Sinotruk HOWO NX 6×4 Tractor Truck, 55 m³ shipping volume

What this machine is

The Sinotruk HOWO NX 6×4 tractor unit. Three axles, the rear two driven, a Weichai or Sinotruk engine at 371 to 400 hp, a 12-speed manual gearbox and the HW76 single sleeper cab. Rated at 40 tonnes towing.

Overall 6.85 m long, 2.55 m wide and 3.10 m tall, on 12.00R20 tyres. Left-hand drive, convertible to right-hand drive. China II, III or V by unit.

We hold this configuration across model years 2020 to 2024, and one of the units is listed as new. The specification is identical across all of them; the year and the condition differ.

What it is used for

Haulage, and it is the workhorse rather than the long-distance truck.

Regional and day work. Out in the morning, back in the evening. Distribution runs, quarry to plant, port to a depot an hour away.

Fleet operation. Where you are buying four or six rather than one, and the per-unit landed cost decides how many you can afford.

Anything you pull. Tipping trailer, flatbed, skeletal, tanker. At 40 tonnes towing it handles every trailer we build.

Why this is the value buy of the tractor units

Every prime mover on this site tows around 40 tonnes. What separates them is the cab, and the cab is what you ship.

At 3.10 m tall this is among the smallest boxes on the vessel of anything that tows 40 tonnes, and sea freight is charged on that box rather than on the tractor’s weight or its power. On a single unit the difference is worth having. On an order of six it buys most of a seventh truck.

What you give up is the second bunk, the higher roof and the interior space of the bigger cabs. If your drivers sleep in the truck, that is not a saving, it is a false economy, and the HW79 double sleeper build is the right one. If they go home at night, this is the truck.

Condition, and what we do before it ships

Through our own workshop before it loads: inspected, put right, and photographed at each stage while the work is happening.

Because we hold several of these across four model years, condition is a per unit question rather than a per model one. Ask about the specific truck and we send the specific photographs, and we will tell you plainly which of the ones in the yard we would buy ourselves.

Fifth wheel and rear suspension are the two things to look at on any prime mover. We photograph both closely.

Shipping it

55 m³, the lowest of any HOWO tractor unit we hold. Loaded at our yard in Tangshan and shipped through Tianjin Port.

What to tell us

Whether your drivers sleep in the truck. What you will pull, and whether you need us to supply it. Your destination port, the quantity and whether you need right-hand drive. On a fleet order, tell us the total and we will price the freight as one shipment.