September 14, 2013

View of the day-Al and Kim dump the last load of canola from up north.

We were out making dust by 9:30am...quite a shock to the system. There were only a few swaths left on the canola, and a small patch that Kim had to cross the great divide to get to. Between the three combines, it didn't take too long to wrap it up, then it was back to the yard to change headers and fuel up.

It was fairly cloudy out and it actually looked like it might shower, even though there wasn't anything in the forecast. We did end up with a couple of sprinkles at the canola field, but Marg called from the farm and said that it had rained pretty good and there was even hail that had fallen...not enough to do any damage. It didn't take long before the sun was out and the wind picked up to dry things out.

There was some rearranging in the yard, getting the auger moved and set up at the next bin, so Al got to take care of the auger. We got the pickup head back on the trailer and hooked up the straight head so we could finally get started on the wheat.

Mike, a farm toy collecting buddy of Al's was passing through the area, so he came out for a ride and helped us shuttle some things around. He wanted to go for a ride in the combine, so Marilyn let Al drive for a while so they could get caught up, while she drove the tractor and cart. It was a nice change for both of us and Mike got a good visit in before heading for Yorkton.

Marilyn tried to keep the wheat away from the combines, but it was running so well that the trucks were filling up too fast...isn't that a great thing to have happen...and Al had to abandon the combine to haul grain.

We were combining next to the drive-in...it is still in operation, in fact "Turbo" was being shown tonight. Too bad we were too busy combining to take a break. Al kept trying to get close to the fence to see if he could pick up the radio frequency, but we had him hopping with the unloading.

We stopped for supper when Marg showed up with pizza. We finished our supper, then got back to combining. 

Here, Kim is trying to get his "return to cut" working on the straight head...once you have used it, it's tough to go back to doing it manually, but he never did get it figured out. 

The wind was really huffing, which helped a lot, especially since the wheat was running so good. Marilyn's yield monitor was showing well over 50 bu/ac. That's why the truckers were flying.  We got the trucks filled, then called it a night so we could get back to the farm, clean up and watch the last half of the Rider's football game. What a waste...they lost and it wasn't pretty.

Could be an early morning if the wind stays up...