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    Atvs

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    and remember what i mention about protecting the disc brake from mud and sand a few posts above...

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    (click on the picture to enlarge...)

    The ideal gallon container would be the PTT 6 lit multi-grade engine oil.

    Thats great ingenuity on your part! will start working on it..

    many thanks for the help!

    Roni

    Atvs

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    i use an empty feed sack to cover the rear rack and...... i go slow~ :lol:

    Thanks RBH,

    I bought a konik 125cc

    looks kind of like this one :

    http://www.konikatv.com/show.php?pid=8

    but 125 cc

    already tried to take some feed bag with it (4 bag of 30 kilo) works great.... will try to connect the back cart later.

    The biggest problem for me now is the mud.

    Maybe will try to add some plastic around the wings of the wheels

    Roni.

    Figs

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    Wow... I love dates. I didn't know you can grow dates in Thailand. I thought it needs dry conditions.... Where do you grow it?

    Buriram

    BuriRam is my second home....hopefully relocating permanently from BKK to Buriram soon....:)

    Would love to have me some Dates...:)

    Roni.

    Atvs

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    RBH, you misunderstood me. I meant the cheap 110 cc from the website that liveinlos suggested like:

    http://www.atvbangko...?mo=28&id=86463 for 32k

    or http://www.atvbangko...?mo=28&id=86473 for 38k

    And as for DIY i get it that you can do it.........but for the people that cant, maybe someone knows a place that can do those modification. (If its not clear I cant)

    Thanks, Roni.

    ok~ the110cc featured in the web sites are for free style sport riding, the height are lower than the bulky looking type and a bit low on power if you want to load feed sacks, small farm equipments or the needed torque power to pull a home made hook up tailer with full load behide. The sport type looks gorgeous indeed but if it's for farm use, suggest you get the bulky looking type...:)

    As for non-DIY modification, mechanics in the village are equally skill and have the tools in hand to do the job because they view ATVs as motocross scrambles with four wheels.

    i just saw this 110cc bulky type....this is suitable for "lighter weight load" farm use if you don't mind the low power and torque...;) but judging from the hight of the handle bar, it is lower than the 150cc Big Bear version by a foot, may be a problem crossing flood because engine's carburator, air intake and exhaust pipe are lower.

    http://www.atvbangko...12&catid=112148

    RBH, do you have a solution for the mud not hitting your face and most of your body ? :)

    Atvs

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    I have 2 Polaris Sportsman 500cc 4wd. Amazing vehicle with great torque that will go anywhere in 2wd, never mind 4. Might be interested in selling one, they are 9 months old.

    How much do you want for it?

    Atvs

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    I see you started a new topic on this :D

    as mention in http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/382715-the-drought/page__view__findpost__p__3795527 ,mine is the Big Bear 150cc in the web site provided in the above post.

    When i bought it from the show room in Chiang Rai (Ferario ATV, the owner decided to call it quit and move shop to Chiang Mai after selling 400 ATV in Chiang Rai for 2 years, Mitsubishi service center now rent the property. ) i didn't notice the 200cc manual gears transmission hiding at a corner, for an extra 5'000 THB on top of the 58'000 THB, i'd have went for it. :annoyed: ...They show me the 250cc instead, for 70'000 THB :o ...so i settled for the 150cc automatic after i convinced myself that i'm buying for the purpose of farm use.

    The flaw i find with all back wheel chain drive ATV is the rear disc brake near the left rear wheel, it is at the place where muddy water and sand debits get caught in between the disc and brake pads, it scatches the disc and eat up the pads. Mine is DIY modify with a cut up PTT 6 lit multi grade engine oil empty gallon container, must be the 6 lit type because the 5 lit type container won't fit very well, cut the shape to fit in perfactly with the bottle cap face out (pre drill holes so you can tie the cut flaps with cable ties), to keep the muddy water and sand debits out, with the bottle cap facing out, you could open the cap and fit a water hose in to wash the brake when necessary.

    I wielded one metal rod to the chassis on each side just under the front wheel where the front rack rest on the mud guard to support weight of 2 feed sacks and a hook up extension at the bottom of the rear rack so i could attach a trailer, load the "road kane" (two wheel trolley) with 13 20kg sacks of pellet feed, put 5 on the ATV, total 18 sack at one go...;)

    Ordering parts are easy partly because one of the ex mechanic live near my village, if problems, i just call him up, he comes in to repair and order parts from his ex boss in Chiang Mai and he courier out and the mechanic gets it in a day or two.

    Wow!! thats some technical stuff...:)

    Sorry to say that I understand, well, nothing...:D

    Can I buy the cheap 110cc ones?

    Where do I go to modify them? (around Buri Ram area)

    Thanks, Roni.

    Atvs

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    Hi,

    It has been a while since there was a discussion about ATV and I am guessing things must have changed...

    I am looking to buy an ATV for farming use (carrying feed etc), now we are using a pickup but it is to big and heavy and quite difficult to drive going through rice paddy roads. The bikes are not very stable going after rains and cant carry anything.

    I am not looking for high end ATVs just something to get the job done. I heard that there are chines ATVs for around 30k and was wondering what to avoid and terms of power, suspension, and most of all safety.

    Thanks in advance.

    Roni

    The Drought

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted · Edited by roni

    Oh My Buddha!!!...hey Roni...you sign up in 2003 and you've only 3 posts ?...*Faint~

    hahaha,...Yeah... I signed up when I was still new in Bangkok(I think it was something about free sms or something) and forgot about it. Found it again recently when I got interested in moving to farming and relocating to Isaan....:)

    BTW - Nice ATV......is it 4wd? is it safe? I heard those Chinese ATVs roll a lot....I am very interested in buying one. The VIGO is too big and the bike is to scary....

    Updated Prices Of Bulls Ready For Slaughter

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    Thanks everyone for the responses,

    I am actually fill ok with what and how to do. I have researched foe about 6 months straight before starting and I have started small to minimize investment.

    I have visited ranches in Thailand and in Israel to find the best food recipes and food lot procedures. As it is my first lot(a little over a month now) I can only be carefully optimistic rather then confidant.

    Just wanted to make sure about live wight price per kilo. Moreover if anyone has any info on cattle scale or the best way to evaluate a live bulls weight accept experience (which seem to be the way its dune around here) please share. I am trying to get people to evaluate bulls and cows weight around me all the time in order to be able to do it myself but I would rather have a scale :)

    Updated Prices Of Bulls Ready For Slaughter

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    Hi everyone.

    As fas as I know the price for a Brahman bull is 47 baht per kilo and a Brahman Charolais mix is 60 baht per Kilo.

    Am I right? and also are the prices the same at all regions?

    Thanks in advance.

    I am new to the whole cattle business, actually to all farming related work. I lived in a city all my life (31 years old) and I live in Bangkok for the last 8 years. On my trips to Isaan I fell in love with the village atmosphere and for a while wish to be able to move there permanently. At the moment I am doing this business with remote control (My finance is there) and A LOT of commute (go there every week or so). I really feel living on a farm would be a better environment for my future family but I am still afraid to leave my current job (comfortable pay) and house that I already bought here in Bangkok.

    All help would be GREATLY appreciated especially from all you cattle farmers. (MF??)

    Roni.