View of the day-Yes, it’s official, the first sample of the season as Al finished the last pass.
Finally no wind!
Al was up early to get the header trailer trimmed up, he took it in to Burlington and was back home with the completed project in a couple of hours. They did an excellent job and even added some new clearance lights, so now we are ready for action.
ProHarvest was on the move to Fairview so we were able to get hold of them to make sure we had the latest updates for the monitor in the combine. They sent out Clayton with a laptop to get us up and
running, so while he was working in the combine, we went to work getting the light hook-ups ported out of the back of the combine and cart trailer. Fortunately we had cables run when we fixed the trailers last year, so all we had to do was add the plug end so they would work with the shop/pickup head trailer...always a treat.
With Al helping out at the signal switches, we were able to get both ends working…the right way, the first time, for a change. Once we got finished and Clayton had taken care of the software update, it was time to take a test…just to see where we were at. Al took the header out and Marilyn followed with the combine and we got everything hooked up and ready for action. After cutting out a patch, it appeared as if we might be just a bit early with the testing…although you can never trust the first readings of the season.
We took the test into town and the elevator’s tester read 17.4% moisture…that settled any thoughts of doing anything more. There were a few trucks rolling by the camper…which always makes Al happy…and more crews were moving into town, so it must be getting close.
Back at the camper, Marilyn decided it was time to tackle the cables and try to set up the computer desk. We only brought laptops this year, so it should have been a piece of cake, but…printer, router, speakers, external hard drives, USB hubs…you know…stuff. But, everything is in its place and it doesn’t have to move again until the end of the season.
And that takes care of another very productive day…
No comments:
Post a Comment