June 10, 2010

View of the day-Al and Ron make a pass around the barn to open up the field and take a test.

We got up early to try and get loaded in the cooler part of the day. When we opened up the door we were greeted by thick fog...well, at least the sun wasn't going to cook us. We got the combine loaded and hooked up to the General, then loaded the tractor and cart and got that hooked up to the Freightliner for tomorrow.

We left Davidson around 10am and started for Carmen, OK. There were a lot of harvesters moving north and we played leap frog with them most of the way. There were very few combines making dust...likely due to the thick fog that we drove in for half the 230 mile trip.

We got to Carmen, unloaded the combine, then hooked up the trailer to the General so we could haul it up to Cherokee...we had no place to park in Carmen. We fueled up the combine at the Coop, then moved it out to the farm, put the header on and cut a test.

The sample was 13.5% moisture and the cut off was 14%, so being as it was already 4:30pm, we decided not to cut anymore in case it was too wet...there was mud on the tires just from the first cut and the humidity was still way up there. With the 5+ inches of rain they had gotten in the last 3 weeks, the field is going to be a challenge.

We took the General and trailer up to Cherokee, then headed back to Davidson, stopping in Fairview for a snack on the way. There were a lot of combines making dust on the trip back, probably trying to stay ahead of the weather that is on the way.

And now we have lightning in the west and wind warnings...