How versatile does it take to be a rainforest driver in Brazil?
Push a cart inside the dirt road,
Moving stones to pave the way is a small meaning,
Once encountering a rainstorm puddle,
They'll take out a big steel nail that's half a man tall.
Knock like a blacksmith with a hammer.
Not only that,
They also have a chainsaw in the car.
Because of a bad luck,
These drivers have to take materials from the nearest place.
Cutting wood with a chainsaw,
Temporarily acted as a carpenter.
A passenger terminal deep in the Brazilian rainforest,
A father and son run the only one in the local area,
The bus that dares to depart in the rainy season,
The difficulty of the job can be seen from the mud marks all over the car.
At this time, father Lao Luo was doing the final cleaning and maintenance,
After the muddy water is washed away, the passengers can be picked up.
There were only 15 passengers on this journey.
The ticket for each person is 60 yuan,
It's about 450 RMB,
But no one will find it expensive.
A female passenger's mobile phone also recorded,
Photos of car accidents I've encountered,
Ordinary people wanting to pass through the jungle is quite dangerous,
The only thing that can be trusted is the experience and technology of the old drivers.
The bus departed quickly,
Driving is the son Xiao Luo,
Lao Luo stayed in the car and stood by,
Shortly after leaving town,
Suddenly, there was a violent jolt in the car.
On the road where the bus is traveling,
Huge puddles began to appear,
This is the disadvantage of the rainforest environment,
The service life of the road will be very low,
Even if it's fixed,
A few torrential rains came down,
The road should collapse or collapse,
The cost of maintenance is astronomical.
After some time,
The road ahead can no longer see the color of half of the asphalt,
All replaced by red muddy water,
The old Luo on the car looked solemn,
He knew he was about to get busy.
As the bus moves forward,
The roads are getting slippery,
When speeding up through a mud pit,
The bus stopped,
The tires slipped badly in the mud.
Lao Luo and a few young men came down to help,
It's pushing hard again,
And again to find stones to pave the way,
But let them be busy for half a day,
The engines of the buses are getting hot,
The effect is still not very obvious.
Then
Lao Luo took out a large steel nail,
Clanging began to smash up,
Half-man-tall large steel nails under his repeated pounding,
Almost the whole root went deep into the soil,
The assistant on one side brought a wire rope,
Attach a section of the rope to the steel nail,
The other end is connected to the winch of the bus,
With the auxiliary traction of the winch,
The bus soon started again,
Successfully escaped from the mud pit.
At Amazon,
The profession of driver is not only a technical job,
It has become a kind of manual work,
Winch, steel nails, steel cable, sledgehammer,
It is a must for every car to travel,
Because the road ahead is only worse and not the worst,
Lao Luo said to the camera with a relaxed face.
Every time they walk this road during the rainy season,
This set of equipment must be used more than a dozen times,
It's been a long time,
These rainforest drivers have all trained a lot of strength.
After getting out of trouble, the bus kept rushing to the road,
Several times on the way, I was tripped by a mud pit higher than a tire,
Can't move,
But with the help of steel nails and winch,
Everyone can solve it smoothly.
However, the next afternoon,
Suddenly it began to rain heavily in the sky,
The roads become more slippery and difficult to walk,
A large amount of stagnant water filled all the mud puddles.
At this point,
There was a deep puddle in front of the bus,
It's unrealistic to want to rush over at once.
thereupon
The assistants in the car braved the heavy rain,
Come to the front of the puddle and start placing the steel nails,
I couldn't tell if they were sweating or raining on their faces.
At this time, look at the 15 passengers sleeping soundly in the car,
Suddenly, you will feel that the 450 yuan ticket is actually not expensive at all,
Although it has been severely tilted when entering the puddle,
But under the step-by-step command of the multitudes,
The bus still moves steadily along the traction of the steel cable,
Successfully left the big puddle.
But the driver Xiao Luo still frowned,
The heavy rain has shown no sign of stopping until now,
After a while,
Rainwater will soon seep into the land,
Completely soften the entire pavement,
Then if the bus gets stuck in the mud again,
There is no hard ground as a support,
The nails and winchs will be useless.
really
In the evening,
The bus was once again slipping,
The multitudes used to fill the wood under the tires,
Again, it is to pull the steel rope by hand,
But after a busy night,
The bus didn't move a few meters,
In the end, they had no choice but to give up.
Can only stay where you are and rest,
Wait for the next day to come and take them away.
And 50 kilometers away driver Pete,
Also encountered difficult to solve the problem,
The road ahead of him collapsed badly,
There are about two meters of the road that has completely disappeared,
Many drivers are stuck here and can't get through.
But none of them chose to go back the same way.
And what awaits in the same place,
After a while,
They found a piece of wood,
The drivers took out their own chainsaws and began to process,
After sawing a groove on the board,
Let the nearby tractor slowly move towards the gap against the wooden board,
On the other side of the gap,
Several drivers responded with wooden sticks,
Ensure that the planks can be reached smoothly.
soon
A simple wooden bridge that could be opened to traffic was thus built.
But whether it can withstand the weight of the car no one can know,
A daring pickup took the lead in trying to cross the bridge,
Only two tire-wide planks,
Let it move little by little at the slowest speed,
However, under the command of many enthusiastic drivers,
Pickups have passed without any danger.
All the drivers showed a successful smile,
I have to admit that the hearts of these drivers are really big,
These two planks are really strong enough,
In the end, it passed a large truck weighing no less than ten tons.
And on the side of the bus driver Xiao Luo,
They also finally looked forward to their salvation,
After two hours of towing,
The tractor took them out of this impassable dirt road,
It was now the third day of their departure.
The 700-kilometer journey has already been halfway through,
There are still 200 kilometers left to go,
Fortunately, the next distance is also thrilling,
On the fourth day they finally reached their destination.
Although it took a lot of time,
But the passengers in the car seemed very happy,
After all, I can survive such a difficult road,
It's not easy anymore.
And Lao Luo father and son have no complaints,
No matter what difficulties lie ahead,
They will continue to depart during the rainy season,
Try your best to send one traveler after another out of the jungle.