Linstrum
09-12-2007, 06:25 AM
I need a truck quite a bit bigger than a full size standard pickup truck and I’m seriously thinking about getting either the Isuzu NPR or Mitsubishi FG model of truck. Those are cab-over trucks and from the time when I had a Volkswagen Microbus and Ford Econoline van I developed quite an appreciation for the excellent road and driving visibility plus the maneuverability that comes with that design of driver’s compartment. The Isuzu NPR comes with a 205 horsepower turbocharged diesel and six speed automatic transmission while the Mitsubishi FG is a factory four wheel drive model that comes with a 150 horsepower turbocharged diesel with five speed manual transmission and a two speed transfer case for the four wheel drive. The Isuzu has four wheel drive available as an aftermarket option.
Back about 40 years ago I had a 1954 Chevrolet model 4400 1-1/2-ton flatbed truck that I used for hauling my Ford 8N skip loader and pulling a trailer to carry my Caterpillar D2 dozer. I have similar needs again now, this time I have a Kubota L3400 skip loader, a Caterpillar D4D dozer, and a 30-inch capacity Hud-Son portable sawmill. I would like to get a truck to do double or triple duty as a dump truck, skip loader and sawmill carrier, tow the trailer with my Caterpillar D4D dozer, and on top of those duties also carry around my great big camper so I can go shooting in comfort out in the boonies.
If anyone has ever driven either the Isuzu NPR or Mitsubishi FG I’d like to hear what they are like, especially the Mitsubishi FG since whatever I get is going to be four wheel drive.
Back about 40 years ago I had a 1954 Chevrolet model 4400 1-1/2-ton flatbed truck that I used for hauling my Ford 8N skip loader and pulling a trailer to carry my Caterpillar D2 dozer. I have similar needs again now, this time I have a Kubota L3400 skip loader, a Caterpillar D4D dozer, and a 30-inch capacity Hud-Son portable sawmill. I would like to get a truck to do double or triple duty as a dump truck, skip loader and sawmill carrier, tow the trailer with my Caterpillar D4D dozer, and on top of those duties also carry around my great big camper so I can go shooting in comfort out in the boonies.
If anyone has ever driven either the Isuzu NPR or Mitsubishi FG I’d like to hear what they are like, especially the Mitsubishi FG since whatever I get is going to be four wheel drive.