Since you clarified that it's a tow vehicle and the rig isn't mounted on the truck that changes things a bit. My first thought while trying to work within the parameters you've set would be to find 3 or 4 vehicles there, one for use and the others for parts. That said, allot of local lawn care companies and landscape delivery folks here use Isuzu trucks. They're short, turn exceptionally tight, usually have an engine brake and are easy on diesel. I have a friend that used a couple of them for wreckers for years. The link below will give you an idea of the type of vehicle although there is an infinite number of configurations available.

http://vehicles.oodle.com/isuzu/for-...ucks-trailers/

 

I'd opt for a diesel Landcruiser. Parts are expensive but they take everything you can throw at them, and have selectable front and rear lockers. As soon as Japan cleans up some more, 2nd hand parts won't be so hard to come by, though they may be waterlogged. I've owned several Landcruisers, and if traveling in the boonies, any of them would be my first choice. There is a company in the US that installs the 4bt in landcruisers, but it needs a 4" lift to fit it between the hood and axle, so that might not be the best choice. Are there any ways around the 10 year limit? Maybe import as a tractor or construction equipment? That would get you into a small frame unimog, maybe a 406 or the smaller 421, both of which can be found in AG spec with 3 point hitch and live PTO, but will do road speed. I bought my 406 for less than 10k and it turns tighter than my wifes car.

 

We don't have a Landcruiser-sized budget, unless we find some organization willing to just about give theirs away. We can possibly get together $10-15000 dollars US. That won't touch a Landcruiser in decent shape. Unimogs are great, but impractical in Haiti- parts are not readlily available. There are some Unimogs there, but they are mostly military. We did miss the boat a year ago- we could have purchased a solid but worn 1990 Landcruiser pickup, for $7000. The one that got away.
James' Cruiser has lockers, but they are ARB- I haven't seen any there with factory lockers.

 

I like this idea, these things are the landcruisers of the light commercial world. Plentiful too.


That's if you can go without a 4x4. I've never seen one in 4x4 but I live in the south.

 

4WD is a must. There are roads in Port Au Prince, the capital, that are impassable without 4WD. Much less outside the city. I have seen the Isuzu's, and other cab-forward trucks, in 4WD. The question would be cost.