July 20, 2010

View of the day-The trucks are lined up outside the elevator in Onida, SD. They had another line running next to the one you can see and there were a couple of women with Sheriff vests on directing traffic...and it was early in the day, no telling how long it got as the day went on.

We didn't start the day early, but we did get lots done. We went to Onida to the Case dealer to pick up a couple of air filters for the combine. We figured we had better get a new one since the air filter alarm kept going off on the last field we were on and we had to stop to blow it out a few times. We took a tour around the campgrounds to see if there was anyone we knew...there was, but they were all out in the field or doing some type of 'make work' project.

On the way back to Gettysburg, we decided to take the back roads so we could look at the rye and spring wheat we have to do south of town. We were also able to miss all the stop signs they had on the highway where they were fixing little patches of the road. The rye is still a little way off...but who can tell with the 'bite' test on rye...might have to get the portable combine out yet.

There were combines in the field and a lot of fields were already done...looks like this is another popular area for stripper heads.

Back in Gettysburg we went over to the tractor to see about getting the cameras mounted on the cart...a job that we had started in Davidson, OK. We had gotten back the new multiplexer and monitor under warranty and now had all the pieces needed to get everything mounted and wired. Al watched as Marilyn climbed the ladder to find the best spot for the cameras...the one on the back was a no brainer, but the auger was a different kettle of fish.

We tried it on the top of the auger, but the auger boot wouldn't allow a view directly down. Then we tried it under the auger right up near the boot and that seemed to be the best one for viewing, but since we had it on a 3 inch diameter magnet it didn't stick too well on the round auger. We finally mounted it beside the light on the top side of the auger, we could see down and ahead...and part of the auger boot...but at least Al will be able to see into the box when he is dumping the cart.

After we found where they would get mounted, Al went back to the camper and Marilyn looked after getting the 50ft of cables secured on the cart, into the tractor and the multiplexer mounted and wired in...mission accomplished.

Now all we have to do is start combining to try it out...