1 Tractor + Bamboo = Thai Homemade Cherry Picker

What workers of a very small village have to do when they need to decorate roofs of souvenir shops for a national holiday? In some Western country, they would order a real skylift vehicle for one day. But it’s Thailand, people are very poor. That’s why, they need to be inventors and use some materials at hand to construct their own skylift. So, say hello to Village Monster 2052 – a cherry picker, built with an old radio mast and several bamboo stems, based on an usual tractor. It can even lift up/down, but because a basket hardly mounted to the mast, it can’t keep a horizontal position, and man had to balance on handrails. Also a worker should be careful when tractor moves (yep, he doesn’t get off during tractor’s rides), because the mast starts to vibrate and can brake, or a tractor can roll off even. Hard work, isn’t it? But it’s Thailand – they just don’t care :)

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7 Responses to 1 Tractor + Bamboo = Thai Homemade Cherry Picker

  1. Stephen says:

    Creative. Innovative. Looks dangerous. Looks fun! Awesome.
    Where in Thailand is this?

  2. samlowry says:

    Stephen: it’s 65th km from Chiang Mai, on the way to Chiang Rai. Popular hotspring place.

  3. James says:

    Very inventive, would not like to be going up on it myself though!

  4. Your site is very interesting, like it well.

  5. bamboo panel says:

    I like your site, very cool photos.

  6. outdoor spa says:

    great pictures, looks very funny, how do you make it?

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