November 6, 2009

View of the day-Morning servicing...and the guys found the donuts in the pickup.

We left town early after having breakfast at home, for a change, and by the time we got to the rigs, Jeff's crew was already there doing their servicing before moving back to the farm. The fuel truck showed up and while the combines got filled, Al greased and Marilyn did windows.

We had to do a bit of chiseling in the hopper to get all the goo that had collected on the auger in the hopper from the 'moist' canola. We couldn't figure out why the bushel count was out so bad until Marilyn took the cover off the sensor and discovered 4 inches of goo fused on to it. It took a bit of doing, but eventually we got it back into ship shape and we were on the road south. Al drove the combine and Marilyn went back to the wheat field to get the shop trailer.

Back at Eugene's, we got the combine set for flax, took off the spreaders and Al took the first swath around the first patch. He got a ride to get the tractor and cart and Marilyn took over combining. We had a terrific wind blowing for most of the day and the temperature was close to 70ºF...a gorgeous day for harvesting...especially in November. Once Al got back with the cart and unloaded the truck, he took over combining while Marilyn went into town to get lunch...no free pizza today, in fact they weren't even that friendly, but damn they make good subs.

We got the first couple of small patches done and moved over to the big piece and continued combining until 9:30pm. Marilyn was determined to fill the truck and the cart before going home and the way the wind picked up after sunset, we could have gone all night...if Al hadn't filled the bin. We had such a good day that it didn't matter that we had to quit...we still managed to do over 100 acres!

When was the last time that happened??