Most of the major players are either in Bangkok or Chonburi. Chinnaraje company purport to make them here, but in fact only have a service center and spares outlet. My question is, are there any true manufacturers here, or are they all shipped in from other provinces?

A lot of the major hotels and resorts have them custom made, but these are not made in Chiangmai.

Any information would be apreciated

You are right they are not manufactured in Chiang Mai. However there are a couple of places that recondition old tuktuks. The easiest to find is near to Rimping superstore ping river branch - if you turn off the river road and drive past the entrance of Rimping on your right - keep going to the end of the street and turn right - he is about 100m up the road on the left hand side. I once had a tuktuk souped up to a 600cc four stroke which I then exported to England. Seemed to work out ok.

Where are the new larger, quieter Red ones that are now going around town, manufactured. I was told they were being made in Chiang Mai. there seems to be a long waiting list to purchase one...... anybody have any info on these????

G

You are right they are not manufactured in Chiang Mai. However there are a couple of places that recondition old tuktuks. The easiest to find is near to Rimping superstore ping river branch - if you turn off the river road and drive past the entrance of Rimping on your right - keep going to the end of the street and turn right - he is about 100m up the road on the left hand side. I once had a tuktuk souped up to a 600cc four stroke which I then exported to England. Seemed to work out ok.

Thanks for the info JG I will pay them a visit

Where are the new larger, quieter Red ones that are now going around town, manufactured. I was told they were being made in Chiang Mai. there seems to be a long waiting list to purchase one...... anybody have any info on these????

G

Sadly these are all brought in too. I had a chat with some of the drivers parked at Central Festival, who both said Bangkok