October 21, 2014

View of the day-how long has this old girl been sitting here for the trees to have grown in so thick around it?

We were up early and out at the field servicing by 8:30am.The thought was, it was safer to start early, even if it meant it would be tough and we had to go slower and quit early to avoid getting stuck...or lost. We put in a new inner air filter, hoping it would eliminate the air filter warning light that kept coming on sporadically. It did the trick...to start with, at least.

Al had a truck to unload as Marilyn got started back into the maze of sloughs in the field. Things were going quite well until the header started squeaking and after investigation, we found an eyebolt had broken. We managed to patch it back together by having the break held together by the nut. 

Marilyn went on a parts run to Yorkton, while Al continued combining. We figured if the eyebolt broke again, at least he would be able to dump the truck while he waited for Marilyn's return. 

It was just over an hour and Marilyn was back with the part. She was talking to Al on the radio as she pulled in the field and he said "wow, perfect timing, the bolt just broke again". Al dumped the combine, then it was fixing time.

We got the header back together with the right part and continued combining until the sun set. Unfortunately, the air filter warning light had started up again, but it never shut us down.

Best day on the canola, so far. Almost made 100 acres, but were short by 9...