KamAZ 5410 is a true legend. Despite the fact that in 2002 its production ceased, this car is a frequent guest on domestic roads. It can be seen in all CIS countries and in a number of foreign countries, including the distant one.
Its main feature is the founder of all
truck tractors that got off and continue to get off the conveyors of the Kama Automobile Plant.
The car went into serial production in 1970. True, then it was called ZiL-170. The fact is that the plant itself, as such, did not exist yet - it was only being built. However, the engineers of the Likhachev plant have already developed a fundamentally new model of heavy trucks for the roads of the USSR.
In order to familiarize themselves with foreign experience, as well as to develop a practical base abroad, we bought several cabover cars of American and French production.
KamAZ 5410 has the following technical specifications:
- a powerful V-shaped eight-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 210-260 hp depending on type;
- the engine is fully compliant with Euro-1;
- mechanical 5-speed gearbox;
- the total mass of the tractor is slightly more than six and a half tons;
- the weight of the cargo that can be fixed on the semi-trailer is equal to fourteen tons;
- the total mass of such a road train will be equal to twenty-six tons;
- maximum speed when fully loaded - eighty-five kilometers per hour, empty - a hundred.
KamAZ 5410 is equipped with a three-seater cabin. Sometimes there are double. Since the car was proposed to be used constantly during the day, the designers equipped it with a berth. Although sometimes you can find cars lacking this option necessary for the driver.
The main platform for the transport of goods is a semi-trailer. Depending on the nature of the transported goods, it can be airborne, refrigerator or barrel. A lot of options.
For KamAZ 5410, the main trailer is OdAZ-9370, which initially goes onboard. When fully loaded, he puts pressure on the fifth wheel (fifth wheel) with a force of more than eight tons!
Since at the time when the car was designed, the air suspension was not used, the truck received a suspension on springs. He has twelve springs installed on the front axle; for subsequent modifications, due to an increase in the total carrying capacity, sixteen were installed.
In principle, the main components and assemblies, taking into account current trends in the truck industry, are considered obsolete. However, there are enough spare parts, people familiar with its device, too.
He is a hard worker, KamAZ 5410. The photos seem to hint at this.
The fate of more than one generation of truckers is associated with this machine. Current youth cannot understand the tremulous feeling that arises in the chest when you see an old comrade. With whom were both there and there ...
KamAZ 5410 is already a story that has sunk into oblivion. He gave way to new models and cars. On its basis, more powerful and beautiful trucks have already been built. Highways with a whistle cut through the chrome "Americans" and comfortable "Europeans". However, here and there you can see an old hard worker, winding another kilometer of his mileage on a cardan ...