June 8, 2010

View of the day-Marilyn nervously gets to cut around the big power poles...where Al seems to insist on lining up under the wires to unload...NO chance of that.

The farmer came to pick Al up first thing this morning to dump the General's seed load into the bin. By the time Marilyn got out to the field, Al was back and after servicing and fueling the combine, it was an early start combining.

We finished the field we were on, then moved over to get the last few passes of seed wheat that we had left in the previous field that were needed to top off the bin. We dumped it in the General and left the unloading for tomorrow. Here are a couple more pictures of the oil tank hopper bin, the only thing the farmer has left to do is add a lock system to the drain door so the wild hogs don't break in.

We moved over to the last field and were going great guns until the trucking slowed down...line ups at the new elevator they were hauling to meant we wouldn't get to finish today. The productivity of this new combine is amazing, with 35ft of 40+bu crop coming in we are averaging 19ac/hr...and hardly a snort going through the heavier stands. Now if only we could get the monitor to quit locking up, it would be perfect.

We went into Vernon to get something for supper, then went back to the camper and although we quit earlier than normal, it still ended up being late by the time we got home.

We hope to get finished and moved back to Davidson tomorrow to get loaded up...strict orders to get finished before the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff game.

But, you know, the best laid plans...