View of the day-A nightmare for some of the drivers passing through Carlyle today. Marilyn stopped to take a picture, then turned and went the other direction...which is where she was going anyway. A couple of miles after turning the corner she met four houses being moved down the highway taking up over 3/4 of the road...we wonder how they made out trying to get through the roadside check.
What a night...down to 34ºF/1.4ºC...a bit nippy in the camper and no space heater to take the chill off. Good thing Marilyn always packs extra blankets. Getting out of a warm bed in the morning was tough to do, though.
Al was up early and into town to pick up oil and filters for the pickup, then when he got back to the camper, got the oil changed and waited for Marilyn to make the move so we could get things unloaded.
We unhooked the cart trailer, but didn't unload the tractor/cart...we weren't sure if we would be needing it right away. We unloaded the combine and got it ready to go...greased, fueled, windows done...everything in order to start making dust once the grain was fit.
Our first job is 20 miles to the west, so Al drove the combine over to Kisbey and Kim went over to pick him up. Marilyn was on a parts/satellite run to Storthokes/Redvers...parts for Kim's CaseIH 2388 combine and a new satellite system for the camper and home.
Al did a test before coming back to get the General...it was good enough to go, so he started in when he got back to the field. About 20 acres into the job the side of the pickup head that holds the back roller cracked in a couple of places and will now need to be welded.
Marilyn went over to pick Al up from the combine and to inspect the break on the header...it doesn't look good, but hopefully we can get a mobile welder to put things right so we can finish up.
And only 18% humidity...nice...
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