taste is better at the bottom!

Preparing the rice paddy's for replanting.(Chiang Mai)

Update on the old horse, which was suffering from worms a few months ago... The Surratthanni Provincial vet came to take a look at him today, and decided the horse was OK!!!

He's 25 years old, so I think he's having a good innings!

His coat is quite shiny

He lost his right eye some ten years ago, from a branch apparently!

Wow,what a difference Jim,....all that effort you went to certainly ha paid off.

I wouldn't of recognized as being the same horse from the earlier photos......great work mate!!!

Don't forget to send sunshine the photos also.

Still 15 km's away from home and on the motorbike,one of the heaviest downpours I have had the displeasure of riding through!

Maybe this farmer could have been more careful when spraying for weeds.

This is a very rare sighting around here these days. This is the 1st one I've seen for months where there used to

be quite a number before.I've been told that very high maintenance needed was the reason they have disappeared

and operaters went back to the larger old style machines.

This is a very rare sighting around here these days. This is the 1st one I've seen for months where there used to

be quite a number before.I've been told that very high maintenance needed was the reason they have disappeared

and operaters went back to the larger old style machines.

My understanding is that the government imposed a serious tax on all of theses machine for traveling out of their area. This was done to reduce the amount of rice harvested. Nothing to do about maintenance.

Down Songkhla way one sees a lot of Harvesters being driven around... and harvesting!

This is a very rare sighting around here these days. This is the 1st one I've seen for months where there used to

be quite a number before.I've been told that very high maintenance needed was the reason they have disappeared

and operaters went back to the larger old style machines.

My understanding is that the government imposed a serious tax on all of theses machine for traveling out of their area. This was done to reduce the amount of rice harvested. Nothing to do about maintenance.

I don't doubt that what you say regards the tax although as I said, the maintenance was a big factor at least in this area.One chap had two kubota machines

and gave them up after 6 months.As far as the tax goes, to me that doesn't make sense and doesn't explain why they went back to the older type of harvester

like the one in Jimmy's post above. By the way, when did this tax come into being ?

This is a very rare sighting around here these days. This is the 1st one I've seen for months where there used to

be quite a number before.I've been told that very high maintenance needed was the reason they have disappeared

and operaters went back to the larger old style machines.

My understanding is that the government imposed a serious tax on all of theses machine for traveling out of their area. This was done to reduce the amount of rice harvested. Nothing to do about maintenance.

I don't doubt that what you say regards the tax although as I said, the maintenance was a big factor at least in this area.One chap had two kubota machines

and gave them up after 6 months.As far as the tax goes, to me that doesn't make sense and doesn't explain why they went back to the older type of harvester

like the one in Jimmy's post above. By the way, when did this tax come into being ?

No argument on the maintenance cost as that could be a factor but that tax is a fact and was imposed last year to keep these machines from roaming out of their area. As for enforcement that can very. The tax was imposed last year by the junta and is still ineffect.

This is a very rare sighting around here these days. This is the 1st one I've seen for months where there used to

be quite a number before.I've been told that very high maintenance needed was the reason they have disappeared

and operaters went back to the larger old style machines.

My understanding is that the government imposed a serious tax on all of theses machine for traveling out of their area. This was done to reduce the amount of rice harvested. Nothing to do about maintenance.

I don't doubt that what you say regards the tax although as I said, the maintenance was a big factor at least in this area.One chap had two kubota machines

and gave them up after 6 months.As far as the tax goes, to me that doesn't make sense and doesn't explain why they went back to the older type of harvester

like the one in Jimmy's post above. By the way, when did this tax come into being ?

No argument on the maintenance cost as that could be a factor but that tax is a fact and was imposed last year to keep these machines from roaming out of their area. As for enforcement that can very. The tax was imposed last year by the junta and is still ineffect.

These machines were disappearing 2 to 3 years before that.

These machines were disappearing 2 to 3 years before that.

Not in my area. They still sell like hot cakes. Even with the tax restrictions on movement and the tax is even on ANY machine just not the one in your photo.

Caught my first rainbow yesterday over the ricefields.

Pumpming water for the rice field in Mahasarakham

This is a very rare sighting around here these days. This is the 1st one I've seen for months where there used to

be quite a number before.I've been told that very high maintenance needed was the reason they have disappeared

and operaters went back to the larger old style machines.

My understanding is that the government imposed a serious tax on all of theses machine for traveling out of their area. This was done to reduce the amount of rice harvested. Nothing to do about maintenance.

Thats set up for corn at the moment.

Keep them out of mud and they work fine.

This is a very rare sighting around here these days. This is the 1st one I've seen for months where there used to

be quite a number before.I've been told that very high maintenance needed was the reason they have disappeared

and operaters went back to the larger old style machines.

My understanding is that the government imposed a serious tax on all of theses machine for traveling out of their area. This was done to reduce the amount of rice harvested. Nothing to do about maintenance.

Thats set up for corn at the moment.

Keep them out of mud and they work fine.

Right, guys. This is the beauty-salon-shave-mycorn-modification.

Great shot DAL ^ No Bull!

This is interesting, has anyone seen it before.

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