September 29, 2017

View of the day-Part of the new team we are working with...a Massey 9790 and a CaseIH 2588.

We drove back up to Canora to get the Shop trailer and the combine. Al drove the combine down...about 40 miles, so he had lots of time to check out the scenery.

The Massey had a bit of an issue yesterday...a racoon had decided the engine compartment would be a nice warm place to spend the night. The farmers alway check the compartment before starting the engine in the morning, but this racoon must have been a teenager...asleep in some far corner. When they started it up, the racoon hit the fan and removed a few of the fins before there was time to stop.

This was not problem enough. They were told the part was in Regina, so they drove in to get it, only to find out that it was the wrong one. When they did another search with the right part number this time, the only  replacement fan was in Chicago. Fortunately they discovered that a fan from a Gleaner would fit just as well. It did and they were back in business.

Marilyn took the shop trailer home and found a parking spot for it...no easy task with all the equipment in the yard...then started to clean out the camper. She threw some lunch together for Al, then went back out to the field for the rest of the night. There was supposed to be some drone pictures, but just as she was firing it up...the battery in the tablet was dead, and so was the phone, so there would be no flight this day.

We finished the field around 10pm...it was getting tough, so it was just in time.

Al went out early today, but they weren't able to get started very early. The 2588 was down due to a bum alternator. That was a bit easier to remedy, since they are a common part. They had moved over to a new field and got rolling around 11am. The rest of the day went without incident.

This field was finished by 8:30pm and the combines moved back to the farmyard to park for the night. The truckers were kept hopping all day.

These farmers are the ones who rent our quarter of land, so tomorrow...for the first time since we purchased it seven years ago...we will actually combine our own field.

The life of a harvester...