September 18, 2008

View of the day-First load making a circle out past the barley piles to get turned around to head north.

Up early to get the equipment loaded for the run to Esterhazy. We got the tractor and cart loaded and hooked up to the Freightliner, then loaded and hooked up the combine tot he General. After a pit stop at the Quick Stop, we headed for Esterhazy with the shop trailer on the pickup and the General/combine load.

Not much for wind on the way up and fortunately not too much traffic. We got to the farm, unloaded the combine and after getting it set for barley, went right to picking up the swaths. The barley was running around 70 bu/ac so it didn't take long for the combine to fill up and since Al was hauling about five miles to the bin, Marilyn was waiting at the field.

The first part of the field was about 10 acres and then we moved over to the BIG half of the field...290 acres. The first three rounds of the field required Al to meet the combine with the truck since the grain cart was still at Carlyle. We got a few loads out and by the time 5pm rolled around the truck was heaped full and the combine even had some barley left on it.

Al's step dad came over from Grayson to ride back to Carlyle with us so he could drive the car back to Esterhazy, keeping us from having to make an extra trip back. We stopped at Whitewood for supper and made Carlyle just as the sun was setting.

Tomorrow the camper and grain cart make the move...