Comments on: On the Road Again, Thai Style

By: ChuckWow

ChuckWow — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:51:03 +0000

Next time I go to my wifes home town I will send you a few pictures of the larger version of these trucks.

By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:52:41 +0000

That is so cool. I think I have seen one of those trucks before but from behind…I would have definitely taken a pic if I saw it from the front.

I haven’t seen anything like it in Nakhon Phanom …I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled because I’d love to catch a ride or drive one of these things.

By: ChuckWow

ChuckWow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:11:11 +0000

I guess the trucks are called “E-Taen” or something like that.

I found a link to a picture of a smaller version of the trucks I have seen.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isan_Rot-E-Taen.JPG

By: ChuckWow

ChuckWow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:02:10 +0000

I don’t know if the trucks are country wide – I have only noticed them near my wifes home town in Nakhon Sawan.

Just imagine a full size stake bed truck being powered by one of these tractors.

They transverse mount the tractors in the front of the truck chassis – kind of an interesting adaptation.

By: Talen

Talen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:56 +0000

Chuck,
I haven’t seen the trucks they sell with no engines yet…I’ll have to keep my eyes open for them. I’ve seen plenty of the tractors though. There is a small hardware store in Nachon Phanom that has about 15 new ones chained up outside and ready to go.

By: ChuckWow

ChuckWow — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:09:33 +0000

I love those little Diesel tractors they use everywhere – one head light and tiller steering.

The best things are the trucks they sell with no engine – they use the same tractor as the engine and haul goods to market.

By: Talen

Talen — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:39:28 +0000

Mike, definitely no coconut groves that I’ve seen up in these parts..everyone has a few trees though. This is rice growing country and every available square inch of land is growing rice. Every now and then you see a small field of corn but the corn is a real sickly looking variety…very small.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:56:20 +0000

Talen good to see some rural pics. They look quite different to here in Southern Central Thailand. Not many rice paddies here, lots of coconut groves though and fields where they seem to mostly grow sweet potato. .-= Mike´s last blog ..Thai Military Coup-A Happy Anniversary? =-.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:03:33 +0000

Luckily these are not so distant memories as I sit here at an internet cafe in Vientiane, Loas biding my time waiting for the taxi back to Nong Khai and then the short bus ride back to our farm in Phak Khat and the piece and quiet rural Thailand offers

By: Talen

Talen — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:48:43 +0000

I wish I was heading back to Thailand next week like you are…take a ton of pictures!