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| Brand Name: | SHACMAN |
| Model Number: | F3000 6x4 15KL-BT |
| MOQ: | 1 Unit |
| Price: | Negotiable |
| Delivery Time: | 35-55 working days after deposit |
| Payment Terms: | T/T,L/C |
Built for road construction logistics — 200 degrees C sustained, 100mm rockwool, dual heating sources
F3000 6x4 bitumen tanker — 100mm insulation with stainless steel cladding
Rear control station: temperature gauges, pump controls, burner ignition
Hauling hot bitumen is a different game from regular fuel transport. The product needs to stay above 160 degrees C from loading to discharge, or it turns into a solid block inside the tank. This 15,000-liter tanker is built specifically for that job. The tank shell is 6mm carbon steel with a full thermal oil jacket circulating heated exhaust gas along the tank walls — it is basically a giant heat exchanger on wheels. A 100mm rockwool insulation layer with stainless steel cladding keeps heat loss under 3 degrees C per hour, even in cold weather.
Loading temperature is typically 180-200 degrees C at the asphalt plant. During transit, the exhaust gas heat exchanger maintains temperature using waste engine heat — the driver just flips a diverter valve in the cab. For longer hauls or overnight parking, a diesel-fired burner kicks in automatically via thermostat. The discharge pump is a gear-type unit with its own heated jacket, pushing about 30 cubic meters per hour of hot bitumen through insulated piping. Temperature readout is redundant: a digital probe with cab display and an analog dial gauge at the rear control station.
| Tank Capacity | 15,000 Liters |
| Tank Construction | 6mm CS + Thermal Oil Jacket |
| Insulation | 100mm Rockwool + SS Cladding |
| Heating | Exhaust gas + diesel burner, thermostatic |
| Operating Temp | 160-200 degrees C sustained |
| Discharge Pump | Heated gear pump, 30 m3/h |
Heated discharge piping and gear pump for 200-degree C bitumen delivery
Safety on a hot bitumen tanker is not optional. Every opening has a flame arrestor. The tank has both a pressure/vacuum relief valve and an emergency vent that opens mechanically if internal pressure exceeds 0.05 MPa. A thermal relief valve on the heating circuit prevents over-pressurization of the oil jacket. We have put these on the road with contractors in Ethiopia and Bangladesh doing highway and rural road construction — the operators tell us the 100mm insulation makes a real difference when you are parked overnight at a remote site and need to discharge first thing in the morning without an hour of reheating.
