We were up early and on the road to check on parts at Windthorst before 8am. After giving our list of needed parts to the man at the counter, we found out that one of them was only available from someplace in Missouri and we wouldn't see it until Wednesday. Just great.
Al called down to see if the ProHarvest truck was still at Stanley, ND and found out it had left on Friday...and the part we needed would have been on it. What rotten timing.
Al had decided to just get the mechanics to come out and do the repairs...it seemed like a lot of heavy work in small spaces to get stuff shifted enough to get the big part out of the engine compartment. After talking to the service manager, he said we could save a lot more if we just brought the combine to them...at least they have the equipment to do the overhead lifting. We agreed and went back to the farm to get the combine.
We had to stop and look at a tractor that was for sale for Al's pal Danny...Marilyn was eyeing up the front end loader that was part of the deal and wondering if it would fit on the Magnum. Al said the brackets would be the issue, so that was that.
We got the combine fueled up and Al started roading the combine 20 miles over to Windthorst. He had another chat with the service manager, then we headed back to the farm, stopping for lunch at the big burger joint in Kipling.
Al had baseball and football to watch in the evening and Marilyn had a meeting for the theatre group in Yorkton, so she was on the road to the meeting and back at the camper by 10pm.
The temperatures are dipping below freezing tonight, so the furnace better be working...
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