In this episode on Tekniq, Let us discover how wooden logs and raw materials are transported all over the world using either crude vehicles like Chukudu scooters or comparatively advanced machines like the motorbike or Lombard hauler.
Trees were felled, probably using gasoline two-stroke powered chainsaws and tools, and transported, probably by diesel truck (or worse, two-stroke dirt bike like later in the vid), to provide the lumber; rubber was processed and manufactured into the tires (at least they're recycling, but still); steel springs don't grow on trees - they were made using furnaces in a factory that is probably powered by coal; the type of gasoline powered scooter they're using to tow these back uphill have terrible emissions, and by towing so much weight the mileage will be abysmal at best. Let's get real - this is hardly a "pollution free" solution. Is it convenient and a far more efficient use of manpower and time? Absolutely ! And are they making do, and doing good with what limited resources they have available?Absolutely! It's a unique and viable solution for their problem. But is it pollution free? _Hell _*_no!_*
@JoshCaneipsyclonne thanks, they may be happy that way. But life could be made easier. My aunt spent years of her life going down to the river to bring up buckets of water for the kitchen. This is in brazil. Americans don't realize how advanced we live. And how we can easily go back to that.
Because on one side of the planet you have Fred flint stone pushing around a wooden scooter crudely hacked together, on another part of the planted you have self driving electric cars and nuclear plants.
@@BrassMtn Sure. But every archaeologist will tell you how they never find ancient artifacts made of wood. Only in exceptional circumstances, like the oseberg viking ship, or the kalambo river excavation earlier this year. Plainly, they rot. They never find these bikes even 200 years from now
@@RegulareoldNorseBoy from a rational and realistic standpoint you are correct. I was simply being comical of our world right now. We have the most technologically advanced civilization this world has even seen, and we are living alongside civilizations still relying on Stone Age equipment.
@@BrassMtn Is just that it would be more comical if it was correct that's all. You already know stone age men didn't have the wheel :-D Even the ancient Egyptians did not have that. The wheel was unknown in Egypt before the Hyksos invasion, probably in the 17th century BC. Before that, things were either carried by hand, with pack animals, or by boat. Ssure '' wheels '' was invented in this time period, even in cultures defined as living in the stone age, but nobody ever had upright standing wheeled scooters in the stone age. That's some Hollywood fantasy right there :-D
That train engine vehicle at the end ism pure genius. It deserves to be features in some anime series and have an entire tech tree evolved from such an interesting adaptation...a parallel world, ruined after ww1 with tech like that and other ww1 era stuff
They should afford buying better suitable material bikes if they sell that good wood , i wonder who is harvesting these resources cheaply to the extent they cannot afford real bikes
The second scooter was in the Aparri province of the Philippines. This scooter was used by the tribes knowed us the Ifugao. You'll see the level of craftsman ship of those wooden scooters
It's literally like having a time machine to go back and view humans 20,000-30,000 years ago. That is this video. So fascinating there are still places like this that have survived into modern times without ever evolving technologically or agriculturally or socially or culturally. Truly a portal to the past :)
@@Tina-mt9cl What you call evolving, some are calling corruption. If our ancestors survived without technology, i'm sure we all can. Who needs a long life when you can have a full life? lol.
Consider this: if Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton would have born in a mud and stick shack in Africa, would the world know anything about physics or relativity? I'm sure those men would be famous in their villages, but that's all. It takes the infrastructure of modern technological civilization to bring out the potential genius in people. It is my opinion that the genius shown here would surely blossom if those people were in a more advanced setting. It is encouraging to see how these people are working so hard to improve their lives and wealth and by doing so, the advancement of their civilizations.
Those with the old bearings for running the wheels are a good idea but for those running on staples and nails I wouldn want to risk my life on, but needs must
Wikipedia: The chukudu was invented by Pedro Sarracayo in 1972. Saracayo, a Portuguese national, lived in Angola between 1966 and 1975, in the town of Uige, North Angola, and close to the Congolese border (Zaire River). As a young man, Pedro recognised the need for local transportation of heavy goods on foot, subsequently inventing the Chukudu.
So I'm reading some of these comments, not all just some and get the feeling that some are making fun of this. Particularly aimed at Africans Yes, some parts of Africa isn't where it needs to be in terms of modern technology, but this video is showing the craftsmanships of people trying to hustle and eat day by day. A common statement I hear about African's is that we like to play the "victim card" but here you clearly see people making the best out of what they got. No excuses. But whatever have your fun. I for one find this video inspiring of what people can do in terms of creativity, improvisation and innovation with limited resources and still find a way to get by.
This is congo. One of the world richest mineral countries. The transport item can have an original name. It has a local one. Having failed to be a scooter. May be a bi-scoo barrow
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@@naitorain But efficient given how they are used in a practical manner! Much better than trying to use a dirtbike type motorcycle to carry logs when it's obvious the vehicle can barely handle the overloaded weight on level grown let alone try to climb up an incline!
@@thenickhelms84 not to mention that carrying capacity versus the limited materials to build it with. People are bashing them but a vast majority of the shit talkers would be stuck at making the wheel.
I suppose most people in a comments came from well developed countries and had no clue about 3rd world and no politeness regards cultural differences. So they perceive those people with superiority thinking they are better because they were raised in a better country with more possibilities. That what a racism is. What I see is how people can come up with different ideas and things they do have now. And it’s inspiring for me.
Necessity is the mother of invention! Bureaucratic clientelism is the next step when any government observes its innovative citizenry demonstrate entrepreneurship in the interest of national development. It's at this juncture where Africa lacks behind tremendously in aiding its citizenry for national development.
This is actually impressive given the limited resources, opportunities, and educational backgrounds. Using their environment and human creativity to persevere is commendable.
You have a very distorted vision of Africa. They have access to the internet and tools. They should be able to build much more complex objects than this (especialy considering what we euros where building 500 years ago)
@@theracedude2343 You failed to consider the fact money doesn't grow on trees, this was also an individual effort in a remote community. There's no government support, there aren't any companies in those areas, most of the land is legally owned by the government, and there aren't any welders. Yet, they were able to innovate despite those struggles. Are there any Europeans in the same communities and living conditions innovating with their businesses like the fellow in the video? No, because they're all following the same standard when they could be thinking out of the box; vehicles are too expensive? Not available in the Area? Just make your own. You're thinking as if this is a universal thing all Africans are doing which it's not, there are Africans with STEM degrees who are working for various entities on the continent innovating and doing the best they can. The fact you are comparing past European achievements with different circumstances and situations to this shows some levels of insecure coping.
@@BiancaZombie It's actually ridiculous how people think Countries can just succeed on their own. Not a single civilization built everything on their own, they all engaged in trade and shared ideas. They all had guides. Blueprints for manufacturing, academic institutions, medical facilities, infrastructure, and incentives don't grow on trees. You need money to pay salaries and currency doesn't grow on grass. It's also crazy how people are calling Africans underdeveloped while modern vehicles are moving around in the background. This level of ignorance is baffling. "They have a brain and resources." If it were that easy, then go build a manufacturing factory for vehicles without wealth. You can't because you don't know where to start because many components go into a business. I swear the education system has failed the west. You remind me of those people who say they don't need farmers because they get their produce from the Supermarket, like what? Where do you think those supermarkets got their produce from?
I think the bike/scooter model is best in a accident and the new hybrids are revolutionary. We must also be wise and protect young trees from deforestation.
@@alessandrom7181 Well safe to say you are not De Vinci in any way what so ever. Like to see you try that using these tools here. My guess you never could.
@@Frillar Not like you who built their own motorized vehicles and combustion engines with your own bare hands. Now there's a talent. Did you happen to see the motorized vehicles with the combustion engines in this video too? You won't recognize innovation if it came up to you and slapped you along side the head.
I thought the slanting design of the scooter and the spring loaded steering handle has someting to do with propelling this scooter... too bad it only moves down hill under gravity n that too without any breaks 😅
Based solely on the evidence of this video alone, these are not strictly speaking scooters. Given that is, that they are not being scooted to propel them.
Yes they are. Most of the shots are of them coasting downhill, or of heavily loaded ones being pushed. But there are also a few shots of them being scooted. There are also shots of motor driven cycles being modified to carry loads.
