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Another nice and heavy scale
model showing plenty of metal
has gone into the construction.

BELAZ 76135

Water Sprinkling

Vehicle

J oining the BELAZ 74131 and 75131

is the 76135 water sprinkling truck,
again based on the chassis of the
75131 haul truck with a water tank
replacing the dump body. The 76135
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has two main duties, dust suppression to The tank is fixed to the chassis
which there are four rear facing and two side in the same way a dump body
spray nozzles allowing a 24.5 metre wide would be, allowing it to tip
coverage with a controllable hydraulic gun until the guards catch against
the wheels.
that can traverse horizontally and vertically

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The blue finished grill has a textured surface, There is an access ladder leading to the top Flexible rubber mud flaps are fitted to the
complete with Russian spelt BELAZ logo. of the water tank where the hydraulic gun underside of the water tank with ladders fixed
can also be seen. to the side of the diesel tank.

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