“Those look like giant rotor-tillers with a power take-off. Very versatile.”
when i was there, they used those things for everything ...
they could pull a plow or a cart and could be used as a stationary engine to power pretty much anything that didn’t need a huge amount of horsepower ... and occasionally along the rural roads there would be a smithy shed with it’s front open to the road, and you could see an acetylene torch for cutting, brazing and welding, and there would be a whole passel of v-belts hanging from the rafters ... and there would be a smith who looked like a chinese version of the billy bob thorton mechanic character in the movie U-Turn ...
but like i said, only the rich farmers had them, and the poor farmers hooked up their women folk and children to pull wooden plows ...
that was 44 years ago, and it’s mind boggling the progress China has made since then ... The Japanese did the same thing in the late 19th century and early 20 century ... the orientals are truly an amazing people ...
The poor people have very primitive conditions even now. It is amazing what they can do with small numbers of very simple tools.
Right now they are the world's premier surveillance state, and "justice" closes in quickly.
Their cities are gorgeous, but the price is too high for me. I'd be moved to a gulag somewhat quickly.