View of the day-Al dumping at the bin site...
Another early day as Al went and picked up the shocks he had ordered for the General before we headed out to the combine. A nice change was the north wind that was blowing…it was a lot cooler, only reaching into the mid 90’s, which made the truck driver somewhat happier. Once we got to the field Marilyn serviced the combine and Al got the new shock put on the General.
We continued combining the field we were on yesterday…lots of terraces, so the going was slow and it was all Al could do to keep up with the trucking, especially since the yield was around 57 bu/ac. We were able to use Kevin’s semi and grain trailer to pick up some of the slack and it also helped because they were just hauling to the bin site, so there weren’t any line-ups to speak of.
Marilyn had visitors for a couple of hoppers, Mandy, Kevin’s wife and their two daughters, Maddy and Macy squashed into the cab for a ride. The girls have really grown and there isn’t as much room as there was when they were only ‘lap’ size.
After they left, Marilyn continued combining and was able to get the field done with no room to spare on the semi…but at least the cart and General were empty for tomorrow. Al needed the General empty so he could bring it in to Great Bend to get a tire fixed in the morning…one that seems to have a slow leak in it.
Tomorrow we take the header off and move to the next field…and it is supposed to be another ‘cooler’ day…
Another early day as Al went and picked up the shocks he had ordered for the General before we headed out to the combine. A nice change was the north wind that was blowing…it was a lot cooler, only reaching into the mid 90’s, which made the truck driver somewhat happier. Once we got to the field Marilyn serviced the combine and Al got the new shock put on the General.
We continued combining the field we were on yesterday…lots of terraces, so the going was slow and it was all Al could do to keep up with the trucking, especially since the yield was around 57 bu/ac. We were able to use Kevin’s semi and grain trailer to pick up some of the slack and it also helped because they were just hauling to the bin site, so there weren’t any line-ups to speak of.
Marilyn had visitors for a couple of hoppers, Mandy, Kevin’s wife and their two daughters, Maddy and Macy squashed into the cab for a ride. The girls have really grown and there isn’t as much room as there was when they were only ‘lap’ size.
After they left, Marilyn continued combining and was able to get the field done with no room to spare on the semi…but at least the cart and General were empty for tomorrow. Al needed the General empty so he could bring it in to Great Bend to get a tire fixed in the morning…one that seems to have a slow leak in it.
Tomorrow we take the header off and move to the next field…and it is supposed to be another ‘cooler’ day…
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