August 23, 2013

View of the day-Preventative maintenance as we get one of the tires changed on the General, before it blows on the highway while we are pulling a big load.

We were out at the farm by 9:30am and while Al went in to settle up, Marilyn got the General started so it could air up, then started to get the rear view camera setup working on the combine. We really didn't need it for the first load, but it would save time when we got back for the second one.

It was only 110 miles from Selby to our destination...a trip that should have only taken three hours...but we had to deal with road construction and pilot cars, twice, so we lost at least an hour going up and coming back. We hope they don't work on the weekend.

It was hot and humid today although we did manage to have the wind pick up in the afternoon, so we had a real good push for the trip north. Not so good coming back south, though.

We got out to the farm at Menoken, ND and unloaded the tractor and cart, then it was time to turn and burn back to Selby. Al had noticed that the cap was starting to come off on one of the inside duals on the General, so he figured we would just forge on to Menoken...hoping that it wouldn't give out...then stop at Hazelton on the way back to see if they would have a new tire...nd the time to put it on...they did.

We killed another hour while they got the new tire on, then took off, stopping for fuel in Herried before going back to the farm to get the combine hooked up.

Out at the farm, we had a chat with the farmer and said our goodbyes before getting the combine hooked up and chained down. We got back into Selby with the load and parked in across the street from the motel for an early getaway. 

We were happy to see that our neighbors in the campground had left during the day. They had parked so close and on an angle to the front of our camper, that we weren't sure how we were going to get hooked up...the truck would have had to come in at quite an angle and we haven't had luck trying to accomplish that in the past.

But there were no worries now...