Peace River N Da House - The arrival of Garry's VY 06 Z06

Good morning xlr8r,

Good point! It ought to have flashing red lights on the front.

I wonder what happened to KITT, maybe we could strip the "eye" of it for the holiday season. Maybe Dave bought it after the series ended? An odd momento of the fact he was able to make a living with a TA! Then again Burt Reynolds probably feels the same way abou this bank account.

I think that there may be some old harnesses in the barn across the road. I live across from the place my dad was born actually. There could be some (sleigh) bells on it we could add.

Anyone got a "bobbed tail" they'd care to admit to?

With wind chill -32 this morning. Hey anyone want to help me load some grain? I'm glad I don't have to do this year round.

Cheers,

Garry
 
VelocityYellowRules! said:
With wind chill -32 this morning. Hey anyone want to help me load some grain? I'm glad I don't have to do this year round.

Cheers,

Garry
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Hey Garry I could come up and help for a morning..........only if you have hopper bottom bins............and of course you be willing to let me take the yellow beast for an afternoon rip one day next summer!! hahaha....
 
Good morning Somebuddy,

Hopper bins! Don't I wish! $4000 for just the 14' cone alone these days........

We're actually loading out of those 200' long grain bags which is not that bad of a job to do with a grain vacuum. Almost enjoyable to be honest if it wasn't for the wind, that just ruins it for everyone.

We'll be loading the hopper bins perhaps this summer so you're still welcome to help and yes take the car for a drive...............!

Guess I'd better get dressed, I'm expecting the call any minute.

Cheers,

Garry
 
VelocityYellowRules! said:
Good morning xlr8r,

Good point! It ought to have flashing red lights on the front.

I wonder what happened to KITT, maybe we could strip the "eye" of it for the holiday season. Maybe Dave bought it after the series ended? An odd momento of the fact he was able to make a living with a TA! Then again Burt Reynolds probably feels the same way abou this bank account.

I think that there may be some old harnesses in the barn across the road. I live across from the place my dad was born actually. There could be some (sleigh) bells on it we could add.

Anyone got a "bobbed tail" they'd care to admit to?

With wind chill -32 this morning. Hey anyone want to help me load some grain? I'm glad I don't have to do this year round.

Cheers,

Garry
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Holy Freezies Batman!!!!!
LOL, I'm afraid I'd be frozen stiff by the time I got there, but let me turn the tables and offer a nice warm home here. You won't get the grain in but you won't freeze your boys off either...:D

Stay warm and pray for an early spring.

C.
 
Good morning Colin,

It was a bit of challenge. Nothing like working facing the north where the wind is coming from. 9 hours, but only a part truck left to load and the 3 railcars will be ready to go. While most people have images of farmers taking grain to a grain elevator when they haul it in, the elevators charge an "elevation fee" which is about $10/tonne. So if you are loading 3 90 tonne cars you can save $2700. You have to load the trucks to haul the grain anyway the difference is that you have to bring a tractor and auger into town where the railways are waiting on a siding and you have to load them yourself. But it is just like unloading the trucks into a grainbin anyway so no biggie.

The elevators don't liek this since they make less money but outside of not having to bring in a tractor and that the unloading goes a bit more slowly - the elevators have a pit you dump into - it is just about the same thing.

One major difference is that you can haul to the elevator when you want to, when the railcars arrive you have 48 hours to load them and so you have to hop to it!

I dress pretty well for this but my hands did get cold even with two pairs of gloves on. My feet, however, were really cold and even three hours later were like blocks of ice!

It made me really miss the seat warmers in the Z06 let me tell you!

I may take you up on your hospitality one day so my thanks! Sometimes the darkness and cold can be depressing.

Yes, an early spring is what I am hoping for as well so I can drive the car home before seeding.

I hope you have a nice time at Tim's and a great time at Manny's - I'm so jealous!

Cheers,

Garry
 
Good morning Riley,

A very interesting question. People who read this thread are going to be learning so much!

OK, there are producer car loading businesses and some of them have scales to weigh the grain as it is being loaded into the rail cars. The elevators of course have scales as well. The railway company wants the cars to be loaded to a certain point, say 90 or 100 tonnes depending on the type of car it is. If you are underweight it is no big deal but if you are over - BIG DEAL!

They will stop the car, remove it from the train and they they have "individuals" that are hired to come and remove the surplus weight and these guys charge mega$ for the work. Basically you are screwed and at their mercy as the weighing takes place say in Edmonton and there is no way a farmer is going to drive his truck and pull and auger 5 hours to empty out 4 or 5 tonnes.

It is the responsibility of the farmer to get it right and Dad thankfully is pretty accurate at this. We know the approximate weight of the truck say within 1/2 tonne and dad has not often been wrong. He keeps notes of each truck going into each railcar and which compartment. For him it is a sort of challenge to see how close he can get and not be over. The railways I have to say have mostly been decent and the occasions that dad has been over he has just been warned.

For example, the three cars we loaded saved $2700. For 4 people that is good pay for 2 days work. Like I said, we have to load the trucks anyway if it goes to the elevator or producer car, the difference is having to move a tractor and auger to town to load the cars and emptying the truck into a railcar is a bit slower than unloading the truck into the elevator pit.

But some of the larger farmers do this during the winter rather than having to get an off-farm job instead.

Some farmers don't like the paperwork but dad says once you've filled out the forms a few times it's no problem. The Canadian Wheat Board people are also really nice and helpful with this too.

Now that the CWB can't force farmers to sell them their grain they have to compete for it like everyone else.

It is a strange and little known fact that if you producer wheat for bread or pasta making you can't sell it to whoever you want. The government, back in the 1940's I think it was, passed a law that you had to sell it to the CWB first. I always took exception to this as I figure if I am the guy who producers it and it is a legal commodity I should be able to sell it to whoever I choose within or outside of Canada. Up to this crop year that was not the case.

Stranger yet, this law only applied to farmers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Peace River block of British Columbia - the farmers in the rest of Canada could sell to whoever they wanted all the time. And this was called fair!!

Now it is..........

If you want Google the CWB and single desk vs. open market. Its sort of boring if you're not a farmer but you can get more info there.

It is a very polarizing subject for farmers, some who want the open market and some who wanted the CWB to keep their monopoly..........

I favor the freedom to choose myself.

Cheers,

Garry
 
Well, not to have this thread go off topic but growing up in Saskatchewan, everyone knows about the CWB and the struggles farmers have had with it and how huge of a division it caused in the agricultural community. I remember the only way to get around being forced to sell your grain to the CWB was if you could find someone to mill your grain and use it for product consumed within your province! One of my best friends grew up on a grain farm so I heard all about how unfair it was that the prairies were the only area subjected to the Canadian Wheat Board. Where's that Republic of Alberta hat?:rofl:
 
Good afternoon Riley,

Yes, that was always one of my points. If the CWB is so superior then why is it not Canada wide? Why is it only law in some provinces and not in others? Why should some have the option and not others?

Not that I did not contract some wheat to the CWB this year but I had the CHOICE of where to sell it. Some I kept for opportunties to others like Viterra and Cargill.

It was annoying, for example, that I always had the OPTION of selling my wheat to the CWB and then like buying it back from the CWB for $50/tonne and THEN I could sell it to anyone I wanted. But why did I have to sell it to the CWB in the first place has always been my issue. I grew it, it is legal to grow so why shouldn't I always have had the choice.

I know older farmers like to tell stories about back in the 1930's when someone would ship a railcar of grain and got a bill for the freight and nothing for the grain.

But those were in the days before phones and the net. Now you can contact a buyer in another part of the country or world and make your own deal. Now granted not everyone wants to be going looking for someone to buy their grain so fine sell it to the CWB. I was most resentful because there are some very resourceful and savvy people who will make the effort to find a buyer who will offer them more and why should we be standing in their way????

But the Harper government put and end to that, apparently because they are in bed with the large multinational grain companies.............

Days like this I'd hop in the Z06 to relieve my frustration! See, I worked something in about cars...........

Cheers,

Garry
 
nice work in of the car. i work for cp rail out of moose jaw, so hauling grain has been a large portion of my career. keep up the good work so i can stay employed for a few more years. lol
 
Good afternoon bigneez,

Isn't it amazing the variety in the backgrounds of the people on this site?!

No problem, I wish I had so much grain I was loading cars all the time! Two more expected next week and the grain trucks are loaded and waiting.

No worries, I'll be loading producer cars as long as we're allowed to............

Cheers,

Garry
 
And it begins :D

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Garrys is now up to plate ready to hit a home run :canada:
 
Andrew makes quick work of removing the exhaust and hood :

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xlr8r said:
INSERT POPCORN LURKER SMILEY HERE!!!!

Looking forward to watching this thread closely. Manny, I'm still majorly impressed with the general cleanliness of your shop! It's immaculate.
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If anyone knows my nature , its that I am very meticulousness about everything I do , and this includes how the shop looks every single day :D
 
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