August 24, 2015

View of the day-Al and Doug walk over to the the CaseIH ProHarvest truck down in Stanley, ND.

We got the word that there wouldn't be anything happening in the harvest world here at the farm, so we took a road trip across the border. Before we left the area, we got the shop trailer out of the mud and moved it out to the field where the combine was to have it in position for action when we got back from Stanley, ND.

We had talked to the ProHarvest guys last week when we had our issues with the chopper sensor and found out they would be moving north to Stanley over the weekend, so since we had the time, we took a trip. 

Al always has to pick up his annual ProHarvest belt buckle for his collection...and of course, the ProHarvest hats. We can't get down for the kickoff breakfast in Oklahoma anymore, so we have to wait until they get close to Canada to get the ones they know we reserve annually.

We burned down, picked up the goods and burned back home. The only combine we saw making dust on our 450 km tour was Kim's at Carlyle on the canola. Lots of swathing going on, though.

We got back to the combine around 4pm and started to tear apart the cab deck so we could add the re-fabricated extension we had made to get the kit to fit over our duals. This is the before picture of the deck...no way that is able to pivot over the tire.

We were pleasantly surprised that it went as smoothly as it did. We got it loosened up and moved out as far as we figured we needed it to go with the new step. Since Al had gotten Mike from the muffler shop to lengthen the pipes for the main rails, to the length we had decided that we needed...7 inches. Unfortunately, when he took one of the original platform pieces to the machine shop and got them to make another one, he neglected to tell them about the 7 inch measurement...so they made it the same as the original...9 inches.

We got almost everything back together, except the extra brace that was included in the original kit...minus the correct length of bolt that wasn't included. We found one that would work, but then had to drill the holes through the square tube. 

We finished just as the sun was going down and the mosquitoes were getting thick. No more turning sideways to get through the railing, no sir, there is enough room up there now for a square dance.

All we need now is a short piece to fill in the gap on the front...