June 11, 2013

View of the day-A cooker of a day, and all Al could talk about was seeing the weather app showing that it was only 64ºF at home in Yorkton.

Another day of to-do's.  We had a late breakfast at the Sale Barn Cafe then went to see if the cart was ready...it had moved from the lot into the shop, so that was promising.  We went to pick up the filter for the Freight that we had ordered at Bumper to Bumper, then went back out to the farm to do some house cleaning...little house.

The shop trailer was in need of an update, the shelving unit that we had put in had not fared to well.  Marilyn had gotten a wire rack that Staples was throwing out and it served us well, but with the load and rough roads we had travelled on, it was time to change it up before it collapsed.  Marilyn had picked up a heavy duty rack from Lowes when we were in Enid, so it was time to put it together and do some rearranging.

It was a bit cooler in the shop trailer, which helped with the big job of going though all the tubs that were used to organize everything.  Al got the job of cleaning out the "spill tub"...that's where all the nuts, bolts, washers and other stuff ends up after a particularly rough trip. Anything that jumps out of the bolt bins and ends up on the floor gets picked up with the magnetic wand and is put in this tub.  Al was kept pretty busy and he was in a "chucking" mood, so there was lots of garbage.  Marilyn hopes we don't need some of the chucks at a later date.

We took a break to go get the tractor and cart, which was now finished. Wow. What a great job R.L.'s guys did of replacing the bows...there is no way we have to worry about the snow this winter with all the extra bracing they put in.  We had to pick up some rubber cording for the tarp, to help pull it closed, but with the heat of the day, Marilyn was not going to climb over that hot metal to get inside to tie it off.

We took the tractor and cart back to the farm, then Al wanted to take a road trip to Alva to see where he would be hauling the canola.  He had hauled there before, but just wanted a refresher on which corners to turn at.  Once he had it figured out, we went to McDonald's for supper...first time for McD's this trip...then stopped at Sonic for dessert before going back to Cherokee.

It had cooled off quite a bit, so Marilyn decided to get the cameras mounted on the grain cart.  After getting the monitor and control box mounted in the cab and hiding all the cabling, it was up and down the ladder a few dozen times getting the cameras and cables zip-tied to the cart.  Once it got too dark to see and the bugs started to bite, it was time to call it a day.

Still can't believe how beefy those cart hoops are...