It was parts run day. We drove over to Windthorst to get a few parts for the header and to return the chopper belt that we didn't need. Marilyn talked to the service manager about the autosteer, but since the tech was on holidays this week, he had no solution. The product specialist for the area was supposed to give her a call back, but that never happened either.
On the way home, we swung by to check out the RV facilities at the next farmers job that we have. It is between Kipling and Windthorst, so the drive will be too long from where we are parked now. After a chat with the farmer we headed back to the camper after lunch in Kipling.
Al blew out the rads...a job Marilyn thought he had accomplished yesterday. Then we set in to see if we could get the brackets on the new header trailer set in the right spots for transport. This was not going to be an easy job. The trailer is capable of hauling a 40ft header and ours is only 35ft. You think that would make it easier to set down just about anywhere on the trailer...except for two things...the wheels on the axles.
We moved the brackets back and forth to try and tweak them, but every time those axle wheels were either in the way of the header transport or else the feeder house.
We took a break to go on the internet to see if there were any pictures of a MacDon header on one of these ArcFab trailers. There were some pictures...either the wrong angle or such poor resolution that we couldn't tell what was going on. It looks like the only thing to do is move one of the axles back a ways so the tires on the header fit between the axles. We don't need the trailer for a while, so that will be a rainy day project.
Tomorrow is oats day...
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