Highway & Heavy Duty Truck Tier List 2024 (Seasons 1-12) 

Correction: I meant to say 9 US Tons When speaking about the Ford CLT9000. Also I meant to say the WWS 4964 weighs 10 US Tons… My apologies, 47 mins of straight talking had a few mistakes :)

Man had spent 4,200 hours playing this game, and then spends more time helping us by making tier lists. Respect to you, Nathan Province.

Fleetstar 2070A is a gamechanger when you only got that ass starter truck

The fact that the Ford weighs 18 million pounds is very impressive. 9000 tons is nothing to scoff at lol

The Kenworth W990 is great because it solves my biggest complaint with the P512 which is a gas tank that runs out fuel before I leave the garage parking. Only downside is it gets squirrelly when it gets going fast, and it gets up to speed in a hurry 🤣

Yay!!!! Tier list at last! Can’t wait for the off-road, heavy, and scout!

CLT9000 will surprise you. Its probably the best of the RWD trucks that dont have mud tires. Good ground clearance, heavy weight, pretty stable, handles good and has good range. Ive more or less made it either a fuel truck (park it on a main road or right before a heavy mud spot in the boonies) or as my generator truck (pretty rare that a generator is somewhere that you cant go grab it with the CLT9000) The transtar now that it has raised suspension is actually kind of usable. High power to weight ratio and stable, while having the turning circle of a truck with steering on multiple axles, and it just feels good to drive. Ive made it a goal of mine to use it more.

I have been using the updated W990 in Yellowrock. This Truck is literally built for drifting, it has tons of power, Rear-wheel-drive only and a diff-lock thats always on. It is a pretty scary with the physics of snowrunner but i love it

Had such a great time watching this. Looking forward to the other lists - thank you so much!

Thank you for this tier list!! i was just watching your old truck tierliest and now you upload an updated one? Amazing

The International Transtar I mostly use as the fuel truck and keep it around the main parts of the map. It is quite small and nimble enough to surprise me with the sideboard bed. I even used it as a log loader in some cases if my other trucks are elsewhere. Sometimes it's fun to have a challenge so I pick the trucks that are low on the list.

I love these tierlist updates, thanks Nathan! 👍

Now I see why you asked me about precise truck weights

You have been killing it lately on the snowrunner vids. Keep it up man!

Great video Nathan! Makes me want to use some of these again. Keep up the great content!

I have learned so much from your videos that I finally dared to start the game from the hardest level right from the beginning. I have already played over 800 hours on the normal level, but I am looking forward to playing on the hardest level. Thank you very much for all your videos, in which you described these trucks and everything else in detail and accurately, in a way that I would have never thought of, like "hey, this can be done like this!" Many thanks and greetings from Finland!

Thanks, Nathan. Good stuff.

Good video! Thanks 💪🏼

New tierlists? Dope!

Thanks for updating this tier list! Seasons from year 3 pass giving enough chance for intense highway trucks usage so I believe this might be helpful for someone to refresh their experience. Personally I've been using CLT9000 and MH9500 much since season 9. Especially in Scandinavia and N.Carolina with tons of goods to haul, CLT9000 shows it's best with it's fuel efficient unique engine in hard mode to do hauls on asphalt/dirt roads till delegate job to heavy/offroader on final mud/slope section . Another gem for me is Kodiak C70 - I found it very useful as flatbed truck in Yukon and Maine to traverse forest slopes for shortcuts (like gold mine tasks in Flooded Hills or Lowland around garage) or do scout delivery tasks with articulated platform.

I kept using the White Western Star even after getting the OP Russian trucks. It's just so much more versatile and has a big fuel tank that it doesn't go through too quickly. If you have the patience to swap out add-ons you could complete the entire game with it. Plus, stability is my number 1 most important factor, the WWS is very hard to roll.

Instead of low saddle, I tend to do a lot of sideboard & ramped flatbed stuff. 6 slots, and on some trucks a crane, is really good. Helps with those contracts of 2x for 3 things or 2x of 2 and 1x steel.

Props bro 🤜🏽

13:40 I had a similar experience with gmc before getting awd. I was in black river with highway tires and used it to haul logs and the extra weight made it move so much better then hauling like planks or spare parts and stuff.

I used the 57X, it's pretty decent even for off-road, add the AWD and off-road tires with off-road gearbox. once in high-low gear it can surprisingly cut through mud as if its not there at times, and tried using the 57X on the flooded route from the quarry to Island Lake gateway with minor use of the winch. its fatal flaw is its front bumper, in the stock suspension can hit every dip in the road and can be a hassle to traverse certain wooden bridges in Island lake. Once you unlock the raised suspension, it's no longer a problem as a on-road-only truck with some off-road work too. I started a new save and now on Alaska and use it less due to the snow but can be effective still

Ngl i love the Brigadier, as a good flatbed 2 slot truck it's hard to find a better one in it's class, even with just the off-road tires it still does great in mud, it's usually my go-to if I'm not wanting to just immediately crush a map with a heavyweight truck or something with mud tires like the Mack Defense or something like that

Divulge or digress? Make known? Or leave the topic at hand for a minute? 😂 love the videos! Your awesome! I bought snowrunner because of your videos and game play. Keep up the awesome work, just don't burn yourself out.

2 things of note, 1 for gameplay and the other real life. First, I found the WWS to be superior over the HX, but only by a half step. It achieves this by being just a little heavier, wider, and seemingly lower cog. The biggest reason though is that the frame has a ton of flex in it, allowing it to keep its weight low, keep all the wheels on the ground. This allows not only greater stability, but better driving since all the wheels are always pulling. I've been using the WWS since I first found it, and the HX a lot in my current region, but find that when it comes down to the margins, the HX just can't quite keep up with the WWS. Second point, the walking beams. In reality, they are actually a superb off road suspension and is still in common use even on brand new trucks for logging, mining, and oilfield industries. The advantage is that the lack of any springs or bags allows the axles to freely roll over the terrain without affecting the weight distribution of the other drives. It is in some ways, a more simplistic version of the Tatra backbone, but just turned sideways. Compared to a normal suspension, it allows far greater durability and off road capabilities, but at the expense of ride comfort. The P16 also uses a walking beam suspension, but it is a sprung beam, attached via leaf springs rather than a direct mount.

I'd rank the WWS as low A. It's the only one out of these categories I feel comfortable to use for medium logs. Many Offroad trucks are less stable.

Great truck ratings as a seasoned player myself now sunce the days of covid doomsday lol, i have played and used most every truck in thw game at some point more or less. I have now gotten to where i give myself challenges more and use teucks with difficulty and make them work hard and grind in environments they can surpass with time. I do use mods some but only (no cheat) mods so im only gaining true to life tweaks not OP builds. Thanks man you are a staple for players of this game you've gotta stay like furniture 👍 keep doing what you do.

For the Fleetstar I keep both low and high suspension as lowering it helps with the tipping issue depending on the job.

Started playing this last summer, can’t stop, not sure why. Haven’t had this problem since 2011 when I took an arrow in the knee.

Thank you, have in garage Ct681, Brigadier, white western star ofc :) mister flip and shake, will try Ken with high range haul its with bed and crane atm. All the best.

My heart breaks for the GMC 9500 man. Once you unlock AWD it is an off road beast, I'm using it now in BC! That upgrade just comes too dang late.

i use the kodiak as a scout rescue. well basicly as a flatbed towtruck for scout tow missions, really good at it.

Hey just found your channel along with snowrunner..had my phase of learning how to cheat and fast track the game.Lerned about the tayga and azov started a real save got the tayga used it.found the white western star..haven’t stopped using it yet.only use the tayga when I needed a second truck to maybe use a crane quick…love the white western it’s toattaly capable of running thru most of Michigan in high range.if I were to help somone get into the game I’d recommend just pushing all 21 upgrades and getting that beast..set some scout fuels and 1 big tanker on di il & some sd..then just going to town..love the game lol

Nice tier list again Nathan and I'm hoping for all other truck tier lists in the future but buddy I really miss your "route runner" videos for season 5 to season 12 ;) greetings from germany

the WWS 4964 has become my 'old reliable' truck, it may not be super powerful but it's succeeded where bigger more powerful trucks have failed

"Both of this trucks have both fuel consumption, probably because they don't have AWD penalty, because they don't have AWD!" For some reason it made me laugh lol

Nathan you should try again the Mack Defence M917, they solved the axle model issue, and now it is unstoppable.

I feel like the gmc MH9500 got shafted by how they made progression early. You get it as the first free truck after the chevy, but with no upgrades, no awd, crap highway tires, etc. then the fleetstar is right there literally in your front yard and surpasses it instantly. A lot of players likely never looked back since the fleetstar and white western star can easily handle most of the early maps and you'll come out of that with heavy, big boi trucks at your disposal.

I love my Fleetstar. It's the only truck from Michigan i still have in my inventory. I never use it anymore but i like it

Personally, I think W990 is better than P512. It's very capable off-road despite only using RWD, just like P512 is. The more powerful engine and lower weight, combined with offroad gearbox manage to propel it on High gear through many obstacles, including many puddles of mud, where P512 could struggle. When it digs itself in, it falls short of P512. I have to agree with that. But a lot higher fuel capacity makes it more dependent in the long run. Additional axle... well, I don't use it much. However, as the W990 tires have low asphalt rating, lowering it may calm the truck down in the fast curves. I often choose W990 over russian trucks as I find it more stable, generally speaking. So unless I have to go through deep mud while hauling heavy load, it's my go-to workhorse. White WS is not my type of truck. It's stable, yes. But I feel like the engine holds it back a big time. With ~200k torque it would be a great choice. And the HX520 seems to me to be just that, White WS with better engine but slightly worse collision. But I wouldn't throw any of them into a deep water or mud so I don't feel like it matters much TBH.

Nathan great vid as always. I think of the western star as a boring truck. That is not bad I say that because it is not overly fast like some trucks, u can't put those big hulking mud tires on it. But it never leaves my garage because it has never failed me. Maybe that's why I call it boring because I know the job will get done. Sorry for rambling. Great truck great vid.

Gmc brigadier is my favorite truck jus got it the other day

Nice selection nath I really wish we could adjust the frame on the kodiak & make it a heavy scout or make it same as the actaeon the zikz and all the single axle heavy truck

Fleetstar is just a beast of a truck. One of the most enjoyable to play imo. Always does everything I ask of it. I feel like you can’t appreciate it how good it is until you come back after getting the god tier trucks.

I'd put White Western Star in A tier, it has a lot going for it. It's very stable, quite fast, fuel efficient, has lots of add-ons, awd + diff lock, decent power to weigh. Easily the best heavy duty truck and one of the best smaller trucks in game.

I really hope those two trucks in D tier get some love from the devs

Dang the ford weighs 18 million pounds! That should be in the extreme heavy class lol. Just teasing you np. Love the vids bro!

Can you also mention what is the best all round tire for each truck 😊

I agree with most of the said. However, I don't think the Brigadier should be put in B, while the GMC is in C. Its only advantage is more power (which comes with very high consumption), but the wheels are smaller. And I like the HX520 more than CT681, but to each their own.

I don’t care what anyone says and this could be controversial but, I feel if the Chevy C-70 is a S+ truck, I grew up with those trucks (the C-40/50/60/70) and I will defend them. I only wish it had a slightly higher fuel tank (like 5-6 extra gallons or whatever the liter version would be), besides that it’s a perfect truck, crane 2 piece bed, AND a 4 slot trailer is in base game with no mods is kinda nice. I do wish the upgrades weren’t when you get the western star, but when I played the game daily I loved the challenge of doing the missions with less fuel so I had to figure out what I needed and where to do it.

The HX520 was always a disappointment for some reason, I think it's suspension properties and low ground clearance, also feels like it struggles for grip. I'd rate the MH9500 and WWS higher, purely on off road capability. Both stand above the rest of the AWD trucks here, and the MH gives some offroad-class trucks a run for their money. And although the Brig has a unique engine, that doesn't justify the 4 dollar dlc for what is basically a re-skin of the MH9500.

tbh i always think the Western star 47x NF 1430 is a heavy duty truck for some reason and was slightly confused till i looked in the garage. Feel misplaced in heavy.

Fun tier list, but the only thing I found a little weird is the CT680 vs 681. To have the 680 down an entire tier when it really isn't that much less capable than the 681 is strange to me. Obviously there is personal opinion and bias in there, we all have that, but if the HX is B tier, the 680 really should be up there too imo.

The white western star is my favorite truck. It might not be the fastest but it just gets the job done every time. For me it's the most reliable.

Yeah I never use the highway trucks in SnowRunner but I use the Caterpillars a lot the CT680 and CT681 are pretty decent the HX520 is okay too have you done a tier list on all the heavy trucks yet if you haven’t maybe that’s another video idea you could do

Thanks for the video Nathan, enjoyed it a lot. One thing I didn't get quite clear is that they all went to D, C and B tiers, if the list was only about those two classes and not being compared with the other classes then... Shouldn't they be categorized in the entire range from D to S?. What I mean is compared to the worst highway trucks the Cat CT681, HX520 or even WS4964 are an S or at least A.

wws is still king of this overall list for me with the ct681 as a close runne up

Im kinda sad you didnt mention the unique add on combos for the Brigadier and the HX The Brigadier is one of the few trucks that can have the log crane/long log carrier combo And the HX is one of maybe 2 or 3 trucks that can have a mini crane and vehicle ramp

3:57 🤘🏻

I must say, now that I'm some hours into the game the third time after losing savegames to updates twice, the Fleetstar is extremely capable compared to the russian trucks. I'm always surprised when I dig it out the storage and discover, that it quite happily manages passages I struggle with an ANK or Tayga, Tatra etc. Correction: I confused the Fleetstar and the White Western Star 4964

I'll have to check again I don't think my HX520 has diff lock? I swear I don't remember it having that. It feels like the modern equivalent to the old fleetstar

4200 hours?!?! You madman, i hit 1k Just last month

I feel like the w990 would be A tier if it were just a little more stable

The 57X is just awful. Its heavy but has zero traction and its just BIG. Its hard to find a decent use for it, personally. It requires a LOT of patience. The Fleetstar is pretty good. People ditch it pretty quick but it can handle anything except for the deepest mud. Its stable, handles good, has good range and is very versatile. People who jump to a russian map for mud trucks miss out on it. Its just a little slow is all, and the super stendo frame makes towing with a low saddle or a pivoting trailer kind of jank MH9500 is probably the best highway truck. It sits high, its got big tires, its power to weight is just stupid and its pretty good even in deep mud. I used it a LOT. Unstable sure, but my goodness theres almost nothing you cant do with it. The CT680 gets more hate than it deserves. I broke it out recently just on a whim and had no real complaints. It rides pretty low, but you throw the 2300c engine on it and it has some impressive range. Its very stable and even with the lower powered engine never really feels low on power. Chuck it in high gear and forget about most of your worries. The C70 has some serious articulation and will lean a very, very long way before it tips. Its mobility is excellent and it really does play like a large scout. My favorite thing to use it for is hauling around scouts and the 2 slot containers. Its very much a truck you have to go out of your way to use it, like using scouts vs a bigger truck. The Brigadier is a powerhouse and plays a lot like the MH9500. Its just a bigger version of it. It is however borderline unusable with the top engine with how bad its fuel economy is. High fuel capacity sure, but very low range, and it struggles with the lesser engines. Its probably the closest of the bunch to being useless imo. Havent used the kenworth yet, but if you're telling me its like the P512, it cant be bad. P512 is let down by how much fuel it can carry, and the kenworth has effectively double so... maybe! White western star is more or less the only one in the list that can genuinely play as an offroad truck. It has the tire size and clearance to go over obstacles instead of having to go around. Borderline mud truck. Only downside is that, what i feel, is that is just a tiny bit underpowered under a heavy load. Easily the best in the list. Its just a bit... wide. If you use it a lot, youll know what i mean. Its a fat truck. Getting stuck in trees with it is the worst. It doesnt feel ham fisted or slow to handle, its just... fat. HX520 is my go to. Theres nothing it does not do well. Its nimble, its powerful, its stable... balanced is right. I love it. You can throw it at anything and it'll do it. Just use it. People usually just sell it because its valuable and has no mud tires, but they are missing out. CT681 is the same as the HX520, just a tad more stable. Interchangeable with the HX520 i'd say. I know when i was running through Alaska i used it and the HX520 for most of it. Also thats probably something worth mentioning about these highway trucks. They are all EXCELLENT on icy roads with chains. Sure, with chains any sort of mud becomes a slog, but thats the real secret to them. Easily the best handling (especially the CT681 and the HX520) on ice.

Wws for me is s tier. I am biassed as I went through imadra with her and good lord that thing with dif and and on is unstoppable. Saved my friend sooo many times in these Russian vehicles. What do I choose? Wws. every single time

They need to get rid of the lift axles until they figure out how to make them useful

I use military green myself. Is that what the Russian's use? You mentioned the US puts their trucks in a tan like colour.

Personally, what the MH9500 did in Amur made me realise it is an S tier truck imo

I think it is weird to rank Highway and Heavy Duty Trucks on their own, but considering Offroad Trucks in the list. Why not a complete list the? Or not considering Offroad Trucks at all?

I don't understand. Cat CT681 is best in class for you, so why you rate CT680 so low?? They are almost the same trucks, maybe even better - no dead axle and better snorkel. 192k power instead of 210k is more than enough, these are light vehicles.

3:18 for anyone wanting to get on with he video and skip the rambling. Also just assume his top answers are a b c cuz he doesn't know how to rank

Absolutely 9500 is better than fleetstar. Nobody believes me😂

I'm new to this game. I'm almost done eith Michigan, and I love White Star. Got two of them. What's a good truck to get later on with the same "feel" as WWS?

Nathan you should try again the Mack Defence M917, they solved the axle model issue, and now it is unstoppable.