September 12, 2017

View of the day-Service work today, so we had to take a picture before taking the old unloading auger chain off for replacement...just in case.

Al was out early to clean the combine and headers off...three-quarters clean, also, just in case. After it was clean, we proceeded to change the chain, which didn't take long once we had a look at the "map".

Next on our list was the high speed transport header trailer. If you recall from an earlier post, we were having issues with this new trailer. We hadn't had to use it, since the header has its own wheels for short distances, but now, it was time to get the big one rolling. 

Our original issue was that the two axles at the back were so close together that the header wouldn't fit between the bracket and the wheels.

We used the combine to lift the back of the header trailer, to make it easier to move the back axle out of the way. We used to use the combine for lifting trailers a lot, back in the "old days". We used "percussion persuasion"(the sledge hammer)to nudge them back a bit at a time...we left one of the bolts in loose at all times so we wouldn't have a catastrophe. Little did we know, moving the axle would be the easy part.

Next we had to figure out which beam on the header the bracket would go under. This required lining up the header to the trailer and a pile of trial and error lifting and setting down. We actually did all of this today without any heavy "discussions"...considering this was new territory for us, that was a miracle.

We had gone online to see if there were any pictures of other headers on these trailers. What few there were, were so blurry we couldn't glean any info from them. This trailer was built for a 40 ft header and ours is only 35, so that was another issue. 

We finally figured it out...to our satisfaction, at least...and it was on the trailer.

It looks pretty good, but we have to see how it makes it down the road loaded. 

Tomorrow we haul a few things north...before the rain...and it is coming, judging by the actions of the black flies...