Mini Hauler Pickup Trucks

[Andy]

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Has anyone seen these little pickup trucks called Mini Hauler's? They are pretty cool looking! It looks like a car mechanic in my town is selling them. They are made in the Philippines and are supposed to get 45-70MPG! In our state, they are able to be road legal as long as you don't take them on the freeway.

I THINK this is the national distributors website: Mini Hauler USA - Fully Refurbished and Customized Japanese Kei Class Mini Trucks

Here are some pics:

[howam00]

There are a couple of places you can get similar things like this here in Boise. I think they are limted at or around 35-40 mph as part of their certification. they'd be great for farm use or business use on site.

[clubgitmo]

Gaining in popularity down here. The Air Force and contractors are utilizing them for on base transportation. A local boat manufacture even uses them to move boats around on the lot and launch/recover.

[howam00]

I saw them as a student at BSU for the campus facilities maintenance crew. They worked well adn could easily fit where a "truck" couldn't. They used Zap Xebra electric trucks so there was no noise for students or pollution from driving around on the side walks.

[jriosa]

Wasn't ford doing this during the 60s??

[dadtdave]

Sweet! I wish there were a few left. Not many old trucks on the Texas Gulf Coast.....

[Andy]

Originally Posted by jriosa

Wasn't ford doing this during the 60s??

Haha, wow. There is quite a similarity there!

[Forest]

Here are the state laws on the things
Mini-truck state laws

Here is why you don't take them off the farm
IIHS-HLDI: Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX5HTFEID9M

[jriosa]

Originally Posted by Andy

Haha, wow. There is quite a similarity there!

Actually, Dodge did a similar thing with the A100, as did Corvair - except having the engine in the rear meant you didn't have a flat bed. This was all in response to the p/u version of the VW Microbus.

Jim

[blue7.3]

Not in the US, Andrew...