Mini Truck on the Farm - We bought a Japanese 1996 Mitsubishi Minicab 'KEI' Dump Truck!

Well we did it. We jumped in and bought a Japanese Mini Truck!
This little beast is 1996 Mitsubishi Minicab U42T Dump Truck. After a 12 hour round trip to collect it from northern NSW (Australia) we have a look over it and discuss how we are going to use it on the farm.
These little trucks may not be for everybody, but we think it is going to be a big help to us on the farm.
Importer (Hugo) who we bought the truck from:
customcoasterconversions.com.au/
/ oldschoolimports
Yokohama Motors (Japan) for parts: yokohamamotors.net/page54.html
Megazip (Japan) for Mitsubishi Minicab U42T parts: www.megazip.net/zapchasti-dly...
Check out ‪@MotoCheez‬ on KZread for some great USA Mini Truck videos

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  • @pb6839
    @pb6839

    Just a inside tip for anyone interested in exporting. If you have time, it’s worth it to look on Japanese used car sites. The trucks you find there will have active Japanese inspection. That way you know it’s not a rusted out lemon. The auctions are a bit dangerous, the majority of the trucks are coming from the scrap yards, and there’s multiple middle men involved, Frankensteining the trucks together, hiding rust, faking papers. Looks like you got a great one though!

  • @TerraMagnus
    @TerraMagnus

    The 350kg load rating was more a part of the kei truck general spec. Make no mistake, that bed is on a full frame. 500kg should be fine. I think I’d want to revisit the leaf springs if I were regularly hauling that much.

  • @Liberty4Ever
    @Liberty4Ever Жыл бұрын

    That's a great looking Minicab! Congratulations on the purchase.

  • @patrickwong2823
    @patrickwong2823 Жыл бұрын

    I like it. More useful than a dump trailer. Maybe I can talk the wife into letting me get one delivered to Oregon, USA...

  • @21Coins
    @21Coins Жыл бұрын

    You can buy a band expander so that FM radio will work outside of Japan

  • @BansheeNT-D
    @BansheeNT-D

    To be honest, 99% of the farmers don't need something like a Ford F-350.

  • @ultra9693
    @ultra9693

    They’re great little truck as long you are 5 feet tall to get in it.

  • @martynfrost3662
    @martynfrost3662 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Looking forward to seeing it at work.

  • @Tubingenstr
    @Tubingenstr Жыл бұрын

    Takamatsu has no snow. Dry place, seaside btw mountains. Japan's additional tax is not depends on kiles/kirometers. 5% additional tax over 13 yrs old car.

  • @PoeticPeach34269
    @PoeticPeach34269

    That’s an absolute bargain for 12 grand

  • @MotoCheez
    @MotoCheez Жыл бұрын

    That's cool, never saw the dump put on that way

  • @masahiro7499
    @masahiro7499 Жыл бұрын

    良いね👍

  • @Tubingenstr
    @Tubingenstr Жыл бұрын

    Shinmeywa was Kawanishi, H18 great flying boat maker dyring WW2.

  • @Jdjd12288
    @Jdjd12288 Жыл бұрын

    Do you know that the most they pay for them is about $ 200 dollars or get them for free I live in in Japan and I have one I got for $500 bucks with 48 thousand kilometers

  • @kdegraa
    @kdegraa Жыл бұрын

    We have a 4wd Club Car Carryall 295. It’s a good machine but can’t be registered for road use. If these trucks are reasonably capable off road with appropriate tyres I think it would be a more versatile farm vehicle than the side by sides land holders generally buy.

  • @robertgros
    @robertgros

    lovoio portò acasamia

  • @user-hr5zt9ho3v
    @user-hr5zt9ho3v Жыл бұрын

    個人情報出ちゃってますよ😅