KamAZ 6520: power and nothing more

KamAZ 6520 is one of the most powerful machines of the Kamsk Automobile Plant. His element - career. Although often this truck can be seen on the streets of the city.

The car has a large load capacity - as much as twenty tons! This is at a nominal body capacity of twelve cubic meters. Having three axles (two of them behind) it moves the load as much as the wagon carries, and it's impressive.

The total mass exceeds thirty-three tons. Although there are cases when the car was loaded "under the string." Its weight in such cases can reach up to fifty tons! And so the whole shift. True, to withstand for a long time such exploitation it can not, all the same engineers calculated the load within reasonable limits. And in general, the overload of any car, the more cargo, negatively affects its technical condition.

Drivers like the KamAZ 6520. Specifications meet the requirements for machines of this class. Turbine diesel, depending on the configuration and year of development, develops from 320 to 400 hp. The torque from the motor is transmitted through a dry single-plate clutch to the sixteen -speed gearbox. Produced by the world-famous German company ZF.

Those who worked at the truck, disagree, describing the KamAZ 6520. The reviews are mostly positive, but many believe that there are a lot of flaws in designing and assembling.

A lot of criticism is caused by bolts and a plate on the Bosch high-pressure fuel pump . The fact that the injection pump is powerful, when working creates a large power load on the surrounding elements. And bolts very often initially from the factory go with a defect - a metal of the wrong quality. They do not withstand loads, they are constantly cut.

In general, there are all kinds of flaws in the KamAZ 6520 dump truck. Several years ago, two MAZs, KamAZ and a Chinese car were tested . The machines were new, uncoiled.

Testers, experienced truckers, not so much went, how many were engaged in repair of cars. Constantly something was pouring down, the quality of the assembly deserved only negative evaluations. KAMAZ 6520, unfortunately, was no exception. The most offensive, that the results of most points scored a Chinese dump truck.

It has long been known that when a new machine comes from a domestic plant, first it needs to be sorted, to tighten all the fasteners, in general, to adjust factory parameters to real workers. Alas, this is also true for the KamAZ 6520 dump truck. So is it any wonder that more and more buyers prefer either supported European trucks or Chinese dump trucks.

But is everything so bad? Overload is the cause of all problems. When in the pursuit of money the car is loaded so that the rear wheels swell and the frame creaks, then both the motor and the gearbox quickly fail. And the defects were and will be. This, incidentally, concerns European cars, too. The difference in the quality of the assembly.

Anyway, KamAZ 6520 is a great car, though, with its character.