Modified Hino
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TWENTY Fuller gearboxes are on their way to Ireland to be fitted to Japanese Hino HE 32 tonne tractive units.
J. Harris (Assemblers) ordered the Fuller RTO 9509A nine-speed gearboxes to replace the standard Hino sixspeed box. Hinos are shipped in knock-down form to Harris's Dublin factory, where they are assembled for the Irish market.
Eaton Truck Components first built a prototype Hino with the Fuller box to check that the conversion is satisfactory. The company reported that the Hino's per formance was improved al round, the extra three ratio: enabling engine speed to bo matched more closely to row speed. Top speed is up to 7: mph.
To fit the Fuller gearbox new mountings had to be use( and the prop shaft was shor tened.
Eaton is currently assessinl another Hino gearbox conver sion — this time a Hino six-wheeler rigid.