Riding Cheapest African Handmade Scooter for a Living

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.

[@juliamilford1979]

Sad to see all the snide and sarcastic comments from spoiled rich fools who have zero idea what having literally nothing is like. These are intelligent and ingenious men using what they have access to. Hats off to them.

[@gabrielbucur5327]

We all came from there, according to smart people, they have hundreds of thousands of years to do something for themselves before everybody becomes aware of them.

[@RicardoDuarte-t1t]

Cara tá indignado com o que Cada um faz o que Pódi Aqui onde moro no Brasil só comprei caro recentemente antes éra na moto com caretinha

[@redignis.]

In the 1400s, Europe and Asia already were technologically advanced enough to travel the world, while Africa had barely any technology. At some point in history, every people had nothing, but they pushed forward and built the world we have today while Africa froze in time. They didn't wait for handouts. And it's not like Africa didn't have recourses because it most certainly had. It's not feeling, it's FACTS. And even this "Chukudu was invented by a European 💀

[@snake6700]

They have way way more than nothing. No need to baby them everyone started from the bottom and worked their way up.

[@HansKlopek]

They have access to everything everyone else does. They don't do much with anything.

[@Markus__Yant]

Feel the power of Wakkanda

[@BoopSnoot]

what is the average IQ in this region?

[@lazyman2451]

@@BoopSnoot creativity IQ Very high due to the lack of tech they need to come up with things to pass the time, everything else not soo sure. Be thankful your spawn point wasn’t in Africa 😂

[@BrassMtn]

This is going to confuse the hell out of archaeologists in the future.

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

why?

[@BrassMtn]

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.

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

@@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

[@BrassMtn]

@@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.

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

@@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

[@jaker3151]

When the scooters are coasting down the road they look like they are powered by magic.

[@xmuta]

It’s is powered by Vibranium.

[@AcidBathSpaandResort-tn7km]

No, they do not.

[@joshuagainey1648]

That’s what the caveman thought before gravity was recognized.😆

[@destructurateurmoleculaire6095]

La tenue de la charge prêt de l'essieu avant surelevé entraîne le scooter par gravité moyennant une très légère poussée...

[@AlexPzKpfw6.]

Это волшебство называется уклон.

[@briangriffiths9284]

The ultimate e scooter. Fred would be proud of them.

[@silverback3633]

Ultimate Eco scooter

[@ИннокентийЛаврушкин]

Обратно как ехать😢

[@AdamsOlympia]

Fred Flintstone?

[@HWoah]

😂😂😂

[@ОлегОледович]

​@@ИннокентийЛаврушкинногами

[@nihil-baxter]

incredible, imagine the development in like 50 -100 years! the sky is the limit...

[@光漸漸]

天空? 維度? 意識?

[@marcinkalinski308]

Yeah, when they start to makes bearing out of wood.

[@AcidBathSpaandResort-tn7km]

Oh I’m pretty sure the ground is the limit for them.

[@Gnome_Gnomington]

African space force is for real.

[@ens8502]

Id like to see a wooden engine running on water

[@はねるおもち]

太陽フレアで世界が電磁波に包まれて大半の電子機器が壊れても、この人たちは少し困るだけで普段通りの生活ができるのはすごいことなんだよな。

[@thelmatucker7598]

Hells angels African chapter. You gotta eat ox tail to be a member.

[@KyleWhite-g1m]

Ox tail is delicious

[@1cmnsents]

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.

[@FriedPi-mc5yt]

So it took a European from Portugal to create them?

[@lordhelwintr283]

@@FriedPi-mc5ythahaha

[@BoopSnoot]

wait, they couldn't even invent this on their own, or make improvements on it in 50+ years? The Wright Bros took flight in 1903 and by 1953 we had the F100 Super Sabre capable of supersonic level flight.

[@nationalistfanatic6291]

@@BoopSnootthey had no written language either, some of their writings were like pre-hieroglyphics but not a true written language because it was more pictures rather than a specific idea. They never domesticated animals either. But we are supposed to believe they’re equal to us.

[@nationalistfanatic6291]

@@BoopSnootAnother way to see this is that in 1930, Rwanda had no power grid nor did they have a working road system. In that year the Belgian colonists worked to create the infrastructure there. 39 years later, White Men were on the moon, and even if one doesn’t believe that, one look at the Saturn V moon rocket- the largest rocket in the world until Elons latest Starship barely eclipsed it, will show you that White Men were Gods back in their day, utterly humiliating the worlds colored people.

[@pras_jul]

13:00 look like indonesian people,not africa

[@googleuser1006]

I see they've come a long way

[@robluck21]

Haha good one

[@dmitriyk4322]

We waz kangz

[@xmuta]

Wakanda forever.

[@JeroenvanGutsem-u7e]

The Law of the Delayed Advantage

[@chalkdeamon6070]

@@JeroenvanGutsem-u7eoh yeah that’s it 😂

[@kmrpetscare2286]

We wizz kings

[@VailJohnson]

Sweet! The Flintstones in 2024, fantastic. So proud........

[@azmanabas8425]

This is Flintswood 😅

[@camus25555]

This is the evolution.

[@juancatabeta5500]

At least they are innovative with whatever resources they have, not like your music for example.

[@thegto8535]

@@juancatabeta5500 keep it delusional ✊

[@LFSProracing]

@@juancatabeta5500 His music is what we call Master Piece... of Shit

[@enkuneheyob3499]

Developed, developing and currently "will never ever develop" nations

[@busybutterfly3501]

Fred Flinstone technology is alive and well. Clean energy, no pollution.

[@khanhtran-hy8bf]

😂😂😂

[@thea.m.p.co.467]

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!_*

[@fahq]

@@thea.m.p.co.467 shut up nerd

[@liukang3545]

pollutionfree? are you dumb and blind? HAHA

[@TechOps85]

Im pretty sure you couldn’t replicate it. 😂

[@SammanMahmoud]

yes they have native tools, but they have good roads 😉

[@Loveu-c5n]

These are the green scooter 🛴 and pollution free

[@DerSajon]

Africans: in horrible economic problems, makes homemade scooters to have a basic transportation. Comments section: i must roast these dudes haha flintstones 2024 haha african high technology haha africans finally discovered the wheel

[@GKOYG_and_KAAF_is_epic]

Take my like

[@DerSajon]

@@GKOYG_and_KAAF_is_epic no

[@BillyTheKidder]

I think part of the issue is that it’s ONLY a scooter.. They need to be more creative.

[@dealscale]

Whoever designed the sculpture at 0:22 likes long upper body

[@aleksgrom555]

Future for Great Russia.

[@KevsEpisode]

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

[@JTHBS]

Wow..Tha thanks for the information. The woodcarvings on those ifugao scooters are insane. Cool stuff

[@KevsEpisode]

@@JTHBS Thank as Well!👍👍

[@Jennifer-K5LA]

I lost it when i saw that statue 😂😂

[@PokemonTrainer-ii7br]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@robluck21]

It's amazing how in some parts of the world time stands still. In thousands of years no progress is made. The stone age technology rules.

[@JoshCaneipsyclonne]

That's the problem I'm seeing bro.

[@robluck21]

@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.

[@alessandrom7181]

@@robluck21 Many parts of Brazil are 2nd approaching 3rd world infact, it's not USA that is advanced. Even Europe is like USA .

[@robluck21]

@@alessandrom7181 it's so sad, civilizations devolving

[@luisalcantara7671]

Estan alcanzando a los picapiedra, programa de caricaturas infantiles

[@MrSalty-eg4zb]

Ok I'm going to stop complaining about my life after watching this video for at least 1 day

[@davidbatin1699]

It must only work going downhill. I guess you have to push going uphill how do they stop or slow down with no brakes?

[@quanzhou4608]

All people make a better life by their hard working deserve respect.

[@abdokader7859]

They took more than 100kg and cross 30km every day just for 2$ 😢😢😢

[@iammuslim168]

В этой глуши дороги лучше чем в моём городе 😂😂

[@lazylaserwhittling]

based on the video, I guess Steam powered Tractors are scooters too

[@TubastriwelLyngdoh-ux7ix]

The best techonology is the cheapest one in the world

[@jamieburgess1460]

Amazing technology! I wonder if we could catch up with them, I'm sure if going backwards was going forward we will.

[@vls1900]

아프리카 대단하네.. 과거로 회귀 하는 소설 보면 바퀴를 만들려고 해도 고무 때문에 애먹는데 나무로 저렇게 할 생각을 하다니 대단해

[@beakytwitch7905]

No driving licence, no road tax, no garage bills, ... but ingenuity unlimited. !!! ❤😊

[@rolojustplay2993]

Now I know, how the world will look like after 3rd WW.

[@repwashere]

Wakanda before Vibrainium:

[@ladronsiman1471]

I am NOT AFRICAN ..neither black ..But i feel that they are my brothers ,with the same needs i have and exPerience ..And they try to honestly make a living .. They are sons also of my father

[@nomadjedimaster7690]

Hard work,and dedication

[@johnbobo3013]

These motor bikes are not made for this transportation 😂😂

[@maotrieu364]

Bánh xe không ruột không sợ lủng, không cần phải vá thật tuyệt vời

[@سبحانالله-ص6ر7د]

أحد كثير من الأوربيين يستهزئون بالأفارقة مايعرفون انهم التكنلوجيا الي وصلوا على الغربيين بسبب احتلالهم لأفريقيا وسرقت مواردها من خلال الشركات الامريكية والفرنسية وغيره ولا الأوربيين والامريكان كانوا في أخر مصاف دول العالم ووالشعوب

Wow...take a look at that. What ingenuity! They're nearly on the level of ancient Spartan technology!

[@AcidBathSpaandResort-tn7km]

Ummm, no.

[@arkhanhind2613]

They are not even close to that yet.

[@teslowamowiecitokrotko1283]

This is exactly what they will bring to Europe together with millions of emigrants. Europe will go back three thousand years.

[@notpillow6759]

You wouldn’t be able to replicate anything in this video. It's funny how you, sitting comfortably in the West,mock someone actually building something with their hands But let's be real if any disaster hit, you'd be the first to fall apart and ur fellow western softies scrambling for wifi while someone like him would be the one surviving creating everything from scratch. Keep laughing but you'd be lost without your modern comforts

[@notpillow6759]

​@@arkhanhind2613you are indian you aren't supposed to talk on matters like this you are doing worse than these people

[@TheWuFinancial]

How many decades will it take for Africa to exit Flintstones mode?

[@lukasjay1783]

0:07 this is genius!

[@elmasgrandedeperu6485]

9:25 ojala los demas paises no se atrevan a copiarnos nuestras motocicletas. 🍷😎🇵🇪

[@Michi-b7q]

Finaly africa discovered the wheel.

[@juba2516]

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

[@JerryDoe]

Next: speeding cameras

[@stellviahohenheim]

​@@juba2516Sell it to who?

[@michalkowalski9792]

Because British took all the gold away ...

[@JerryDoe]

@@michalkowalski9792 you don't need gold, even Rome was built out of stone but still more modern...

[@genZetarded]

As an investor I would invest in African countries. Lot of development is left whereas west is saturated.

[@T88898-_-Tate]

Why you would invest in this ugly bike.

[@hoanhac6407]

Iam in Việt Nam and I want to have 1 like that❤😊

[@henryngagi1428]

Good envimentally friendly. No pollution, no noise, no traffic jam

[@billycarr7446]

Someone needs to open a dealership in L.A. Tesla will fear the green machine.

[@NdabaN66]

@@billycarr7446 how about the tress felled for these

[@robluck21]

Yes environmentalists love keeping people living in the stone ages.

[@rafezetter8003]

not going anywhere anytime soon - are you SURE you want to live like this?

[@rajeshsng]

And..No obesity, good health 😊

[@loosehandle1]

Like the guys in red outfits!

[@thekraemer1757]

Looks like a Yabba Dabba Doo time

[@beechewawa9989]

Hunger and poverty is the test of ingenuity and resourcefulness. They would survive and flourish in our society. We would not survive a day in theirs.

[@Gilbrox1]

How do you stop it going down hills?

[@ernestogastelum9123]

it has a break in the back, that you push with your foot

[@urDesert-life]

صناعه اكثر من رائعه ❤❤❤

[@ARCARIO]

Muy ingenioso para adaptarse a un país desbastado

[@sahaquiel4640]

Huh, that's baller as hell. Makes me want to make my own. Nuts what some wood and a few tires can do.

[@ahknabi]

Yabba Dabba Do!!!!

[@whitetiana3022]

africa's most advanced technology:

[@JorgeFernández-TrevejoRivas]

En el siglo 21haciendo carriolas de madera, millones de bicicletas se pudren en China. ¿Porqué no se la regalan a esas pobres gentes? Los canales de los Países Bajos y Francia están llenos de bicicletas. Que mundo de mierda vivimos. ¿Dónde está la UNICEF? Después se quejan porque emigran.

[@dantymedic2057]

18:56 I like this steam locomotive very much

[@mylife-hx6rz]

Necessity is the mother of invention

[@bdmaus4975]

God bless them

[@antoniomonje3417]

Dios de alguna manera Bendice a los humildes,ante la necesidad,el ingenio....Ante la opulencia,la ambición y la mezquindad.....

[@AK_TV236]

Şunu gördüm ki, b,z motorsikletilerden gereği gibi yararlanamıyoruz.

[@BarryRudge]

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

[@ronnie_be]

Wer damit fährt hat echt Eier in der Hose, Respekt.

[@thomasjpuleo8112]

We all have to eat and sleep and pass the time in between doing something. This looks to be as good as anything.

[@ens8502]

Oh no, this looks waay better than many ppl in our society do on a daily basis...

[@tokuo0511]

This reminded me of a cartoon series during the 70s "The Flintstones"😁😁

[@d-chudasama]

Yaba Daba doo

[@PokemonTrainer-ii7br]

😁😁😁😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@pindusingh7031]

Nothing is the problem Government is the problem

[@mpokoraa]

we need more of these engineers in europe

[@lewisphillips7223]

Funnily enough it was a European man from Portugal who designed the scooter when he saw they needed a form of transport during his time there.

[@mpokoraa]

@@lewisphillips7223 obviously fake news

[@mustafaacar8082]

İmkansızlıklar içerisinde başaranları tebrik ediyorum.

[@СергейМангиёв]

Вот это техника.как жить??????ктото на тесла ездит,а кто-то на экологическом транспорте 16века.восхищен и расстроен.

[@Retro-Gamer666]

Это будущее России.

[@cosmodesant]

​@@Retro-Gamer666по России он на этом чуде не проедет, в грязи увязнет или в яму слетит

[@이필만-o7m]

나무로 스쿠터를 만들수 있다는 발상이 놀라워요 아프리카. 사람들 정말로 대단해요 친환경 적입니다

[@mermaid10x]

All those people making fun of these African scooters would be left standing with their thumb up their ass if they were faced with having to build something like this to earn a living or survive. If you can’t imagine living in these conditions don’t judge people that do. Very inventive.

[@chinobandito7625]

I feel like the first guy was kinda disappointed his rear wheel isnt rolling straight

[@un.bekannter.halunke273]

before i ve watched a video about repair a V8 16L Truck Engine.. now i am watching this wooden scooter manufacture :D

[@raskreia8326]

😂

[@silva3105]

Time literally stopped in Africa, so much suffering.

[@warrewalle96]

In Africa they are used for serious business ❤❤

[@xhamster69]

This was space technology back in the days of the stone age

[@EggYolkLope]

Good to see Africa is expanding on their domestic product.

[@rooseveltseyhan3954]

It's name is TCHOUKOUDOU

[@MUISHAGGY572]

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity-- the stoics

[@Tina-mt9cl]

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 :)

[@lolasdm6959]

@@Tina-mt9cl no

[@Tina-mt9cl]

@@lolasdm6959 Is it not fascinating?

[@lolasdm6959]

@@Tina-mt9cl humans 20-30,000 years ago aren't comparable.

[@idratherstayanonimous7020]

@@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.

[@1cmnsents]

I'd rather see an adult version of the BIG WHEEL with a trailer...

[@kaanyirmibir4087]

The all-new 2024 models are expected to arrive at dealerships in february of 2024. Joking aside, they look cool!

[@Марина-г5л9в]

У нас в России машины делают таким же способом 😂 In Russia, cars are made in the same way 😂

[@youngnamkoong9169]

All their roads seem to be downhill

[@elestra1504]

In both Directions !

[@lydaica22]

xin chào bạn bạn chia sẻ video ký thật thiết kế làm se mô tô băng gỗ tuyệt vời👍❤👋🌹🥀🌺🌻🌷

[@gravityslave6277]

Yeah I know...in the States we gave them a history month for some reason.

[@Fijnron]

Бедный мотоцикл все плохо ей сказала она лицо черный 🫨🫨

[@stone2871]

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.

[@pherrisfallus7259]

Thank you for this comment. This video ought to show creative means of locomotion and that regardless of circumstances people are people and will make and be creative with what they have. Many comments are ignorant at best to the struggle of these communities and the history that put them there

[@FelloFederico]

Never worry about a nail in your wheel

[@Gnome_Gnomington]

Using advanced metal tools they can’t make themselves to make primitive tech like this is a strange juxtaposition.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

But it matches their lack of development, it works out for them.

[@Nagvanshieus]

I remember making a go-kart by disassembling my old cycle and using it's parts like bearings, at end it turned out good with a woody touch to it.

[@rodrigomartins1168]

Espero que investidores deem atenção a essa gente.

[@roberts.wilson1848]

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

[@quendi9381]

Going downhill is easy, going uphill is tiring, seeing ancestors.

[@kaywarren1662]

I can buy a motorcycle with higher accuracy than this, but I can't make a motorcycle with higher accuracy than this. big respect for you from japan

[@GTIFabric]

Are you handicapped and blind?

[@lewisphillips7223]

A child could make one of these. It's the the kind of thing I'd have made as a kid if I couldn't afford an actual scooter.

[@antoinesmith4727]

​@@lewisphillips7223you a weirdo

[@bestgames2play.BG2P]

The Flintstones in real life.

[@backtosleep]

Impressive! To make such with limited resources. Very smart. Sure could teach us in western countries a thing or two.

[@annoyingbstard9407]

9:10. Indeed. Who wouldn’t want one?

[@hy-bv1rr]

最新技術から何かを吸収して欲しい気持ちと彼らが暮らす環境とバランスが取れているならこのままの方が良いという気持ちが

[@RICARDORUI-e2p]

Cuando hay necesidad y apremio economico. La raza humana busca la manera de salir adelante. Mis respetos a los amigos africanos.

[@hamidmontazeri6794]

Stronger than Chinese scooters