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The KAMAZ Scientific and Technical Center has developed and manufactured the first truck in a new line of quarry dump trucks – the KAMAZ-65805, intended for use in medium and small quarries.
The truck has an increased permissible axle loads (12 tons) and drive axles (21 tons). Tires are also designed for quarry.
The payload of the dump truck is 60 tons, and its total weight reaches 87 tons.
Length of truck – 11040 mm, width — 2530 mm, height – 3950 mm.
12-liter KAMAZ P6 diesel engine with a capacity of 500 HP is installed.
Transmission is hydro-mechanical automatic.
The fuel tank capacity is 400 liters.
The maximum speed of a dump truck without load is 90 km/h, with load – 50 km/h.
The truck’s wheel configuration is 10×6.

KAMAZ took the 16th place in the latest rating of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy trucks.

At the end of 2019, KAMAZ was ranked 16th among the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks with a total weight of more than 16 tons. Such data is published in the annual report of the Global Truck Industry, which reflects the state of the global truck industry. According to Paccar inc., one of the TOP 10 leading car manufacturers in the world, KAMAZ also ranked 16th in the world ranking.

When compiling the rating, analysts relied on the production volumes of global automakers. At the end of 2019, KAMAZ sold 35.5 thousand heavy trucks, ahead of such well-known car giants as IVECO and ISUZU. At the same time, the German company Daimler, which has been a strategic partner and a major shareholder of KAMAZ since 2008, remains at the top of the ratings.

KAMAZ-65952 dump truck with a new generation cab is being tested at the NAMI training ground in Dmitrov.

Tests of the KAMAZ-65952 dump truck started at the beginning of 2020. Testing of the machine takes place at the NAMI training ground located in the city of Dmitrov. Also, the truck is tested in conditions as close as possible to actual operation to verify the reliability of all technical solutions.

The truck belongs to the latest K5 family, it has a new cab, a new KAMAZ R6 engine, an automatic gearbox, a new architecture of electrics and electronics are installed. Compared with the trucks of the previous K4 family, many improvements in the chassis have been implemented – for example, spars with a profile height of 300 mm are used, new solutions for the front and rear suspension of the car.

According to Igor Valeev, the deputy chief designer for automobiles at the KAMAZ Science and Technology Center, serial production of KAMAZ heavy family vehicles is planned for early 2021. In 2020, it is planned to manufacture a pilot batch for operational tests.

K5 generation trucks include several families of them. Automobiles of the main family were the first to appear: KAMAZ-54901, KAMAZ-65659 truck tractors, as well as the 65658 chassis. Following them were heavy family cars, including KAMAZ-6595, KAMAZ-65951, KAMAZ-65952 dump trucks and KAMAZ-65956 truck tractor . In addition, it is planned to create a transport family, a family of all-wheel drive trucks on a single tire and a family of medium-tonnage trucks.