The start time was up in the air this morning, what with the low clouds, high humidity and threat of rain. We did get 35 drops on the camper, but it stayed away for the most part. Word came down the start time was to be noon...or maybe 1pm...they split the difference and cranked up at 12:30.
It was slow going to start, and the straw never did get dry...even with the wind that was blowing hard out of the east. With all five machines going again a lot of acres got covered...not as much as would have been if the sun would have shone and helped the dry down.
The half section got finished, then everyone moved over to the next field. Apparently the auto steer was not working on the swather...most of the time the line was off by 1ยบ, which doesn't seem like much, but over the half mile it makes a difference.
There was that, and the "beaver houses"...nasty big piles of canola, where God knows what was happening with the swather man. Al's theory is he must have been getting dumped by his woman...but there were way to many piles for that. It was an adventure, that's for sure.
The dust was a killer, too,but we went to 11pm just to finish the piece that we were on.
The end is in site...
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