We had an early lunch, then Marilyn took the new camera that we had bought in to the CaseIH dealer to get tested. She had power up to the camera, but for some reason, the monitor in the combine was just coming up with a black screen where the picture should be. They hooked the camera up to their monitor to see if that was the problem in the situation...it worked fine, so at least we could eliminate that.
We went out to the bins to do a bit of cleaning and get the machines loaded. We had another perfect day...mid 80's and a brisk south wind at the top of the hill. Not brisk enough to keep the wasps away, but good enough to keep us cooled down.
First thing on the list was to get the header loaded on the high speed transport trailer. That went smoothly and while Al got it strapped down, Marilyn blew off the combine.
Then it was time to load the tractor and cart, but Al had a bit of fixing to do on the Freightliner before we could get going. One of the rubber straps that hold the battery box cover had broken, so he had to find another one to replace it. Once he got that repaired, we started loading.
After the Freight load was chained down and lights tested, we moved over to the combine. Marilyn drove it up on the trailer, with Al's guidance and we got it right the first time, so we got it chained down and hooked up to the General. Then we battened down the tools in the shop trailer and got it lined up to hook up behind the combine trailer...that was a one shot back-up deal, too. We were on a roll.
Marilyn tried to see if she could get the camera working...still nothing. Then she was going to get the old camera set up for Al to see behind the General, but the monitor wasn't working due to the cable end coming off. No problem, she thought, we will just borrow the monitor from the tractor's setup. Wrong. for some reason, every cable has to have a different end and none of them are interchangable. She will come up with another plan, since the General won't be moving until Saturday.We came back to town, got cleaned up and went out for supper with Ken, Karen, Kevin, Mandy, Maitland, Maddy and Macy. We had a good visit and a delicious supper at Applebee's, then it was back to the camper for the night.
The wind had wreaked havoc with the awning over one of the slides and had pulled out about 18 inches of the cording that holds the awning in the channel. Marilyn had been trying to figure out a way to get it back in the channel, but it was kind of tough to do, since the awning was about a foot below the roof line and was under tension to keep it tight. Marilyn discovered if she stood on the awning about six inches from the start of where the cording had pulled out, it would give just enough slack to get the cord back in...with some "love taps" from a small hammer. It put her in a better position to do the tapping, too.
With that job done, it was time to call it a night. Tomorrow we will be moving the Freight and header up to Stockton and parking it there until we decide how far we are going with the second load. The we might take a side trip to Colby to celebrate July 4 with a bunch of our harvesting friends.
Should be a great time...
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