Al got started early again, but it was really slow going. Partly due to the grain cart driver being able to keep up with five combines and the other was tough straw. It was cool...Marilyn would describe it as cold...and cloudy all day, which didn't help to change conditions.
Al got a great bargain with his latest acquisition for his Heritage Fleet...AND he even got it delivered! A Massey Ferguson 851 to go next to the last one. Big thanks to Mike Karpinski for buying it at the auction and delivering it.
While Al was combining, Marilyn pulled up stakes and got the camper ready to move 15 miles east to our next farmyard campground. It was a lot easier to make the move since the shop trailer was able to hold the hoses, tanks and satellite dish. It got moved first, then the camper got pulled over and set up.
After setup, Marilyn went into Kipling to pick up some groceries and parts for the dish cable...the end had mysteriously disappeared from under the camper over the winter. With the cable fixed and groceries put away, it was time to head back to the field.
It was only two swaths after Marilyn had jumped in the combine with Al, that the rotor had plugged picking up a headland around a slough. Al had a couple other plugs during the day, but they had been easy to reverse out...not this time. We spent a good 30-45 minutes rocking the rotor to try to get the wad out, but finally it gave way and we were back at it.
We called it quits just after 8pm so we could go back to the yard and clean off the rented header. After filling it with fuel and DEF, Al started his road trip back to the farmyard where the camper was. We drove back to get the little Dodge pickup and bring it back with the rest of the equipment and called it a night.
No air conditioning tonight, it's fireplace time...
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