July 6

View of the day-Fireworks!

Woo hoo-we combined today!! They had our combine all reassembled and ready to go shortly after lunch. Marilyn got to drive it back out to the field, while Al unloaded the load of wheat left on the truck when the rain hit. We did a couple of patches on one of the big fields and then moved to a small field with seed wheat. The crop was down and really dusty so the air screen kept plugging up, causing some overheating, so we had to stop for things to cool down periodically. It seemed odd that the combine yield monitor showed 569 bushels combined, but the truck was heaped so full, Al was sure there was over 600 bushels in it. After unloading into the bin, they took a sample to town and discovered the reason for the discrepancy...the test weight was only 47 lbs. (60 is the normal weight).

We moved back to the first field of the day and started in, it didn't take long before the rotor speed started to drop, so Marilyn went out to check what the problem could be. No surprise here, a bearing had gone and was heated up pretty good. Out came the tools again, and with all the parts extremely hot, it was a tricky bit of business to get the pulley dismantled and removed.

We got back to town in time to fight the traffic heading out to the fireworks show at the expo park. Marilyn walked out to the parking lot at the campground and was able to see the fireworks from a few miles away. They were probably something to see from up close.

Not really a day for celebration...