View of the day-Line up at the elevator. Two semis and the General wait for the auger to get set at the next bin, but with a 20 inch conveyor belt auger, it doesn't take long before we're all on our way.
We had an early breakfast at the cafe so Al could pick up the parts for the header that he had gotten welded. Back at the farm we put the parts back on the header, then blew out the air and cab filters out. Al was going to clean the radiators out and opened the door to swing out the oil cooler rads only to find out the weld had broke and they split apart at the top...the same thing that happened a few months ago. We were able to get them back into their compartment and continue on for the day.
Al went out to the field to start combining and Marilyn took the General out to the bin to dump. Marilyn got the second load to the bin and started dumping and was figuring out how much room there should be left in the bin. She was told they were 5000 bushel bins, so by her calculations there should be 4200 bushels after the General was dumped...unfortunately she was told the size in error...several times, actually...they were 4000 bushel bins and the shear pin went on the auger when the bin got full before the truck was empty...just great.
By the time she got back to the field, filled up the truck and went back to the bins again, the guys had the auger emptied and moved to the next bin and within 30 minutes she was heading back to the field. She was hopping all day and it was a beautiful day to be doing anything outside...tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer. Al just 'shut up and drove' covering his usual 85 acres, with no further breakdowns.
He was having issues with engine power, so he called around to get some new fuel filters for the combine. When he called the CaseIH dealer in Jamestown, he asked about getting warranty work on the rads, they told him he would have to pay to have them come out...WHAT?? He decided to get the filters from Carrington, so we drove up there after we shut down for the night.
There will be phone calls made tomorrow...
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