View of the day-The army is lined up with the most important part of the operation standing guard.
We had a somewhat productive day. We started off with our morning stroll over to the Cafe for breakfast, then packed the lunch bags and headed out to the field.
When we got there, we saw one of the semis getting two new boots on the trailer so we asked the tire man if he could fix another one of the tires on the header that had gone flat.He did't have a tube with him, but he said he would come back later and get the job done.
Marilyn was gun shy and stayed away from anyplace that even looked like she might get stuck and fortunately, Al got his exercise by walking the patches that were left so there would be smooth sailing for the combine.
Justin had a good day in his combine, being lighter weight he could go places that Marilyn couldn't...but he still wasn't light enough to cross the waterway to get to the last patch in the field. First stuck of the day, but he came out with hardly a tug from the 4 wheel drive and he left that patch for another day.
Marilyn moved over to a small piece across the road and cleaned it up in no time and it was plenty dry, so there was no worried...why can't it all be like this...shut up and drive. We had to move a few miles over to the next field and this one was relatively flat compared to the last field. Justin started out on the north piece and Marilyn struck out on the larger south piece and she was able to cut right across the centre of the field without issue.
We never did get all the wheat cut, but with it opened up the heat and wind could get to the ground and dry it out so it could get finished later on in the week...hopefully.
Marilyn moved over to a small piece across the road and cleaned it up in no time and it was plenty dry, so there was no worried...why can't it all be like this...shut up and drive. We had to move a few miles over to the next field and this one was relatively flat compared to the last field. Justin started out on the north piece and Marilyn struck out on the larger south piece and she was able to cut right across the centre of the field without issue.
We never did get all the wheat cut, but with it opened up the heat and wind could get to the ground and dry it out so it could get finished later on in the week...hopefully.
Al had talked to Justin and he decided it would work better if we were both on the same piece, so Marilyn moved over and started cutting on the piece he had patched out. She had just turned around at the end of the standing grain and was about to start back in cutting, when her knife stopped. 
She tried to reverse the knife, but Lord knows that is a waste of time, so she decided to back up so she could go out and pull the straw out...the combine didn't want to move. Well, actually it did move...straight down...stuck two of the day.
Wayne was manning the grain cart while Al was running a truckload to town and since he had just left the field with the truck, he was able to leave the truck in Pingree and get a ride back to the field to help pull the combine out.
Wayne took over in the 4 wheel drive and because we have a chain wired up, ready for action, it didn't take long to get the straps hooked to the tractor and Marilyn to get pulled out.
She went back to work on the high ground and was going along fairly good, but it wasn't long after that she was making a turn to go back into the standing grain to meet the grain cart when one wheel of the combine dropped and there she was...stuck again. Al came over with the grain cart and was able to get the combine unloaded and we were pretty sure that without the 100 bushels of wheat in the hopper, we might have been able to get out...but why take any chances when the cavalry is right there.
Still not ready to give up, she helped Justin finish off the last of the piece patched out, then we called it a night...it was getting tough...Marilyn actually had her feeder plug up. Surprisingly the reverser works to get that unplugged.
What adventures will tomorrow bring...
She tried to reverse the knife, but Lord knows that is a waste of time, so she decided to back up so she could go out and pull the straw out...the combine didn't want to move. Well, actually it did move...straight down...stuck two of the day.
Wayne was manning the grain cart while Al was running a truckload to town and since he had just left the field with the truck, he was able to leave the truck in Pingree and get a ride back to the field to help pull the combine out.
Wayne took over in the 4 wheel drive and because we have a chain wired up, ready for action, it didn't take long to get the straps hooked to the tractor and Marilyn to get pulled out.
She went back to work on the high ground and was going along fairly good, but it wasn't long after that she was making a turn to go back into the standing grain to meet the grain cart when one wheel of the combine dropped and there she was...stuck again. Al came over with the grain cart and was able to get the combine unloaded and we were pretty sure that without the 100 bushels of wheat in the hopper, we might have been able to get out...but why take any chances when the cavalry is right there.
Still not ready to give up, she helped Justin finish off the last of the piece patched out, then we called it a night...it was getting tough...Marilyn actually had her feeder plug up. Surprisingly the reverser works to get that unplugged.
What adventures will tomorrow bring...
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