. A mate of mine from Ireland who ran under the name of Reindeer t/port ran a six speed 280 ? 4x2 unit on European work pulling a fridge for years and it never gave him any major grief.
it said would you DRIVE a hino-not operate one!!
410 bhp,and it wouldnt pull yer granny off her p1ss pot!!
£1500 for a ■■■■■■■ alternator!! i deffo wouldnt operate one!!they are ■■■■!!!
i hope mine catches fire on monday morning-i wont be attempting to fight the fire…
bolloxs-double post again-sorry…
If I was offered a job tomorrow on one, similar money to what I get now, but better hours, I’d jump at the offer.
Not because of a love of Hino, just that the job would suit me better and better on my health.Handball upstairs, or drive a Hino? No contest.
Andrew s / I didn’t say I just operated two Hinos I also drove them and I wouldn’t ask a driver to drive something I wouldn’t drive myself. when I had the two the lads that drove them chose to , one man came off an F12 and the other man off a F10 and both of them were quite happy with them. Volvo and Scanias ive run them as well and they arnt the be all and end all you can find parts on any moter that are expensive its how often you fit them that counts every moter has its faults.
In all honesty if anyone on here was out of work and got a job interview, would they really turn the job down if it turned out they were driving an unfashionable wagon?
I think anyone sensible would be thankful for the job. I have to laugh at all this “I wouldn’t drive this” ■■■■■■■■.
rob22888:
In all honesty if anyone on here was out of work and got a job interview, would they really turn the job down if it turned out they were driving an unfashionable wagon?
I think anyone sensible would be thankful for the job. I have to laugh at all this “I wouldn’t drive this” ■■■■■■■■.
A few years ago, the “drivers seeking employment” part of truck mags had adverts in that said “nothing over 3 years old…” Utterly stupid, or small willy.
rob22888:
In all honesty if anyone on here was out of work and got a job interview, would they really turn the job down if it turned out they were driving an unfashionable wagon?
I think anyone sensible would be thankful for the job. I have to laugh at all this “I wouldn’t drive this” ■■■■■■■■.
who has said they wouldnt drive one? i am at the moment,thats how i can share my wisdom on this subject with you all lol 
FARNBOUROUGHBOY. Being hard has nothing to do with it. When I started driving motors were at best basic ie. no heaters windows and doors were draughty seats with no adjustment there wasny a lot to choose between the worst and best of them so you just got on with it being hard has never come into it. What does annoy me is the oh I wont drive anything but a Scania or Volvo brigade and I have been lucky enough to come across a couple of them flung out of jobs and glad to drive anything then and I enjoyed reminding them of their famouse last words. Eddie.
we have 3 on our firm 2 11 plates and an 08 plate worst truck iv ever driven i was offerd one of the new ones in febuary but said no so am still on my 06 axor 8 wheeler bloody good truck for tipper work.
In reply to the initial question.
If the money is right . . yes.
Suedehead:
In reply to the initial question.
If the money is right . . yes.
Have Eddolls still got theirs?
Muckaway:
Suedehead:
In reply to the initial question.
If the money is right . . yes.
Have Eddolls still got theirs?
I believe they still run one amongst a smattering of Dafs and Scanias.
