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Wrong yet again, you have got to live somewhere, for me it is LOS, not in Issan, doing what I like doing, rearing our few cattle, something I could not do in the UK, been doing it for 15 years now, the wife helps, she is from farming stock, so we get along OK. Are you one of these Farang that say if you shout loud enough, they will understand you?

That is BS I live in a rural area. the only frang around and no one speaks any English, that includes the wife of 20 years, and all her family so I speak Thai . I can go some weeks without speaking any English, also we have a small holding rearing a few cattle, I can go out and buy all the thing needed for the farm, all from the local shops, no need to drag the wife out to translate, One Kg of 3-inch nails please. And Thais do apricate the fact you can speak Thai, yes, I still get it wrong, and I do meet some interesting people. With the small holding I can keep an eye on cattle prices, feed prices and availability etc. This subject comes up on this forum every few months with mostly the same reply's, sounds if a lot of members just cannot be bothered/lazy to lean even the basics. Boot on other foot, every time I go back to the Uk ,it is getting like the United Nations they, it always amazes me how well outsiders can speak English. If they why can't farangs here in Thailand speak some Thai.

You could use Mie Sorn ไม้สน known as a Thai pine, not the Christmas tree type, a good wood for building, again does not like damp areas, better than Eucalyptus and the insects do not like it. But, I have not seen it about for a while now, you will have to ask around.

I would go with the Icicle Works, they biggest hit was Love is a wonderful color, something different from the Stock, Ake and Waterman crap from the 80's.

The Kwie Lec has a 15 HP single cylinder engine, it relies on the engines toque to power it. What bit I know of electric vehicles they would not produce some toque as the diesel engine, unless they increase the HP of the electric motor then you would need a bigger battery, needing more space for storage and more weight. May be in the next 5-10 years when the technology gets better.

A 74hp tractor the Case tractor is more than needed for your average Thai farmer, unless he is a big cane /corn etc. farmer, he would want to put a 3-furrow plough behind it and go ploughing, ............for how long before the battery runs out. I see the promo pictures show someone just pottering around, not out in a field. As has been said the cost will dictate the market, with import tax here it will be a loge time before we see any working in Thailand. As for an electric Kwie Lec , walk behind tractor nothing like that in electric, again a few yet before we one of those.

Eucalyptus is safe, if it kept dry, we have some Euc in our cattle shed has been they a lot of years, no termites, as it dry's it hardens try knocking a 4-inch nail in to 5-year-old Euc ,but Euc in the ground will only last 18 moths at the most, less if land is wet. You could treat the wood against termite attack. Building foundations is a good idea, about one-foot deep should do, it will keep out most predators, old saying if you have chickens, you have rats, good footings and a block wall will help keep the shed rat proof.

I have been saying that for some time now, the UK will have to adopt another system for health care, it will have to be an insurance based system, with the government subbing the less well off. You cannot tell me somewhere in Westminster they are not budgets proposals etc. about changing the system, but I would say for any government to implement new changes it would be political suicide, put that party in the wilderness for some time, the people would not have, would the present NHS staff have any changes, with the state the system is in now I would say yes.

Could have been worse, half of an old telephone directory hanging from a piece of string, or newspaper. Like George, been here for so long never notice it now.

Sorry ,Vizol was the one we used, but the others that are similar should do the job.

We have used Thai toilet cleaner, on washing machine filters, and tap parts, works well, cleans out the lime scale.

The Anthrax spoors can live in the soil for a lot of years, normally the first symptoms you see is a dead animal in the field, got to give it to the vets in Laos they did well to pick it up. With what I know of Thai government vet's, they should be the ones responsible for any anthrax cases, the odds of them picking up an Anthrax case is not high, just like if a Thai farmer finds a dead animal he will just phone the knacker man who will just haul the carcass away ,if the animal is sick , the odds of taking a blood sample, the way to detect anthrax, and seeding it to a lab for analyses, not high.

A new 125cc Wave is about 60k baht, a 110 cc Wave about 50k baht, cash, if buying on the never never, add 30%, for interest charges. As has been said not many sales for new motorcycles, you might? get a few baht off some company selling in places like Big C over a weekend, it is a might.

Was known as John "Couger" Mellencamp, Google him lots on they not my cup of tea, never really made it in the UK . Not head of him for a lot of Yeras, must down to his last million, trying for a comeback.

Pigeon Pea to me, is a valuable cattle feed, makes good hay/silage, growing time from seed to harvest is about 3-4 months, or 90-120 days, same time as corn/maize. Best grown in July/August, time when they should be some rain, and a bit cooler. But remember, it is a legume, and the Aphids will attack the crop, that could have been your problem.

As has been said that is a lot of money for a 7.3 km stretch ,is that a typo??? AI again.

In a nutshell not good, I would say the Charolais cattle, the owners will not budge on price, which they what, but above market price, because they are Ch cattle, so they are keeping them, they probably brought them when the price was higher, but it is a catch 22 situation, they are keeping them, but they are still feeding them hoping the price will go up, odds of them making any thing are not high. We have a Ch x bull about 11 moths old I would want 20k for him, I think we would that, he is no problem so we will keep him for another few months. Beef cattle prices are going hand in hand with dairy cow's prices market still not good, dairy farmers are still giving up same problem expensive feed and debt levels. I cannot see the prices going up for a while, it has done this before prices drop then increase, but this time they seem set on a low price for some time to come.

Not easy to find, try patipong.com, they have a lot of chippers.

I use these blades, a lot better than the OP's being serrated do not need sharpening very often, I just touch them up with the angle grinder. These come from my local weekly market, guy sells all thing strimmer's and chainsaws. One other place is out local builders' merchants they now sell all thing strimmer's. They will cut though most things, one set is about 120bart.

I did my retirement visa, plus 90day in and out 40 minuets, no agent, I aways do it myself. Back to the OP, easy solution as has been said, every time I go through immigration, they are at least 30 % of the desks empty, get more staff in .

They is an APP, it is on Google Play ,try it if it works let us know.

It will probably end up being sold off cheap, to Thailand's big livestock feed companies ground down and put in livestock feed.

It takes me 5 minuets to pay my bill at our PE office, it is on one of my regular routes, I think your 180 minutes is ......way OTT.

Thanks for all of the replies, lots of info they. I agree, Wat Sado not cheap, that was basically my starting point. A 2hp brushless DC motor/pump, a good idea, where to buy one, preferably one that does not have made in China stamped on it.