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    My move to Thailand

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    Our shipment took about two months to get to Thailand. We were not able to get an exemption under my wife's name because she had already been in the country for more than 6 months prior to the shipment. However, shipping in her name minimized the required paperwork on my part.

     

    For anyone's information, we now live in a village near Loei. That is about 25 miles south of the Mekong River. The truck and container had to park about a mile from the house. All of my equipment and household items were brought in using a small crane and small trucks. I was at a hotel and my wife surprised me with the arrival and off-loading of everything. After seeing the videos of how they moved my 4200 lb CNC mill out of the container, onto the smaller truck then into my shop I was glad not to have been there.

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    My move to Thailand

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    The total costs from the inside of my house to the inside of my new place was around $10500 US. About $1000 of that were the port and customs fees. I used "International Sea and Air Shipping", a freight forwarder located in New York. I lived on the West Coast near San Francisco. They worked with "Boonma Moving and Storage" in Thailand.

     

    The motors on almost all of my machinery works on 110 or 220 VAC. I just had to change the connections on the junction box on those motors so that they run on 220 VAC. The only difference is that because of the 50 Hz frequency over here VS the 60 Hz in the US they run at about 80% of the motor rated speed. My lathe has a 3 phase motor. I purchased a variable frequency drive that converts 220 VAC single phase to 220 VAC 3 phase to operate that. For my home theater as well as some other minor items I purchased step down transformers. My CNC mill already has a VFD in the control cabinet so I will not need to re-wire that. I did install a step dpwn transformer in that cabinet for anything in there that normally runs on 110 VAC.

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    My move to Thailand

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    This post is mainly for anyone that might have questions on moving heavy items to Thailand. I moved to Thailand at the end of November 2020. My move consisted of loading a 40 foot container with about 25% household goods and the rest with my home machine shop and wood shop. The machine shop equipment included a lathe that weighs 2000 lbs and a CNC mill that weighs 4200 lbs. It also included a table saw, compressor, roll around tool chests, band saws etc. The company that I hired was able to provide door to door service to my house in Loei Thailand.

     

    Everything was labeled as used household goods, including the tools. The container was inspected by the Thai authorities.

     

    The move went very smoothly. Customs and port fees were a total of $1000 US which was MUCH less than I calculated them to be. Also the transition through customs only took two days. I have read that for some people the experience was difficult. I might have gotten lucky but my move was exceptionally easy. The only hard (actually quite hard) part was in the US where I had to find a company that knew how to load and secure my heavier equipment.

     

    I am posting this so that if anyone has any questions regarding my move or a future move of their own that I might be able to help with some answers to your questions. There was a person on this forum that helped me a whole lot in this way and it was very much appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Randy

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