August 23, 2012

View of the day-Al passing by the drive in screen.

We got some rain up at the combines...not much, but enough to push the start time to 1pm.  Al started out driving the combine, while he had Marilyn working on his cell phone.  It still worked to call and receive, but the screen is white, so texting is out.  After a thorough cleaning and inspection, Marilyn wasn't able to get the screen back, so we have to come up with some way of working around the 'cell contract' system.

The plan was for Al to run our combine until the semi was full, then he would take over Kim's 2388 and Marilyn would run our 7088 and Kim would haul grain.  Dudey, Kim's nephew was the main hauler in his tandem truck and he was keeping up pretty good, so Marilyn just sat in the Dodge and waited her turn.  Eventually, the time came for her to start combining, just in time to finish the field...then wait some more as we looked for trucks who must have been lined up at the "elevator"...the bins in the yard.

We got the big part of the field done, then crossed the creek...on the road...and started on the last 20 or so acres.  We finished just at sunset, then rushed to get the rigs back to the yard before dark.  We had to drive past the entrance to the drive in and they were already lining up, so with the pickup heads still on, it was a tight squeeze to get past some of the vehicles rushing to get in line for the show.

We got the combines back to the yard, then Kim gave us a ride back to the field to get the Dodge and the loaded General.  After a shower and BBQed brats, Kim came over for a "nightcap" and Marilyn dusted off the bread machine to make a loaf of bread for lunch tomorrow.

Another piece of equipment that gets to make the run next year...