ZIL-MMZ-555

ZIL-MMZ
A ZIL-MMZ-555 in Berg-Badachschan near the Afghan border (2016)
ZIL-MMZ-555
Manufacturer:	Mytishchinsky Maschinostroitelny Zavod
Sales designation:	ЗИЛ-ММЗ-555
Production period:	1964-1995
Previous model:	ZIL-MMZ-585
Successor:	ZIL-MMZ-4502 ZIL-MMZ-4505
Technical specifications
Designs:	Dump truck
Engines:	V8 petrol engine
Power:	110 kW
Payload:	4.5-5.3 t
Perm. Total weight:	9.3 t

The ZIL-MMZ-555 ( Russian ЗИЛ-ММЗ-555 ) is a construction tipper from the Soviet and later Russian manufacturer Mytishchinsky Maschinostroitelny Sawod (MMZ for short) in Mytishchi . It uses the chassis of the ZIL-130 and was located between the smaller GAZ-93 and the larger MAZ-503 . Series production began in 1964 and did not end until 30 years later at the beginning of 1995, because the Sawod imeni Lichatschowa gave up production of the ZIL-130 in 1994 and no more chassis were supplied. Some vehicles of this type also came to the German Democratic Republic .

Vehicle history

Rear view of the same vehicle. The semi-oval dump body is easy to see (2016)

An overloaded ZIL-MMZ-555 in Tajikistan, converted to natural gas propulsion. The welded metal sheets to raise the trough are not original (2016)

ZIL-MMZ-555 during construction work in Hungary (1973)

ZIL-MMZ-555 in Latvia (2010)

ZIL-MMZ-555 during the transport of workers in Dushanbe , Tajikistan (2016)

The Mytishchinsky Maschinostroitelny Sawod (translated into German Mytishchin machine building ) began manufacturing dump trucks in 1947. Initially, the vehicles were based on the chassis of the ZIS-5 and later, referred to as ZIS-MMZ-585 , on the ZIS-150 and then on the ZIL-164 . The Zavod imeni Lichatschowa, for its part, switched production to the new ZIL-130 from 1962 , so that a new chassis was also available for the tippers from Mytishchi. The series production of the new model ZIL-MMZ-555 began after construction and testing in 1964.

The truck was designed for a payload of 4500 kg and uses the ZIL-130D1 chassis . The entire drive train and driver's cab are also from him. The chassis has a shorter wheelbase than the standard truck to make the truck more manoeuvrable. MMZ added the complete hydraulic system and its control as well as the subframe and the tipping body attached to it. The latter is half-oval in shape, which is also the characteristic feature of the truck. All later types had rectangular constructions or at least smooth floors. The loading volume of the trough is relatively small at three cubic meters, as the truck was designed for heavy bulk goods such as sand . Later other vehicles with larger bodies for light agricultural cargo were also manufactured. From 1966 the slightly revised chassis ZIL-130D1-66 was used. The first generation of trucks was produced almost unchanged until 1977.

In April 1977 production was switched to new chassis of the type ZIL-130D1-76 . This step made it possible to increase the payload to 5250 kg. They were used until 1986 and then replaced by the type ZIL-495810 , which changed little in terms of design, but which was renamed in accordance with current Soviet standards . This substructure was used until the end of production. ZIL ceased production of the ZIL-130 on December 30, 1994, while MMZ assembled vehicles from leftover parts until the beginning of 1995. With the ZIL-MMZ-4502, a model with a rectangular tipping body and a slightly higher payload was also built for the construction industry since 1975/76 . In the late 1980s, the ZIL-MMZ-4505, a new vehicle with a loading area similar to that of the ZIL-MMZ-555, went into series production.

The ZIL-MMZ-555 was exported to various countries, including the People's Republic of Poland and the GDR . There it was one of the few civilly used versions of the ZIL-130 and served, among other things, from 1964 in mining at the SDAG Wismut .

Model variants

There were different versions of the ZIL-MMZ-555, not all were manufactured in series.

• ZIL-MMZ-555 - basic variant, built from 1964 to the beginning of 1995. The chassis used changed several times.
• ZIL-MMZ-555A - Version for operation with tipping trailers. Accordingly, an additional hydraulic connection was installed at the rear and the control elements in the cab expanded. The hydraulic pump has also been modified. Built from 1968 to 1995.
• ZIL-MMZ-555A1 - As ZIL-MMZ-555A, but for use with normal trailers. The additional hydraulics were omitted, only a prototype was built.
• ZIL-MMZ-555G - model with extension boards and an increased loading capacity of 4.25 m³. Probably only built in small series around 1970, a few hundred copies are assumed.
• ZIL-MMZ-555G1 - As ZIL-MMZ-555G, but for use with normal trailers. The additional hydraulics were omitted, only a prototype was built.
• ZIL-MMZ-555GA - As ZIL-MMZ-555G, but also equipped for trailer operation. Also only produced in small series.
• ZIL-MMZ-555K - Like the basic version, but equipped with the in-line six-cylinder engine of the ZIL-157 . Built from 1974 to 1995, over time the same modifications were made as to the basic version.
• ZIL-MMZ-555Sch - Prototype with enlarged tipping skip with 4.5 m³ loading volume. As the vehicle frame proved to be not stiff enough and the chassis should not be changed, production was not started. Later, an almost identical vehicle was built in series with the agricultural tipper ZIL-MMZ-4502.
• ZIL-MMZ-555P - model variant for export to the People's Republic of Poland . There the vehicle should be used for industrial purposes.
• ZIL-MMZ-555PL - In the course of the development work in the 1960s, a vehicle with a tipping body made of fiberglass was also built. The tests were successful, the weight savings increased the payload by 200 kg, the material thickness of the trough was 10 to 12 mm. However, since other Soviet vehicles had bad experiences with the material and the increase in payload was low, series production was not carried out.
• ZIL-MMZ-555T - Model for export to countries with tropical climates.
• ZIL-MMZ-555E - Russian ЗИЛ-ММЗ-555Э, designed for export to temperate climates.
• ZIL-MMZ-555 natural gas vehicle - An official name was never known, and there was no series production. However, there were prototypes with the chassis of the ZIL-138, a variant of the ZIL-130 built for operation with natural gas. In practice, such vehicles were later "manufactured" in-house by converting the ordinary ZIL-MMZ-555 to run on natural gas (see photo on the right).

Technical specifications

For the series vehicles of the type ZIL-MMZ-555 of the first generation from 1964.

• Engine: four-stroke V8 petrol engine , water-cooled
• Engine type: "ZIL-130"
• Power 150 hp (110 kW) at 3100 min ^-1
• Valve control: hanging valves
• Mixture preparation: carburetor, type K-88
• Displacement: 5966 cm³
• Bore: 100.0 mm
• Stroke: 95.0 mm
• maximum torque: 402 Nm at 1800 to 2000 min ^-1
• Firing order: 1–5–4–2–6–3–7–8
• Compression: 6.5: 1
• Fuel: gasoline, at least 76  octane
• Tank capacity: 170 l
• Fuel consumption: 26 l / 100 km
• Clutch: single-plate dry clutch
• Transmission: mechanical five-speed gearbox with reverse gear, partly synchronized
• Top speed: 80 km / h
• On-board voltage: 12 V.
• Alternator: Type G130, 28 A, 350 W.
• Starter: Type 6-ST-78
• Drive formula : 4 × 2

Dimensions and weights

• Length: 5475 mm
• Width: 2415 mm
• Height: 2510 mm
• Wheelbase: 3300 mm
• Front track: 1800 mm
• Rear track: 1790 mm (double tires)
• Loading volume: 3 m³
• Dimensions of the tipping body (inside, L × W × H): 2595 × 2210 × 650 mm
• maximum tilt angle: 55 °
• Ground clearance: 270 mm
• Turning circle: 17.6 m
• Tire size: 260–20 ″
• Empty weight: 4575 kg
• Payload: 4500 kg (trough) + 225 kg (in the driver's cab)
• permissible total weight: 9300 kg
• Front axle load: 2750 kg
• Rear axle load: 6550 kg

literature

• Ralf Kunkel: GDR truck type compass. Imports from the USSR . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1st edition 2015, ISBN 978-3-613-03799-1 .
• LM Shugurov: АВТОМОБИЛИ России и СССР . Second part. Ilbi / Prostreks, Moscow 1994, ISBN 5-87483-006-5 .
• Ministry of Automobile Transport of the RSFSR ; Vehicle Construction Institute NIIAT: Short Automobile Manual (краткий автомобильный справочник). Transport Publishing House, 6th edition, Moscow 1971.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Factory history on the website of Metrowagonmasch, the parent company of Mytishchinsky Maschinostroitelny Sawod (Russian)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Information and historical photographs on the ZIL-MMZ-555 on denisoviet.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Overview of all vehicles produced by MMZ with further information on the individual models (Russian)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Ralf Kunkel: Type compass GDR trucks. Imports from the USSR . P. 24 f.
5. ^ Ministry of Automobile Transport of the RSFSR ; Vehicle Construction Institute NIIAT: Short Automobile Manual (краткий автомобильный справочник). P. 191 ff.

Web links

Commons : ZIL-MMZ-555  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Detailed website for the ZIL-MMZ-555 with historical photographs (Russian)