July 21, 2013

View of the day-Al's truck gets a new fuel filter to give it some much needed power...and the filter did the trick.

We were up early to get out to the field and finish off the last 50 acres for this farmer. Gerry had to do some business in town, so Marilyn and Lynn took care of finishing off the field.  After that was done, we got the headers put into transport and by then most of the guys were back in the field to help get ready to move.

Chris led the way pulling the header from Gerry's combine with the service truck, followed by Gerry in the combine, Lynn in the tractor and cart, then Marilyn in her combine pulling her header.  We had about 45 miles to drive and at 25 mph, it takes a little while, but getting to see the Nebraska scenery in a glass room at 10ft above the ground...well...it doesn't get much better than that.  A nice Sunday drive.

We made it to Hay Springs and stopped at the campground to have a drink and take a break from the drive.  

After getting refreshed, we forged on to Rushville, just east of where we were camped.  

We got out to the field and Gerry made a round to make sure it was going to be fit to combine.  It was good to go, so we were able to finish a small field, then move through some precarious passes with the 36 ft headers to the next field.  We made a couple of rounds each, getting enough to fill one of the trucks, then called it quits for the day and went back to the campground.

The skies had some nasty looking clouds that were working their way towards us and by the time we got settled in and the guys had gotten the BBQ going, the rain and wind hit, so we passed on going over to the crew trailer for burgers and just stayed in our camper and watched the light show.

Let's hope it missed the field...