Egyptian Trucking is Underrated
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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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
Yes! Pls do Costa Rican trucking
And the most important detail of it
Crazy narrow maneuvers with American -style trucks, really insane feats
@@gregoryartaviasalazar426 same with panama
As a Costa rican, I don’t know what this guy is talking about.
@@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
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
The untied states has strict standards and testing to prevent truck drivers using stimulants drugs to stay awake.
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.
@@AIA1990 I agree, our country is very bad at organizing things it seems
@@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.
@@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
Something interesting could be to talk about arctic trucking and the logistics involved with that
Nah, the completely faithul and accurate representation of this industry has already been shown in the documentary series "Ice Road Truckers"
@@meismehaha nah or ya?
@@kap1526 bah
@@meismehaha you are a real one for that
My grandfather sold a Mercedes v8 Actros dump truck from Norway to Egypt
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Your comment covered Egyptian trucking more than the video 😀, I appreciate his content though
Don't forget about truck air horns "Kalaks" 😀
@@Zika42 lol
Hey there. I'm Egyptian too. Really nice to see realistic English videos and comments about Egypt!
I am a Trucker in the US and I love your trucking about other countries videos. Keep up the good work.
Well, I hope one day you become the first trucker to drive a truck around the world 🌍🌎
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.
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
as an egyptian myslef this video was very accurate ,i LOVED IT
I didn's really care about trucking before I found your channel. You are doing great work, I wish you all the best.
You nailed it! This is a very good video descriping literally the pullshit here in Cairo
I love these trucking videos thanks Yukon for making them often, have you thought about a trolleybus video before?
Chinese trucking is pretty cool, especially in the mountains, would be a good video
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
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.
a very well constructed comment from a fellow Egyptian that summed up pretty much everything i wanted to say, good job
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
As an Egyptian I think this video portrayed Egypt quite well! Thanks 👍
A real delight whenever you choose to upload a new video.
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
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,
Egyptian trafic is so frustrating, summed up in 1 word: U-turns
you should do indonesian or malaysian trucking because they have the own cool and unique culture of trucking
There are variety of truck use as well, from Classic to modern. European to fellow Asian model
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!
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.
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)
An accurate representation of the sad state of my country
Guess what, I have to suffer from that noise like daily, although I live in a relatively good urban area.
welcome to develpoing countries
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
Thx a lot as an Egyptian
I loved the video so much and all the info that you said , nice one keep going 😊
Damn, you actually made the video, love from Egypt 🇪🇬
babe wake up new yukon vid dropped
You should do one on Mexican trucking, idk the first thing about it but I'm sure it must be interesting
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!
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!
Just arrived from Cairo yesterday. Traffic in this city is indeed something I have never seen before.
Ever been to LA?
@@kap1526 In LA people still know the basic rules of driving 😂
wow an English video talking about Egypt without being disrespectful, as an Egyptian I thank you for your respect and information.
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
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.
These videos just simply make my day better
You forgot most important thing
They have a good system of truck license (level to get your license)
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
Nah these truck videos always come outta nowhere but they are 🔥
Hmm very interesting...thank you for the information
I'm Egyptian, and I'll support u bro :)
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.
They didn't create a new Cairo because of traffic problems, but as a way to create a new government body that is easier defendable as the current is in the middle of the city and therefore vulnerable for protests and public outrage as the government is repeateldy accused of human right violations and disfunction.
There's indept video about this (believe Johnny Harris) explaining about this for those interested.
i've been waiting for this video ever since i found the first vid in the series
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
could you make some videos on plane, railroad, or ship transport? I knew nothing about trucking before finding this channel and transportation is fascininating
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.
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.
you should do canadain trucking next
I work with truckers from Ontario & Alberta every day, and I've never seen such stupidity and incompetence! Too many of these donkeys are seriously endangering people's lives with horrific driving habits and total disregard for road safety!
Please do videos on Irish and Nigerian trucking. Thank.
Goood been waiting for one of these for a while
that's why I suggest that countries that build highways should build special highways for trucks only, they will quickly arrive in a safe condition and have a place to service and rest especially the dessert country
I am an Egyptian and I can't thank you enough for being respectful
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.
I'm from Egypt, and I loved your video.
You can sometimes also find American style trucks on the road, though it's not frequent at all....
I’d like to see videos about ambulances and fire trucks as well as other unique rescue vehicles of the world.
We have so many trucks, even motorcycles (most preferred vehicle at least in my area) have pick-up versions.
it's nice to see the Belarusian semi-truck on the preview
Will there ever come a video about the Trucking in Turkey?
Our trucking culture is really interesting and colorful, and its really varied
a significant amount of sattelite phones every year are purchased by truckers. many brands have sahara-centric coverage like the emirati brand thuraya
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 :)
Do Antigua 🇦🇬 next....one of the smallest islands in the Caribbean
Recommendation: touch on heavy wreckers in the US, and how there isn't many laws protecting them for being overweight, but they are rarely fined compared to normal truckers.
"Traffic is self-regulating" is the most polite way to say "drivers are crazy here".
love your work! super underrated x)
Cool video hope that u do videos about moroccain and algerian truck
Can you talk about trucking in Morocco ?
Norwegian trucking next please, its worth a video, with its truck culture and narrow snowy mountain roads
New Cairo (I live there) is not the same as the New Capital, which I think you were referring to. New Cairo has been around for more than 20 years; and no, it hasn't really helped the traffic. Traffic did improve though, but after they redesigned most of the roads and the adding of innumerable bridges.
I think a long video on the peak of Middle East trucking in the 80s would be a brilliant video
How about Poland's trucking industry as it's responsible for about 25% of total European transit of goods
You should check trucking in Algeria they go through 1000km of the sahara they usually travel in groups to avoid dangers
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.
From what it seems like its going to happen, new cairo will probably only make traffic worse as they're building incredibly car dependent Cul's de sac and don't seem to be making any significant investment into public transport. This is especially depressing considering how dire the water situation can be
Please make a video about Trucking in Pakistan. Trucking in Pakistan is very interesting as the art on these trucks is on another level.
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.
A strange video, that is not representing trucking in Egypt.
Check out Bangladeshi Driving. You would go absolutely nuts
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.
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.
Talk about norways tight mountain roads :)
Do a video on the Blue-ringed octopus!
I love your trucking videos
make a video about what things to keep in mind for new truck brands, so that they achieve a good market share
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
Have you done a video on trucking in Bhutan I think it would be hard as well as Mongolia
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.
Do you know much about Mexican trucking? I was watching a trucker drive through an infamous stretch of freeway called "La Rumorosa" that's just outside of Tijuana and now this topic is in my brain.
nice intro cant wait for the full video
you should make a video about Trolleybuses, they are interesting and i figured that it would be a nice thing to talk abt
Future follow up on the absurd new capital, please!
I would recommend a video about Norway with fjords and ferry's, high mountains and snowy conditions.
As an Egyptian (female), I found this video to be really interesting and accurate. 👍
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.
As a Egyptian this trucks are everywhere
IMO west africa could be an interesting topic for this too
I would like to see some Luxembourg trucking!