September 9, 2011

View of the day-The army all lined up and ready for attack.

We had a bit of moving to do today. First thing, Marilyn had to give Al a ride to the elevator so he could get the General unloaded while she went to the cardlock to fill the slip tank with fuel for the combine. Al left the General at the bin site and went back to the combine with Marilyn to service, fuel and get the header into transport for the move down the highway.

We had to move about 10 miles to the barley field we would be working on for the day...that's right, barley...Al's favorite itchy grain to haul. Once the combine was moved over and lined up with the rest of the machines, Marilyn was going to get the slip tank filled again but there was such a line up at the cardlock that she passed and just went out to get the straight header trailer moved back to the yard. While we were there we stopped for lunch, then had dessert up at the house before getting the General and heading back to the field.

We started combining, this time all the machines were in the same field, so Howie, the cart driver had his work cut out for him. The trucks were barely keeping up until another driver arrived to help out, which meant we hardly had to wait much at all after that. The bin site was about 6 miles away and the field was right along the very busy highway 10...and it didn't help that it was Friday...so the truckers had a long wait to get on and off the highway to get to the field.

We finished the first field, then moved across the road to start on the next field, by this time the sun was going down and we had no wind so it didn't take long before the straw was tough and it was time to quit. We moved the combines across the highway to the farm yard, then Marilyn picked Al up at the bin site. We went into town to get fuel for the combine, then it was back to the camper for the night.

More barley tomorrow...