Scania has introduced to the Russian market of municipal vehicles on methane

To Tyumen given two sewage tanks on the chassis of Scania P340 6x4 gas engine

On request "Tekhkomservis-Tyumen" official dealer of "Scania-Rus" – "Tyumensky" for the first time in Russia staged two car for export of a liquid household waste (such as sludge pump / flusher) on a heavy chassis Scania P340 6x4 with a gas engine.

To date communal and special machinery on the chassis of Scania supplied solely with diesel engines. The emergence of a new generation of technology has allowed carriers to choose between diesel and gas fuels.
  
Head of sales of equipment to natural gas, OOO "Scania-Rus" Ivan Papazov said: "With the advent of the chassis with the wheel formula 6h4, the potential use is very wide, we had the opportunity to offer different options add on chassis with gas engines: dump body, trucks, truck mixers, flatbed with craniomandibular units, hook loaders and others."
Head of sales technology "Tumansky" Paul Maslakov, in turn, added: "first and foremost the interest of our clients to technology with gas engines due to significant fuel savings during operation. The emergence of new solutions in the segment of municipal and special vehicles with natural gas engines will allow the carriers to reduce fuel costs by up to 50%".

Trucks Scania P340 6x4 methane became the first equipment in the fleet "Tekhkomservis-Tyumen" with gas engines. Company 10 years of experience in maintenance of external networks for household, industrial, storm sewage urban networks, large enterprises and individuals.

The Director of "Tekhkomservis-Tyumen" Alexander Khmelev commented: "we Have significant traffic volumes and high mileage vehicles – about 170-180 thousand km per year. The experience of other carriers know that the transition to CNG provides significant fuel savings, so I decided to try out the car Scania with a gas engine. Wheel formula 6x4 is chosen because in the city there are problems with the road surface and load capacity of our equipment is 15 tons. Also pay attention to the reliability, availability, maintenance and parts to no downtime and delays to fulfill the obligations to counterparties".

CEO of the manufacturer of the add-in, AST "Elephant" Alexander Prizentsov said: "At the individual request of a customer we installed it on the chassis, the tank volume of 15 cubic meters, which differs from the basic specifications previously produced by our company. Also equipped with a vacuum pump PNR-122 (produced by JUROP, Italy) with a capacity of 730 m3/h. the chassis of Scania P340 liked the good work of the suspension, a comfortable cabin and a powerful economical engine."

He added: "Our company has issued the type approval of vehicles (cu Tr) on chassis Scania P340 6x4 and ready to cooperate for the production of tank trucks as "Scania-Rus", and buyers of machinery. I am sure that similar equipment model Scania with a methane engine will be in demand in many cities of our country"..