On to Tuesday.
Made a brief check on cattle. Fed the calves. Fed the heifers.
We were going to head to the field so I loaded up parts and supplies.
Dad was going to run the 9500 at one farm.
So we moved it, the 4440 and grain cart, and the tandem truck for dad.
Then we moved the 9770 to another farm.
My uncle and I moved up there with the combine and both trailer trucks.
So I unloaded trucks to keep him going.
But this afternoon we ran into some trouble.
A panel popped out of place and there were also several fingers broke out of the auger. Luckily I had fingers on the truck. We popped the panel on the platform back and place and replaced the broken fingers. I personally think the cause was because he’s running the head on the ground with a little too much pressure. But he likely won’t think so.
But we were back and rolling til dark when the beans started to toughen up again. Also by then it seemed there was some new issues with the the light switches. These damn electrical issues are driving me crazy lately! But like I said the beans were getting tough so we were stopping anyway.
I went back to the shop then.
Loaded up a few more parts. Checked on dads progress. I think he got along better than my uncle today. Made a list of some parts I need to order in the morning (I ran out of fingers for the header), then went over some things I needed to write down.
I keep a list for each piece of equipment of parts replaced, even the headers, so I write down the part, number, quantity, date, price, all that **** so I know when and what was replaced. But this year I’ve also been making a list to cross reference that. I’ve been making a list of all parts replaced this year. Consisting of part number, quantity, where it was purchased from, what piece of equipment it went on, and the date. I feel like it’s important to know all this **** at some point in time. Having these list help me with that. Especially, when it comes time to order parts at the end of the year.
Another thing besides the parts replace is a parts or order sheet. That consist of parts that look like they’ll need to be replaced in the near future but aren’t needed right away. Or parts I think of over the week or what have you that is something that would likely be a good idea to have on hand. Something that hasn’t been replaced, but may need to be some time. Or is important enough that if there’s a problem it would be needed right away and if it’s a night or weekend I’d want it on hand. Then I can also refer back to the parts replaced list for the year and look over it to see if there are any particular parts we needed more often. Also, using both to refer to what I had or have on hand in inventory as well.
Then there are the jobs list I came up with. Some times you’ll look at something and think, “that should probably be looked at” or “this looks like it’s going to need to be replaced soon” or “that’s something I need to have on hand”. This list is for those things. Mainly because I can’t always remember those things later on after I saw them. Basically just a page of notes for things to spend a little more time looking into, or a repair that may need to be done that I can go over during a slower time or in the winter when that piece of equipment is in the shop.
Does that make sense? I feel like it all helps me function a little bit better. If I have it wrote down on paper I can remember it a little better. Plus, then I have it down so I can always refer to it later and not distracted with it right now when I don’t need to be. There are a lot of days some of these note get put into the reminders list on my phone. But then those pile up until I actually write them down.
But anyway. Hopefully things run a bit smoother tomorrow. Dad has regular check ups at the doctors the next two days so that will likely slow things down a bit. But the two farms we are working on now we hope to drill wheat on for next summer. But with dad being ******* and a chance of rain on Friday I’m not sure we’ll have all of that done by the end of the week. But we’ll see how it goes.
The instruction plaque is a shrunken version and where it says neutral/hold is not really neutral/hold GRRRrrrr an hour later, I back in line and successfully dump. First 70 acres made 188 too many wet spots that made little to nothing, even after 2 replantings. Moved 3 miles to 2nd field, man it takes a lot of time to get all the equipment shuffled around. 20 acres made 195. Nothing like a challenging 4 point turn to get the semi/trailer in and out of the field. Moved 8 miles to south farm, first experience with dump cart, pretty nifty once you figure out the speed, in is out and out is in for auger, and up is open and down is closed for the gate 
