August 19, 2015

View of the day-The fourth machine showed up today...lots of action.

We were up early to get the sensor changed, service and start by 9:30am. It was another perfect day for harvesting...could have used a little more wind to keep the dust away, but we're definitely not complaining.

There wasn't a beep out of the chopper alarm today, so the sensor was the problem. the only hiccup during the day was a break to fix a few sections that had piled up thanks to a rock. This one even sheared off three bolts. A 20 minute fix and the show was on the road again.

Al was kept hopping in the General hauling grain. They are loading into 72,000 bushel bins, so that eliminates moving the auger all together. After two fields, we have it half full. Lots of room left for the next couple or so.

The buggy sure kept us rolling all day...no time for a pit stop, no waiting at all. What a difference a year makes...no fears about getting stuck at all. It was interesting to see the places we had gotten stuck last year, then see how the sloughs had dried right up and we could almost drive through them. Marilyn saw the ruts that were left from the back wheels of the combine as we left one of the fields last year after the dual were on. They were a good 18 inches deep with thick dried out cracks along the bottom...again, what a difference.

Good day, over all...115 acres...