Modern Hino

This is a crop from a contributor.
I don't know the model, but there must be lots around.
This one may be a Yarra Trams work vehicle (the orange lights on the roof are a clue).

121007Su Glenferrie Rd Malvern Vic. Hino. Jeff Bounds.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Roderick, I feel that it's a tilt tray tow truck. If you look at the numberplate it says TOW. The tilt tray's mostly have Orange Safety lights across the top like that one has. cheers Tim

Looks like an FD model hino. I hate hinos big time, nothing good about them >

Stevo
Like to know why,back from about 1988 the company purchesed one built in 1984 of the orignal buyer ,legal with 5-2 tonnson back with8-25 _16 wheels .
Working empty or over loaded was hard life on scrap,rims craked ,replaced 3 per year on average, starter motors $1450 each lastered 3 years, 300,000 k when bought engine rebtuilt at 940,000k,one clutdh kit at 800,000k aprox ,eh700 motor no tubo,21-5 ft tray.
onely truck ive driven with 7-5 tonns at 145 k per hour on flat still gaining i chikend out ,at 1,000000k hadent tuched gear box or diff,recon wee had a good run ,i parted with company in 2004 truck is still there working.
Peter

Stevo
Like to know why,back from about 1988 the company purchesed one built in 1984 of the orignal buyer ,legal with 5-2 tonnson back with8-25 _16 wheels .
Working empty or over loaded was hard life on scrap,rims craked ,replaced 3 per year on average, starter motors $1450 each lastered 3 years, 300,000 k when bought engine rebtuilt at 940,000k,one clutdh kit at 800,000k aprox ,eh700 motor no tubo,21-5 ft tray.
onely truck ive driven with 7-5 tonns at 145 k per hour on flat still gaining i chikend out ,at 1,000000k hadent tuched gear box or diff,recon wee had a good run ,i parted with company in 2004 truck is still there working.
Peter

The main reasons i dislike hino: the interior design is terrible, engines are underpowered and most of all: hino's do not come with a hydraulic cabin tilt.. You have to lift the cabin of the truck by hand, which is dangerous. The hino you mentioned must of been one of the few lucky ones, all the hino's i've worked on were total pieces of rubbish

Stevo
Have to agree about lifting cab three man job four with ushel junk on floor .
After the engine rebuild it always was blowing clouds of blue fuel smoke and ran a compression guage over it ,reading equal to total worn out motor on all cylinders, told the boss i reckoned it they put in was for a turbo model, was told i was wrong and silly pulled it down 2 years later and fixed it still haven't worked out how broken shims from injector pump elements ended up in 4 injectors blocking them while spill timing ,finally getting some one who knew what they were doing and sorted it out.
Peter

Hino Ranger Pro FD - not sure whether it is the ACE model (ACE was the version with the Hendrickson airbag suspension on the rear axle).... I dare say it's a FD ACE 260

have had a bit to do with jap trucks ..the hinos after about 1982 were good units ..the Isuzus from the mid 70s were good .. they just lacked a bit in interior comfort but compared to some other brands they wernt too bad
ive had two UDs with the 7.4 litre motor they were also reliable .. nowsadaze im peddling a old mitsi FM

Congratulations Ken , reaching the thousand posts mark .

Thankyou Ian