September 23, 2013

View of the day-Al waits at the top of the hill for a top up of wheat in the General.

Al was out early to get the combine fueled and serviced, while Marilyn got lunches ready. Now that we have both pickups out here, we don’t have to travel together.

Plans had changed as far as the canola was concerned, so the guys moved the combine north to a field that had been cut already, so we could get the straight header put on the combine. We were switching to straight cutting some wheat…if it was dry enough. We moved the combine up to the next field and Marilyn cut a patch for parking, then we got some trucks lined up for filling.

The combine showed the moisture was 16.5%, but when the elevator tested it, they claimed it was 17.8%. That was not good, so we were going to wait for a bit, which we did. We tested with our portable tester and it was showing 16.5%, so we started up again. The wheat was running around 70 bu/ac, so Al was kept busy with the trucking, and had gotten some relief when Phil came out to run a truck or two.

Across the field from us, also combining for Bob, was Chris in his CaseIH 2388 combine. Phil was keeping the wheat away for him, but would cross back over to Marilyn to get a top off on some loads. These fields are in an area where there are a lot of potholes, so there really isn’t a straight run and as it got close to dark, Marilyn was taking care not to get too close to those potholes.

When the elevator closed…at 7:30pm…Al left the empty trucks for Marilyn to fill and he went back to the camper. It didn’t take much longer for Marilyn to get the trucks loaded, and after they were tarped and the combine fueled, that was it for the day.

Except to stop for fuel in Balcarres on the way home…