September 23, 2009

View of the day-Al eyeballs the ramps leading up to the trailer, while Marilyn guides him on.

Al wanted AIS at noon, so there was no sleeping in for Marilyn, even though it was a late night. We got the combine loaded on the trailer, strapped down and hooked up to the General, then we did the same with the tractor, grain cart and Freightliner.

Marilyn wanted to set up the rear view camera on the combine for Al to be able to see behind the load while driving down the road. After mounting the camera with the magnetic base on the steering column in the combine cab and running the wire over the top of the combine and through the box of the truck into the cab, Marilyn was able to hook up the junction box and screen so Al had a clear view behind him...it worked like a charm...and it was AIS at 12:11pm.

We left the yard and got up to Esterhazy without incident. Marilyn unhooked the shop trailer that she had been pulling at the farmers yard, then met Al at the lot in town where she had left the straight header yesterday. We got the combine unloaded, took the pickup head off, then Al drove it up to the field and Marilyn brought the straight header on the trailer.

The chokecherries are plentiful around the field where we are working and the trees are putting on their fall colors...a beautiful time of year...the 80 degree weather isn't hurting much either.

After getting the header on the combine and cutting a spot to park the trailer, we went back into town to get the General and have some lunch. Once we got back to the field, Al combined until the truck was full then we quit for the day since the farmer didn't have the auger set up at the bin...he was busy combining himself.

We left for Carlyle and Marilyn had a conference call meeting to do on the cell phone which came and went as the coverage did the same. We got back to Carlyle and got settled up with the landlord before calling it a day.

A busy, productive day...