2016 Hino 300 Series 616 IFS Tipper REVIEW – This Tuff Fella Needs No Special Licence To Operate
A MASSIVE PILE OF FRESHLY-FELLED REDGUM FIREWOOD PROVIDED NO PROBLEMS FOR OUR LITTLE HINO 300 SERIES TIPPER.
The same can’t be said for our mate who spent the next day cutting and storing it after we dropped the lot in his front yard... but that’s another story.
Fact is we did the job in one trip - if we’d attempted the same in a conventional ute it would have been three, four, maybe five trips.
So the point is: if you’re a gardener, tradie, rural producer or anyone else whose life could be made easier with a tipper, you - or your apprentice - can legally drive the Hino 300 Series using just a regular car licence.
Vehicle Style: Small Tip Truck
Price: $53,970 (plus on-road charges)
Engine/trans: 110kW/420Nm 4.0-litre 4cyl turbo-diesel | 5sp manual
Fuel Economy Tested: 13.1l/100kms
OVERVIEW
We don't normally review trucks here at TMR, but we had a job to do, so "why not?". And, let's face it, for some jobs a ute just isn't going to cut it.
Surprisingly, this little worker is priced around the same as a 4X4 Ranger XLT (umm... does that mean we're paying too much for utes, or are trucks cheap?).
Whatever, Hino’s 300 Series offers a diverse range of trucks up to a GVM of 8500kgs. Our 616 IFS tipper, with a GVM of 4495kgs, is at the lower end of the scale, which means a normal car licence is all that you need.
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