with a lifting capacity of 27 tons, a new unique development of the belarusian automobile plant vzhodino. the prototype was sent to moscow under its own power. one can only imagine what they had to endure. the plant's tester, he was the one who was driving the truck then. lyutarevich here together with the test technician ivan kukhar. belas 540 540 development was started in 1960, and not long ago there were many who were inclined to produce this class of machines in the urals, but even the skeptics had no doubts. in early october 1946, residents of the small belarusian town of zhodino could observe an unusual picture. in the area of the railway station, right next to the railway tracks , some important meeting was taking place. and that this was so, there was no doubt, the local authorities were very fussing, around, apparently, a respected person, next to whom unfamiliar comrades were also bustling about, either submitting some papers, or trying to prove something, then all together very emotionally discussing, apparently, the next problem, then moving to the gravel road and also dis