October 16, 2016

View of the day-Finally back at it again and you have to love the autosteer...the perfect one pass width left.

We got the camper winterized and parked, then started to get the house back in order while we waited for the weather to smarten up. Since it rained and snowed all week, it was looking like we wouldn't be seeing the combine until at least Monday the 17th.

We had all our plans in order to start that day, and then we got the Friday morning call. The farmer was going to try the standing wheat out and let us know how close it was to combining. Forty-five minutes later we were scrambling to get some stuff together to head for the combine.

With no time to get organized, we decided to get down to Kipling in a hurry, get started combining, then Marilyn would come back to Yorkton to get some necessities for a stay at Carlyle. 

We got out to the combine, moved it to the yard to fuel it up, then headed for the field to start combining. We had been concerned that the ground would be a bit soggy from all the moisture that had been falling, but surprizingly, it was alright and we were able to go through almost everything...that common sense would allow...we never would have driven through some of the low spots even when it was dry.

Al had been relegated to cart driver until the regular driver got out to the field around 5pm, so Marilyn was in the combine, but after that, she went back to Yorkton, loaded up and came back down to the field, getting back just as the guys were filling the last load for the night. An 80 acre day which was not bad for starting at 3pm. We were bunking down at Carlyle, but by the time we got there from the field, everyone was in bed already.

We had a great day on Saturday, we were rolling by 10am and the weather was perfect...sunny, warm and very windy. Al was back in the cart again and he kept the combines running. There were a few issues with the auger at the bin which required the farmer to leave his combine sit while he went back to get things fixed at the yard. Marilyn combined until the cart and combine were full, then sat for about an hour until an empty truck came back.

Even though we had some waiting and a move, we still managed to get 130 combined. A pretty good day for October, but another late night getting to bed.

Sunday we were up early and off to Kipling, eager to get closer to the finish line. It was windy, cloudy and cold...relatively speaking...not a drying day. We got out to the combine, let it warm up, then drove back to the yard to fuel up before moving to the next field.

It was sprinkling off and on, but never looked like it was going to hold us up too much, but that changed after doing a test. He decided combining today was not going to happen, so we headed back to Carlyle for a day of NFL on TV.

It rained a lot heavier around Carlyle, but the radar looked like it was going to miss the field...if the weather future cast was any indication.

Marybe it only rained a tenth at the field...