1994 Daihatsu Hijet Mini Dump Truck · 4WD · 60,449 mi

If a dump truck is what you are after, start with this 1994 Daihatsu Hijet Dump (White). The combination here is 4WD and a 5-speed manual box. It is logged under stock reference BUC55555.

Background on the Hijet Dump

Daihatsu has built the Hijet continuously since 1960, and the 1990s trucks use the 659cc EF three-cylinder beneath a cab-over body. What sets the Hijet apart from its rivals is the sheer number of factory configurations: flat bed, panel van, deck van, hydraulic tipper, scissor lift, power-take-off and more all came down the same line. Work specifications were offered with a low-range transfer case and a locking rear differential.

Odometer at 60,449 miles, call it 97,300 km. Daihatsu kei vehicles of this period arrive across a wide band of readings, and this one falls in the middle of it.

Vehicle details

• Year: 1994
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Hijet Dump
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 60,449
• Engine: EFClimber
• Colour: White
• Body type: Dump Truck
• Stock reference: BUC55555

What it is for

A hydraulic tipper changes what the vehicle is for. Instead of shovelling a load out of a fixed bed you raise the deck and let gravity do it, which turns a two-person job into a one-person one. Daihatsu built these on the production line rather than leaving them to converters, so the pump, ram and bed hinges are matched to the chassis, and the four-wheel drive gets the loaded truck to where the load is needed.

Between $5,000 and $8,000 a factory dump-bodied kei truck is sensibly priced — the hydraulics are the part you are paying for, and a converter would charge most of this band to fit them to a flat-bed afterwards.

The buying process

Because it was built in 1994, the federal 25-year exemption applies and the usual FMVSS and EPA conformity requirements fall away. Customs entry, import documentation and title work are all done here, and we arrange transport to any state. Priced at $7,700; message us and we will hold it for you.