View of the day-Al picking up on the go in his new ride...we kept him hopping.We got going around noon after getting the servicing and fueling done. It was a beautiful day, wind from the west for a change and in the high 80's. You could sure tell which side of the parked machinery was out of the wind...the mosquitoes congregated and waited to attack as soon as we entered the calm.
The John Deere had a bit of fixing to do, but Marilyn was able to start combining and with only one machine running for the first hour, Al was able to keep unloading so there was no stopping. Once the JD got rolling he fell a bit behind but it wasn't his fault...it was the truck driver's. With two tandems, a semi and an 800 bushel grain cart, it was all the farmer could do to get back to the field. We even had to sit and wait once while Al took one of the full trucks to the yard and brought back the semi. The crop is running around 60 bu/ac which is the main reason for the backlog.
We finished the field we were on and moved over to the last winter wheat field which was right across the two track trail that divides them.
It's surprising the 160 acres we had just finished was a relatively flat piece of ground with a couple of water runs in it and the one we moved to has got rolling hills and there isn't a flat spot on it...or so it seems. On the first round, it did have what we like to call a "window kisser" ...the hills that throw you out of your seat when you are cutting them.
It's surprising the 160 acres we had just finished was a relatively flat piece of ground with a couple of water runs in it and the one we moved to has got rolling hills and there isn't a flat spot on it...or so it seems. On the first round, it did have what we like to call a "window kisser" ...the hills that throw you out of your seat when you are cutting them.Now those of you from the Washington area...and we include any of the surrounding states that have the real hills/mountains to combine...probably are laughing at what we call "steep" hills. Please remember we are flatlanders who, when we were young would call a gravel pile on the side of a road, a mountain...
We got our 100 acres in today...not bad for starting at the crack of noon and quitting early because the auger at the bin lost a bearing. If everything is up and running we will have the winter wheat wrapped up and be able to start in on the rye...the crop...not the beverage. North Dakota called again and they will be looking for us in about a week.
The spring wheat here won't start until then...
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