Post by miniskfarm on Sept 15, 2013 19:13:46 GMT -5
We finished up a week and a half ago but I was to busy getting back into my "regular" life to get pictures up till now. All of these pictures were taken by my uncle who was in from Calgary for a few days, my dad and myself.
We had a mix of ~3000 acres of spring wheat, winter wheat, 200 acres of lentils, 300 of durum and 500 of oriental mustard. Everything was straight cut except the lentils.
Most of the 2013 crew:
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I worked my office job the morning of Aug 16, drove the 3.5 hours to the farm getting there just before supper and was unloaded, changed and on my combine 45min later (Gary had started cutting wheat mid afternoon) and went 17.5 days straight, then a breakdown shut me down for 24 hours then two half days and we were done.
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The first time we had all three combines in one field was, of course, the smallest on the farm, about 15 acres which we turned to dust in record time.
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The next field across the fence we got a little more spread out
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We filled the shed, some of the bin were planned for mustard so we started dumping on the ground after about 5 days.
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A good operator always gets dusty at the end of the day
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Dad, a retired carpenter, was pretty proud of this design he came up with and built that allowed them to pile up to the back door.
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This is all supposed to be moved out by mid October so the equipment can go under cover for winter.
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Even cutting JUST the crop, leaving 30" of stubble, we still plugged up regularly cutting the 6-7' tall mustard.
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The pile in the yard peaked at this size before trucks started hauling it out.
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Had one morning we were watching rain storms circling around us but otherwise august was mostly rain free for us.
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I know what he was thinking, I have no idea what he was doing. Thankfully this was the only stuck combine we had to contend with and I think the only one in 20 years on this farm.
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I am not sure how I always ended up in the back when we had all three lined up...
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We had 4 of the 5 regular trucks break down in 5 days so the old water truck was converted back to grain duty quickly one morning.
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Had to drag one of the trucks home loaded, it was still broken in front of the shop when I left 2 weeks later.
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Didn't even have to move the truck!
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$0.10 bolt off the header, wedged in my return beater, shut me down for almost 2 hours until we could fight it out!
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Almost every evening was like this, the wind would die just before sunset meaning it got tough fast
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Three combines in one field never got old
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Truck #4 to die on the way to the elevator...
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I was pretty proud of this picture:
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the hilliest 60 acres on the farm, I drop to low range to be able to climb the hills without stalling.
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We blew through 160 acres in 4.5 hours of cutting, we couldn't get this field done fast enough since it killed both combines for 2 days last year, one so badly it had to go the 25miles home to the shop.
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I kept getting flack for filling trucks with their hoods up...
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The start of pile #3 (durum)
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Pile #4 (spring wheat)
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The end of wheat!
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Combines #2 & 3 stayed up north to finish up the last 200 acres of durum while I went closer to home to pick up the 200 acres of 60' lentil swaths
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First time we were using the (new to us) pickup header and 20 acres in I broke a shaft in a roller and started a fire (first time I have had actual flames on a combine) and headed back to the shop.
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Which meant I had to run a shovel and bin sweep for a morning until we got parts...
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rebuilding:
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Back at it!
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THE END of harvest 2013!
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Time of death:
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We spent a few hours the next day hauling most of one pile to town
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We had a mix of ~3000 acres of spring wheat, winter wheat, 200 acres of lentils, 300 of durum and 500 of oriental mustard. Everything was straight cut except the lentils.
Most of the 2013 crew:
[/URL]I worked my office job the morning of Aug 16, drove the 3.5 hours to the farm getting there just before supper and was unloaded, changed and on my combine 45min later (Gary had started cutting wheat mid afternoon) and went 17.5 days straight, then a breakdown shut me down for 24 hours then two half days and we were done.
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[/URL]The first time we had all three combines in one field was, of course, the smallest on the farm, about 15 acres which we turned to dust in record time.
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[/URL][/URL]The next field across the fence we got a little more spread out
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[/URL]We filled the shed, some of the bin were planned for mustard so we started dumping on the ground after about 5 days.
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[/URL]A good operator always gets dusty at the end of the day
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[/URL]Dad, a retired carpenter, was pretty proud of this design he came up with and built that allowed them to pile up to the back door.
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[/URL]This is all supposed to be moved out by mid October so the equipment can go under cover for winter.
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[/URL]Even cutting JUST the crop, leaving 30" of stubble, we still plugged up regularly cutting the 6-7' tall mustard.
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[/URL]The pile in the yard peaked at this size before trucks started hauling it out.
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[/URL]Had one morning we were watching rain storms circling around us but otherwise august was mostly rain free for us.
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[/URL]I know what he was thinking, I have no idea what he was doing. Thankfully this was the only stuck combine we had to contend with and I think the only one in 20 years on this farm.
[/URL]I am not sure how I always ended up in the back when we had all three lined up...
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[/URL]We had 4 of the 5 regular trucks break down in 5 days so the old water truck was converted back to grain duty quickly one morning.
[/URL]Had to drag one of the trucks home loaded, it was still broken in front of the shop when I left 2 weeks later.
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[/URL]Didn't even have to move the truck!
[/URL]$0.10 bolt off the header, wedged in my return beater, shut me down for almost 2 hours until we could fight it out!
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[/URL]Almost every evening was like this, the wind would die just before sunset meaning it got tough fast
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[/URL]Three combines in one field never got old
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[/URL]Truck #4 to die on the way to the elevator...
[/URL]I was pretty proud of this picture:
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[/URL]the hilliest 60 acres on the farm, I drop to low range to be able to climb the hills without stalling.
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[/URL]We blew through 160 acres in 4.5 hours of cutting, we couldn't get this field done fast enough since it killed both combines for 2 days last year, one so badly it had to go the 25miles home to the shop.
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[/URL]I kept getting flack for filling trucks with their hoods up...
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[/URL]Pile #4 (spring wheat)
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[/URL]The end of wheat!
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[/URL]Combines #2 & 3 stayed up north to finish up the last 200 acres of durum while I went closer to home to pick up the 200 acres of 60' lentil swaths
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[/URL]First time we were using the (new to us) pickup header and 20 acres in I broke a shaft in a roller and started a fire (first time I have had actual flames on a combine) and headed back to the shop.
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[/URL]Which meant I had to run a shovel and bin sweep for a morning until we got parts...
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[/URL]Back at it!
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[/URL]THE END of harvest 2013!
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[/URL]Time of death:
[/URL]We spent a few hours the next day hauling most of one pile to town
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