MarcIssan
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On 11/4/2021 at 5:55 PM, Patriot said:
And further to the above, if anyone has any info please could you PM me as there’s only one bar in Sampanthamit in which I’m interested ????
Free Fire of Room Service?
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So the 'officials' keep coming up with a bunch of hair-brained ideas to attract more like us...right? What I don't understand is why they don't convene a committee made up of the demographic they hope to attract and solicit this committee for ideas. Ask questions like, "If you had it to do over again, would you retire here again? If not why not? What would make your life more enjoyable here and what changes would you like to see happen? What would attract more financially secure expats but not open the door to people who cannot support themselves and who may end up becoming a burden to Thai society? Duh...the need is obvious when you list out all the screwy, go-nowhere ideas of the recent past.
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8 hours ago, ChrisKC said:
I had a snake sleeping on the top of my fridge when arriving home from shopping. I simply opened an outside door and closed all inside doors and waited for it to leave on its own terms.
After about 20 minutes it had gone.
No need for histrionics!
When we moved into our new house it took a few weeks to get all the boxes organized. One day my wife was moving some boxes around in the spare bedroom and a hissing snake popped out at her. She called the locals and when it was all done, the 2 meter snake was on its way to someone's dinner plate. It got into the house via a hole in the wall left open for an outside camera feed for the driveway. The hole was patched of course and now the neighbor's dogs patrol our property keeping the snake population under control. It was quite an affair attracting many from the local tessaban and village.
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On 10/7/2021 at 3:38 AM, jazzdog32095 said:
The team, George W & Barbara don't miss a sound and Obama always wakes up <deleted> off.
Nice view for Obama!!
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22 minutes ago, Old Croc said:
There is no migration category to sponsor a GF for Australian residence.
You don't even begin to meet the requirements for a defacto partner visa for her. Your still being married to someone else doesn't help either!
The only option is for her to apply to visit and hope she can apply to stay.
There is the legal way following all the rules after interpreting them as to their meaning..then there is the expedient way by hiring someone skilled in the gray areas of the law and with palms to grease to look the other way. Your post seems to be a fishing expedition looking for the easy/cheap way to get this done but it also shows how little you have done yourself in researching the options. In this day where immigration both legal and illegal are on the top the political lists in most developed countries, I'd say hire an expert or forget it. Another route is to apply for a visa from an Australian favored nation country (if there are any) and go live there a year or so then apply for a visa into Australia. Just a brainfart actually.
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On 9/20/2021 at 5:51 PM, csmith said:
Yep …. Allow Farangs to buy/own land ASAP.
p.s. Anyone want to buy land/house in Chiangmai ?
Sure I have 300,000 bt to spare!
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14 hours ago, skatewash said:
Up to this point I believe all the Pfizer vaccine being administered in Thailand has come from a US donation. All the vaccination programs I have heard about in Thailand involving Pfizer have been for those who had not previously received any covid vaccinations (an exception was made for a third Pfizer booster shot for those frontline medical staff that have been vaccinated with Sinovac). So, I would say no, not to my knowledge. That may change as more people become vaccinated, but I believe that's the state of situation at the present time.
Perhaps I am naively comfortable having 2 shots in me and can wait for the 3rd when and if Thailand offers it.
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Just now, MarcIssan said:
It has to be in a Thai account and all in the same account and all in Thai baht. At least here in Udon this is the requirement. It seems every immigration office has the liberty to interpret the law as they please.
But...if you are first arriving in Thailand and don't have a year's worth of statements I am not sure what immigration will require. You might look into an O-A visa based on marriage. I got that arranged in the USA before arrival. It does require you to leave the country every 90 days and in these days with covid...I don't know how all that might work or if that is still the rule. Then near the end of my year I switched to an O visa based on retirement. I put 800,000 in the bank, then took it back out just as fast once I got the visa. Nobody ever checked whether I kept it in for the required period of time. You could do the O-A visa and start the monthly deposits so at the end of the O-A visa you would have the required 12 months history of earnings. Or you could continue with the marriage visa and qualify on the monthly statement as well..it is 40,000 bt per month as I recall. My friend doesn't have the 65k monthly and applied for and received a visa based on marriage but never mentioned he had to leave Thailand every 3 months. As you see I know only what I know or have experienced.
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9 hours ago, cdemundo said:
Thank you for sharing your experience.
I appreciate your willingness to be helpful, very rare around here.
As far as demonstrating 12 months of deposits, can that be in a US bank or do I have to make deposits in Thailand for a year before I apply?
I understand that you may not know the answer as your situation was different.
Thanks for a helpful answer!!!
It has to be in a Thai account and all in the same account and all in Thai baht. At least here in Udon this is the requirement. It seems every immigration office has the liberty to interpret the law as they please.
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Well this one goes into the books right next to the Thai Space Program!!
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It goes beyond just that...and I'm no expert on the matter but have had a few run-arounds.
So my first O visa application I had 800,000+ bt in a Thai bank. Everything went OK. The following year (2020) I tried to apply with a statement from the bank showing the required monthly deposits but I was 9 days short of the required period ..12 months aka 365 days of time. I had 11 months and 21 days deposit history which was not good enough.
Oh...and 3 minutes later they backdated the requirement to the date the income rule was adopted which for me was 16 months prior now 12 months. I got <deleted> and left. I called Khon Kaen immigration and they said no problem...but when I told them I was in Udon...well "No problem" turned into "Kannot". They told me I had to follow the rules of Udon immigration.
So I went back to Udon and showed where I had the 800,000 in the bank..part was in my US dollar account at Bangkok
Bank and part was in my Thai baht account in the same bank. Nope that won't work because they are not in the same account. I said I could combine them and come back the next day and show over the 800,000 but Nope...that won't work either. It won't all be in the same account for the required 3 months time prior to renewing the visa..so nope that won't work.So I sent my wife to Bangkok with a bunch of documents to get notarized at the American Embassy and the Thai embassy with the idea of applying for a marriage visa and showing 400,000+ in the bank which was already in there for over 90 days. I forget what the documents were but it seems I had to disavow ownership in property etc. Nope that didn't work because one of the documents had my wife's married name on it and she needed it to have her maiden name notarized instead. Booking appointments at both embassies delayed the process and I was already running out of time.
As it was, I was now 9 days late and alas I had to pay their extortion/expediting fees for them to look the other way on the money part and get my visa extension. 4500 baht late fees and 16,000 baht 'expediting' fees later I walked out with my extension. <deleted> I was <deleted>.
Ok this year (2021) I went in early to ask a few questions and the bank statement isn't enough...I had to prove where the income came from. Why I asked! They couldn't allow me to work so it cannot come from a job and selling drugs is illegal! I went home, logged on to the USA government pension site, downloaded a bunch of monthly and annual statements showing my monthly income, took all that to the bank to get a statement from them showing the monthly deposits, paid my fees to the bank and YAY got my extension in May of this year without having to pay any extra 'expediting' fees. They said the documents from America needed to be notarized and I said..."ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" I explained that I didn't vote for Joe Biden and that he was not going to sign anything on my behalf. I don't think they got the joke. They accepted the printed statements because it had the official American seal..or so I think.
I figured I'd celebrate that day because next year there was likely going to be new rules that I don't qualify for and it will be back to paying the 'expediting' fees so I may as well enjoy my success while I can.
Good luck sorting this out.
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And I heard the USA approved the 3rd Pfizer booster shot for those over 65 and for the ones at greater risk. Can anyone venture a guess as to whether I can get that one here?
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Thanks for all the comments. I think the cable is adjusted ok as it is smooth upon engagement and light duty work but once the RPM increases or the resistance on the tool in use increases I hear an irregular clacking coming from just below the seat..in that area anyway. Holding onto the the engagement/RPM lever I feel a jolt on every clack. It is not mundane like if I gear tooth were broken and every time it came around it complained..it's not that. In fact I can lift my rotary up off the ground and run it at normal tilling speeds and it is smooth as silk..but when I ease it down into the soil the clacking starts with the frequency depending on how hard the soil is. Soft soil not that often...hard soil..yikes all the time.
The group on one USA tractor forum who often do their own repair with some venturing into case-splitting came to the conclusion it was the PTO over-running clutch plates and considering how hard I was pushing my little tractor while trenching for irrigation and down-pipe water management, I'm sure that is what it is. I'll deal with that later.
I've almost gotten my auger differential put back together and found the double gaskets were to set the ring/pinion gear mesh so the last bit is a seal plate on the output shaft. Of course that is at the bottom. Alas I needed my hoist to lift that <deleted> up off my workbench but that darned winch went sideways on me. Here it is 2 days later and the winch is back from the shop so tomorrow I'll finish up. Hurry up and wait seems to be the slogan of the week for me.
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I think there should be a way for a foreigner to own the land that his ONE house is sitting on but no more. If there are no laws or limitations, foreign investors will drive the prices up so high only foreigners can afford to buy property. In America, Russians own 100% of uranium mines and the Chinese own many food related factories all that were once 100% American owned. I'd hate to see this happen here more than it has already.
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Kubota is only 10 km from here so haulage shouldn't be that much. The will likely want to come out here and test it first so I'll wait until the rains stop and I can hook up my tiller.
I learned that the double gaskets were to adjust the meshing of the pinion and ring gears. I used one gasket but the gears were locked so now I am making another. I may look for a rubber material..one that doesn't compress too much as I don't what the meshing to change from use. Today I will use some washers to see what gap offers the best end result then look for gasket material of that thickness. I think 2 mil compressed will achieve the factory spec.
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I got on a tractor blog 6 months ago asking where that clanking might be coming from and everyone agreed it was the over-running plates in the PTO. I guess they have a locking mechanism but the ramped plates allow for over-run as in the case of a mower etc where the inertia of the blade keeps pushing the tractor while applying brakes to stop (before disengaging the clutch I guess). There is a matching ramp on each of two plates and then a notch where they catch again. Maybe some springs to apply pressure when in use but also to allow over-running if the force is exceeded. The clacking is where the plates or the ramps on the plates are worn and don't lock (or I suppose the springs have failed). The PTO still works but any medium force causes the clacking like running the tiller at 1500 RPM engine speed whereas at 1000 the clacking is reduced. One Kubota owner said they were recalled in the USA and replaced no charge but that was years ago. Since they don't have the L4508 in the US, they sent a diagram of a different model with similar HP to show the issue. Since I am done with the trencher and plan to sell it, I want to fix the PTO for tilling and mowing...and of course before some small failure causes a more expensive one down the road. Thanks.
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23 minutes ago, MarcIssan said:
Yup I go slow. We have mostly sand here and no buried rocks so far. Easy digging and yes I clear the flutes often. Can you tell me what amount of grease I would mix with 3.2 liters of oil?
By the way, I think my Kubota L4508 PTO is slipping. I used a trencher that was built for a larger tractor but I used it anyway as I ordered it from China based on what the rep said about my tractor size. Anyway, I ran it pretty hard just to get it done and afterward the PTO clacks when doing easy work. when I till soft soil on low and slow I hear a harsh rattle from the PTO and the hi-low speed selector wriggles pretty harshly when that happens.
In the USA Kubota recalled a bunch of tractors and replaced the PTO over-running clutch plates with non-over running ones then suggested putting an external clutch over-run system externally.
Anyway, what do you figure it will cost at the local dealer to fix that? I know they need to split the tractor..but hey..labor is cheap here.
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22 hours ago, farmerjo said:
How aggressive is the the auger?
And does your digger have its own external clutch on it.
Tractor internal clutch packs can get expensive when they start slipping.
But in saying that the Kubota PTO has been the best and most reliable of the tractors i've had.
Just be careful with the swaying as you say otherwise it will be the tractor axle seals you will be fixing next.(i know from letting the FIL do some contracting once)
Slow and steady wins the race while raising and lowering regularly to keep the hole clear of dirt.
Here is a pic of one of my augers,the cutting edge plates can be replaced.
Yup I go slow. We have mostly sand here and no buried rocks so far. Easy digging and yes I clear the flutes often. Can you tell me what amount of grease I would mix with 3.2 liters of oil?
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21 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:
Just slap a 50,000 baht fine, and a years driving ban on all those who are caught drinking and driving.
And if you kill someone then you should be given a minimum 10 year prison sentence.
Everybody knows drink driving is wrong, so all offenders should be heavily punished. There are no excuses!
I agree. The system is such that repeat offenders never get taken off the road because most of the fines are handled by the roadside. Driving records....assuming Thailand even has a tracking system..are never affected, punishment is never heightened, vehicles are never impounded, and repeat offending drivers are never held accountable. They just pay a reduced fine along the road and are on their way.
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On 9/12/2021 at 9:14 PM, kickstart said:
Your grease the long fibre grease is axel grease ,all right for diffs and slow moving parts .
The Vaseline type is HMP high melting point grease the type used in bearings , what I use on my chipper/shredder for the past 10 years about the best grease available in Thailand .
Your leak could be because the shaft is pitted, wearing on the seal, and the pits will let oil past them and the seal .I have had this problem on the front stub axles on my tractor ,I put the shafts in a vice and used some wet and dry paper on the shafts to smooth them down to take out the pits out .
And you could put the mating surfaces on a very flat surfaces ie. plate glass with some wet and dry paper and flatten the surfaces a bit ,it will not be easy as cast iron is very hard steel ,like said just make some paper gaskets should do the job.
Thanks. And what is the mixing ratio of HMP grease 90 wt gear oil?
This machine is all slow moving. I run it on the lowest PTO speed..540 RPM and I run my Kubota is just above idle. ...1000 RPM. The imbalance of the auger causes it to surge side to side if I run it any faster.
I did see where the fill bolt was also a vent so at lease that is covered. Thanks for the advice.
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All these suggestion are great and I could have used some of them when I built my house 3 years ago.
One rule I absolutely insisted on was that my builder was NOT going to be Thai and he must speak fluent English. My logic was that house building was going to be stressful... on me particularly since I am a stickler on details..and I didn't want it to stress my marriage unnecessarily. The last thing I wanted was to be involved in a building project where me and the builder didn't speak the same language and where everything...all the details..needed to be translated by my wife who was unfamiliar with the building process and whose answer to most things is "Let them do it!". Oh hell no!
While I was designing my dream house (FloorPlan3D software) I also searched the farang forums for builders. After visiting a few building sites and talking with the builders involved, I found a Brit who lived 20km away who used nanoblocks in the construction process. These are energy efficient precast blocks allowing the house to stay cool, and they are strong allowing for open floor plans because the roof trusses etc can rest on the perimeter walls leaving the interior unrestrained by columns etc generic to the Thai style of building. After discussing plumbing, electrical, and roofing issues (common failure points of Thai builds) I settled on Andy and waited for my turn in his queue.
I copied and revised a building contract stating how draws would occur and when and put a change order system in place to cover things surely to come up that were not included in the contract. Any and all changes were to be drawn out, sketched, or otherwise described, quoted as to the cost, and signed off by both me and the contractor BEFORE construction of the said item was to begin. My contract stated that if the contractor proceeded with the said change without my prior approval, payment would not be guaranteed.
All went mostly well..nothing is perfect however the contractor took a parcel of land in lieu of partial payment on the completed project is now my neighbor and friend. I love the house and having a contractor as a friend has benefits.
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On 9/7/2021 at 8:20 PM, Jen65 said:
As regards to planting trees for shade - absolutely do NOT plant palm trees within 10 mtrs of your house !! I just spent 10,000 baht and the hire of a 5t kubota to get rid the massive root spread that was going under the foundations , into the concrete and strangling the septic on the house I bought to renovate !! The're useless anyway - all the palms at the top get in your gutters and drop off to make a mess !
So I have 4 palms to dig up. They were planted about 1.5 years ago. 1m from the garage and 3m from the house. I like the looks but don't need the problems.
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Ok thanks By the way, I think I know why the factory doubled up on the gaskets. See pics...they did minimal milling on the cast iron mating surfaces and I suspect they use the tar-like sealer and 2 gaskets to make up the difference. Each gasket is 1 mm so to keep the gears meshing the same (in case that was a consideration) I think I'll do the same.
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14 hours ago, farmerjo said:
Normally a gasket would be fitted to get correct end clearance on bearings and mesh of the teeth.
If it is just for the oil seal you could go a thicker gasket to change the contact position on the shaft if a groove is worn or do away with the gasket and use silicone gasket maker.
Check if there is a breather,if it has one most likely blocked from hornet nest.That will cause it to leak.
Can always add some light grease to mix with the oil to stop leaks.
I have PTT brand 90 weight oil. What type of grease do you suggest I mix with it? I have 2 types of grease. One is that green long fiber grease I use in my gun for lubing my tractor and the other is some semi transparent vasoline-looking stuff that I used to coat new bearings and gears when I rebuilt my rotary tiller. Neither one I would call light grease and I wouldn't want to put products in there that didn't blend well. Any suggestions will help.
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I now have ANOTHER reason for upgrading my camera! I'll need a business card too (Porn Producer and Filmography) but damn I'll have to change my VISA to one that allows me to 'work'. Question: If I don't charge for filming porn is that considered work? ????