September 7, 2008

View of the day-Al gets the combine trailer moved out of the mud and on to the road so we can load on solid ground.

Well, the decision was made to call it done here in Kenmare. With yesterday's rain and all that had fallen the past week and all that is forecast for the week, we decided it was time to move on.

It's always a tough decision when you have to leave unfinished work, but with the phone constantly ringing to find out when we will move north, we just couldn't stay any longer. This would be one of the downfalls of having only one combine...we don't have a crew to split to divide our resources. Good thing the farmer has his own combines...in both places.

We went out to the farm and got the header trailer, then went out to the field to take the straight header off and move the combine back to the farm. The cart tire was completely flat and the shop trailer with the compressor was just out of reach to air the tire up. The combine was the only thing around to move the shop trailer so Marilyn hooked the safety chain from the trailer up to the feeder house and moved it closer to the grain cart. After airing up the tire and blowing all the chaff and straw off the combine, Marilyn drove the combine back to the farm.

Al got the grain unloaded off the General, then took the header into town to park it. When he got back to the farm, Marilyn was there with the combine then we both went back to the field with the General to empty the cart and bring it back to the farm. Marilyn got to drive the slow moving vehicle while Al got the General and the Freightliner unloaded and Marilyn went back to the field to get the shop trailer.

We were able to get the tractor and cart loaded on the trailer where we had parked it when we got there almost two weeks ago then we moved it into town and parked it by the header trailer. The combine trailer was a different story...it had to be moved onto solid ground, so Al hooked a chain around the feeder house and moved it out on to the road where we were able to get it loaded and then moved into town.

Back at the camper we got the paperwork in order to cross the border, then Al got his NFL fix in...well, at least until tomorrow night when he gets to see the Monday Night double header in Carlyle.

If they let us in...