Today was moving day. We had a new experience with loading up...we knew nothing of what was going on...at least in the procedure department. We know the rigs have to get loaded on trailers and strapped down, but every harvester has their own way of doing things. We were about to learn the Prevost way.
Gerry has a fold up, double header trailer, so it was interesting to watch him and Craig get things lined up and loaded.
They got the trailer parked in the centre of the yard, hooked up the hydraulics to the combine, then lowered into loading position.
Each header got loaded on the trailer and tied down, then the hydraulics lifted the headers into transport position.
It is amazing to think those headers will ride in that position hooked to a couple of brackets. But they do.
Marilyn went back to the campground and got the camper hooked up and waited for the circus to get to town, so she could bring up the rear of the parade.
Craig was leading the way with a semi and one of the combines, then Gerry followed with a combine and the headers, then Al pulled a couple of grain trailers with the tandem, then Marilyn with the camper and Lynn brought up the rear with the motor home and shop trailer.
It was a long haul...185 miles...with lots of traffic, but thankfully most of the roads were relatively smooth...most. We missed most of the rain showers that threatened and by the time we got to the road to the field, the clouds were pretty much gone...at least where we were.
We could see where the rain had come through when we took a pit stop in one of the towns we passed through.
While the guys went out to the field to get unloaded, Marilyn and Lynn drove 35 miles further north to Hay Springs, NE to get the camper and motor home set up at the campground. Once that was done, it was back out to the field to start combining. It was a far cry from the last field we had done...this one was running as high as 50 bu/ac...Lynn was kept hopping in the tractor and cart.
They guys had quite a time at the elevator. Al had ridden in with Craig to see where the elevator was...it was busy, they didn't know where they were going, what pit they were supposed to go to and where the heck the pit was, then they actually had a wrong moisture test. The combines were showing anywhere from 10.5% to 12.8% moisture, yet the probe at the elevator said 15.2%! Gerry ended up taking a load in to try and get it straightened out...and he did.
Marilyn and Lynn waited for results, but it was already getting dark, so they went back in to town for the night, and the guys followed after they got back out to the field. Craig still had to set up the crew trailer that had been left out at the farm from the trip in yesterday.
And now we are in a new time zone...
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