August 13, 2010

View of the day-We have finally conquered the header trailer issue. With a little bit of tweaking it's a perfect fit.

Once again we missed the nasty weather that went through the area last night...it all went north, except for some really strong winds that hit us when the front moved through, but that didn't last long.

We went out to the field to start moving the equipment back to town. Marilyn got to take the camera on the grain cart for a test run when she unloaded into the General...boy, is that going to be great when we have to load a semi. We got the straight header into transport then put the pickup head back on the combine and Marilyn drove it to town. Al brought the General in to see if they would unload the somewhat wet rye from the last of the field.

By the time Marilyn got back to town, Al was already at the camper...and he hadn't unloaded the rye. Oh, he could have. The young fellow that was working couldn't get a sample with the probe because there was only about 150 bushels in the box, so he told Al to just bring back a sample while he was unloading. Al said he didn't think that was a good idea because it could have been wet, so the kid jumped in the box to get a sample...18.1% moisture...ouch. They tested again and it was 17.6%, the bosses weren't in so Al just brought the truck back to the camper to wait until they were around.

We went back out to the field and Al brought the tractor and cart, while Marilyn brought the straight header in. While Al was still on the road, Marilyn got the header trailer hooked up so we could test out loading the pickup head since we would be doing some straight combining next. It took a few tries, but it went on and the the bar we added did the job perfectly.

It was buck a burger night at the VFW and one of the local farmers had brought in some sweet corn and they were offering all you can eat corn with their salad bar. Marilyn could have done without the burger and just gave the corn a workout.

Al had found out about an upcoming toy auction in Saskatoon this Sunday and had gotten a list of the toys that would be on offer...all 11 pages worth. We printed them out and he spent the rest of the evening going through the list trying to see which ones he needed. He has decided there is no way he is going to drive all that way just for the sale, but he did find out he can make a proxy bid on the items he wants...which is what he will do.

Tomorrow we hope to try to combine some straight wheat, but now it's time to go out and check the Perseid meteor shower...