Sinotruk HOWO 6×4 Dump Truck

What this machine is

The Sinotruk HOWO 6×4 tipper. Three axles, the rear two driven, a 371 hp Sinotruk engine and a 12-speed manual gearbox. The cab is the HW76 single sleeper. The body measures 5.80 m long, 2.30 m wide and 1.50 m deep inside, and the truck carries 25 to 30 tonnes.

Overall it is 8.70 m long, 2.55 m wide and 3.45 m tall, on 12.00R20 tyres, left-hand drive and convertible to right-hand drive, in China II, III or V emission specification depending on the unit.

We hold this configuration across model years 2020 to 2025. Every one of them is the same truck; the year and the condition are what differ.

What it is used for

Construction and mining, and it is the machine both industries default to.

Site haulage. Spoil out, hardcore in, on a site with rough ground and short runs. Three axles turn inside what four cannot, and the 5.80 m body fills in one pass from a 20-tonne excavator.

Quarry and mine. Loading under a face and running to a crusher or a stockpile. Not the machine for a deep pit haul road, which is what the wide-body mining trucks are for, but the right one for the surface work around it.

Aggregate and sand. From a pit to a batching plant or a merchant, on public roads, day after day.

Why 6×4 rather than 8×4

This is the decision that decides the truck, and it is not really about payload.

A 6×4 carries 25 to 30 tonnes. An 8×4 carries 35 to 45. If your job is measured in tonnes moved per day on a made haul road, the 8×4 is fewer trips and less fuel per tonne.

The 6×4 wins on three things instead. It turns tighter, which decides whether it can work in a compound, a village street or a half-built site. It is lighter on soft ground, because the same weight is on six wheels rather than eight and the front axle is not doubled. And it ships for less, at 77 m³ against 88 to 102 m³ for the four-axle trucks, which is a real difference on the landed cost of a fleet.

Buyers who take the 6×4 for tight or soft sites are not being cautious. They are being correct for their ground.

Condition, and what we do before it ships

Every unit goes through our own workshop in our own yard before it loads. It is inspected, put right, and photographed at each stage, and the photographs come to you while the work is happening rather than after it.

Because we hold several model years, the honest answer to “what condition is it in” is per unit rather than per model. Ask about the specific truck and we will send you the specific photographs.

Shipping it

77 m³. Sea freight is charged on the space the truck occupies, not on what it weighs, so that figure moves your landed cost more than most people expect. It is the lowest of any tipper we sell except the short-bodied 8×4.

Loaded at our yard in Tangshan and shipped through Tianjin Port.

What to tell us

The job and the ground it works on. The year band you want. Your destination port and the quantity, and whether you need right-hand drive. With that we can name actual units rather than describe a model.