View of the day-Ingenuity...a hopper bin for seed wheat made out of an oil tank...more details to come.
We got going great guns and were doing pretty good until the trucks got backed up. We couldn't do too much once everything was full, so we went into Vernon to pick up a few things and check out the lineups at the elevator there. They said we could haul there but it would be a FIVE HOUR wait until we would get unloaded...pass on that.
Once again there were combines rolling all around us, with the strong south wind blowing and the temperature topping out at 102ยบ, it was prime harvesting weather.
We finally finished the first field then moved across the road to start on the second field. We needed to fill one more semi so that he would have a load to take to Altus in the morning...so much for an early night. We did get him filled and on the road home, then after fueling the combine, we headed for home too.
Considering we had a Walmart break in the afternoon, we still managed to get...149 acres done today!
We got out to the field and did some servicing. Al got to check out the new position for blowing out the rad from the top deck...works great. Marilyn greased and got organized to start in on what was left of the field.
We got going great guns and were doing pretty good until the trucks got backed up. We couldn't do too much once everything was full, so we went into Vernon to pick up a few things and check out the lineups at the elevator there. They said we could haul there but it would be a FIVE HOUR wait until we would get unloaded...pass on that.
Once we got the call that the trucker was on his way, we went back to the field and continued cutting. The trucks were hauling the odd load into Frederick so that helped them get back a bit sooner and we didn't have to wait again for the rest of the day.
That was nothing like the two JD combines that were in the field across from us...one of them had a full hopper in the morning right after we started and it stayed parked full in the field all day...they were waiting on trucks too.
Once again there were combines rolling all around us, with the strong south wind blowing and the temperature topping out at 102ยบ, it was prime harvesting weather.
We finally finished the first field then moved across the road to start on the second field. We needed to fill one more semi so that he would have a load to take to Altus in the morning...so much for an early night. We did get him filled and on the road home, then after fueling the combine, we headed for home too.
Considering we had a Walmart break in the afternoon, we still managed to get...149 acres done today!
Look out tomorrow...
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