Al got up extra early and took the pickup head to the CaseIH Dealer in Windthorst, 20 miles west of the farm. Since we didn't have the right trailer to haul it, he had to take it over on the combine...at 22 mph. He was back by 9:30, so it wasn't too bad.
We were going into straight cut winter wheat, so we had to hook up the header and make sure everything was in running order. It was, so all we had to do was move to the field and crank up.
With five machines running again, it didn't take long to get the first quarter section done. We moved over to the second field, but had to do a bit of cherry picking to find the dryest wheat. It had been desicated but there were still some green heads that were bringing the moisture up. Fortunately it was a lot dryer on the north end of the field.
We lost our wind just around sunset, but the timing was right. With another hour to go, we had finished the dry wheat and it was quitting time.
More of the same tomorrow...
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