The Russian brand Uraman has expanded its commercial truck lineup: the Veles plant in the Ulyanovsk Region has presented a three-axle chassis with a gross weight of up to 30 tonnes, aimed at urban and municipal equipment — garbage trucks, tow trucks, aerial platforms, road machines, and cranes.
The company produces two chassis modifications — URM1962Q00 and URM2462Q00. The vehicle is built on Chinese components: Weichai WP7, WP10, and WP12 diesel engines are offered as options, while transmissions — manual and automated — are supplied by FastGear. The axles are based on licensed MAN/Steyr solutions, and externally the truck noticeably resembles older MAN series vehicles — as well as MAZ-MAN.
The key technical feature is a liftable steerable rear axle. When empty, it is raised, reducing fuel consumption and tire wear; under load, it is lowered, increasing payload capacity and improving maneuverability on narrow city streets and in courtyards.
The new product fits into the logic of import substitution in the special equipment segment, where European platforms previously dominated. Uraman offers a product architecturally similar to MAN, but assembled from Chinese components at a Russian plant — with an appeal to European engineering heritage through licensed axles.
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