We have been having a little bit of trouble getting our combine harvester’s engine running well. It seemed to be a little short or a little variable on power. Having fixed a few things, (on a cost share warrenty, so it was only half price, thank goodness) the dealership checked out the fuel filters. Now I had changed them in the winter, but apparently there are three of them, and I’d only changed 2! (the old combine didn’t have a changeable 3rd one!) So now it is running adequately, (we might have over fiddled with it trying to get it working better), and we are finally getting some soybeans harvested!
The beans are coming off at 50-60 bu. per acre, which is almost twice what we normally get for yields, so we are pretty happy with that. The new tractor is working well (although it does get ‘confused’ sometimes, and stops changing gears, but it sorts itself out again!) and we are getting the wheat planted into the soybean fields.
It is always a little hectic trying to get the soybeans off once they are ready, and the wheat planted as-soon-as-possible after. Willowtree Farm are glad to hear the combine is back working, and that I’ll be there this week to harvest their beans, so they can get there wheat in too.
It’s hectic, but it’s nice when everything works out and you can take a big sigh and say ‘That’s done” … and then go on to all the things that got put off while you where doing it.