Necessity is the Mother of Invention...

and improvisation.

I can still remember in the 60s when a cousin (without professional training) managed to convert conventional lorries to dumper trucks by installing a hydraulic pump to the base of the wooden body. He made good money and even built a two-story building which still stands in Jalan Segambut, Kuala Lumpur. But soon after, it was discovered he had leukaemia and died within months. He was only in his thirties. The following pictures remind me of him because he used to convert all kinds of vehicles which are common today, like those forklifts converted to mini shovel loaders used by oil palm harvesters for instance:

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