Good one Jeff! I need to get you out here. Sometimes is is so long a period of time with farm work that the battery is dead by the time I get back into the Z06. I'd offer you a job as daily driver to keep the battery charged!
Finally ordered the new rear tire after last fall's incident. It is coming from Vancouver and should be here in a week.................
I finished my wheat at 1 pm yesterday and moved to mom's field by the lake. I had a chance to start the headland and then had to leave to get Aidan. So Brad replaced me. A huge major f'up with the NH3 delivery where it took 2 or 3 hours before they made a delivery. We have our two tanks and we were suppose to get two tanks from CPS as well like a week ago. Two days after we started (peas so no need yet for tanks) still no tanks. One arrived yesterday morning in the field but I didn't need it. For some reason, although I haven't confirmed this with Brad, the tank was delivery empty (?). Can't see that myself but maybe.
The 895 alternator light came on again - not sure what is wrong there.
But poor Brad. He is a great worker but majorly overconfident. Typical mechanic. Anyway, he turned short and hit the loading auger hopper on the NH3 tank and broke the plastic hopper and bent the bottom flighting. He feels bad but I told him not to worry about it. Most likely solution will be to replace the auger bottom with the stock one instead of the extended one for loading from Super B's. I just hope it won't be too long to get one in. Likely have to bring out a tractor and auger to go in the meantime. Still it happened on his final fill so he was able to finish the field so 5 down and 7 to go.
One of my summer students is now married and living in Fort McMurray but made it out OK. Not sure what she'll find when she returns though. I can't imagine going through that sort of a situation...........
Showers forecast for Sunday! How well timed would that be?
I was shocked by the wind erosion north of Fairview yesterday, it was like a fog it was so bad. Some farmers just don't get with the program. Even here seeding beside Lorne, both canola stubble fields and the plum of dust in his field and next to nothing in mine and wondering why and then it occurred to me, Lorne uses a heavy harrow, a complete waste of time!!!!!! I did trials evaluating them back when I was working in Spirit River and discovered that they actually reduce crop yield!! Oh well, what can you do?
Cheers,
Garry
