The KrAZ-258 is a truck produced by the Soviet manufacturer KrAZ(Kremenchug Avtomobilny Zavod) in Kremenchug, Ukrainian SSR. It was produced from 1966 to 1989 and was then replaced by the KrAZ-6443. The vehicle is the variant of the KrAZ-257 as a tractor unit.
From 1965 to 1967, KrAZ switched production to a new line of trucks centered around the KrAZ-257 and KrAZ-255 (four-wheel drive version). The production of the KrAZ-221 tractor based on the KrAZ-219 ended in 1966 . As a replacement, the KrAZ-258 was introduced, which was manufactured unchanged until 1977. This year the model, like the entire series, was slightly revised, the result being designated KrAZ-258B . The B variant was built unchanged until 1989, then production switched to the successor KrAZ-6443.
The trailer is the ChMZAP -5204M (5524P) tank semi-trailer with a volume of 18 tons of aviation fuel. With this trailer it is possible to simultaneously fill two aircraft simultaneously. The total weight of the tanker is 39100 kg.
This truck and trailer is still in use at airports in Russia and the ex-Soviet republics.
