Shacman Delong X5000 6×4 Tractor Truck

What this machine is

The Shacman Delong X5000 6×4 tractor unit, the top of the Delong range. Three axles with the rear two driven, a 550 hp Weichai engine, a 12-speed manual gearbox and the X5000 single sleeper cab. Rated at 40 tonnes towing.

Overall 7.05 m long, 2.55 m wide and 3.80 m tall, on 12.00R20 tyres. Left-hand drive, convertible to right-hand drive. China II, III or V by unit. Model years 2020 to 2023.

What it is used for

Haulage, on the routes and the contracts that justify a flagship.

Long-distance line haul. Multi-day corridor work at full weight, where the truck is the business rather than a tool the business owns.

Difficult terrain under contract. Mining supply, fuel distribution inland, project cargo on roads that were not built for it.

Fleet flagships. A truck put on the best route with the best driver. That is a retention and a reputation decision as much as a technical one, and operators who run mixed fleets make it deliberately.

Why 550 hp, and the honest test for whether you need it

Every 6×4 tractor unit on this site tows 40 tonnes. Power does not change the rating; it changes what the truck does to itself while it works.

The test is your worst hill, at full weight, in the hottest month.

If a 430 hp truck takes that hill in a low gear at high revs for ten or fifteen minutes, it does that every trip. Engine heat, gearbox heat and driver frustration compound over years, and the repair bill arrives long after the purchase decision has been forgotten. Extra power is what turns that into a gear change.

If your worst hill is a gentle rise and your route is flat, the 550 hp engine spends its life below its efficient range, burning fuel to move air. The M3000 at 430 hp costs less to buy, less to run and 14 m³ less to ship, which is the biggest single number in this comparison.

We would rather say that here than sell you the biggest truck on the page.

Against the X3000

They are close enough to be worth stating flatly. Same cab height at 3.80 m, same 68 m³ on the vessel, same towing rating, same gearbox. The X5000 is the flagship badge and 550 hp. The X3000 spans 460 to 550, so it is the page with a cheaper option on it.

When both are in the yard, condition decides, not the badge. Ask us for photographs of the actual units and we will tell you which one we would put our own money on.

Condition, and what we do before it ships

Through our own workshop before it loads: inspected, put right, and photographed at each stage.

On a flagship, ask for the interior properly. It is most of what separates this truck from an M3000 and a photograph of the outside tells you nothing about it. Ask also for the cooling pack and the exhaust side of the engine, which is where a truck that has worked hard at full output shows it.

Shipping it

68 m³. The tall cab is what you are paying to move across the water, and sea freight is charged on that rather than on the 550 hp.

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

What to tell us

Your worst hill and the weight you take up it. Whether the truck sleeps out. What you will pull. Your destination port, the quantity and whether you need right-hand drive.