View of the day-Combining at sunset in Saskatchewan...need we say anything more?Al was up early, getting the combine serviced...no truck to unload yet. He went in to see how things were coming with the General...they had some jobber parts on hand that would work which means we could get the truck back sooner than expected.
Today we had a three unit crew as Kim's dad came over to combine with his 7720 yellow top John Deere and
straight head. Al combined until just after lunch, then Marilyn took over...it wasn't a demotion...he got to drive Kim's combine while Kim and his brother James did the grain hauling. We finished the first field, moved over the tracks to the next little patch, then moved to the field with the hills. Not real severe hills, but since we were used to the flat fields we had been combining there was a bit of adjustment time.
Kim's mom brought out supper for us just as the sun was starting to set, and after a good feed, we all went back to work...except for the JD. It would seem just like the old folks, it doesn't work after dark. Al and
Marilyn kept the reels turning until the bearing went out in the cleaning fan speed adjustment on Kim's combine, then Al had to park but Marilyn was able to finish the patch they had cut out and that was it for the night.Kim has a parts run in the morning, not only for the bearing, but for the cylinder that moves the unloading auger in and out. They spent the day combining with the auger out, or as Al describes it...in "Viagra mode"...as you can see in the pictures.
Tomorrow the wheat will be done...
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