September 3, 2008

View of the day-The combine and cart wait by the church for the grain to dry down.

No rain during the night but with all we had it was going to take some time to dry. We went out to the farmers yard to see if the auger had been moved from the bin down south...it had, but it wasn't set up to a bin yet, so we went out to do some fixing on the pickup and combine.

The road to the field was fairly dry, but we had to check out the road that went out past the other field we have to do, and we needed 4X4...it was a bit soft. The field was solid enough for us to move the shop trailer over to the combine so we could change the oil in the wobble box and put some air in the grain cart tire that seems to be going flat all the time. The rain gauge on the combine showed 1.3" of rain...that was including the chaff floating around in it...good news since there had been reports of up to 2" in the area.

First thing on the list was the alternator on the pickup...other than the cramped quarters and awkward positions we had to be in to get the bolts removed, it went fairly well and did solve the charging problem. One job down. Next we changed the oil in the wobble box on the header...another job with awkward bolts, but only one was a trouble maker. After that was done, we did a bit of revamping on the new brake pot to make sure it would fit back on the combine trailer...it will get attached tomorrow...we don't want to get carried away.

We had aired up the tires on the cart when we had gotten out to the field and by the time we were finished with all our 'fixin' it had gone flat again...another job once it gets emptied...it still has a load of grain on it which isn't helping much.

We went back to town to change up some bolts and return the old alternator for the core charge, then went back to the camper. After three days of running the little electric heater...which we unplug when we leave...it was a shock to the system to open the door and have it so warm inside. Nothing that cracking open all the window and turning on the fans didn't fix in a hurry.

Seems strange getting the blog done in the daylight...