Sinotruk HOWO CNG 6×4 Tractor Truck

What this machine is

The Sinotruk HOWO 6×4 tractor unit built to run on compressed natural gas. Three axles with the rear two driven, a 430 hp Sinotruk engine, a 12-speed manual gearbox. Rated at 40 tonnes towing.

Gas is carried in either 8 tanks at 2,080 litres or 12 tanks at 2,928 to 3,120 litres, depending on the unit. 12.00R20 tyres, left-hand drive and convertible to right-hand drive, China III. Model years 2019 to 2022, and 62 m³ on the vessel.

What it is used for

Haulage, on fixed routes in places where gas is available.

Contract shuttles. Port to depot, plant to plant, mine to railhead. A fixed route is what makes a gas truck work, because you know where every filling point is.

High-mileage regional work. The fuel saving per kilometre is the whole economic case, so the case gets stronger the more kilometres you do.

Fleets in gas-producing regions. Nigeria and several other markets have gas and are building the refuelling to use it. Where that infrastructure exists, the running cost difference against diesel is substantial.

Why gas, and the question to answer before anything else

Does your route have CNG refuelling?

Answer that first, in writing, before you look at anything else on this page. A compressed natural gas tractor unit is an excellent truck where it can be filled and a parked asset where it cannot, and there is no partial version of that. Nothing else about this vehicle matters until it is settled.

If the answer is yes, the case is genuinely strong. Gas is cheaper than diesel per unit of energy in most markets that have it, and on a high-mileage contract route the difference compounds into real money over a year. The engine is cleaner, which matters where emissions are regulated. And this is a standard HOWO 6×4 underneath, so the chassis, gearbox, axles and brakes are parts your local supply already carries.

If the answer is no, or it is “there is one station and it is 300 km away”, buy the diesel HOWO 6×4 tractor unit instead and we will quote it.

Two second-order points. The tanks are weight you carry permanently, whether full or empty, which is why the 8-tank and 12-tank builds exist: buy the range you need and not more. And the fuel system needs a mechanic who understands high-pressure gas, which is a thinner supply than one who understands a diesel pump. Confirm you have one.

Condition, and what we do before it ships

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

On this truck there is one item above all others: the tanks and the high-pressure fuel system. Ask for close photographs of the tank rack, the valves and the lines, and ask us for whatever certification and test dates exist on the tanks. That is the part of this vehicle that your own inspectors will look at first and it is the part a photograph of the cab tells you nothing about.

Shipping it

62 m³. A little more than the standard HOWO NX tractor unit at 55, because the tank rack behind the cab adds to the box. Sea freight is charged on that volume.

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

What to tell us

Where you can refuel, and how far apart those points are. That decides both whether to buy this truck and whether to take 8 tanks or 12. Then your route, what you will pull, your destination port and the quantity.