What are these Mini Trucks?
Mini Trucks is also been called as Japanese Kei (Kay) trucks. It is mainly used by farmers and tradesmen in Japan. Manufacturing of these Kei trucks or Mini Truck has been in Japan for many years and most of the major manufacturers in Japan are involved in it. Here on this site you can find complete details on Daihatsu, Suzuki, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, Hino, Isuzu, Subaru and Mazda.
It is ok to buy low milleage Kei trucks ?
Yes. If you buy low mileage Mini trucks you can have good performance with any of the brands Makers and Models.
Is that ok if I buy high mileage Kei truck to save money ?
You can save the money till you buy the Mini Truck with High Milleage but later you will realise it as a costier purchase. Mini trucks with the mileage of above 75,000 miles requires good amount of services, you will be spending a lot of amount for its maintenance.
Later you will realise it as costier than Low mileage Kei Trucks.
What if I buy low mileage kei truck and what other things I must notice while buying it ?
Buying a Low mileage minitrucks will always been benificial as compared to high mileaged mini trucks. Moreoever if you buy a truck with low miles you just have to do an oil change as your regular maintenance, it was alwasy recommended by the experts to keep regular oiling to have the best performance out of your Kei Truck:
Also make sure the dealer change or replace the following:
1. Serpentine beltTiming belt
2. Timing belt
3. Check or replace worn or leaking CV boots/shaft
4. Motor mounts (as needed)
5. Upper/lower radiator hoses
6. Check or replace worn universal joints
7. Spark plugs and wires
8. Flush/fill coolant
9. Check head gasket
10. Change oil and install new air filter
11. Cap and rotor (if applicable)
12. Rear transmission seal
13. Rear oil seal
14. Right/Left struts
15. Steering arm bushing
How to get Kei trucks parts ?
Now due to Internet revolution you can find the dealers and exporters of Kei Trucks & parts very easily. It is not hard to find parts dealer in Japan.
You can send your enquiries to hundereds of such Kei Parts delaers by just clicking below link and submit your requirement. It will be distributed to all the members and interested dealers will contact you directly. Please click here Japanese Used Minitrucks enquiry
Further from above you can check the details of the parts dealers at below site and can send your enquiry free of charge, click here JapanAutoPages.com
How do I find the Dealers for Mini Trucks ?
Just visit below site and you can find various Japanese New and Used Kei Trucks dealers & exporters; further to this very easily you can send your enquiry by just submitting one single form. Visit this site
www.JapanAutoPages.com
What kind of motors do they have?
The Mini trucks had been powered by a three or four cylinder 660cc, gas motors. These Kei trucks are available in manual or automatic transmissions.
These Mini trucks will consume about a pint of fuel and hour at idle. That means they burn a gallon of fuel a day at idle speeds. These Mini trucks can also have heaters and air conditioning.
How much best is to buy a Chinese minitrucks ?
Chinese trucks are two wheel drive and are not as dependable as like Japanese Mini trucks. Japanese Minitrucks or any vehicle is been known only for its high quality and performance.
China has had numerous difficulties in manufacturing a dependable product. If you are looking for poor quality, no parts availability, poor resale value and limited utility, then you can buy a Chinese manufactured Kei truck.
Can we drive Minitrucks on the road?
In most of the countries Kei Trucks are not allwed on road, it can be used offroad, cause they are not licensed for the road.
How much these Mini trucks in weight ?
These Kei trucks comes between fifteen and seventeen hundred pounds in weight. They also have a payload capacity of about half ton. The standard Mini truck has rear fold down tray sides and some have dump boxes. The Mini trucks also get around 50 miles per gallon in normal driving conditions.
How much fast we can drive Kie Trucks ?
It have a top safe speed of around 55 miles an hour.
What is the difference between Axle Lock and Diff Lock?
In Axle lock both rear wheels spin at the same time and in Diff lock both front wheels spin at the same time.
Is this Axle Lock and Diff Lock feature is usefull ?
Yes, most of the farmers agree that you can get stuck without diff lock/axle locks.
How I check the details of various Kei Trucks Makers and their modes ?
Just click on below link and it will display all the Japanese makers of Minitrucks and you can find the details of each minitrucks models as well.
http://www.worldminitrucks.com/mini-truck