farmerjo

I have a corn kit that adapts my Kubota dc-70g harvester from grains to corn. The government was talking about heavily taxing any 2nd hand agriculture machinery imported,whether it happened with covid i don't know. Only a small amount of corn is grown in my area and even less since the armyworm landed in Thailand.

You really need to hop in the pickup and have a drive around. Each area is different on how advanced the farmers are. Have a look in a few machinery dealerships,one near me has two claas big balers for sale. Then take a drive to the corporate companies near,we have a sugar factory close by so that would explain why the dealer has balers in stock. Some Kubota dealers have small square balers on display,some don't. 2nd hand balers can be found online at places like jssr auctions and truck2ndhand.com.

If you can find an agronomist whose up to date with techniques. Some companies may be able to help with that,a company near me is a major corn buyer. They will come and help with fertilizer,chemicals,seed variety as long as you buy the products from them. They also have a drone service if required. There are also people who run private workshops on growing certain crops. And there also should be local Thai's in your amphur dedicated to helping with farm advice. I myself find the internet a good source if you have the time and know what your looking for.

You could make your own with a machine similar to this. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/pro-chipper-1-i2537729715-s12252918843.html?exlaz=d_1:mm_150050845_51350205_2010350205::12:13920044294!125392363912!!!pla-294682000766!c!294682000766!12252918843!537268826&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInK_k6bWd9gIV-ZlmAh2vQw1ZEAQYAiABEgI9X_D_BwE

All the talk is about border security. The food bowl and commodities may play more of a part than stated.

A song often played in my younger years when start time didn't matter.

I think the labour determines the build. If using village labour forget the aac blocks unless they can show you some of their work from the past. You should do a list of sundries for the build otherwise they will use what they can find,things like stabilizers for doors and windows and boards for the cement work. Large size tiles on the floor and you will end up with softfoot.

Normally 4pm,4 big botts of leo and finished by 9.30. Sleep like a log.

Hi KS Great informative post. Yes always good to be on the right side of an ashes win. Did 8 hours straight on the tractor yesty so should finish today. Then will need a massage to get the kink out of my neck. Plenty of other tractor action around here,must have seen 4 while working mainly preparing sugar fields. I finally lashed out on what i think will be a decent moisture meter,it's a chinese copy of a kett but the important thing is it can be calibrated against the rice mills kett. All part of looking to store grains longer on the farm. http://www.agri-instrument.com/grain-moisture-meter-3.html

Been a quiet month on the farm.(mostly watching cricket) Had an excavator in to put in a dam at the top of the small rice field section,it only ever grew weeds there so think i can fill it with runoff water from the road which could then in turn gravity feed 18 rai when required. Have 16 rai prepped and sprayed ready to plant sunn hemp in next week or so. We have been fortunate to receive 43mm of rain in the past couple of days so now busy with the 4 disc plough turning under rice stubble,after years of no-till some of the land needs breaking up again. As we know farming has it challenges and one of my worst fears has always been getting a flat rear tyre on the 6610. It happened after day one of ploughing,i should of changed the tyres last year,well 5 years a go to be honest. So a trip to town to find a decent 2nd hand 16.9r34 as have one in the shed,no luck but managed to find a couple of old 18.4r34's at two different places and got one of them to come fit them. Two hours after the guy fitted them and left i heard air coming from the shed,sure enough one was going down without a wheel turned. Now fair play to him as he was back here at 7 this morning to fix it and i was ploughing again by 8. Should complete the work in 3 days and say good riddance to the 4 disc plough for another few years.

I would say not common in use in Thailand,there are other granite mines down Lopburi way if you wanted to persist. On the pea gravel closest i've seen is the stuff used for the sandstone finish which i had at my place. Pretty sure the guys got it in small bags from global house.

https://www.wenggroup.com/tak-granite/

If your in the country there might be a quarry close enough to get fines from that would do the same job.

Any local AG shop that sells chemicals for rice production could give you an idea. I would try bispyribac sodium,might need to find a larger shop as a bit more expense than what Thai's generally use. Your better off to do it before water starts flowing otherwise higher amounts are required.

I'm not surprised at my dealer. Took my 4 year old BT-50 pro with 48,000 km's on the clock for a service and best they would do was 850,000 baht changeover on the new model with cash. .

This afternoon i placed a clamp meter on the welder and had mrs fj reading it. At 150 amp setting it draws up to 16 amps. At 300 amp setting it was drawing up to 38 amps.(i only did an inch long weld) I guess i should be happy with the result and just upgrade the plug and cables to main supply for any heat issues,any thoughts?

The first job coming up is 15mm plate. I only have 3.2mm rods so will just use them for now till i upgrade the plugs and cable to the main breaker. I know the welder will do 140 amps with 3.2 rods as is. (well 140 on the screen)

So should i still change the plugs as i will have some higher end amp welding to do later on?

The supply cables are fine as they come direct from the AVR 20 metres away. So i have no voltage drop on the welding side.

So how did you come to that conclusion?

So i would need two sets to have an extension cord as well. @sometimewoodworker on page two of this thread is a picture and details if you open the link.

The shed has its own main power with a 60 amp breaker and fuse so will have to upgrade the wire size and outlet. Sorry picture is a bit dark.

Hi Crossy, I don't have the ability to bypass. It is a 50kva AVR. My electrical knowledge is not great but say i did bypass the AVR with my power supply then wouldn't the welder turn from a 300 amp machine to say a 50 amp one.

Will check next time it's out of the box. I don't think there is anyway to tell on the welder. Is there a test i can do to find out.(multimeter,clamp meter) Manual is in Thai but the jist i get is it will draw 12,500 watts at 300 amps. I run an AVR which will show lights but not numbers.