View of the day-We’re making dust again as Marilyn does a pole dance never even coming close to the wires.
We were up extra early to drive to Stockton, but this time we went through Colby so Al could have a look at the route into the elevator. We grabbed a quick breakfast to go, then headed east to Stockton, meeting a lot of crews moving west.
Once we got to Stockton, we decided to fill the slip tank with fuel for the combine but the pumps were so slow and cut out at $75 we figured we would get some at Colby on the way back. Those pumps and the bank charge $1 every time you use it…what a racket. We hooked the header up and started back to the farm with the General and combine.
Marilyn stopped to get the slip tank topped off at the Coop in Colby then made it out to the farm just as Al was unhooking the trailer. We got the combine unloaded and set up with the header, then opened up the field…and what a field…flat as a table, all standing straight up, running close to 40 bu/ac, and 10% moisture. Perfect.
Al was concerned about being able to keep up with the 18 mile haul one way but Marilyn was managing to time it just right for the first couple of loads. Al came back with a bolt missing from the bottom of the shock we had just installed, so we found another bolt and got it back in place and tightened down. While we were in the yard fixing the General, we decided to put the Freightliner into service and after getting it started, Marilyn drove it over to the field.
Al got one more load in and Marilyn filled the General and Freight one more time and Al brought the Freight into Atwood and parked it at the camper to unload in the morning. Even though we started around 5pm we managed to carve out 75 acres.
The campgrounds have exploded with harvesters and they are scrambling everywhere…it’s getting crazy. And speaking of exploding, the fireworks stands are doing a booming (pun intended) business and someone close by our camper likes firecrackers.
Not Al…not yet, anyway.
We were up extra early to drive to Stockton, but this time we went through Colby so Al could have a look at the route into the elevator. We grabbed a quick breakfast to go, then headed east to Stockton, meeting a lot of crews moving west.
Once we got to Stockton, we decided to fill the slip tank with fuel for the combine but the pumps were so slow and cut out at $75 we figured we would get some at Colby on the way back. Those pumps and the bank charge $1 every time you use it…what a racket. We hooked the header up and started back to the farm with the General and combine.
Marilyn stopped to get the slip tank topped off at the Coop in Colby then made it out to the farm just as Al was unhooking the trailer. We got the combine unloaded and set up with the header, then opened up the field…and what a field…flat as a table, all standing straight up, running close to 40 bu/ac, and 10% moisture. Perfect.
Al was concerned about being able to keep up with the 18 mile haul one way but Marilyn was managing to time it just right for the first couple of loads. Al came back with a bolt missing from the bottom of the shock we had just installed, so we found another bolt and got it back in place and tightened down. While we were in the yard fixing the General, we decided to put the Freightliner into service and after getting it started, Marilyn drove it over to the field.
Al got one more load in and Marilyn filled the General and Freight one more time and Al brought the Freight into Atwood and parked it at the camper to unload in the morning. Even though we started around 5pm we managed to carve out 75 acres.
The campgrounds have exploded with harvesters and they are scrambling everywhere…it’s getting crazy. And speaking of exploding, the fireworks stands are doing a booming (pun intended) business and someone close by our camper likes firecrackers.
Not Al…not yet, anyway.
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