Friday's Farming Fun

I've been updating on the harvest season this year - as it's been an unusual year. But as with every season, there comes some "break downs". And they usually always come at once. This year would be no exception.

Case in point. My dad had 4 breakdowns on Friday. Surprisingly, when I saw him Friday night he was still in good spirits! Probably because he only had about a 1/2 day of combining left. Of the 4 breakdowns, 2 he could fix himself and the other 2 required the repair guy from Marshalltown to drive down to the farm.

Noah and Caleb also had a breakdown on Friday. Because it's so late in the season, the corn has become very brittle and a lot of the ears are now hanging lower to the ground. In order capture them with the combine, the corn head has to be set a little lower. Usually not an issue...unless the ground is frozen! If the elevation of the field is not perfectly level, the different points on the corn head actually dig into the ground. So if the ground is frozen, that can cause some problems. See below!

Being the Mr. Fix It that Caleb is - he had a plan to get it fixed so they could keep combining. Notice his wonderful attitude above. It was Noah taking the photo otherwise I'm sure he wouldn't have given me the bird! Ha!