it was this decision that was defended by the chief designer zalya lvovich sirotkin. he personally approved it. fresh, original, was his verdict. 1965 fair, a gold medal was awarded to the twenty-ton belaz-540 car. autumn 1966, plovdiv, gold medal. the presented forty-ton dump truck belas 548a was awarded the highest rating at these fairs; it was already a full-fledged road train. lifting capacity 65 tons. mexico - diamond quality star, one more achievement of the zhodino automobile plant. in 1967 , the state certification commission approved five modifications of this twenty-thousand-ton giant, including those for work in the tropics of the far north. 540 new cars, these were hand-assembled, now we are assembling 131, 306, various modifications, load-carrying capacities, pilas has stepped far forward , began to develop parts itself, make, pour, cook, about three cars leave per day, all belazov equipment, the only thing she's been around since then, let's just say the kids have grown up up to 450 tons, that is, almost 20 times the lifting capacity. machines with a car