View of the day-Quite the pile of corn near where we will be working on the swather...some happy cows around here.
Rain again...off and on most of the day until around 6pm, then the sun came out...big deal.
We took it easy most of the day, Al went out to see the farmers about their swather, but they were in Highmore getting parts...again. The 24 ft swather that was broke down was getting to be more of a headache for them so they decided to pull the 21 ft out of the grass...but it needed a bit of work too.
We got them to pick up a new gasket seal for our air filter on the combine while they were there...we hope that is the problem with the alarm going off. They had most of the parts needed to fix the 24 ft and had to make a couple of trips to get the right belts for the 21 ft...just for backup. Marilyn and Al will be putting the 24 ft back together tomorrow. After comparing the two drives and having a conversation with someone back home who was very familiar with these swathers we are pretty confident we can handle it.
The farmers are 83 and 85 years old, so we figured we better look after getting the swather back together...they are never in a hurry and tomorrow will be a month that we are here in Gettysburg...with 250 acres to go.
At least there is no rain in the forecast...HA...good one...
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