Tonly Wide-Body Mining Truck

What this machine is

A Tonly wide-body mining truck. An off-road hauler with a 460 hp Weichai diesel, an 8-speed manual gearbox and 14.00R25 earthmover tyres, carrying 40 to 60 tonnes.

Overall 8.80 m long, 3.55 m wide and 4.00 m tall, with a body 5.80 m long, 2.00 m wide and 3.20 m deep inside. China III, model years 2022 to 2025, and 125 m³ on the vessel.

Not road legal. At 3.55 m wide it works inside a pit or a site and moves between them on a low-bed trailer.

What it is used for

Mining haulage. Ore and waste from the face to the crusher or the dump, in a pit, a quarry or a large earthworks with a pit-like geometry.

Why the choice between the two wide bodies is not a specification question

We hold two wide-body mining trucks, this one and the SDLG, and they are the same machine on paper: same engine, same gearbox, same tyres, same body, same payload band, same 125 m³ to ship. There is no line on the specification sheet that decides between them, and we are not going to invent one.

What should decide it is running cost and availability, and on a machine like this both are dominated by three things.

Tyres. 14.00R25 earthmovers are among the largest consumable costs on any piece of plant, and they are consumed fast in a pit. Before you choose the truck, find out what a set costs where you are and who stocks them. That number will matter more over five years than anything on this page.

Structure. A wide body takes shock loading from an excavator bucket, repeatedly, that no road truck ever sees. Where these machines fail, they fail in the chassis and the body mounts. So the condition of the specific unit matters more than the badge on it, which is why we photograph exactly that.

Parts and mechanics. The Weichai driveline is widely understood, which is much of the reason to buy a wide body rather than a purpose-built hauler in the first place. The body, hydraulics and structure are builder-specific. If you are buying more than one, buy them from one builder and keep one parts inventory.

Ask us what is standing in the yard across both machines. We will tell you which units we would take and why, and if the honest answer is the other page, we will say so.

Where this class of machine sits

Above our 8×4 road tippers, which carry 35 to 45 tonnes and can be driven to site, and below a purpose-built rigid hauler of the Caterpillar 773 or 777 class, which carries far more at a far higher cost to buy and run.

The wide body’s case is cost per tonne on a short pit circuit, using truck parts and truck mechanics. For a mid-sized operation with a 22 to 30 tonne excavator and a haul under a couple of kilometres, it is usually the right economics. Ours is a 22-tonne machine and pairs sensibly with this.

Condition, and what we do before it ships

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

Chassis, body mounts, hydraulics and tyres, in that order. That is where an off-road hauler shows its life, and those are the frames we send.

Shipping it

125 m³, the same as the SDLG, and among the largest on this site. Sea freight is charged on that box, so quote the freight before you settle a quantity.

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

What to tell us

Your haul distance, your loading tool and your cycle. What a set of 14.00R25 costs in your market. Whether you need a low-bed to move it. Your destination port and the quantity.