The Brazilian Trucking Experience

IVECO is an Italian brand I have no idea why I said it was Japanese, must've got my wires crossed between Isuzu and Iveco. Apologies to the Italians.

Thanks for watching. This video is a bit different than some of my past ones, one of my main sources for this video was a sociological study (2nd link in sources below) into the lives of Brazilian truck drivers, hence the emphasis on the personal issues many drivers face. The intention of this video isn't to offend, simply to inform and if you take issue with any of the statements presented in the video, feel free to correct me as I'm sure this video isn't 100% accurate.

Sorry about the visual glitches during the video, my computer is on its last legs. Also this video broke all the bones in my body during the editing process. Not even sure how it happened. I'm lying on the floor typing this like when Peter Griffin (of family guy fame, of course) also lost his bones and became more or less a puddle with conscious thought. Except I lack the conscious thought.

Trucker Strike:

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Peter Griffin (no bones):

[reyuji_]

I'm a Brazilian trucker, not even a year on the job and still on a straight box truck going everywhere in Brazil, and I'm impressed to see such a video based on this remote topic on Brazil. I knew you already did European, American, Australian and Indian one but its still nice to see this. Some points for the video too:

3:51 - Arquear is to "arch" the truck, it's actually illegal in Brazil but people usually just undo the arching when police stops them and do it again after their impounded truck is given back.

4:09 - Technically there's no limit for trailers in Brazil, but there is measurements limits, a roadtrain cannot surpass 30m total lenght and the exceptions are property trucks who only carry stuff on companies (the largest is a six-trailer roadtrain as far as I'm aware). Most common combinations are 2x 3 axles trailers or 2x 2 axle trailers and a 2 axle dolly in the middle of the two for better distribution of the weight.

4:40 - There's other ways, a highway that connects Cuiabá to Porto Velho; the BR-319 which connects Porto Velho to Manaus (which is even worse than going in the trans-amazonian); the highway that connects Manaus to Boa Vista and the highway that goes from Porto Velho to Rio Branco and Cruzeiro do Sul in Acre. One thing is for sure, it's a scarce highway system but it still connects the capitals of each state there with only one exception: Amapá, there's no highway whatsoever that goes to Amapá and the only way to reach it is by ferries on Belém. Ferries on Belém are also a preferable option to go to Manaus than going on the BR-319, taking like 7 days average to reach that way.

7:00 - Carga Pesada actually ended in 2007, there were many trucks such as the Scania, an older Volkswagen and a newer one as well, I was a massive fan of it when I was a kid since my dad was also a trucker.

I never thought I'd see a video so well-made on the topic as well, absolutely been loving the channel and hope to see more too, a place I always was curious to see is Japan trucking because I never stopped to thing how trucking works there at all or what models they have.
Thanks for bringing a light to Brazilian trucking, Yukon!

And hey SCS, maybe we should get a Brazilian Truck Simulator too!~

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"Ability to drive a large vehicle" is almost exactly why I started driving.

[TickoGrey]

I just want to let you know how much of an honor it is to have high quality videos about different countries trucking industries published weekly

[enrickeycosta]

Another reason many brazillians decide to become truck drivers is because their ancestors did it before them. I remember growing up with a dad that dreamed of becoming a truck driver, just like his step-dad, and with a friend who also wanted to become a truck driver like his father before him. Eventually life moved on and they learned other, better paying, professions and forgot the Idea, but my father still has his trucking license and will, from time to time, when his employee can't make a trip, go on a road trip to wherever he needs to go.
Trucking is, for the lack of a more sofisticated term, ingrained within Brazilian masculinity, every boy that grew up in poor conditions (pretty much every boy in the country) looks up to them and wants to be just like them.
It wasn't uncommon for me to keep my dad some company in a trip he'd make to the northwest of Paraná (the state we lived in), just to do some father-son bonding; and he'd complain if I didn't go, he'd basically say what Hank Hill said about Bobby "that boy ain't right" everytime I decided to stay home instead. If you grew up and weren't interested in trucking, you were the odd one out.

[arthursoares]

This strike was massive, and the larger one I ever seen in Brazil. It literally affected the GPD of Brazil on that year. Truck drivers had a huge support from population because the fuel prices were incredible high, but they lost everything from the moment they accepted a price reduction for diesel, and ignored the gasoline and etanol.

[ricardoludwig]

I'm Brazilian, and my experience with it is
"We desperately need trains"
We simply cannot sustain our supply chain without not just the exploitative conditions you mentioned in the video but also making the general driving experience miserable. I've been in quite a lot of trips through the interior of the Brazilian south and it's very common to have single lane roads where traffic is jammed or ridiculously slow because trucks need to slow down to deal with the shitty and curvy road conditions.
It's in literally everyones best interest, I want our trucking cuter to exist with people who can live fulfilling lives and actually want to do it

[PepsiAlsoPepsi]

Diesel Mechanic here, I feel bad for them because mud is literally the worst terrain for a truck. On the steer axle most trucks weigh around 15, 000-17, 00 pounds on 2 tires, makes it easy to sink and get stuck. Mud is also sticky, gets into your brakes so you can't stop, and grabs airlines until they break. When it dries it sticks to your chassis and dry rots your tires, airlines and airbags, it gets into your seals and makes them leak. Absolute nightmare, i'm talking to you MBI!!!!

[ShashankRockerYo]

There is a need to build railway lines to transport cargo more efficiently over large distances, thus reducing stress on trucking industry. It is even eco friendly

[nicholasmetsavaht]

Thank you for showing what life is like for the truckers in my country, it is really sad to see how important they are and how little they are valued. You should dig in more on weird truck adaptations made in countries, like during the "ethanol gold rush" in Brazil, VW made a ethanol powered truck with a V8 Dodge engine, it made approximately 1, 5 mpg. If you want know more details hmu so can translate

[brunotma]

Actually, Carga Pesada started in 1979 and was exhibited until 1981 and it was so successful it gained a sequel with the same actors from 2003 to 2007 when it finally ended. Unfortunately I was not born back in the 70s so I never got to watch those first episodes, since you can only find very few of them on the internet, however I am a huge fan of the newer version. It's sad it does not have english subtitles cause more people should see it, a great series in general and talks about several social problems Brazil have by two truckers' point of view (as you said in the video, they are not well seen and represented here). Anyway, you made me so happy including it in this video! Loved it! By the way I have never seen a foreign talk about Brazil in such a grounded way, it's like you live here! I felt the same about the other videos too. Continue the great work!

[raphaelsilva]

I've seen all sorts of "foreign" videos talking about how things are in Brazil and yet none of them got it right.. so I came to this video without any expectations and to my very surprise you managed to encapsulate most aspects of the trucking industry correctly instead of just reading "facts" from some charts and assuming stuff about our country.

Cudos for the time and dedication spent in your videos and I hope to see more content from this channel ;)

[canj]

As a Brazilian, I can say that this video was 100% accurate. Good job!

[alfamorreu]

As a brazilian i can say, all the facts on this video are very real, love your search work man! Keep it going!

[Rescuro]

These trucking vids are blowing up, but are also incredibly interesting. Glad I'm found you through one of your earlier videos.

[trenchboi]

"Did you know that only one out of ten people survive a trip to Brazil?"
- Yukon

[PT]

brazil has quite alot of interesting vintage trucks out there, and as a person whos been living in brazil for 14 years (never born there), things have been getting rough for my dad, hes got a Mercedes truck, still working like always, but a few days ago he had transmission problems, and hes not being able to find loads to go to south instead of north, and soon we will be leaving brazil to go to europe, just to have a better place to work at

[LukasPlaysBR]

Congratulations buddy, now at least ten thousand brazillian people (like me) will come to watch your video, that's how we work, we see brazil, we click brazil and watch brazil.

[AidenRisk]

maybe you can talk about Chilean trucking next time ? i think is really interesting as they dont have a well developed train system and are a really long country, i would love to see a video about it on your style

[xavantg]

As a brazilian, I can't put to words how rejoiced I am to watch a video about my own country that is so well researched, both in terms of depth and broadness of scope. As I lawyer, it was mind blowing to see the legal side of things being talked about and in an informed manner. My sincere congratulations!!

[markhalden]

Love your content, really interesting learning about how trucking is in different countries.