XCMG Roller Specs: XS143J, XS163J, XS223J and XS263J

The four XCMG J series single drum rollers from 14 t to 26 t, including the 22,000 kg XS223J, share the same vibration settings: 28/33 Hz on all but the XS263J (27/32 Hz), and a nominal amplitude of about 1.9/0.95 mm. What changes with size is how much weight sits on the drum, from 315 to 582 N/cm of static linear load, and the exciting force, from 274 to 405 kN at the high setting. The figures below are taken from XCMG’s global website, its XS163J brochure and MachMall, the online store run by XCMG E-Commerce, with the source named under each column. Where the sources disagree with each other, this page says so.

The four models side by side

Paired figures are given in the order the sources list them. “Not published” means the source linked for that column does not give the figure. Accessed 24 September 2026.

XCMG’s global site gives headline figures for the XS143J and XS163J and a full brochure for the XS163J. It no longer lists the XS223J or XS263J, so those columns, and the detailed XS143J figures, come from MachMall. Where neither source gives a figure, the table says “not published”.

What changes as the machines get bigger

The drum stays the same width: 2,130 mm on the XS143J, XS163J and XS223J, 2,170 mm on the XS263J. A bigger J series roller does not cover a wider strip per pass. It presses harder on the same strip.

The vibration settings hardly move. Frequency is 28/33 Hz from the XS143J to the XS223J, and the XS263J drops to 27/32 Hz. Amplitude is 1.9/0.95 mm on three models and 1.86/0.93 mm on the XS223J.

Weight on the drum and exciting force are what grow, and not in step with each other. Static linear load rises from 315 N/cm (XS143J) to 376 (XS163J), 516 (XS223J) and 582 (XS263J). The 14 t to 16 t step adds 19% for two more tonnes; the 16 t to 22 t step adds 37% for six more. Exciting force at the high setting rises more slowly than weight: divided by operating weight it gives about 19.6 kN per tonne on the XS143J and 15.6 kN per tonne on the XS263J. Per tonne, static linear load stays at about 22 to 24 N/cm across the range while exciting force per tonne falls, so the heavier machines lean less on vibration relative to their size.

Static linear load is the line to compare

Operating weight includes the engine, cab and rear axle, and none of that presses on the drum. Static linear load is the mass carried by the drum, spread across its width, in newtons per centimetre. When you compare two single drum rollers, compare this line first and exciting force second; operating weight comes after both.

The split of weight between drum and drive axle is a design choice, so two machines with the same operating weight can carry different loads on the drum. In the J series the drum carries roughly half the machine: 6,700 of 14,000 kg on the XS143J, 8,000 of 16,000 kg on the XS163J, 11,000 of 22,000 kg on the XS223J and 13,000 of 26,000 kg on the XS263J.

Which size fits which job

XCMG gives no size guidance of its own. The XS143J and XS163J pages on its global site carry the same application sentence (“pebbles, sandy soils, moraine soil, blasting rock and clayey soil, as well as the compaction of concrete and stabilized soil base materials”), and so does its XS203J page. The choice comes from your specification and your material.

• Road base and subbase with a specification lift of about 150 mm. The specification, not the roller, caps the lift, as our guide to single drum and double drum rollers shows with the US figures. A 22 t or 26 t machine has no thicker lift to spend its weight on there, and it costs more to ship: MachMall lists the XS143J at 14 t and 2,300 mm wide overall, the XS263J at 26 t and 2,470 mm wide.
• Embankments, dam fill and rock fill in thick lifts. The FHWA geotechnical manual NHI-05-037 gives soil lifts as typically 150 to 300 mm, “with greater depths possible (up to 0.7 m (2 ft)) through the use of specialized high energy equipment and the right type of soil conditions (e.g., free-draining granular soils)”. Where your specification allows thicker lifts of that kind of material, the XS223J and XS263J, with 516 to 582 N/cm and 374 to 405 kN, are the heaviest J series options for it.
• Cement or lime stabilized soil. Check the specification before choosing any vibratory drum. The Caltrans 2025 Standard Specifications start stabilized soil compaction with “a sheepsfoot or segmented wheel roller” (section 24-1.03E), allow a layer over 0.50 ft only after a test strip, and say “Do not use vibratory rollers” on lime stabilized soil (section 24-2.03E).

The J models against XCMG’s Stage IV successors

XCMG’s Chinese website now lists Stage IV successors to the J models, the XS145JIV, XS225JIV and XS265JSIV. Set against the J models of the same weight:

At 22 t and 26 t the compaction figures are identical. At 14 t the Stage IV model lists 329 N/cm against 315. All three successors list 35% gradeability, against 30% for the XS143J and XS223J. The XS145JIV page states that its engine meets the China Stage IV emission standard; the other two pages give no emission wording. For a buyer of a used J unit, the drum’s published figures match the current machine of the same size, apart from the 14 t static load, and the difference to check is the engine.

Read the engine plate, not the listing

XCMG’s own two websites describe the same engines differently:

• The XS143J page on XCMG’s global site lists the emission as “Stage Ⅱ”. The XS143J page on MachMall says the Shangchai engine meets “the emission standard of European I”.
• MachMall’s XS223J page describes its SC7H190.2G3 as a Shangchai “high pressure common rail electronic” engine to China III. The XS263J page lists the same SC7H190.2G3 as “meeting the emission standard of European I”.

A used machine adds a further question: which engine this particular unit carries. The XS223J in our stock shows why: its engine may be an earlier factory fit or a replacement. Its engine bay, in the photo below, shows six separate high-pressure lines leaving one in-line injection pump. That is a pump and line layout, not the common rail system MachMall describes for the SC7H190.2G3. Only the engine plate can settle which engine this unit has, so for any used XS roller, including ours, ask for a photograph of the engine plate before you compare power, emission stage or parts with any sheet. If your destination sets emission rules for imported used machinery, our guide to import requirements by destination explains what to check.

XS rollers we list

We list the XS143J, XS223J and XS163J (fitted with a padfoot drum) shown in the photos on this page, which were taken in our Hefei yard. We also list an XS263J and an XS123J; XCMG’s global site and MachMall publish no sheet for the XS123J. Links to each unit: XS143J, XS163J, XS223J. For any of them, ask us for the drum, engine plate and hour meter photos of that unit. The rest of our compaction stock is on the used road roller page.

Written with AI assistance. Each specification figure was checked on 24 September 2026 against the XCMG or MachMall page linked beside it, and HCQ’s export sales team approved publication on 24 September 2026. The photographs were taken in our Hefei yard.