August 31, 2015

View of the day-Looking up at the 75,000 bushel bin...it's a looonnng way up.

We got .20 inches of rain during the night, so we knew it wouldn't be an early start in the oats...if at all depending on how much fell at the field.

We needed to run into Whitewood to get some clear diesel for the grain truck, so we stopped for an early lunch before filling the water jugs and coming back to the camper. There had only been the same amount of rain at the field and there was sun and strong winds, so we were off to work.

The wind was blowing hard, so it was a task to keep the chaff and straw off the air intake on the combine. The alarm went off a few times when the wiper arm would stop due to the build up on the screen, but after idling down, it would start moving again and Marilyn would be on her way.

The cart driver kept the trucks rolling and there was no waiting for the combines, he was on the ready before the grain had a chance to run over the top of the hopper.

Back at the bins, there was no moving the auger because of the high yielding oats...not with 75,000 bushels of storage in the bin, we might have a couple more days to fill it.

We had to make a couple short moves to some smaller patches, then after we got them all finished, we moved back to the first oat field after dark to park the combines for the night.

Tomorrow we move closer to the yard...