What do you do if you need to move retail-scale commercial loads but have no technical skills beyond that of a peasant farmer,* no materials beyond forest trees, nails, and vehicle small scrap, and no tools beyond a machete, a hammer, and a home-made pry bar?
You make a chukudu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukudu https://youtu.be/vJ9lFl3H6SE They can carry more than a small truck: "the largest chukudus can carry up to 800 kilograms (1,800 lb)."[9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukudu#cite_note-designindaba-9> My 1984 Citroen Acadiene with a 800 kg curb weight was rated for a 500 kg payload, and the 602 cc flat twin at full chat got it up to 75 on a long straight with howling tail wind). The chukudu weighs only 150 lb or so, not much more than a double-top-tube Rivendell. (Sorry, snipe snipe snipe.) *Important qualification. Artisans in Kandahar and Peshawar back in the ‘70s when my father traveled there on US govt business could make up to heavy anti-aircraft machine guns from scrap metal with bus axle barrels on charcoal fires with hand tools. Cheap AK-47s and RPGs took over the trade. -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgskLMDeMN3GUvtH9S4YtA-yyQsfaUEhF3GVZ-oTO-v_yg%40mail.gmail.com.
