Top Soil

[Mikeh]

Does any one know where I can get top soil   I liive near Krasang between Surin and Buri Ram

[urleft]

Mike, My best recommedation would be to wait on HWY 226 and flag down one of the dump trucks carring soil.  Or maybe if you are in a village, look for the dirt trail and wait. 

We just had a bunch delivered (flagged down a dump truck) in the village.  Cost 280 baht per load, which included spreading. 

[Mikeh]

cheers mate

[Starman]

Mike, My best recommedation would be to wait on HWY 226 and flag down one of the dump trucks carring soil.  Or maybe if you are in a village, look for the dirt trail and wait. 

We just had a bunch delivered (flagged down a dump truck) in the village.  Cost 280 baht per load, which included spreading. 

You say "just" but the photos are dated June.

[Mikeh]

tHE MAN WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP WHY KNOCK HIM FOR BEING HELPFUL   STOP BEING NEGATIVE    IF YOU HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO ADD  DONT WASTE TIME POSTING IMMATURE RESPONSES

[candy]

tHE MAN WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP WHY KNOCK HIM FOR BEING HELPFUL   STOP BEING NEGATIVE    IF YOU HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO ADD  DONT WASTE TIME POSTING IMMATURE RESPONSES

wELL SAID MIKEH 

[Mikeh]

Thanks Candy  I joined forum because THE BURIRAM EXPATS CLUB IS ALL ABOUT “EXPATS HELPING EXPATS”.

[Starman]

That was a helpful post.

The point being that if he had top soil delivered in June then the situation now is totally different.

In June there was no rice in the fields. People were having their paddy fields deepened and possibly having ponds dug. There was an abundance of soil available, and hence the price was as low as 280 a load.

Look around you now. There is rice in the fields, there is no work excavating going on. There is a limited amount of soil available and hence the price will be a lot higher. As for the chances of seeing a truck driving passed, well that is very limited.

I am in need of 20 truck loads to build up some land at the moment. I can tell you now that it is very hard to come by.

That is why I mentioned the dates. To be able to help with the scenario.

[candy]

That was a helpful post.

The point being that if he had top soil delivered in June then the situation now is totally different.

In June there was no rice in the fields. People were having their paddy fields deepened and possibly having ponds dug. There was an abundance of soil available, and hence the price was as low as 280 a load.

Look around you now. There is rice in the fields, there is no work excavating going on. There is a limited amount of soil available and hence the price will be a lot higher. As for the chances of seeing a truck driving passed, well that is very limited.

I am in need of 20 truck loads to build up some land at the moment. I can tell you now that it is very hard to come by.

That is why I mentioned the dates. To be able to help with the scenario.

Well you should have explained yourself more clearly from the outset.

[Mikeh]

Thanks Starman for the explanation   Pont taken 

[CO-CO]

That was a helpful post.

The point being that if he had top soil delivered in June then the situation now is totally different.

In June there was no rice in the fields. People were having their paddy fields deepened and possibly having ponds dug. There was an abundance of soil available, and hence the price was as low as 280 a load.

Look around you now. There is rice in the fields, there is no work excavating going on. There is a limited amount of soil available and hence the price will be a lot higher. As for the chances of seeing a truck driving passed, well that is very limited.

I am in need of 20 truck loads to build up some land at the moment. I can tell you now that it is very hard to come by.

That is why I mentioned the dates. To be able to help with the scenario.

I think he would have had to be clairvoyant to appreciate just how helpful you were trying to be with that post 


The helpfulness came in the additional 5 paragraphs in your later post 

[candy]

             


     ''You say "just" but the photos are dated June''.

As you can see. All the information is in the above but not in as many words. You have to read it properly.

[CO-CO]

Planning ahead is good if you can.

As Steve said price and, more importantly, availability is determined by the time of year. Most trucks must go for an extended holiday until rice harvest ! You do see some trucks around now, but very few by comparison.

I try and wait until neighbours are having a pond dug out - the nearer they are the better the price. Managed some at 160 Baht a truck this year although I expect to pay around 180 Baht.

I have probably had more than 1,000 trucks including almost 300 from our own pond.

As an aside - has anyone ever managed to tie a Thai down to exactly what cubic capacity those trucks will deliver ?

[candy]

 Hope this is of some help co co.

http://www.tallyclerk.com/load-volume-scanner/66-truck-measure

 

[Starman]

I have just had 23 trucks delivered. They have come from the Kao Kradong area.

A high stone content, good as I am building up land for a new kitchen.

With the quality of the dirt and the distance it has travelled I have paid 500 baht a truck. Sounds expensive I know but the estimate for dirt dug from a rice field was 35 truck loads.

CoCo...I haven't a clue as to how many cubic metres. Seems that "a truck" is the general measurement for this procedure.