exactly. About a decade ago I posted about mechanics in Pakistan, and they were dunking Calcium Carbonate into water, to get Acetylene, which is how headlights worked before electric lightbulbs, but have you ever heard of anyone still doing that to WELD? It's still effective, but at the most primitive level.
Those guys are very trusting of the jack stands and bottle jacks and wood blocks they are using.
One of the featured videos at the end of this one is from a YouTube channel called PakistaniTruck. They have a lot of other videos like this, like one where they fix a broken rear axle tube on a truck that broke down in the middle of the road. Looks like lots of manual labor in dirt lots or on the side of a road, including little kids helping with the repairs.
sure, and there were other obvious problems, BUT, are you not impressed at a roadside solution, that gets a loaded and twisted 3 axle upright and reconnected to steering and propulsion? Seriously impresses me more than anything I've seen in a garage. These guys are not just knowledgeable in the basics, they are EXPERIENCED, and ready to jump on a problem and SOLVE it. Damn... no whining, no cries for overtime, no union bullshit, just pure work ethic in effect. No screwing around
Took the words out of my mouth Jesse. I was going to say...these guys know how to work,for a start;and not an ego to be seen among them! Team Work! In my country,or yours,we'd bring a mobile crane and a lowloader and off to the scrap heap. These people are not so well off and continue to make do with what they have:just like we did,in the dim past.:(
I am impressed. Just saying, their preventative maintenance leaves something to be desired.
When I traveled in India I was struck by the fatalistic attitude shown by people stepping out into heavy traffic without looking, bus drivers careening along mountain roads on bald tires and with bad brakes, etc.
If there ever was a example where they fixed something with only very very little, ie: rocks, this is it.
ReplyDeleteexactly. About a decade ago I posted about mechanics in Pakistan, and they were dunking Calcium Carbonate into water, to get Acetylene, which is how headlights worked before electric lightbulbs, but have you ever heard of anyone still doing that to WELD?
DeleteIt's still effective, but at the most primitive level.
Those guys are very trusting of the jack stands and bottle jacks and wood blocks they are using.
ReplyDeleteOne of the featured videos at the end of this one is from a YouTube channel called PakistaniTruck. They have a lot of other videos like this, like one where they fix a broken rear axle tube on a truck that broke down in the middle of the road. Looks like lots of manual labor in dirt lots or on the side of a road, including little kids helping with the repairs.
https://www.youtube.com/@pakistanitruck
At 5:19 you can see a crack in the axle. The next accident waiting to happen.
ReplyDeletesure, and there were other obvious problems, BUT, are you not impressed at a roadside solution, that gets a loaded and twisted 3 axle upright and reconnected to steering and propulsion? Seriously impresses me more than anything I've seen in a garage.
DeleteThese guys are not just knowledgeable in the basics, they are EXPERIENCED, and ready to jump on a problem and SOLVE it. Damn... no whining, no cries for overtime, no union bullshit, just pure work ethic in effect. No screwing around
Took the words out of my mouth Jesse. I was going to say...these guys know how to work,for a start;and not an ego to be seen among them! Team Work! In my country,or yours,we'd bring a mobile crane and a lowloader and off to the scrap heap. These people are not so well off and continue to make do with what they have:just like we did,in the dim past.:(
DeleteI am impressed. Just saying, their preventative maintenance leaves something to be desired.
DeleteWhen I traveled in India I was struck by the fatalistic attitude shown by people stepping out into heavy traffic without looking, bus drivers careening along mountain roads on bald tires and with bad brakes, etc.