View of the day-At least nephew Gordie gets to combine some canola in his dad's 2388.
We woke up to a couple of rain showers. Just enough to screw things up for the day, by actually giving us the hope that it might dry out later on when the sun came out.
We went in to town to have lunch then drove over to Kisbey to service the combine and unload the truck. The sun was trying to shine and there was hope until the farmer did a sample and it was 17% moisture, so that settled that. Marilyn decided it was time for a Walmart fix, so since we were almost halfway there, we went to Estevan.
On our way back to Carlyle we spied brother-in-law Kim's combine in a field by the highway. It was stopped and the pickup truck was parked behind it so we decided to see if we could be of assistance. Once we got across the field we could see it was the lunch wagon...that was a relief. Since Gordie had finished eating, he was instructed to drive the combine over to the semi and unload it. Marilyn went along for the ride and then rode with him for a couple of rounds as he combined, changing all the settings to make use of all the technology available (which Kim probably changed back as soon as it was his turn to combine). He did a pretty good job...very careful... which was a refreshing thing to see.
Gordie also informed us that he had done a search for Kuntz Harvesting on Google and found we had a video on YouTube. We couldn't figure how the heck that had gotten up there, but when we checked it out we found it was one of several harvesting videos that Tom Isern had taken back in Tuttle, ND. There was also one of Prevost Harvesting, Brownridge Harvesting and even kuchen making in the Tuttle Store! Check them out if you get the chance.
Speaking of video's, we are trying out the video posting feature on the blog today to see how it works. It is of 12 year old Gordie picking up canola swaths. Remember too, that if you click on any of the pictures, you will get an enlarged version in which you can see a lot more detail.
No more rain, please...
2 comments:
Hi Al & Marilyn, Just calling from Australia, Love your blog as I'm a contractor too. I live in Hervey Bay, Queensland and start my run near Clermont, Qld.I run 2 combines and you battle with the weather nore than us but we struggle with finding staff. there are alot of coal mines in Central Queensland and it's hard to compete with their wages.[min $100k/yr]Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the comment and glad you're enjoying the read. We have the oil patch here to contend with for employees. They sure don't know what they're missing, do they?
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