Been to China many times (work), starting in 1989 when things were very different. In the early days, before a lot of modernization on all fronts, there was a form of "tractor"...this reminded me of that.
I called them "Gravely's", as they looked similar i.e. a two-wheeled contraption with a motor, handlebars and a little trailing dolly, and behind that, whatever you can imagine...a delivery trailer, liquid tank, a concrete mixer, ad infinitum. Not that they didn't have big trucks, but this was the "every man" work vehicle. I'll see it I can find a pic.
Kinda like this, although this is a more "modern ' version. The original ones I saw had some kind of a exposed drive on one side i.r. belt, centrifugal clutch, aso.
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) then tied a knot into a length of rope and it started up second pull. One summer I used the recip to keep an industrial lot attached to a family business cleared of overgrowth. $1 an hour and I was happy...
