A 10 am start helped to make a 120 acre day possible. We moved over to work with the John Deeres today and it was nice to work with a grain cart as well...no time for bathroom breaks.
We had another 30C hot one for most of the day, the wind was also blowing hard. Al started combining, then after Marilyn came out, she took over while Al had a lunch break. While she had the combine to herself, she got the autosteer working...finally. It had been a issue last year and since we had to purchase a new monitor to repair the problem, there was some relearning to do.
When Al got back to the combine, he noticed the engine temperature was a little high, so he borrowed some air from one of the semis in the field and blew out the radiators. This cooled it down in a hurry and we were back in the barley before too long.
The other red machine was missing for part of the day due to an electrical problem...it wouldn't start. The service truck from Moosomin came out and discovered it was a wire to the key. It wasn't long before they were back in the swing of things.
The cart driver had his work cut out for him, with all of the machines rolling and the barley running as well as it was. It wasn't until later in the day that we started to have a backlog and had to wait. With 3/4 to a mile long runs, machines were never together enough to make unloading efficient. They got it done, though.
Later in the day, the wind started coming out of the NW and the temperature dropped dramatically...down to 23C. Marilyn was wishing she had a jacket stashed in the combine, it seemed downright chilly with the wind. The wind was also making it tough when unloading on the go into the cart. Good thing it's a big target.
Tomorrow we should finish the barley...
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