50 BAZ S32A51 all-wheel drive trucks assembled at the Romanov auto plant in St. Petersburg

The Romanov automobile plant in St. Petersburg has produced approximately 50 BAZ off-road trucks for civilian use.

The company is completing the vehicle certification process and has created a service and sales network. Sales are expected to be announced soon. According to a source, one car has already been sold. However, it remains unclear how this happened before the official vehicle type approval (OTTS) was obtained.

BAZ S32A51 is a pre-production model of a Russian dump truck with a 6×6 wheel arrangement, developed by Romanov JSC.

The civilian BAZ is one of the few mass-produced heavy trucks in the world with fully independent suspension.

The price of a dump truck on a BAZ 6x6 chassis starts from 18 million rubles.

Technical specifications:

• curb weight — 18 tons;
• gross weight — 36 tons, of which 19 tons — payload;
• payload capacity — 18 tons;
• length — 8.5 meters;
• certification — for operation at temperatures from -45°C to +45°C.

• engine displacement — 11.12 l;
• rated power (gross) — 310 kW (422 hp);
• maximum torque (gross) — 2000 N·m (203.8 kgf·m).

• synchronizers on all gears except first gear and reverse;
• possibility of connecting a power take-off shaft;
• gearbox weight — 370 kg.

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