Egyptian Trucking is Underrated

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[@Iwritewithdoody5]

you should check out trucking in costa rica they have crazy narrow routes over mountains that wash out constantly because the country is mostly rainforest its all pretty perilous

[@Dirt_mountain-earthworks]

Yes! Pls do Costa Rican trucking

[@gregoryartaviasalazar426]

And the most important detail of it Crazy narrow maneuvers with American -style trucks, really insane feats

[@ere9625]

@@gregoryartaviasalazar426 same with panama

[@carlosg8716]

As a Costa rican, I don’t know what this guy is talking about.

[@Dirt_mountain-earthworks]

@@carlosg8716 I live in Costa Rica as well but there are some nasty road conditions such as the landslide that happened between San Isidro and Dominical (in southern zone) among many others like 1 or 2 years ago there were several other crucial routes closed because the road had washed away or was blocked by landslides

[@JokesforJoking]

Something interesting could be to talk about arctic trucking and the logistics involved with that

[@meismehaha]

Nah, the completely faithul and accurate representation of this industry has already been shown in the documentary series "Ice Road Truckers"

[@kap1526]

@@meismehaha nah or ya?

[@SMGJohn]

@@kap1526 bah

[@bigpasta8487]

@@meismehaha you are a real one for that

[@limjaheybobandy]

This was a great overall introductory video on trucking in Egypt, but think that there was so much more that you could've covered. From the wildly decorated trucks to the significant number of fatalities recorded on Egyptian roads. There has been an increasing number of drivers consuming different drugs to fight off fatigue during the long desert drives, which results in pretty severe road accidents and deaths. The Suez Canal and some pretty important ports could be worth checking out as well. However, I understand that a lot of this stuff isn't wildly available in English so I appreciate the effort regardless. Cheers

[@TheAmericanCatholic]

The untied states has strict standards and testing to prevent truck drivers using stimulants drugs to stay awake.

[@AIA1990]

Not only is A lot of this stuff not available in English but in Arabic too. As an Egyptian I can say that despite being a heavily bureaucratic country it’s terrible at record keeping.

[@limjaheybobandy]

@@AIA1990 I agree, our country is very bad at organizing things it seems

[@masao2922]

@@limjaheybobandy you would be mistaken. what you may see as a horrendus mega project (the new administrative capital) is actually a work of art, no.1 its being built using as little money as possible with the best outcome possible. The army is very very very very organized (i served there for 5 years). And where i live (5th settlement) there are highways being built. and the monorail is being built too. the monorail is being built along street 90 (busiest highway) and the highways are being built along the busiest work routes. it sounds like chaos, but being able to even get STARTED with these two projects requires a very high level of organization.

[@limjaheybobandy]

@@masao2922 thank you for your input. There's no denying that they've been able to build these things very quickly and efficiently. Any similar project where I live (Canada) would have taken 20 years easily. What I meant with my previous comment was concerning administration services, keeping records, etc. Public services are very understaffed and underfunded, and everything is just chaotic. Again, maybe that's just my experience and that it will change with the new capital, but the infrastructure they're building doesn't seem to match how Egypt has managed its services (even tourism) in the past

[@HANSE658]

My grandfather sold a Mercedes v8 Actros dump truck from Norway to Egypt

[@lookitsaburnoutfan]

I had a neighbour in Poland that sold x3 used old Actroses with used trailers and after a week 3 middleeasterns came to him to take the trucks drive them to turkey and then ship it to egypt

[@freggs4906]

Like other Middle East nations they seem to like older Actros'. The Iveco at 2:56 is a former truck from the Italian company Arcese and the V8 Actros next to it from the German company Bentrup.

[@geyrek5955]

They love an Actros. They'll paint the word Actros on any truck no matter the model. Old Iveco, new izusu, ancient Navara, three wheeled motorcycle, they'll paint Actros across all of them

[@athertawfik6942]

Interesting tidbit, thanks for posting I'm from Egypt and next time I see a Mercedes truck ill be wondering if it's from Norway hahahaha

[@headhunterzfan2]

I'm an Egyptian and I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that this truck is still grinding out here some where.

[@acasta403]

I just travelled through Egypt last week and I noticed how lots of trucks were decorated with pretty murals and drawings and the likes. And at night, many of them lit up in lots of different colors. That's something that you don't really get in the West.

[@gamaltk]

Hey was surprised to see you post about egypt, however I think you completely brushed over one of the most important aspects of Egyptian trucking: the suez canal, port said and alexandria, where the countries biggest ports/cargo flow are located. Also, trucking in the New Valley governorate (the area you pointed at in the desert) is insignificant compared to the rest of the country. Along the red sea there is also a lot of trucking as there are multiple petrochemical companies owing to Egypt's petroleum industry. Otherwise it was a good quick overview, though a quick touch on safety and use of stimulants by some drivers could have been something to add, as well as the decoration of trucks with paint, lights and text.

[@Zika42]

Your comment covered Egyptian trucking more than the video 😀, I appreciate his content though

[@Zika42]

Don't forget about truck air horns "Kalaks" 😀

[@yakacm]

@@Zika42 lol

[@ghdodo]

Hey there. I'm Egyptian too. Really nice to see realistic English videos and comments about Egypt!

[@Balakov100]

I am a Trucker in the US and I love your trucking about other countries videos. Keep up the good work.

[@the180degreerule3]

Well, I hope one day you become the first trucker to drive a truck around the world 🌍🌎

[@kareemashraf-]

as an egyptian myslef this video was very accurate ,i LOVED IT

[@holyschmoe1466]

Chinese trucking is pretty cool, especially in the mountains, would be a good video

[@persunovs]

I didn's really care about trucking before I found your channel. You are doing great work, I wish you all the best.

[@TickoGrey]

I love these trucking videos thanks Yukon for making them often, have you thought about a trolleybus video before?

[@aymanshabaka3402]

You nailed it! This is a very good video descriping literally the pullshit here in Cairo

[@lairdsteele2817]

I love the trucking content great work 🤙🏻 I’d love to see a video on Canadian ice road trucking or Canadian trucking in general there’s an ice road truckers show but it’s pretty off the wall

[@retf8977]

It's underrated until a row of trucks randomly comes from no where at 3 AM making any trip after midnight a gamble for your life... after 12 AM it's trucker haven, and those truckers don't give a shit about road safety (a lot often under the influence of drugs), although nice video, highlights some of the traffic problems in Egypt, love from Egypt

[@rafaelcruz-bistro9545]

I'm always replaying your videos, cause' I like so much your redaction text; and after I can appreciate the images having a better experience. I like so much your transport/truck content, nice videos. I'm Brazilian and my english may causes a diplomatic incident, excuse me for this. Great Job!

[@AsmaaMohamed-ux6sg]

Thx a lot as an Egyptian I loved the video so much and all the info that you said , nice one keep going 😊

[@simonkorica9467]

A real delight whenever you choose to upload a new video.

[@s1quattro620]

Malta has a very interesting trucking culture like carrying big loads with small trucks and there is a big mix of trucks too. Whenever i visit Malta as a british person, it is always a treat

[@alihesham2874]

I am an Egyptian who lives in the New Cairo you talked about, Truckers around me don’t respect directions on roads to make shortcuts. Driving at night is a nightmare.

[@MohamedHany-bn4qj]

i've been waiting for this video ever since i found the first vid in the series

[@geyrek5955]

I'm in Egypt now and the biggest thing with trucking is massive overloading. I've seen trucks with 40t on a semi trailer. With bags of plastic rubbish 4m wide across the truck. With scrap steel rebar flapping in the wind a meter from the truck. Then there's the lights. White lights on the back, red lights on the front, indicators to take bends, only parking lights at night, hi beams all the time, morse code through hazards, green, purple, pink, string lights, All in every combination a bored trucker can think of to make their truck less safe. And maybe most spectacular, the living conditions. These trucks don't have sleepers. They pull very slightly off the road, often half blocking the outside lane. Open up the kitchen in the trailer side box, on the traffic side for some bizarre reason, then sleep on a carpet under the cab. You'll often see a truck driver and his apprentice bent over doing their sunrises in the outside lane.

[@24Osx]

love your work! super underrated x)

[@Cyndayn]

Thanks for the video on my home country, always love seeing Egypt being highlighted. Just a couple notes, on mistakes you made and things you left out. Firstly, the New Cairo City you panned over to on the map isn't actually the New Administrative Capital being built right now, that lies further east. New Cairo is one of the many satelites of Cairo built to house the growing population (along with 6th of October city and 10th of Ramadan city for example). These satelite expansions mostly house upper and middle class homes, but don't actually do much to alleviate the congestion of Cairo, since they don't offer many homes for Cairo's less well-off citizens. Secondly, as pointed out by another commenter you missed a lot about the decoration of trucks and trucking culture in Egypt. It's quite similar to Indian trucking from what I've understood from your video on that topic, Truckers are really attached to their trucks and often do their best to decorate them. Not to the same extent as in India from my experience, but Egyptian trucks can get pretty extravagant. They often have prayers and various Muslim symbolisms hanging in the cab, along with trinkets to ward off the evil eye. Egyptian driving culture should also have been mentioned when congestion in Cairo was brought up. In Egypt the driving style is very much first come, first serve, almost wrestling with your car to try and get your spot. Where you should drive 3 lanes according to the road markings, Egyptians will drive 4. Car and truck horns are also used liberally to hassle other drivers around you, leading to a very busy driving environment. Another commenter brought up the use of stimulants being used by truckers. this is a topic I'm not very aware of, but probably ought to be looked in to. I do know that there are drive-through shisha and tea places where they will hang a hookah pipe on the window of a car/truck for the driver to enjoy without them having to get out of their vehicle. Lastly, I think the desert communities such as Bahareya and Siwa which rely for the majority on trucking for their sustenance ought to have been highlighted. Same for the importance of Port Suez as the main shipping port of Egypt, and the work Egyptian truckers do in getting goods inland. Egypt does not have a very active freight train network, and mostly relies on poorly trained truckers to handle cargo logistics. Only last year were there calls to expand Egypt's freight train network, but seeing how slow Egyptian bureaucracy is we will probably still be reliant on trucks for a long time to come. All that said, I still enjoyed the video, but I hope you make another one where you might highlight the details you missed in this one.

[@retf8977]

a very well constructed comment from a fellow Egyptian that summed up pretty much everything i wanted to say, good job

[@theacethree7943]

These videos just simply make my day better

[@79tyt]

Hmm very interesting...thank you for the information

[@wonka9917]

Cool video hope that u do videos about moroccain and algerian truck

[@a.h.s.3006]

I think it’s hilarious you have an entire channel dedicated to "Trucking" where you explain everything about traffic that makes trucking feasible, and then spend half a minute on the trucking itself. You nailed most of the details, awesome.

[@EVZUSX]

honestly man, i couldnt care less about the logistics and hauling of different places, but your vids are always a treat lmao

[@michaelosgood9876]

Honestly man, logistics & infrastructure is what interests me the most when visiting overseas. Couldn't care less about much else to be fair. Why I watch these

[@WhatSaab]

I love your trucking videos

[@aviationdesigner0016]

Amazing video!! I would be really happy if made a video on trucking in the Arabian peninsula, I really want see the efforts of truckers working day and night to meet the oil demand, food, water, etc. Covering the country Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Oman and maybe other countries. Thank you!

[@corbynxavier1162]

Goood been waiting for one of these for a while

[@IchiroSkywalker]

On a side note, the new Cairo city centre isn't really meant for solving the traffic congestion. The motivation of the government has been explained pretty well by Johnny Harris.

[@Cyndayn]

Funnily enough the New Cairo City Yukon showed here was actually built to alleviate congestion/as a real estate development, the New Administrative Capital indeed is not.

[@superskrem]

nice intro cant wait for the full video

[@Dan-mz3we]

could you make some videos on plane, railroad, or ship transport? I knew nothing about trucking before finding this channel and transportation is fascininating

[@mahamadgaafar5429]

exquisite video. there are a lot of good aspects of egyptian trucking, and in really really remote villages there are wide roads made specifically for trucks. however there are some shortcomings. first and foremost, the media has been increasingly forthcoming on truck-related fatalities. secondly, more and more truck drivers are starting to get apprehended for driving unlincensed and drug use.

[@AmrNaeim]

I'm from Egypt, and I loved your video.

[@DaniTheDeer]

I really wanna know about Chinese trucking. They make like everything and its gotta get from the factories to the boats somehow, plus theres massive cities and massive stretches of nothing across the Tibetan plateau and Gobi desert

[@skylerdavies8228]

hia buddy, suggested video topic for you, the drivers cpc in the uk and the ongoing and worsening issue of over regulation and its effects on driver retention within the industy.

[@viscerva984]

All these trucking videos are great, but if come up with another random subject like you did with Cascadie. Please do, it's really fun and sometimes informative :)

[@DrugConsumer]

ive been waiting for this one

[@The_Vis]

Nah these truck videos always come outta nowhere but they are 🔥

[@Planet_Xplorer]

As an Egyptian I think this video portrayed Egypt quite well! Thanks 👍

[@ahmedlo1]

Damn, you actually made the video, love from Egypt 🇪🇬

[@mohammedatef9266]

I am Egyptian. This video appeared to me in the suggestions. Your content is very special. I did not expect to find a channel specialized in a topic like this. Keep going my friend. Regarding trucks in Egypt, I think you covered many good points. As for the new capital, the corrupt government is wasting huge amounts of money on construction projects, cities, new road networks, bridges, etc... The government says that this is for the sake of the people and in order to solve the problems of population overcrowding and traffic congestion. This is not true, the new cities are very expensive, and they belong to the elite and the senior corrupt leaders in the government. Not only were these projects and roads unhelpful, they were also implemented incorrectly and a lot of money was embezzled.While it is being completed, Egypt is now suffering from the global economic crisis doubly because of the mismanagement of the corrupt coup government

[@retf8977]

100% true. while he wrongly highlighted new cairo (what we call the fifth settlement/el tagamo3) as the NAC, he was referring to the NAC and your comment still stands,

[@juwairiyahummabdullah]

Egyptian trafic is so frustrating, summed up in 1 word: U-turns

[@Theams__]

you should do indonesian or malaysian trucking because they have the own cool and unique culture of trucking

[@ryuhayashi97]

There are variety of truck use as well, from Classic to modern. European to fellow Asian model

[@yhubtfufvcfyfc]

As a Swede I have to recommend a video on Swedish trucking. We have a lot of interesting aspects to explore, such as our sparsely populated and cold north, the frequent use of ferries to get from Sweden to Denmark, Germany or Finland, our domestic truck production with both Volvo and Scania being based here and of course the EU wide phenomena of more and more trucking jobs going to the relatively poorer parts of the union.

[@himadima5240]

from Egypt ,Ty for the video :)

[@urepoop1108]

Yukon, the KZbin channel who can cure depression just by talking about trucks lmao xD

[@lalitheshsannapareddy7426]

make a video about what things to keep in mind for new truck brands, so that they achieve a good market share

[@findingbigfootwithbothhand507]

I actually returned from Egypt last week. In Cairo, there are endless mini-trucks such as the Toyota Hilux with a small box body on the back. In rural areas, there are endless amounts of Mercedes-Benz SK trucks, some MAN, Scanias, some locally produced trucks. Cairo is a perpetual parking lot- the roads are almost always packed full of cars, with lots of honking. Rural roads are total lawlessness, no speed limits enforced, no lane markings, poor sanitation. I don't know how they deal with the stress, the poor conditions and not to mention corruption.

[@samovitch2217]

Toyota is number 1 in Egypt we love this car, especially with a turbo 70% of Toyota we add a turbo on them try to search about this car its so expensive and all Arabs love this car ( شاص)

[@skeletor1375]

An accurate representation of the sad state of my country

[@InterlacedTech]

Guess what, I have to suffer from that noise like daily, although I live in a relatively good urban area.

[@josef5496]

welcome to develpoing countries

[@yehia4638]

What??? Iam Egyptian and i can confirm i always see speed limits and if you exceed speed limit and get caught by cameras, you will pay alot of money

[@Blitzumi]

you should make a video about Trolleybuses, they are interesting and i figured that it would be a nice thing to talk abt

[@OmerKing916]

We have so many trucks, even motorcycles (most preferred vehicle at least in my area) have pick-up versions.

[@antoniolewis1016]

"Traffic is self-regulating" is the most polite way to say "drivers are crazy here".

[@StefanBacon]

I love it! Would love to see Vietnamese or Korean trucking. Vietnam has an interesting market in which most foreign brands truchs and busses are assembled by THACo, a local brand that licenses vehicles from China and Korea such as Hyundai and Foton.

[@fosyay1780]

Some ideas: Indonesia: How do they do trucking across the various islands? South Korea: They're effectively an island. South Africa and Southern Africa in general. Panama Canal. Mexico and perhaps how NAFTA (and the replacement for NAFTA) changed trucking across North America. Canada: They've only got one freeway! Also no highways to Nunavut. Great Britian and how trucking has changed since BREXIT. Israel Alaska/Yukon specific episode Turkey and trucking through Istanbul to connect Europe and Asia Greece and how mountainous they are How the dispute between Serbia and Kosovo are impacting trucking (there's dispute over license plates; among other things) Really cool little series!

[@magnusasskildt]

I would recommend a video about Norway with fjords and ferry's, high mountains and snowy conditions.

[@Snappychugdog]

You should do a video about Uk or Eu bin lorries, I know you already did a garbage truck one, but I think a in depth one for europe and the Uk would be good.

[@sirBrouwer]

there is not that much of a difference. Sure they use other trucks as a base but for the rest it is very similar. As someone who has been a bin collector myself. both for house to house trash as the more interesting comercial trash.

[@WorkingBrother]

Do Kuwait :D and keep going.. awesome vids!

[@suser98]

Do a video on the Blue-ringed octopus!

[@ziadkermadi8228]

Quality Content.

[@patrickbruijsten2831]

how about a special on european truck styling. mostly dutch or scandinavian? thanks for giving is these insights around the world!

[@hippocratesm.d.1543]

Future follow up on the absurd new capital, please!

[@muhammadazrilnaufalmakmur]

You should check Indonesian trucking, as my granpa are actually a long range truckers from Jakarta to Medan in 1970s to 90s. It's really wild to be honest

[@faresourtrex4069]

wow an English video talking about Egypt without being disrespectful, as an Egyptian I thank you for your respect and information.

[@LuckStroN]

Just arrived from Cairo yesterday. Traffic in this city is indeed something I have never seen before.

[@kap1526]

Ever been to LA?

[@LuckStroN]

@@kap1526 In LA people still know the basic rules of driving 😂

[@bryson1749]

Have you done a video on trucking in Bhutan I think it would be hard as well as Mongolia

[@TheIronHordesman2]

Will there ever come a video about the Trucking in Turkey? Our trucking culture is really interesting and colorful, and its really varied

[@Alexrocksdude_]

I’d like to see videos about ambulances and fire trucks as well as other unique rescue vehicles of the world.

[@-NGC-6302-]

I saw a documentary about the trucks that delivered supplies to some base really far north in Alaska in the '50s. Do they still do things like that, or is the ice trucking you already covered close enough to the same thing?

[@stuartcottee1843]

I think a long video on the peak of Middle East trucking in the 80s would be a brilliant video

[@llc8167]

Great vide.. adding to that, The fact that these trucks runs for decades with very minimal maintenance, and you easily find most of these trucks are from the 80s.

[@Neccaps]

hello. this might not be know but Egyptian trucking does extend well into the gulf countries mainly saudi arabia, as i do see egyptian trucks common on the highways. Btw Saudi Arabian trucking is could be a good think to talk about though I do fear iit being too similar to American trucking but with European trucks. and older models that were initially assembled in saudi arabia to help it's rise one of them is the mercedes short bonnet.

[@TinWiz]

babe wake up new yukon vid dropped

[@user-od1ve4fd5p]

it's nice to see the Belarusian semi-truck on the preview

[@whiskey-biscuit9388]

i am not a trucker myself but as a citizen of egypt i get there struggles and honestly props to them the families they have to support the heavy burden of legit trucking for hours on hours in the heat of the summer and bite of the winter here is amazing السلام عليكم اخواتي المصرين : D

[@MazenEhab]

I'm Egyptian, and I'll support u bro :)

[@edvinzackrisson7738]

check out nordic and north canadian trucking too!

[@Xumak525]

Guess I will ask you to make a video on the Pakistan Trucking along with the distinct "Truck art" used. maybe highlight the problems as well, which are plenty to note

[@zachsteal1238]

Please do videos on Irish and Nigerian trucking. Thank.

[@AntiLGBT_SuperExterminator]

I love the rebel inc theme

[@Dr_le_Quack]

To add to the list of trucking videos, one about South Africa would be interesting albeit it might be a bit too political considering we have a lot of friction between local South African truck drivers and foreign drivers.

[@gasmaskerobin1560]

Norwegian trucking next please, its worth a video, with its truck culture and narrow snowy mountain roads

[@Skrii._EMR]

I would suggest to make a video about Indonesian trucking as Indonesia itself is separated into islands like in the philippines. I could participate on giving you some information about Indonesian trucking if you would like to.

[@danielmichel7000]

You can sometimes also find American style trucks on the road, though it's not frequent at all....

[@jamsya493]

Babe wake up, new trucking video dropped

[@Xcresta]

Hey man, you should cover indonesian trucking someday. Especially the mountain roads of sumatra

[@hylacinerea970]

a significant amount of sattelite phones every year are purchased by truckers. many brands have sahara-centric coverage like the emirati brand thuraya

[@ImmAdam]

I think that the UK and/or Ireland might be a good topic, as the road width and space plays a large role in how these islands trucks operate.

[@YoshiiElAttar]

Egyptian here who works in new cairo and does the commute 5 days a week, the traffic is just as bad as regular cairo and most people just consider it part of the greater cairo area now

[@zeedotyy9096]

Do Antigua 🇦🇬 next....one of the smallest islands in the Caribbean

[@kimothefungenuis]

1:53 It IS incredibly chaotic

[@andrewhenderson3808]

I’d be so interested to see a video about trucking in Iran, despite the huge distances its not that unusual to see trucks with Iranian plates in northern europe

[@rayan_gaming1945]

Can you talk about trucking in Morocco ?

[@suser98]

I would like to see some Luxembourg trucking!

[@thedstorm8922]

You should check trucking in Algeria they go through 1000km of the sahara they usually travel in groups to avoid dangers

[@Elias-ny6sw]

I’d like to see a video about trucking in the north (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Island)

[@smidge-J]

you should cover trucking in New Zealand. It's similar to Australia but there's enough differences to be interesting.

[@vladimiravramovic1936]

I would like to see more on east asian trucking. Like Mianmar, Vietnam, Cambodia etc.

[@ThisGuyAd.]

Do they have access to podcasts in the western desert?

[@Powertampa]

How about history of trucking brands, defunct brands and one-off things. Heavy haul custom rigs and such stuff. The wrecker culture in the States or truck pulling in Quebec.