August 22, 2013

View of the day-Top of the morning and Al is unloading the cart from last night. The truck driver was able to keep up today.

We were making dust by 10:15am, a good start to the day. With this field averaging 75 bu/ac there wasn't any rest for Al...or the truck driver. We found out today that he has three crews running, so that they do not have to clean off the machines between fields. Each crew has their own variety of certified seed wheat. No wonder he was busy at the bins!

We had just under half the field left and were able to get it lapped up before 4pm. Here is a shot of the last pass for South Dakota this year.

After the last semi was loaded, it was time to start cleaning. The bonus this time was that there was a good wind blowing and the temperature was pretty much at 80º...perfect conditions for cleaning.

Once the header was cleaned off, Al hooked it up to the Dodge and took it back to the yard, then got the high speed transport into position so Marilyn could load the header. While he was getting the yard ready for loading, Marilyn got the combine cleaned off, then moved it back to the yard. We went back to the field to get the tractor/grain cart and the shop trailer. 

Marilyn had to stop for a chokecherry fix before leaving the field...plenty of choices on this old tree 

and it was kind of neat to see the one with the most dead branches seemed to be yielding the most berries.

We got back to the yard and got the header taken out of transport and loaded on the high speed trailer, then got it strapped down, then it was on to the next rig.

We had to move the combine trailer into a better position for loading...it certainly looks like we have been here wayyy too long...we had to fight the grass to get the trailer out. Once Al had it parked on the road, we got the shop trailer hooked up behind it and Marilyn drove the combine up into place.

Next on the list was to get the tractor and cart loaded. Al got the rig driven up on the trailer and Marilyn started chaining it down, while Al got the General started and lined up to hook up to the trailer.

In no time at all were were hooked up, chained down and ready to move...the first load, at least. The combine load will have to wait for the return of the General tomorrow.

Let's hope for an uneventful trip tomorrow...