Sinotruk HOWO 6×4 Tractor Truck

What this machine is

The Sinotruk HOWO 6×4 tractor unit in its long-distance form. Three axles with the rear two driven, a Weichai or Sinotruk engine at 371 to 400 hp, a 12-speed manual gearbox, and the HW79 double sleeper cab. Rated at 40 tonnes towing.

Overall 7.00 m long, 2.55 m wide and 3.60 m tall, on 12.00R22.5 tyres. Left-hand drive, convertible to right-hand drive. China II, III or V depending on the unit. Model years 2020 to 2024.

What it is used for

Haulage, and specifically the long-distance kind.

Corridor freight. Port to inland capital and back, the runs that take days rather than hours. Lagos to Kano, Abidjan to Ouagadougou, Douala to N’Djamena, and the equivalents everywhere else.

Container work at distance. A skeletal trailer behind this cab is the standard combination on the routes out of a port.

Bulk under contract. Tipping trailers, tankers and flatbeds on a fixed route for a mine, a refinery or a trader.

Why the double sleeper, and where the money goes

There are two HOWO 6×4 tractor units on this site and the cab is what separates them. This one has the HW79 double sleeper. The NX build has the HW76 single sleeper, and it is shorter, lower and cheaper to ship at 55 m³ against 65.

The second bunk is an operating decision, not a comfort one. On a route that takes three days, a single-driver truck stops when the driver stops. A two-driver truck does not. Where you are paid per delivery and the vehicle is financed by the month, the truck that keeps moving through the night is a different business from the one that parks.

If your work is regional, day runs, back to the yard each evening, the second bunk is 10 m³ of freight and a taller vehicle for no return, and the NX build is the better buy.

One specification note worth acting on. This truck carries 12.00R22.5 tyres where almost everything else in our range is on 12.00R20. Tyres are the part you buy locally, repeatedly, for the life of the vehicle, so check what your own suppliers stock before you order. Tell us and we will confirm the position on the specific unit.

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 prime mover, the fifth wheel and the rear suspension are what to look at, because they carry everything the truck is for. Ask us for close photographs of both. If you are buying a trailer from us at the same time, we couple them in the yard and photograph that too.

Shipping it

65 m³. A tractor unit has no body, so what you are shipping is the cab, the chassis and the fifth wheel, and the cab height is most of the number. This one is taller than the NX build and shorter than the SITRAK.

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

What to tell us

The routes you run and whether the truck sleeps out. What you will pull, and whether you need us to supply it. Your local tyre size. Your destination port, the quantity and whether you need right-hand drive.