Sinotruk HOWO NX 8×4 Dump Truck

What this machine is

The Sinotruk HOWO NX in 8×4 tipper form. Four axles: two steering at the front, two driven at the rear, on twelve 12.00R20 tyres. The engine is 371 or 400 hp depending on the unit, on a 12-speed manual gearbox. Payload is 35 to 45 tonnes.

Overall it is 10.60 m long, 2.55 m wide and 3.45 m tall. Left-hand drive, convertible to right-hand drive. China II, III or V by unit. The cab is the HW76 single sleeper on the NX platform, and model years run 2021 to 2024.

What it is used for

Construction and mining, at the heavy end of both.

Bulk earthmoving. Where the job is measured in tonnes shifted per day and the haul road is made up, four axles do the same work in fewer trips.

Quarry haul. Under a face and out to a crusher, with the whole load in one movement rather than two.

Long-distance aggregate. Sand, stone and ore on public roads over real distances, where the cost per tonne kilometre is what decides whether the contract pays.

Why four axles, and where they stop paying

The arithmetic is straightforward. This truck carries a third to half again what a 6×4 carries. Over a haul cycle, that is fewer trips, less fuel per tonne, fewer driver hours and less wear per tonne moved. On a mine or a quarry running a fixed route all day, that arithmetic decides it and there is no argument.

Three things push back the other way, and it is better to know them now.

Turning. Two steering axles make a long truck that needs room. On a compound, a village street or a half-finished site, it does not fit.

Soft ground. More axles is more weight, and a doubled front end is heavier where a tipper is most likely to sink. A 6×4 works on ground this cannot.

Freight. 93 m³ against 77 for a 6×4. Sea freight is charged on volume, so every one of these lands at your port for meaningfully more before it has carried anything.

Buy four axles because your haul road is made and your loads are heavy. Do not buy them because more looks better.

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.

On a four-axle truck, ask specifically about the front suspension and the steering linkage. Twelve tyres and two steering axles are where the wear on these trucks concentrates, and they are what we look at hardest. We will send you the photographs of exactly that.

Shipping it

93 m³. That sits between the 88 m³ and 102 m³ classic-cab 8×4 tippers and well above the 6×4 at 77. It is a real line on your landed cost and it is on this page for that reason.

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

What to tell us

Your haul road and your daily tonnage. Whether the route climbs, which decides 371 against 400 hp. Your destination port, the quantity, and whether you need right-hand drive.