Chapter 156 Walking on 2 Legs

This chapter is a bit boring. There are many things that need to be explained, but I can't not mention them. I'm worried that someone will criticize me, so I just write it briefly. If you don't want to read it, you can skip it and it won't affect your subsequent reading.

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Speaking of which, Fang Xiang has a very beautiful vision for the future of Luoqi, but the reality is often very bleak.

The plan of relying on 665 heavy trucks and 213 jeeps for development will soon begin its first step.

However, now there is no where to find the 213 production line.

Even the production line of the 665 heavy truck is incomplete.

This is the second problem that Fang Xiang is about to face.

In fact, Luoqi is just an assembly plant.

It is not much different from the concept of automobile assembly plants in later generations.

Orders are placed from other upstream and downstream factories, and then the various parts are shipped to the factory for assembly.

Finally, the finished product is shipped out of the factory.

If you calculate it this way, there is no need for a production line; an assembly line is enough.

But the problem is that Luoqi's products are heavy trucks!

As for heavy trucks, there are currently no upstream or downstream manufacturers in China that can provide supporting key parts.

You mean tires, glass, body, engine, gearbox, etc. can be customized.

Yes, no problem.

Not to mention the distant places, the heavy machinery factory is next door, and the diesel internal combustion engine factory is just across the road to the south.

You see, the gearbox and the engine can be produced in these two factories.

Speaking of which, the heavy machinery factory manufactures heavy machinery.

The company started out as a mining machinery company, and now its business has gradually expanded to coal, building materials, metallurgy, chemicals and other fields.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a waste of resources to ask someone to make the gearbox.

The diesel internal combustion engine factory is responsible for manufacturing engines for YTO.

Fang thought that the tractor engine he designed was for other people's work.

If that's the case, we are old acquaintances.

The reason why Luoqi chose to build heavy trucks was because of the confidence given by the 156 projects of these three companies.

But heavy trucks don’t just need these, right?

What is the most important thing for a heavy truck? The chassis and the traction system.

There is really no matching manufacturer for this thing in Luoyi.

Not only is there no such thing in Luoyi, there is no such thing in Henan Province either.

Even looking across the country, there is none.

As for the chassis and traction system, you have to build it yourself.

Fortunately, the country has already ordered, manufactured and purchased from other manufacturers.

The corresponding equipment has been transferred over, but it is not yet fully in place.

The last question is fatal.

Beam!

Yes, when 665 was designed.

Because of the problem with the main beam, Fang Xiang had to reduce the performance of 665 again and again.

Even Fang Xiang himself felt that the final design was not good enough to present.

But in the eyes of the First Ministry of Machine Building and several other departments, this is already a treasure.

Because there are no manufacturers producing beams in China, not even the equipment.

However, there is still collective wisdom in this era.

Now that we have decided to produce the Dongfanghong 665 heavy truck, the most important thing is the frame.

There is also a solution to this problem.

What should we do? It is both simple and difficult.

To put it simply, it means building an additional hydraulic lathe next to the Sanmenxia Dam.

Specially used to press the beam.

But the difficulty lies in the fact that this project is very difficult.

However, the problem can be solved after all, and, judging from the design data of this hydraulic lathe.

For example, the parameter standards of the beam when it was originally designed were much higher.

But how high it can reach will depend on its specific performance after completion.

If the data that can be pressed out is very good, then the 665 beam can be improved accordingly.

Okay, all the problems with heavy trucks have been solved.

Next is the other walking leg that Fang Xiang envisioned, which is the 213 jeep.

Yes, he also didn't want to use 213-A, the cost was too high...

The cost of 213 is higher than that of 212, and 213-A is even higher than 213.

Seize the production rights of 213 from BAIC.

It was because he was the designer of 213 and it was the result of the joint efforts of several other departments.

But BAIC Renjia’s system is all in Beijing, with a small part in the Northeast.

But if Fang wants to produce 213 in Luoqi, he can't transfer the goods from Beijing, right?

How much would that cost?

If you want to seize other people’s market, your products must be better than theirs and at a lower cost.

In Henan Province, the costs in all aspects are indeed lower than in Beijing.

But the disadvantage is that there is no complete system.

For example, the gearbox and engine mentioned earlier can also be purchased directly locally.

The Heavy Machinery Factory produces two types of gearboxes, although the order is smaller.

But after all, they are neighbors, so there is no problem in building relations.

What about the engine? We can't just go to a diesel engine manufacturer, right?

They produce diesel engines, but 213 uses a gasoline engine?

People don't play with this. As for whether it is possible to build a gasoline engine, you have to ask.

So, we have to find a manufacturer that can produce gasoline engines.

That’s not all, because as we all know, domestic craftsmanship is relatively poor.

This results in low engine qualification rate and high fuel consumption.

This problem has not been solved until the 21st century.

The Geely Emgrand that Fang wanted was sold after running for more than 4 years and less than 6 kilometers.

why?

It’s because the fuel consumption is too high, it can take more than ten liters to run in the city!

The highway saves fuel, it’s only about 7 kilometres per hour, but there are no highways these days!

Therefore, the first big issue is to have a stable, reliable, and process-compliant engine factory.

If he really can't find it, Fang Xiang will have to rely on himself.

Yes, train your own talents and find a way to assemble an engine production line yourself.

Then there is the chassis. As I said earlier, there is no professional chassis manufacturer in Henan Province.

It is not impossible to order all the parts custom-made and assemble them yourself.

It doesn’t matter if the cost is a bit higher, I’ll just accept it with a pinch of my nose.

However, the biggest problem is that there is no stable guarantee of quality.

You see, all parts are ordered from various manufacturers in various regions across the country, produced and then transported.

Who can guarantee what the final assembly will look like? There are too many links that could go wrong.

So, whether to build the chassis yourself is the second question.

Next is the glass, which is actually the easiest to solve.

The first glass factory in Luoyi was also one of the 156 projects, and flat glass was put into production in 64.

Just place your order.

Then there are the tires.

Don't underestimate tires.

Tires are rubber products. Nowadays, they are regulated in the country and are in short supply!

After all, this was still the 60s, and there was no large-scale rubber cultivation in the country.

All of them need to be imported from abroad.

What? You mean Hainan?

Do you know what Hainan was like in the 60s?

There is only a simple railway of more than 200 kilometers.

There are not many roads, let alone cars.

How can the goods be transported to the port? How can they be delivered to various domestic manufacturers?

Therefore, finding a manufacturer that can provide a stable supply of tires is also a problem that needs to be solved.

As for the rest, they are all small things and it’s better not to mention them.

Now Fang Xiang is facing a dilemma.

It is indeed much better than being penniless.

But that’s the basics.

You want to play with flowers? That's impossible.

Okay, the problem has been laid out.

Everything has its size, importance, distance, urgency and non-urgentness.

There are currently no technical issues that need to be resolved in the factory.

Well, facing all these problems that cannot be solved for the time being, we can't just sit there and do nothing, right?

Therefore, Fang Xiang decided to go to Luoyi to take a look and have discussions with the manufacturers with whom he would like to cooperate in the future.

The first stop is the heavy machinery factory next door.

But before going, he needed the drawings. Fang was patient and stayed in the office for half a month, finally drawing the gearbox drawings of 665 and 213.

Then I asked the factory office to issue a letter of introduction and came to the Heavy Machinery Factory.

"Hello, I'm the chief engineer of Luoqi next door, my last name is Fang."

After arriving at the heavy machinery factory, we quickly found the chief engineer's office.

After knocking on the door, Fang Xiang introduced himself first.

"Hello, my last name is Ren.

You are here this time for the cooperation on heavy trucks, right?"