Misu de Cluj
Admin
 Din: Cluj-Napoca
Inregistrat: acum 16 ani
Postari: 48322
|
|
Impresionanta masinarie!
Maz 543 V12 38000cc
Jaw dropping. I spent a while thinking what comment to start with, and I came to the conclusion nothing could really describe one of biggest monsters of trucks ever made.
Driving one of these is an experience you are not going to forget quickly, to give you some idea, I will explain.
Due to the sheer size of the Maz it’s advisable to do a walk round check, this will take a while. Imagine yourself as a train driver and having to check your loco first. Next climb up into the cab, press the isolator (this takes both hands), switch controls for the pre-heater on, hold preheater plug on for a while until you here a ‘uff’, that’s the fuel igniting in the burner, then switch on charge fans. Now you have woken the giant, the burner is quite impressive, it needs to be. There’s about two hundred litres to warm up!
Next you wait, watching temperature gauges start to climb, when they reach fifty degree’s. Now you pump the pre-start fuel primer until you feel resistance. Then you turn the valve on the air bottles on, this will pre-charge the start system with eighteen bar of air. All backed up on the electric start solenoid, then turn pre-starter oil pump on and press, this will start to pull the oil from the sixty litre oil tank, and raise the crankshaft. You by this stage are in the final countdown. Wait and watch the oil gauge, gradually it will climb, 20, 40, 70 and so on. Move throttle in start position, and count to ten. A final check, and don’t do what I did the first time and bottle it. You’ve matched up to the top of the hill, and woken the beast, now there is no going back. You have to continue… The problem is I knew what to expect banging the air start, its right by the side of you.
Anyway, now you brace yourself if wearing no earplugs. Press the button marked ‘Air starter’. All you will first is a big ‘BANG’, like a shotgun as 180 psi of air is released instantly into the combustion chambers. With the governors in the full open position, you’ve booted the giant with your size 14 steel capped boots. With belches of black smoke out the eight inch exhaust pipes on both sides, the giant V12 38,000 cc quad valve, shaft driven camshafts, has burst into life on full throttle, but don’t panic, the governors will quickly steady the beast to a steady idle.
You have to remember this is no shopping trolley. Everything is massive, whether it’s the hub assemblies weighing half a ton each, or the brake chambers measuring 14 inches across. You have to think ahead, the automatic gearbox is the size of a small car. The strange thing is the Maz is so easy to drive, you have the ideal combination full powersteering, autobox, full power brakes. Now you have tamed the beast and it knows you are boss, he’s like a pussy cat so the fun can now begin, select position one and dab the throttle. Although be prepared whilst you might expect commotion from onlookers you might be more surprised than you think. My first trip into my local town brought everything to a stand still. Although I was concentrating on driving, I had to stop at the lights, right in the centre… Gradually I realised, nobody was walking anywhere, all eyes were looking at the beast, and then the phones appeared for pictures. Now I will stop the story, and will leave the rest to the new owner to discover.
SPECIFICATIONS
Unit ID Number: 551001
Year into service: 1967
Manufacturer: Minsk Automobile Plant
Cab type: Forward of Engine
Cab seating: 2
Engine Type: D12A-525
Eng Layout: V12 Quad Valve
Eng Starting Primary: Air
Engine min pre-start: Less Than 5 Degrees
Engine Displacement: 38,880 cc
Engine BHP: 525 BHP at 2,100 rpm
Engine Torque: 610 ft lbs
Engine Bore x Stroke: 150 mm x 150 mm
Dimensions Length: 11,700 mm
Dimensions Width: 3,000 mm
Dimensions Height: 3,400 mm
Dimensions Wheel Base: 2.2 m + 3.3 m + 2.2 m
Fuel consumption: 140 Ltr / 100km
Fuel Multi: Yes
Fuel Quantity: 850 Ltr
Fuel range: 650 km
Transmission: Semi-auto with O/D
Trench clearance: 1,800 km
Max Road Speed: 60 kph
Max Off-Road Speed: 50 kph
Max ascent angle: 60 Degrees
Max descent angle: 55 Degrees
Side slope: 38 Degrees
Vertical obstacle: 700 mm
Ground clearance: 450 mm
Weight Gross M.A.M.: 32,300 kg
Weight Unladen: 17,300 kg
Wheel size: 24 inch
Axle type: Differential
Axle hub type: Reduction
Brakes Type: Air / Hydraulic
Track: 2,375 mm
Mileage recorded: 3,000 km
_______________________________________
NU TOATE MASINILE VECHI SUNT RABLE! 
UN POPOR CARE ISI INGROAPA TRECUTUL, NU VA AVEA VIITOR!
SUNT MANDRU DE RABLELE MELE !!! 
|
|
