1998 Daihatsu Hijet Dump · 4WD · 43,451 mi

Here is a 1998 Daihatsu Hijet Dump, recorded as White, imported from Japan and available to buy now. Listed as 4WD, driving through a 5-speed manual transmission. Our stock reference for it is BUC32098.

Vehicle details

• Year: 1998
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Hijet Dump
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 43,451
• Engine: EF
• Colour: White
• Body type: Dump Truck
• Stock reference: BUC32098

A little context 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.

The reading is 43,451 miles, which converts to roughly 69,900 km. Daihatsu's EF three-cylinder was fitted to the Hijet across two decades and several body styles, so the engine family has a very long track record behind it.

In use

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.

Making it yours

At 1998 it is past the 25-year mark, which is the line that decides whether a Japanese-market vehicle can be imported at all. The paperwork side — import documentation and title — is our job, and we deliver anywhere in the US. The figure is $7,700, and a message is all it takes to put it aside.