Building Your Dreams in Thailand is Hard Work 

Circular saw with flip flops on is classic Thailand! :D

I tell ya, that Lan is a one woman construction crew and superintendent! That is a highly motivated woman! Really enjoy watching you guys enjoy life and live the dream.

When it comes to most home DIY projects, Thai women are very resourceful and capable. Lan seems to have taken it to the next level...very impressed. Looking forward to seeing the end result of the property transformation.

The fact that you don't lift a finger when she does all this manual labor just cracks me up every time I watched one of these episodes. "Toda, I have a feeling we aren't in the USA anymore..."

Damn, Lucas seems like Lan is one hell of a Woman. She can make dresses, cook, clean, and build a damn garage.

You can never have too much gravel. Ithink they missed a 0 when they loaded that pick up.

Settling in and transforming your living space to suit your own requirements. That is perfect and Lan and Son are a real blessing. Good for you!

Stone load did look a little light (im in construction) 1000kg i would guess, can be hard to eyeball tho, truck had extra leaf springs installed guy is likely running 60 psi...thai solution to tyre bulge 😂 Looks a good addition to the new place 👌

will be all good when its finished ..... Lan is a keeper she is handy around the place for sure... One of the things I love about Thailand is that as soon as you buy things they are delivered as you get back ....

You need to purchase Lan a welding shield you can’t weld and close your eyes. If you get a welding shield, you get a better quality weld. I guess you can weld with your eyes closed, but it doesn’t work that great. You can’t close your eyes and protect them and weld at the same time your eyes will feel dry and burning after welding a bunch. You don’t want her to go blind do you? She’s a awesome lady!!! She’s a keeper!!! That’s nice that she’s willing to do that stuff and save you some money!!! it’s nice that her son came by to help very cool!!! You guys are making it happen I’m impressed!!! I turned in my retirement paperwork today. My official retirement day is a year sooner than I planned, which is very cool! Is my last day. I’m a construction heavy equipment operator once I retire I can go down into the southern United States and do a little double dipping earning money while I’m receiving my pension this winter I plan on doing about 3 to 4 months worth of work down south to get out of Midwestern snow. I should end up being in Thailand in the Philippines to check both places out probably during the rainy season of 2025 so next year about the same time. Once again, another very interesting video good job!!!

Did you have to ask the landlord if it was ok to pour a slab? A tonne of moderately damp gravel typically fills about 0.595 m3 (cubic meters). Your 1.5 ton would therefore be 0.9 m3 so it looks about right to me.

Please always ask around before you pay the first price offered. 1.5 tons is 1.5 cubic meters. At 1000 baht (no big deal for a rich farang), a load comes to 666 baht a ton. It appears you are paying a bit more in your area than in other places. I get eight tons of 1-inch gravel for 2800 baht. I also told the delivery guy I wanted a weight ticket (before and after loading) before I paid.

Lan looks cute in hard hat, I enjoyed this episode today Lou. I will see you again tomorrow.

You have done exceptionally well getting a worker wife (Vee/Lan). Both very ambitious! Great Selections!

Great show Lucas. Lans a working machine! 😊 Enjoy your day guy's and Happy 4th of July.

Hey Lucas Lan ,Busy Busy with Construction best of Luck with your project good job Lans Son down to Help cheers Chris

Wow you really have a construction crew living under your roof. Get'er done Lan

That's a hardworking woman there.

looks like a cubic meter, you order that sort of thing in cubic meters...

Don't mess with Rosie the Riveter! She'll Muy Thai you when not looking....

A very industrious episode, Loucous, enjoyed coming along for the ride and your narration!

You got a great find there my man, think of all the savings you are making by doing it herself saving you finding constructors, she is very versatile and knows a thing or three.

Things are coming along! I don't think I knew Lon had a son. It was nice for him to come and help out! I am by no means an expert, but i feel like that was a fair amount shot in the gravel you got. We had a ton of those roses quartz type stuff (mom had picked out) delivered to top off the front flower beds and it was a decently larger pile than that, but who knows! have a great rest of your week!

Great video and update and I'm liking your new home out of Pattaya. The smaller town looks less stressful and having a home with space gives Lan some freedom to show her take charge and building skills. I also enjoy seeing the rural roads with no traffic for a peaceful motorbike ride. You're living the life Lucas, keep smiling and enjoying this beautiful paradise...

My goodness, is there anything Lan can't do? Enjoy your new home. Martin From L.A.

I think a ton should cover 10'x10'x 1/2", that's about what I get on my driveway. I use 9 to 11 tons for a 2 car driveway 60' long. about.

Looks more like a tonne to me. That's my guess anyway. That concrete looks pretty wet as well.

You rented this house??? Landlord will be very happy..... Personally I would have rented somewhere that had parking already.

That broken cutting disc was very expected after seeing how fast the operator pushed it through the steel.

You do make me laugh Lucas 😂Your'e Happy ,that's all that matters mate 🙏You can't take it with you

Hey Lucas, The safest bet for any concrete mix is four-two-one: four parts crushed rock; two parts sand; and one part cement. The four-two-one mix, obviously, has seven parts.

Hello Lucas. Kudos to Lan, she is a true GC, as we say back in the States. The load of pea gravel did look a tad light. Hope it fit the bill. Time for a beer with your shrimp.

This video was so authentic with you running all those errands. I've been involved in quite a few projects in Thailand and I know it always takes someone making multiple trips out to get all the "unexpected" things necessary to finish (which could easily include donuts for the workers). J Love the channel!

OMG cutting metal and welding with open toe shoes and no goggles. At least Lan (sorry spelling) followed some safety. I guess OSHA recommendations are not a common thing in the land of high risk smiles. lol. I sent ya an email at your google regarding VISA confusion I had.

Cheers as usual mate. 🙂

You should be sitting in a nice comfortable chair in the shade, supervising and having a nice cold beer.

Hello Lucas & Lan! Seems to me that they're light by half a load! Lan is a multi-talented lady. Best wishes, above all stay safe

Also, keep in mind that a cubic yard is a unit of volume. It’s a cube that measures 3 feet on each side. So, imagine a box that’s about 3 feet wide, 3 feet long, and 3 feet high filled with gravel, and that should give you a rough idea of what 3000 lbs of gravel might look like.

A good reason why the gravel supplier has concrete under the stone.........when you put gravel or sand on bare soil especially in grass area, that contaminates the gravel/sand....should put down double layer of black plastic first. "Metric" tonne is very close to the same weight as imperial ton. Load looks more like just 1 cubic metre to me which is how it is normally measured. Concrete mix is normally 1 part cement powder, 2 parts sand and 4 parts gravel. I think you'll need more sand...............🤣🤣Those post holes are MASSIVE.....

Life is full of adventures!

Lan is a woman of many talents

Interesting Video, This episode was almost like watching This Old House.🏡 I’d put a couple comfortable outdoor chairs in the middle of the Carport, have another spot to chill/ relax in the shade or when it’s raining out of the elements.

Good luck to u both in your new home .I guess another step get the monks in for blessing.enjoy your new journey.keep it rollin

Lots of work being done and many things accomplished…..my wife wants to move from our condo to a house, I just don’t know if I want to be working around a house anymore, I’ve gotten lazy🤣

I love watching a plan come together !! Please tell Lan the hard had is awesome .... Enjoy .

Retired! Don't Give Up; Hey Lucas you keeping out of the way, good Idea. I'm having a new set of stairs built to access our balcony in Amphoe Song, Phrae, I'm did up a drawing but letting them handle the labor, we bought the material so far 11,500 baht. will be doing a full video on that two and like you staying out of the way

I think you received what you ordered in the stone look at the tires again in the video

Building materials are so cheap and obviously council approval and plans aren't required. I have the same pair of boots as the builders : } love it= "throw some shrimp on the Bar bee"

You have 1 smart,hard working lady❤.

Lan is pretty darn awesome. Super impressed again.

Lucas, it's very nice to see Laan & her brother defining new spaces. It might be too late for this, but you can measure the quantity of gravel by taking only bucketfuls each time,counting them and marking each bucketful on a notepad. By measuring the volume of a bucket LxWxH gives you a cubic meter value which you multiply by the number of buckets. Then you add the age of the captain. Mai pen lai.

We may have some renovation projects coming up in the near future. May we borrow Lan for about a week? 😆

Good work Worth the effort Great feeling of achievement on completion Keep it going both

Very cool!! 🙏🏽🫶🏽

I love those traffic light donuts 🍩🍩🍩

That is some serious gasoline pumping,,we have the same system on our farm for the tractors and other vehicles..😊

Good with a creative and action-oriented wife Lucas 😍

They are doing a good job they dont want any soil mixed in the concrete that's why all new sand

The last time I was in thiland my wife had to get a ton of sand &put in her pickup truck I told her I could shovel it out I took it at my pace back home &did the sweat was dripping of me different heat u would not get a small bag of gravel for that price here thiland is so cheap 😊😊

Nope - does NOT look like a metric ton to me either Haha - looking at the foundation hole .. all of about one foot down. I come from Northern ONTARIO , Canada. Due to frost heaving in the spring and fall thawing, you need to put foundations down at least 4 or 5 FEET below ground level. Living in Thailand for the past 21 years ... I almost forgot about FROST . CHEERS

Errant boy, Lucas. Always good to stay out of the way! You are so patient. I’d be a confused man! Seems like Lan knows what’s she is doing. Hope you are enjoying the new area. Beach area looks nice.

Fantastic episode - Lan is brilliant ❤

Thanks for sharing

A multi talented woman is Lan.

There goes the nice open and green place for some concrete construction.hopefully the bamboehut will look better than version 1. I have already stress just looking. It is 100 % Thai way.🤯. You are the smart guy. Good escape👍

I've never seen you flustered before, but definitely saw you were holding back today 😅

Lucas you are management material for sure :-)

I wonder who's idea all this was! Another ferang bites the dust

Never a dull moment. Love the hard hat + flip flops look 😂

I'm with You looks a little light .Let Lan Supervisee the Crew & You get out of the way have a Cocktail or Lunch ..After all the Concrete & Iron Work She will sleep great .

Thank you very much for sharing take care bless you2

Wow look like a big job there can’t wait till it’s done, please enjoyed and good luck sir.

Awesome I like how they have cracked on & got it done & the sidecar will be great cant wait to see that. Looks great down where you are.

A bamboo chill hut and a place for parking I like it !

Lan is smiling again, so it looks like she got her replacement tooth.....or did you just use a piece of gravel? 😮

Your videos are Never boring always something going on 👍

Yeah, looks like half a load to me. I thought that the delivery truck were one ton pick ups? I don't think it was 1500kg. Lol

They sell the donuts on the Sukhumvit in Pattaya, have done for years....

New abode is coming along nicely

i feel like that was very light but at that price its fine i think.

Looks good Lucas.. Thanks. I don't know about the donuts!!!!

That vehicle is not a UTE it is a commercial chassis/cab and depending on the chassis and springs and tyres can be from 1tonne to 1.5tonne

couraged work by Lan 😊

: ) WOW! Is there ANYTHING Lahn can't do ? THANKS MUCH for sharing and ALL the BEST ! ! ! Cheers : )

I agree, I think you got shorted on the Rocks myself, doesn't look to be 1.5 Ton to me

Are you going to do something about the black mold on the fence? The smell can be overwhelming some places.

Your GF seems very handy .Tries her hand at most trades .I can see that she enjoys it .I would love to do a project like that myself but the heat would kill me .I did renovate a Condo myself in Jomtien without any help but i had a good a/c to keep cool .

Welcome to Rayong.

I believe they include the weight of the truck on your metric ton. 😂😂😂 They screwed you on that deal. 😢 That load isn’t even a half ton.

Lucas the thaiwalker and Lan i love you videos!🍀🍀🍀! I hope oneday i can use mine!

The house you rented was only 20,000bt per month and very big ... why would you do this ? It's expensive.

Nice video like always, take care Lucas!!!

That load of 1/4 inch was less than a loader scoop. It might have been a yard or so but no way that was 3k pounds. My 1/4 ton puck up can handle at least twice that load.

I'm waiting to see a scooter with a dozer blade up front.

Double the sand to concrete ratio, sands a lot cheaper than cement

I've been looking for that sidecar here and can't find it

This man knows and understands how to retire in Thailand, the main goal is to keep yourself busy :D

a ute like that would be good for only 1 tonne other wise it would flatten the springs out ... one would think

I thought you're just renting the place. This looks quite an extensive project. Did you mean Lun is DIYing this huge project and her son is just here to help? Or he's the contractor? That ton and a half is definitely a rip-off . How did they weigh it?

U found a wonder woman🎉🎉🎉🎉