September 15, 2013

View of the day-Right back to work in the field, with Kim in the lead and Al forever dumping the cart.

It froze last night...just a bit...the water was still running and thank goodness the furnace works.

It was a chilly day, with a bit of a wind...not enough to shorten up drying the wet grass. Of course, to quote an old customer of ours "we're not cutting the *&^%ing grass". Al and Kim got last night's trucks unloaded, then went out to the combines to fuel and service. Marilyn got lunch ready, then headed for the field.

It seemed the wheat was a bit wet, but we didn't do a test right away...just cut a truckload sample. The first test was 15.7% and the second load was 17.2%...time to shut down for a bit. We waited for a while out at the field, then Kim decided to use the air bin that he had put aside for the canola, so Al and Marg got the auger moved and the combining commenced again.

We finished the big part of the field, then Marilyn moved across the creek...via the road...and cut a parking patch. We took the sample of the cut back to the yard to test. It was plenty dry...14.2%...well, dry enough to go, at least.

Bob was out with his grain truck to take some of the pressure off Al and Doug. This meant we were able to keep Al in the field with the tractor and cart...a big help to keep the combines running. The yield didn't go down much as we got to the other side of the field...still over 50 bu/ac.

We went until the trucks and cart were full, then quit for the night. It was getting chilly and after the sun had disappeared, the jackets had to come out...even Al's.

Besides, it's Sunday Night Football...