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BelAZ-540 truck history

BelAZ-540 truck history

Manufacturer:

BelAZ

Years:

1961 to 1985

Type:

Commercial vehicle

Body:

Truck,Dump truck

Engine:

Diesel 12-cylinder

The truck BelAZ-540 (БелАЗ-540)  is a large dump truck of the Soviet vehicle manufacturer BelAZ , which was built from 1961 to the mid 1980s. The GDR also imported the machines and used them especially in mining.

Already in 1961 BelAZ built the first BelAZ-540 dump truck was set to replace the MAZ-525 . The twelve-cylinder engine with 39 l displacement was originally developed by the Soviet Union in the Second World War for tanks and had already been used in its predecessor. The BelAZ-540 was also directly driven by the front-mounted diesel engine via a normal clutch and a manual transmission. 

Around 1965, the new model went into series production. As early as 1967, the extremely inefficient diesel engine was replaced by the more modern JaMZ-240 from the Jaroslawski Motorny Sawod . With significantly less displacement this still made 360 ​​hp (265 kW). The vehicles with this engine were called BelAZ-540A and was still produced until 1985.

Technical details

  • Engine: 12-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine
  • Engine type: D-12A-375
  • Power: 375 hp (276 kW)
  • Displacement: 38,880 cc
  • Bore: 150 mm
  • Stroke: 6 × 180 mm and 6 × 186.7 mm
  • Torque: 1667 Nm
  • Transmission: hydraulic, three forward gears + one reverse gear
  • Maximum speed: 55 km / h
  • Fuel consumption: 125 l / 100 km
  • Tank capacity: 400 l
  • Length: 7180 mm
  • Width: 3480 mm
  • Height: 3415 mm
  • Ground clearance: 475 mm
  • Wheelbase: 3550 mm
  • Front gauge: 2400 mm
  • Rear gauge: 2800 mm
  • Tire size: 18.00-25
  • Curb weight: 21,000 kg
  • Payload: 27,000 kg
  • permissible total weight: 48,000 kg
  • Contents dump body: 15.3 m³
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