Phrae wood

[KTMphil]

Chuck & John were looking at some wood ideas, so Phrae's the place

 

[KTMphil]

Made a plan and managed to squeeze all the bikes in for bedtime, ready for the next morning

Ready for the off

 

[KTMphil]

There's several fun options for loops out of Chiang Mai to Phrae & back, this one is long - 478 km, but fast roads so easily done in a day

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[Loop]

Chuck & John were looking at some wood ideas, so Phrae's the place

Ban Tawai has some places that do that sort of stuff too. Not as interesting ride out there though

 

[KTMphil]

Headed south, about 25km SW (Den Chai) of Phrae on R 11 you start to hit the wood factories

Chuck

 

[KTMphil]

One horse takes 4 days to make and sells for around 25,000 Bht

Packed for shipping anywhere in the world, the tail and head fold in

This one was huge

 

[KTMphil]

Safety first, the tiny bits of wood are cut by hand here!

 

[KTMphil]

The owner wanted 70,000 bht just for the table without the bench seats

 

[KTMphil]

A fantastic place for lunch down in that neck of the woods, The Suan Sai Thong restaurant, co-ords:


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David Bailey says he's been coming here for 10 years

It's right at the junction of R 11/ R 101, where you turn for Uttaradit ... looking west

 

[KTMphil]

Excellent home made food, sausages etc...

Huge pork ribs

 

[KTMphil]

Another reason to stop there is to look at the "antiques" around the back of the restaurant at Pui's (owner) beautiful teak house

From Phrae, R 103 north bound is a little dull for 10km or so, then turns into a great motorcycle road.

 

[CRF Rainbow]

The owner wanted 70,000 bht just for the table without the bench seats

Looks to be at approx 3.5 metres long, 600mm wide and 75mm thick.
What say ye?

 

[Harrythefinn]

Properly kiln dried and dressed Grade "A" Burmese Teak wood in EU that slab would cost Baht 34,650 (no legs or work ). 0.1575 cubic meters at approx EURO 5,000 a cube. So go figure. Only thing is in EU it would be harder to find a single slab.

 

[CRF Rainbow]

In Oz, same grade in 2" x 5" and wider x 7' longer spec cost A$8000/m3 - but slabs like that are rarer than rocking horse s**t.
Lovely species - easy to work and turns like butter on a lathe.
Am curious as to the size of the slab the boys saw.

 

[CRF Rainbow]

A fantastic place for lunch down in that neck of the woods, The Suan Sai Thong restaurant, co-ords:


N17.97111

E100.07274










David Bailey says he's been coming here for 10 years














It's right at the junction of R 11/ R 101, where you turn for Uttaradit ... looking west

If you take the south turn to Uttaradit, there is a shell garage within 500 metres.
Next to it we had a lovely noodle soup, included 2 wontons and 4 healthy sized slices of pork for 35 baht.

 

[CRF Rainbow]

Along the 400 metre strip where the shell servo is there must be over 100 shops selling all sorts of wooden products - ranging from eggcups through dining room tables.
We picked these up for 170 baht.