Another great harvesting day, although the wind could have been a bit slower. There didn't seem to be an ideal direction to combine without the air cleaning system getting plugged, causing overheating. When that happens, the front end shuts off and there is nothing left to do but wait til things cool down, or head across the field to the compressor and blow out the chaff. Finding a couple of two inch holes in the air screen narrowed down the cause for overheating, and some red duct tape on the inside and outside of the hole fixed things well enough to finish the day. Of course the ProHarvest brigade from CaseIH came right out to the field to bring us the parts we needed...now that's service!
We finished the harvest for one of our customers and then moved about 6 miles to the next field. While we were getting things organized to start, a local farmer stopped to see if he could hire us for a few acres. It's 'feast or famine' in this business. Oh well, 50 acres to go and then we head across the Red River into Texas, to continue the harvest. The fields look to be a bit wet, but hopefully the wind will dry them out before we get there, or another storm system passes through.
Al is depressed now that the hockey season is officially over. Actually he is more depressed that he got knocked out of first place in his playoff draft, at pretty much the last period of the series. There's always next year...
The fields are disappearing daily, as you can look in any direction and see dust flying from all the combines at work, it really is something to see.
It's after midnight and it's still 80 degrees outside, tomorrow should be another good one...
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