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bjrogg:
It’s been a busy weekend.
Saturday morning was another beautiful sunrise. Loaded the first round of trucks as the sun rose and they hit the road in clear weather. Before they returned I became a foggy pea soup.
We decided to try putting shims in the digger wheels to make the pinch point 1/2” wider. Hopefully it helps with the sliding digger wheel problem. By the time we get done with installing the shims the fog has become more broken. We start digging again and the shims really help. Had to believe that little change made such a difference. I’m really glad it did though because operating the beet digger how it was, was extremely difficult and frustrating. Not to mention sloppy and leaving beets in the field.
By 5:00 pm the sugar company said our beet temperatures were right at the cutoff point. They shut us down. We were allowed to unload the rest of the beets we had topped, but that was all.
By that time it was about 1 1/2 hours before dark so having my bow along I decided I would stay and do a little hunting
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Two carts full ready to pad the empty truck
Bjrogg
PS this is after the fog cleared
bjrogg:
After shutdown I kneeled down here by this erosion structure. The wind was right and I saw about 12 does and fawns that passed between my tractor and my hunting spot. Nothing quite close enough for a shot, but close enough to make it interesting. Then they passed by me to my downwind side. I watched were they came from hoping another would come out a little bit closer and at the same time watching the group that was slowly grazing it’s way towards my downwind scent.
I looked back towards the group that had passed and a nice buck was standing about 40 yard away, slowly approaching. I watched knowing that any second one of the doe’s would scent me. Then it came. A snort and a doe ran out into the field. She snorted again and all the does left. Only the nice buck remained. I watched him till dark and then walked to my tractor. That felt pretty good.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Yesterday morning we started early. We had the second round of trucks loaded before the sun started to break.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
We kept the topper right in front of the beet digger. This helps keep the sun from warming the beets. We always keep topper pretty close. Usually about a pass ahead but with the lines and waiting for trucks that pass sometimes sat in the sun longer than we liked. We managed to keep our beets cool enough to dig the rest of the day and finished our field. That is a big relief. The rest of the fields will be shorter hauls and trucks should be able to keep up better.
It’s supposed to rain today and we still have some stuff to move. Glad we didn’t get shut down and rained out before we finished that field.
Time to go. I’m not sure we will be digging today, but we still have a lot of stuff to do
Bjrogg
PS 122 acres down 228 to go
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