We stopped in town for breakfast and then made our way back to the field to service and get things ready for what we hoped was another productive day.
It was overcast for most of the day, but the cutting went fairly well. We got the last of the field done that was left from the night before, then we moved over to the next field. The farmer came out to help us move and while Marilyn roaded the cart over, Al got the truck dumped at the bins, then got back to the field in time to help his brother Jeff get moved.
Jeff finished his own combining yesterday and is coming over with his CaseIH 8010 and his grain cart to help us get finished on the canola...hopefully before the weather turns crappy again.
The rest of the day was 'shut up and drive' and Marilyn was able to do that in the combine until around 9:30pm when it took 4 times as long to make one pass down the field. The dew was starting to form on the machines and the crop would not feed smoothly...as a matter of fact, Marilyn spent more time stopped, backing out the wads of canola stalks out of the feeder, than she did driving ahead. Oh well, the plan was just to get the truck loaded and by the time she made it back to the rigs, she even had a bit extra for the cart. It was time to head for home.
Three days in a row of combining...we're on a roll...touch wood...
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