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The question is, how big is the pump 1-2 hp?, 2-3 inch bore ?,and how big is the field.

What Thatcher did was needed ,she shut down coal mines ,steel mills ,about ended the car industry ,all these industries were underinvested ,unions ruled the roost ,just money eating dinosaurs. When she was elected I was paying 15% on a mortgage , inflation was15-20 % when Major took over I was paying 3% on my mortgage. As for the OP's Q, the NHS is a big problem ,in time someone grabs the bull by the horns and do away with the NHS and have an insurance based system,it is just a black hole. And Covid, what about Dominic Cumming's Test and Trace system that did nothing what was it , 56 billion pounds down the drain, plus other wasted money . Not even started on Brexit. And the budget next week ,that will bad news ,the Uk will be going in to resection . And will they still persist on 3% of GDP spending on defence ,just so the UK can sit at the world's top table .

As for rice prices, wife's daughter and son-in-law harvested and sold their crop , 3 days ago, as far as I know,all conversation being done over a mobile phone with the wife ,they got 11040/ baht/Kwian daughter speak ,Kwian being a buffalo cart load ,or in 21st century speak 1 ton. They said moisture was 25% not tested, what they estimated. They said better than last yeas crop ,better yield , more rain, they got 14 ton from 27 rie ,they will keep 2 ton back for next year's seed. Likewise, they are hoping for the government subsidy of 1000 baht/rie for the first 20 rie.

AS I said I use a hand pump sprayer the only problem I have is the seals get dry makes pumping hard work ,I take them out and put some grease on them ,it really does make the job easier . I find a full 20 litres too much to carry, I find 15L is plenty ,I tied 2-3 feed sacks folded up on to the sprayer ,gives my back a bit of padding.

Wife daughter runs a Fino ,they have tubless tyres ,she got a puncture ,local shop as above could not fix it ,and just took it to a local car puncture/ tyre fitting shop .she said it cost her 200 baht,that hurt .

For good few runs I use to get to the consulate at 12am to pick my passport up , they use to say pick up in the afternoon , it was normaly ready then, then catch the 2 30 pm?? train back to BKK. Then one time I got they at 12am, job's-worth said pick up in the afternoon not now,then it was bus back to BKK.

The day Thailand has a joined up government that can organizes all departments to work together...........don't hold your breath.

Like the op I use to do visa runs to Penang ,I always used the consulate not so bad to get too I used a local bus ,the driver told me where to get off ,after a few times I knew myself ,I then used to walk back to the city,never took long. Problem with the consulate they shut at 12 am and open at 2 pm picking up passport then is too late to get the train back to BKK had to use the bus a few times not fun. I would say since Covid not many agents around ,you could try and e-mail some hotels and gust houses and ask them if there are still agents ,again when I was down they most visa run people used the hotels ,agents picking up passports up from the hotel.

In the Uk they recommend ,for a male, no more than 14 units a week, that is 6 pints of 4% alcohol.

Where I am,it how many do you want,try your local agri store that sells fertilizer ,chemicals etc . Or in Thai, a Ran -gann-ger-set, an agriculture shop that sell hose pipe, rope ect will probably have some strimmers hanging up . They will have them both hand pump and battery ,as for the quality ,I have had my hand pump now for some years ,seen plenty of battery one around see a lot spraying weeds in cassava fields ,so they should be ok.

The title of this post Kawasaki 650R 09,I take it that 09 is the year of registration,if so that makes it 13 years old ,no spring chicken ,if it has been laid up for a period during that time ie in a dealer's showroom ,the rings or a ring could be stuck in the piston ,valves seals perished . You are going to have and bite the bullet and get that top end stripped down.

Sounds to me if the engine is flooded ,to much fuel in the crankcase the engine can not turn over ,hence difficult to pull start . Is the air cleaner clean? that would cause a rich mixture ,I take it you have you tried not using the choke. Take the spark plug out ,if it is very wet ,to much fuel getting though. Will not be timing, they are electronic ignition normaly not a problem . My 2-stroke strimmer has a habit of pulling back sometimes,normale when cold starting ,never use the choke. My chain saw just use the choke for 3 -4 pulls then turn it off.

Sounds if the mechanics do not know themselves ,a broken water pump would not cause an engine to use oil ,if it was a water pump problem yore engine would be over heating ,needle on the gauge would be well up . Looking at the engine diagram for this modal they are an oil seal and a water seal in the water pump ,water would have to get though both to get into the engine very unlikely. Also ,they are oil seals on the valve stems ,they should be checked. As Seedy said, get them to do a compression test,that should show the problem.

I would say , piston rings worn ,or a broken ring ,cylinder bore worn ,valve guides worn ,not necessary clouds of blue smoke . If the head gasket had gone on water cooled engine they would be white smoke ,water mixing with the oil,most certainly was on a old car I had some years ago. As has been said those engines are bulletproof,but if the OP brought it second hand ,it might have had some abuse from a past owner, or lack of maintenance. Get the top end taken apart and get it all checked.

I do not know about the World Series not being shown on TV. Neither is the T 20 World cup for cricket ,now on in Australia ,and they are 16 countries completing Unlike the World Series with, er, one country. As has been said no call for it ,the wife has said what is cricket.

Rice crop looks well ,around here just starting to harvest rice crops ,rice straw from this year's crop is just starting to come in to our area ,for cattle feed, for most dairy cows it is they main sauce of forage ,not a good one,poor quality Now about 40 baht a bale ,most years about 30-35 baht/bale ,dropping to 25-27 baht/bale when rice harvest is done this year can not see it dropping below 30 baht/bale. With dairy concentrate prices going up all the time, margins are getting tight for dairy farmers, some are giving up . As I said, rice harvest has started wife's daughter and son-in-law have the combine booked for the 10th of next month along with other farmers .it will probably be the about 15th before the combine arrives. As of yet not heard about rice prices this year ,would have thought they would be good ,famous last words. We have had 1152 mm of rain this year ,less than last year 1320 mm ,or two years ago 955 mm ,but that was almost a drought year Not watching the cricket, following it ,not a great fan of white ball cricket ,I see our match was rained off.

I think you could well be right ,on the radio this afternoon,Boris,is the Heineken man"He reaches the people ,the others can not reach " William Hague said if he gets back in it would be the worst day in his 35 years in politics ,I would others at Westminster are saying the same thing. But ,this committee hearing could be his Archils heal,some say if it goes ahead it will be televised ,can you envisage the countries PM getting grilled on TV . And his track record on the economy is not good,he was the Brexit and Covid man ,real power could be next door at Number 11 with Mr Hunt.

And they are getting the party members to vote online ,hence the quick turn around. Like LBC ,BBC's R4 Today said Boris could well do it ,saying his 2019 mandate will be in his favour ??. But, up to press he has yet to say that he will stand ,now hotfooting it back from the Dominican Republic where has been on holiday. Surprised, Hunt not standing ,probable thinking of remaining at Number 11,more of a chance that next door .

What is he doing ?,here in Lopburi province we have had our shear of the floods ,we were out cutting "Gratin",a tree legume,the stuff in the back ground of the photo , that is very prolific where we are and good cattle feed , We have the Passak dam near us ,with a canal system that pumps water from the dam in to the canal system for irrigation ,now 90% of it is not used ,all overgrown ,this guy said he is milking about 20 cows with a total of 70 head of cattle ,most of his land is underwater of waterlogged ,and he can not get this tractor and grass chopper on the land . So he's cutting grass from beside the canal to feed to his cattle,not the best of feed by far ,as the wife said full of Kee- Mar, dog poo,plasic bags etc . Normal he would also be feeding rice straw ,but that is very expensive,now about 80 baht/bale , normaly about 28-30 baht /bale and almost impossible to find , most being last year's crop ,this year's rice crop yet to be harvested ,and with the flood it will be in short supply this year.

Pomelo,or Som-o,in Thai are ok ,you would have to pick your verity Tong-Dee seems to be the most popular, Pechit province seems to be the province that grows a lot of Som o's . But you are still back to the problem of a market ,do you send them all down to the Darlart Thai,lower price but good for cash flow,or sell them locally might make more but will take longer ,a bit like most top furit. About 2-3 years ago we never saw a Som o where we are but for the past 2 years plenty around mainly the obligatory pickup loaded up, selling beside the road, I got 3 for 100 baht last week , Khow dang Gwar,Sie Nam Pung verity ,not the best, not a lot of flavour, one thing about Som o's is that they keep a lot longer than mangoes. makes selling a bit easier.

This problem with top fruit ,be it Mangos ,Lumyai,and some years even Durian ,making money is not easy ,a very short window to sell the fruit,any problems, and you find your self with a crop you can not sell ,or selling it at a very low price ,with you 4000 trees is a lot ,that to me was eggs all in one basket, maybe 3-4 different types of fruit trees would have been better. And on this forum this problem comes up often,makeing money from top friuit This year, as a Thai friend of mine said with the cool weather back in January ,it was good for setting the flowers on Mango trees ,hence this year a lot of Mangos with a low price ,Tem-Tarlart ,in Thai, a full market . You are looking at a specialist market with dried or freeze-dried crops ,ask about OTOP they could well be a market they ,I have seen dried and freeze-dried fruit for sale in the up market department stores in Bangkok how you would get into that market I would not know they, stock could well be imported . As for buying equipment ,would it be cost-effective,it would have to be second hand ,imported?or a job for Alibaba. In our country you could go organic with help from various organic organizations ,over here not easy, Aphids being one problem, they are ways around it but cost wise probably same cost ?as using conventicle sprays ,and then you are back to the problem of finding a regular market to sell an organic crop,if they is one..

Try ppfence.co,problem is they are just north of Bangkok.

They were on Thai TV this evening apologizing, sounded like a prepared speech ,like when drug dealers get caught saying on camera we are sorry for upsetting the Thai people for what we have done . ect.

You will have to drink a shed full of beer ,to be able to sell the cans to buy some more beer. The wife sold a lot of cans 3 weeks ago for recycling, she got 1 baht/kg ,you need a lot of cans for 1 kg ,hardly a win win situation.

Hi All. The wife's son-in-law and daughter are rice farmers, and they are always pumping water into their rice fields ,they use a Kwie Lec,walk behind tractor ,turning a water auger ,belt driven . Yet again they're saying about the cost of diesel for the Kwie Lec,this time last week it has been 5 000 baht,and they are not yet done. So,anyone out there using a solar pump to pump water ,the water is a pond that fills in the rainy season ,looking at the net most systems seem to use boar holes ,using 1-2 HP motors and 2 inch pipe,that would be a bit slow ,for them a 3-inch pump would be ideal ,with a low head 10 meters at the most,a 2 HP? motor should work .with 6 panels?. Anyone any ideas .and what is the cost of a panel and all the electrical bits that need to go with the system. Thanks .