What to go to the tundra?

"The machine weighs two tons, but if a person will pass by, do not crush. Do not believe it, even in the swamp cranberries are not trampled, "- he says the driver, instructor-paratrooper Ukhta regional search and rescue base of civil aviation Oleg Pankin.





Miracle machine, valued at one million rubles, three years ago, was taken to the train from Moscow to Ukhta. SUV to cope with any obstacle, without harming the environment. Not for nothing on board emblazoned mark "TREKOL", which means "environmental transport." The car can serve as floating terrain vehicle tires due to its low pressure and attach outboard motors. It is made on the basis of UAZ in suburban Lyubertsy. Designed to carry eight people (including the driver) or 800 kilograms of cargo. The body is completely made of glass-fiber technology "sandwich panel". It has two side and one rear door. It operated at temperatures from -45 0C to +40 0C. According to Pankin, SUV has its drawbacks. For example, power steering, established by the "Volga", not enough power. There are difficulties with wheels. Each (a total of six, each the diameter is three times more than the usual "Gazelle") is 13 thousand rubles, ordered them out of Moscow's expensive, so rescuers repair themselves. "It is necessary to call in to refuel immediately run up the drivers, asking to see beauty, photographed" - laughing Pankin (the time it is: the fuel tank capacity of 100 liters).



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