View of the day-Step one in getting the sunflower pans taken off the 810 header at Gerald, SK.An early morning as we needed to go on a road trip to Gerald to help take the sunflower pans off of the header that we had sold, since there was no way it was going to fit on the new combine.
Al took the Dodge in to see if we could get a new alternator put on...there wasn't one to be found in town, but the Dodge dealer in Estevan had one. Marg had to take Gordie in for football practice, so she was going to pick it up for us.
Kim let us use his pickup to go on our road trip since he was busy swathing canola and wouldn't need it for the day. We got a few tools together, then headed out, stopping in Whitewood for lunch and in Esterhazy so Al could get his driver's licence renewed.
Dale, the farmer was already at, Al's brother, Jeff's place with his 2188 Case combine ready to unload the header from the trailer...we hit the first obstacle...it wouldn't lift high enough to clear the brackets. We tried several different scenarios until we gave up and went old school and used a couple of long railroad ties as ramps for the combine to get it high enough. That did the job and we were ready to move on to phase two...getting the pans off.
We laid out four wood pallets to set the pans on and got lined up to them, then unhooked the chains holding them on...so far, so good. Unfortunately, the shaft from the drum was hindering the dividers release on the left side, so with a bit of 'persuasion' from a prybar, Al and Dale got it loose and step two was accomplished.
We moved on to getting the drum taken off and this went a lot smoother than the pans did, especially with Jeff's main man running the skid steer. Once it was removed, the next task was to get the bat reels put back on...this ended up being the easiest job of all and they were on in no time at all.
Marilyn got the honors of loading the header back on the trailer, which went a lot smoother since the blocks were still in place and it was just a matter of getting lined up and setting it on the brackets. Job completed.
We left Jeff's, then made a mad dash to Langenburg to pick up a new air filter and oil for the combine at the CaseIH dealership before they closed. We went back through Esterhazy, stopping for fuel and a sub, then headed back for Carlyle...we just love driving...1500 miles since Sunday.
Back at Carlyle, we got caught up with the day's goings on with Kim, Gordie and Marg, then Marilyn did a bit of Skyping and had a Twitter class with one of her friends from Yorkton, getting the hang of UberTwitter on her BlackBerry.
Looks like there could be some barley combining on tomorrow's agenda...
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