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The video documents how fruit farmers use a simple rail system and trolley to transport crates of fruit from the orchard to the road. The video shows plastic crates full of citrus fruits neatly stacked and secured on the trolley. The trolley runs on guide wheels along steel rails or channels laid manually on the hillside. The tracks follow the terrain, with some curves, and are fixed to the slope with stakes and simple supports, allowing the loaded trolley to move up and down between the orchard and the road, despite significant elevation differences. Because the orchards are located in mountainous or hilly areas with steep terrain, narrow roads, and soft ground, manual carrying is inefficient and labor-intensive, and forklifts and cranes are difficult to use. Therefore, farmers use this method to transform the previously dispersed manual transport into a concentrated transport of multiple crates at once. The principle is to utilize the gravitational potential energy created by the slope for downhill sliding, using the tracks to constrain the direction of movement and prevent lateral instability, and significantly improving the transport efficiency per unit of time through concentrated loading. However, the video also reveals obvious risks. The trolley has a high loading height and a high center of gravity, posing a risk of tipping over on curves or uneven tracks. The tracks are mostly simply fixed, and may sink or shift in rainy weather or loose soil. Operators usually work close to the trolley, and if the speed gets out of control, there is very little time for them to react. This is not standardized equipment, but a practical solution developed under the realistic conditions of limited funds, complex terrain, and tight harvesting schedules, reflecting the on-site engineering wisdom of mountain orchards in balancing efficiency and risk.