The ultimate sign of the times methinks? A Hino bin waggon? Yes indeed and it belongs to Kirklees Council which has chosen the Japanese eight-wheeler as the chassis of choice to go undeneath this Heil 'Big Bite' refuse body. Kirkless covers a large conurbation area of Yorkshire stretching from Huddersfield through Dewsbury, Holmfirth and the many villages of the Colne Valley and Denby Dale. With over 160,000 households and a population of just under half a million, the council refuse collection services are in high demand, so it's no surprise that they chose the Hino/Heil Big Bite combo as the latest addition to their hard-working RCV fleet. But how times have changed. A decade ago this might wel have been a British chassis... Anyway click through here for more news of the growing acceptance of Hino..across the pond!
Yes word reaches Biglorryblog that Hino Trucks in the States has been ranked highest among conventional medium-duty trucks (that's bonneted middleweights to you and me) in the prestigious 2008 J.D. Power and Associates Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study, topping the rankings with just its second-year production of conventional cab models. The study, now in its 16th year, was developed to provide manufacturers with a comprehensive and objective measure of customer feedback and ultimately satisfaction with their products, dealer service and parts in the Class 5-7 commercial vehicle market. And the responses are based on comments coming back from those operating and maintaining not new trucks, but two-year-old medium-duty models. Quite a feather in Hino's cap I'd say.
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