And would you want to share the road with that thing? Imagine how poor the brakes must be if the rest of it is in such poor condition.... Kudos to them for keeping it going, but at some point it becomes unsafe.
Yeah...NO. Like most of the Turd World, if they worked as hard at fixing it right as they do at bubba-rigging it, it'd be a serviceable truck. As it is, I'm looking at a cab where every third driver loses a leg, and one day the whole cab bursts into flames spontaneously, everyone bails out, and it takes out a schoolbus full of kids. Who can't get out because they've rigged the emergency exit like those idiots did the doors in that rusted p.o.s.
Hereabouts, every time the CHP does unannounced truck inspections at highway choke points, 1 in 4 trucks fail basic safety checks for things like brakes. More than half are masterpieces roughly similar to this p.o.s., let in from Meh-hee co.
Blow retards like this up on the spot, and save lives by the gajillion.
Having spent a month in west Africa, in places the tourists don’t go, I can tell you that rigs like this are all you see on the roads. They take the absolute worst POS Renault from France, and its instantly the nicest taxi in Mali. Next time I see Africa I hope it’s through a bombsight.
I don't think you guys are understanding what is happening here. They had zero money for a vehicle - zero money to get it running - zero money for maintenance - unlimited access to the garbage dump (not a scrap yard, we're talking dump) They did what they could to find a way to make the equivalent of $1 to buy food for the next day. Most of us don't understand living like this. They aren't doing this to save a few bucks. This is survival, and we may want to prep our mindset for this. They believe they are living like kings because they don't have to carry everything on their back at the end of the day. 90%+ of their neighbors aren't so lucky.
Doing what you gotta do, I guess.
ReplyDeleteBut...but...
Kinda like the old Datsuns. I've seen quite a few of those with plywood floorboards in my day.
ReplyDeleteThe drive train would outlast the body every time.
And would you want to share the road with that thing?
ReplyDeleteImagine how poor the brakes must be if the rest of it is in such poor condition....
Kudos to them for keeping it going, but at some point it becomes unsafe.
Yeah...NO.
DeleteLike most of the Turd World, if they worked as hard at fixing it right as they do at bubba-rigging it, it'd be a serviceable truck.
As it is, I'm looking at a cab where every third driver loses a leg, and one day the whole cab bursts into flames spontaneously, everyone bails out, and it takes out a schoolbus full of kids. Who can't get out because they've rigged the emergency exit like those idiots did the doors in that rusted p.o.s.
Hereabouts, every time the CHP does unannounced truck inspections at highway choke points, 1 in 4 trucks fail basic safety checks for things like brakes. More than half are masterpieces roughly similar to this p.o.s., let in from Meh-hee co.
Blow retards like this up on the spot, and save lives by the gajillion.
My complete lack of surprise that aesop is shreiking for MORE government regulation.....
DeleteHoly fuckballs, Batman! That was crazy. And where we're headed.
ReplyDeleteDamn...I would still have to make a fan shroud it I was going to drive that thing barefoot. My windshield sprayer is in a toggle switch but !!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, they waz kings.
ReplyDeletekangz
DeleteWell, it IS still useful. Crew served truckamagedon.
ReplyDeleteYou know, they could just put a new radiator in.
ReplyDeleteThey got it brand new six months ago . A well taken care of example
ReplyDeleteSix more payments and it's THEIRS!
ReplyDeleteAaaah!...Africa. The entire continent was given modern infrastructure and within a few decades they detroyed practically all of it.
ReplyDeleteTIA
ReplyDeleteGood Movie!!
DeleteAnd yet you can somehow be oppressed by the system here in the USA? Live like that for a few months and you will beg to live in the US
ReplyDeletei've driven some shit in my life but,,,
ReplyDeleteAfrica for the win!
ReplyDeleteSo is that water for the radiator or gas for the engine that the dude is pouring into to open reservoir ??
ReplyDeleteWater. They showed where the hose comes in and feeds the radiator through the cap.
Deletewater
DeleteMacGyvet built that with 4 popsicle sticks, a seized bearing and detritus that washed ashore. Been running for 10 years
ReplyDeleteNot sure whether to cheer or blanche...if they know enough to keep that running why not just maintain it in the first place. I know Africa
ReplyDeleteWatch Empire of Dust. The Chinese in Africa. Here's the best part:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/qUefIvm4tWQ
wow. just wow. and yes its coming to the "U"SA.
DeleteComments are great!
ReplyDeleteSorta explains the whole living in mud huts and shitting in the potable water supply in the 21st century thing, don't it?
ReplyDeleteHaving spent a month in west Africa, in places the tourists don’t go, I can tell you that rigs like this are all you see on the roads. They take the absolute worst POS Renault from France, and its instantly the nicest taxi in Mali. Next time I see Africa I hope it’s through a bombsight.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you guys are understanding what is happening here. They had zero money for a vehicle - zero money to get it running - zero money for maintenance - unlimited access to the garbage dump (not a scrap yard, we're talking dump) They did what they could to find a way to make the equivalent of $1 to buy food for the next day. Most of us don't understand living like this. They aren't doing this to save a few bucks. This is survival, and we may want to prep our mindset for this. They believe they are living like kings because they don't have to carry everything on their back at the end of the day. 90%+ of their neighbors aren't so lucky.
ReplyDeleteWife noticed a cross in the grass just after he was filling the radiator. Previous driver?
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