View of the day-Al finally gets to dump the last of the rye into the cart. Picture is courtesy of his camera phone...the good one was back at the camper, so excuse the quality.
WOO HOO!! Finished the rye!!! Actually, Al said it should be lower case woo hoo since the last two loads are still in the cart and truck because the elevator was closed.
Another day of hard blowing winds but the temperature never hit 90 so it was still a slow drying day. It didn't start out too good when Al went out and the battery was dead in the pickup. We had cables but nothing to boost it with until we remembered the battery in for the camper, so we hooked that and the jumpstarter and there was enough to get it running.
The farmer continued swathing the wheat and Al went out at noon to do a test, only to come back depressed because it was the same as yesterday...14.3%. Marilyn went out to do another test at 3:30pm and it was 13.7%...good enough to go...and we did.
Al combined the first load while Marilyn went back to the camper to change out the motor on the bedroom slide. The motor had been giving us trouble for over three years...it will push the slide out but Al always had to help push it back in by hand since there was a stripped gear in the works. A new one from the manufacturer was $905...that was insane! Marilyn found one on ebay for $350...bad enough but bigger than the original and Al wouldn't have to push that slide in anymore.
Once Al had the truck loaded, Marilyn went back out an took over while he went to the elevator to dump. It was a toss-up whether we should quit with just a few rounds left because the temp was going down and the moisture climbing up, but we decided to drop the hammer and get it done and over with.
We would deal with the elevator tomorrow...
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