Municipal Sanitation Vehicle
Vacuum tanker, septic pumper and cesspit emptier builds from 8 to 20 m³ — supplied as a complete truck or an upper-body kit for your local chassis.
A vacuum tanker that empties septic tanks, clears blocked sewer lines and moves industrial slurry — mounted on a chassis your drivers and your workshop already know.
Built as a heavy-duty vacuum sewage suction truck, septic pumper truck and cesspit emptier, the tank is rolled from Q235 mild steel with internal baffle plates so a half-full load of liquid waste or septic tank sludge does not surge into the front head under braking. Standard wall thickness is 6 mm, with Q345B and 304 stainless steel available when a septic tank truck or industrial vacuum tanker handles corrosive effluent. On the 8 m³ septic pump truck build the tank sits 1,640 mm in diameter on a 4,500 mm wheelbase, keeping the vehicle compact enough for residential septic pumping routes.
Suction comes from a heavy-duty rotary vane pump driven off the engine PTO. Both the pump and the four-way valve are mounted behind the cab, within reach of an operator standing on the ground rather than climbing the tank. Contractors running a mixed municipal fleet usually pair a septic pumper with a water tank truck so one crew covers both suction work and washdown on the same site.
Every unit is built to order for export — either as a complete turnkey truck (LHD or RHD, Euro 2 to Euro 6) or as a skid-mounted upper-body kit (vacuum tank, PTO rotary-vane pump, four-way valve, suction hoses and subframe mounting brackets) engineered to bolt onto your locally sourced ISUZU, Hino, Fuso, KAMAZ or HOWO chassis.
Each vacuum tanker is water-tested on our line before crating — the pump is pulled to its rated vacuum and the discharge valve is cycled under load, not just checked by eye.
Specifications
Representative 8,000 L build shown below. Final specification is confirmed per order against your chassis brand, emission standard, drive side and destination port.
| Drive type | 4×2 (6×4 on 18–20 m³ builds) |
|---|---|
| Cabin | Forward tilting, 1 driver + 2 passengers |
| Wheelbase | 4,500 mm |
| Overall dimensions (L×W×H) | 7,200 × 2,496 × 3,290 mm |
| Tyres | 10.00R20, 18PR tube type (+1 spare) |
| Ground clearance | 280 mm |
| Turning radius | 7 m |
| Gradeability | 35 % at 20–30 km/h |
| Maximum speed | 95 km/h |
| Engine | 6-cylinder in-line, water cooled, diesel |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 6.87 L |
| Rated power | 206 kW (280 hp) at 2,300 rpm |
| Maximum torque | 1,100 N·m at 1,200–1,800 rpm |
| Emission standard | Euro 3 (Euro 4 / 5 / 6 optional) |
| Transmission | Heavy-duty manual, 7 forward + 1 reverse |
| Front / rear axle rating | 6 t / 10 t |
| Fuel tank | 300 L |
| Capacity | 8,000 L (8 m³) |
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| Material | Mild steel, grade Q235 |
| Wall thickness | 6 mm |
| Diameter | 1,640 mm |
| Construction | Cylindrical, internal baffle plates |
| Rear door | Full-diameter, hydraulically opened and locked |
| Model / make | PM80A / Italy MORO |
|---|---|
| Pump type | Heavy-duty rotary blade (vane) type |
| Free air flow | 12,000 L/min (720 m³/h) |
| Continuous duty vacuum | 80 %, 23.6 in Hg |
| Maximum vacuum | 95 %, 28 in Hg |
| Maximum operating pressure | 3 bar absolute |
| Suction depth | 8 m |
| Working speed | 1,000–1,100 rpm |
| Suction hose | PVC, 76–80 mm (3") internal diameter |
|---|---|
| Hose length | 3 m carried each side, quick-connect couplings |
| Discharge | Pressurised, gravity, or external air source |
| Discharge valve | 100 mm ball valve |
| Over-pressure protection | Safety valve fitted as standard |
| Hand-wash tank | 25 L with soap dispenser |
| Tank capacity | Drive | Typical chassis | Vacuum system |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,000 L | 4×2 | SINOTRUK HOHAN, 280 hp | MORO PM80A rotary vane, 720 m³/h |
| 18,000 L | 6×4 | Dongfeng DFL1250, GVW 25 t | HIBON Roots blower, 5,500 m³/h |
| 20,000 L | 6×4 | Weichai 340 hp, GVW 25 t | Weilong / Italy BP rotary vane |
A rotary vane pump moves 720 m³/h and pulls 95 % vacuum — right for septic tanks, grease traps and blocked house connections. Above 18 m³ we fit a Roots blower instead, which shifts far more air at lower vacuum and suits sludge lagoons and industrial pits. Ordering the wrong one is the most common mistake buyers make.
Chassis are HOWO, Dongfeng, Shacman or Hohan — brands with parts counters in most of the markets we ship to. The vacuum pump, valves and PTO are standard items, so a sewage pump truck stays on the road instead of waiting for a container of spares.
Internal baffle plates stop the load surging under braking, which is what cracks tank heads on cheap builds. The rear door is a full-diameter hydraulic type so the tank can actually be washed out, and each unit is water-tested at rated vacuum before crating.
Left- or right-hand drive, Euro 3 to Euro 6, local hose and coupling sizes, control-box labelling in your language. We prepare the CO, invoice and packing list for your customs broker and can quote FOB Qingdao or CIF to your port.
Sewage suction trucks are built from 8 m³ to 20 m³. An 8 m³ tank on a 4×2 chassis is the usual choice for septic work in residential areas; 18 m³ and 20 m³ tanks need a 6×4 chassis with a gross vehicle weight around 25 tonnes and suit municipal and industrial contracts with long haul distances.
A rotary vane pump on a standard build lifts from 8 m below the truck and reaches 95 % vacuum, or 28 in Hg. Suction distance depends far more on hose diameter and the density of the medium than on the pump rating: a 3-inch hose in thick sludge will lift noticeably less than the same pump in clean effluent.
A vacuum tanker only removes liquid and sludge. A combined jetting truck carries a second clean-water tank and a high-pressure pump, so it can break up a blockage with a jetting hose and then vacuum out the debris. A combined unit costs more and carries less waste for the same chassis, because the tank is split between sewage and clean water.
The standard tank is Q235 mild steel with 6 mm walls, which suits domestic sewage and general sludge. For acidic effluent, oil residue or chemical waste, order the tank in Q345B or stainless steel and specify the medium when you enquire, so the seals, valves and hose material are matched to it.
HOWO, Dongfeng, Shacman, Hohan and FAW are all in regular production, and the choice usually comes down to which brand has a parts counter near your depot. If your fleet already runs one brand, mounting the vacuum body on the same chassis keeps servicing and driver training simple.
Trucks under 20 m³ ship by roll-on/roll-off from Qingdao or Shanghai; smaller units can be loaded in a 40-foot flat rack where RoRo service to the destination is thin. We prepare the certificate of origin, commercial invoice and packing list, and quote either FOB or CIF to your port. Recent sailings out of this yard include 22 units to Douala, Cameroon and a first batch into Tanzania, both on the same RoRo route a tanker order would take.
A 6×4 dump truck order loaded at Lianyungang port for Ghana, supplied with warranty for gold mine haulage.
A batch of HOWO dump trucks staged for loading, inspected by visiting customers from Zambia during the Canton Fair.
The owner of a gold mine in Cameroon visited the factory and ordered 30 HOWO dump trucks.
Send the capacity you need, the emission standard your country enforces and your destination port. We come back with a configuration sheet and an FOB or CIF price, usually within 72 hours. Not sure if the job needs a plain vacuum tanker or a combined jetting unit? Describe the work and we will say which one fits.
