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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Tuesday August 19th - Today was not the best. Started the morning at 7 and left for Idaho Falls, came back and Clarks combine broke so Eric went to fix that so I drove the grain cart he was running. The cart has an John Deere tractor hooked to it. I got that all figured out and went to unload and sheared the shear bolt on the auger. Fixed that and tried again and sheared another one, so I cracked the auger, made a mess, fixed it again and then it worked. About two hours later I was still running cart and the pin broke and I no longer had a cart behind me. Clark was there by then to run it so I could take another load so we fixed that up and I hit he road for the Falls. I knew I was about a 1,000 pds over weight so I wasn’t really surprised when the red light came on and I had to stop. Turns out he thought that my max weight was 76,500 and I was 80,000. I was told I was legal to 79,000 so I’m not sure were the mix up was. He didn’t fine me though so I didn’t argue to much about it. Got 2 loads=1,685 bu. Total=36 loads=34,795 bu.
Wednesday August 20th - Left at six for the falls and hauled two loads till ten. On my third load I had a tire blow out on my way back. The cap came off and wrapped up around my bumper taking my mud flap off, two tail lights, and half my license plate. Took a little while to fix everything but we finally got it going again. Hauled two more loads in and then went back down and spent the night in my truck so I could get an early start. 5 loads=4,103 bu. Total= 41 loads=38,898 bu.
Thursday August 21st - Fueled up and was at the elevator by seven. Hauled four loads and took another down for an early start. A few of the combines had trouble so that is why I didn’t have as many loads today. Was waiting to get loads in lines of seven trucks sometimes. 4 loads= 3,350 bu. Total=45 loads=42,248 bu.
Friday August 22nd - For today I really know of anything of any interest which happens when I what till Monday to write about Friday. Got 3 loads=2,468 bu. Total=48 loads=44,716 bu.
Saturday August 23rd - Hauled one load in the morning and then jumped in the grain cart because I was last in line out of our trucks. We it turned out I ran the cart for about 4 hours till someone was available to run the cart. So I only got 2 loads today=1,717 bu. Total=50 loads=46,433 bu.
Sunday August 24th - Went to a different church today, Christ Community Church. Stayed in Idaho Falls till early evening. Went to the mall and caught a movie and then went back to the trailer houses and did basically nothing.
Monday August 25th - Hauled three loads to Idaho Falls. Waited in long lines all day.
3 loads=2,481 bu. Total=53 loads=48,914
Wednesday August 20th - Left at six for the falls and hauled two loads till ten. On my third load I had a tire blow out on my way back. The cap came off and wrapped up around my bumper taking my mud flap off, two tail lights, and half my license plate. Took a little while to fix everything but we finally got it going again. Hauled two more loads in and then went back down and spent the night in my truck so I could get an early start. 5 loads=4,103 bu. Total= 41 loads=38,898 bu.
Thursday August 21st - Fueled up and was at the elevator by seven. Hauled four loads and took another down for an early start. A few of the combines had trouble so that is why I didn’t have as many loads today. Was waiting to get loads in lines of seven trucks sometimes. 4 loads= 3,350 bu. Total=45 loads=42,248 bu.
Friday August 22nd - For today I really know of anything of any interest which happens when I what till Monday to write about Friday. Got 3 loads=2,468 bu. Total=48 loads=44,716 bu.
Saturday August 23rd - Hauled one load in the morning and then jumped in the grain cart because I was last in line out of our trucks. We it turned out I ran the cart for about 4 hours till someone was available to run the cart. So I only got 2 loads today=1,717 bu. Total=50 loads=46,433 bu.
Sunday August 24th - Went to a different church today, Christ Community Church. Stayed in Idaho Falls till early evening. Went to the mall and caught a movie and then went back to the trailer houses and did basically nothing.
Monday August 25th - Hauled three loads to Idaho Falls. Waited in long lines all day.
3 loads=2,481 bu. Total=53 loads=48,914
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Tuesday august 12th - Got to cutting at about 1 pm because there was a heavy dew which is unusual. Hauled three loads to Idaho Falls which is about 40-50 miles away with a scales in between. So when hauling down there we must only load to 80,000 with the short hoppers, longer trucks can haul more. To support three combines there was about nine trucks hauling and two of them were going to some bins about 8 miles away. 3 loads=2,418 bu. Total=9 loads=8,137 bu.
Wednesday August 13th - Found a ripe field and cut for most of the day. Hauled 4 loads to the bins. 4 loads=3962 bu. Total=13 loads=12,099 bu.
Thursday August 14th - Cut wheat. Hauled three loads to Idaho Falls. 3 loads = 2,432 bu. Total = 16 loads=14,531 bu
Friday August 15th - Up and driving to the Falls by six. All five trucks (3 Wolgemuth and 2 Slagell) were loaded the night before so we all went down together. Took another load to the falls and then started hauling to the main complex of the farmers bins. It is six bins that hold 125,000 bushels of grain. The downside to it all is that the leg only takes it away at a rate of 4,500 bushels an hour.
Here is a funny story for ya. As I most likely mentioned before we are in the middle of the dessert so it is all sand, and more sand and well you get the point. Anyway us truckers have to be careful of were we drive because it can get soft mighty quick. So one of us drivers (I won’t say who so as to spare him from the embarrassment) was driving along on a road that wasn’t graded and got stuck on a small knob due to lack of speed. The funny part is that Eric hops in the Chevy Duramax with a chain, hooks up to the 26,000 pd. truck with a 7,000 pd. pickup and pulls him right out. Doesn’t say to much for Peterbilts does it? Well, enough of my blabbing, here are the totals for you. 6 loads=5487 bu. Total=22 loads=12,018 bu.
Saturday August 16th - Got to cutting at about 10 and went till after 10 at night. We are hauling it to the big bins which is about an 8 mile round trip. Got 7 loads=6982 bu. Total = 29 loads= 27,000 bu.
Sunday August 17th - Went to church, ate lunch, went to Wal-Mart, watched a movie, went to a pig roast, goofed off, went to bed. My Sunday in a nutshell.
Monday August 18th - Worked hard all day hauling to the big bins. We are short one guys so the truckers have to run the second grain cart. Give us something to do while we wait for a load. Hauled 6 loads=6110 bu. Total= 35 loads=33110 bu.
Wednesday August 13th - Found a ripe field and cut for most of the day. Hauled 4 loads to the bins. 4 loads=3962 bu. Total=13 loads=12,099 bu.
Thursday August 14th - Cut wheat. Hauled three loads to Idaho Falls. 3 loads = 2,432 bu. Total = 16 loads=14,531 bu
Friday August 15th - Up and driving to the Falls by six. All five trucks (3 Wolgemuth and 2 Slagell) were loaded the night before so we all went down together. Took another load to the falls and then started hauling to the main complex of the farmers bins. It is six bins that hold 125,000 bushels of grain. The downside to it all is that the leg only takes it away at a rate of 4,500 bushels an hour.
Here is a funny story for ya. As I most likely mentioned before we are in the middle of the dessert so it is all sand, and more sand and well you get the point. Anyway us truckers have to be careful of were we drive because it can get soft mighty quick. So one of us drivers (I won’t say who so as to spare him from the embarrassment) was driving along on a road that wasn’t graded and got stuck on a small knob due to lack of speed. The funny part is that Eric hops in the Chevy Duramax with a chain, hooks up to the 26,000 pd. truck with a 7,000 pd. pickup and pulls him right out. Doesn’t say to much for Peterbilts does it? Well, enough of my blabbing, here are the totals for you. 6 loads=5487 bu. Total=22 loads=12,018 bu.
Saturday August 16th - Got to cutting at about 10 and went till after 10 at night. We are hauling it to the big bins which is about an 8 mile round trip. Got 7 loads=6982 bu. Total = 29 loads= 27,000 bu.
Sunday August 17th - Went to church, ate lunch, went to Wal-Mart, watched a movie, went to a pig roast, goofed off, went to bed. My Sunday in a nutshell.
Monday August 18th - Worked hard all day hauling to the big bins. We are short one guys so the truckers have to run the second grain cart. Give us something to do while we wait for a load. Hauled 6 loads=6110 bu. Total= 35 loads=33110 bu.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
I am sorry it took so long to get an update posted but out in the middle of the dessert there isn't any wifi. Right now I am at the elevator in Idaho Falls. The signal is not strong enough for me to put some pics up, but I will as soon as I can. I am going to keep an log of how many loads I haul here in Idaho so for each day I will write the # of loads and bu. and keep an running total.
Sunday July 27th - Went to church in Idaho Falls and dropped Clark off at the airport because he is going to a conference for a week. Went to the worlds first nuclear powered power plant which is no longer in use but a museum. Spent some time in Wal-Mart and watched a movie.
Monday July 28th - Did not do much at all today. Drove around to some different stores for some stuff the guys needed.
Tuesday July 29th - Went to Lava Hot Springs today. It is a Olympic sized swimming pool with a 10 meter high dive and about five different levels below that. Decided to go the mountains tomorrow so Doug and Randall went shopping for food.
Wednesday July 30th - Moved the equipment up to Larson Farms, which is just north of Hamer, Idaho. Left at noon for the mountains, it was about an hour drive up to the cabin in the rocky mountains on state ground. There was no electricity or running water and only two bunk beds, a table, and a wood stove. The cabin was at about 7200 ft up in the Rockies, very beautiful. We cooked all our meals over a open fire.
Thursday July 31st - Got up at daybreak because the beds were nothing but a piece of plywood and I couldn’t sleep for very long at all. Went for a hike up one of the ridges for about an mile, saw two elk and the sun come up, and a bunch of cattle. The ground is leased out to ranchers and they had a ton of cattle out there. It was kind of funny seeing cows out in the woods and up on steep hillsides. The whole group (8 of us) hiked up to a lake back in the mountains, was five miles one way and 2000 ft of elevation to the lake. Needless to say we were all shot till we got back.
Friday August 1st - Left the cabin at about 10 and went into Idaho Falls at 3 and raced go carts. Got some sup at Texas Roadhouse and caught a movie and then picked up Clark at the airport.
Saturday August 2nd - Slept in till 9, the beds in our crew trailer felt like heaven after the plywood bunks in the mountains. Unloaded the header out of the convertible hopper and got that ready to roll. Didn’t do to much in the afternoon and in the evening we went to the sand dunes. Huge piles of sand several hundred feet high in the northeast corner of the valley.
Sunday August 3rd - Went to church and then to a couple’s house from church for lunch. Relaxed the rest of the day.
Monday August 4th - Did maintenance on the trucks and goofed off the rest of the day.
Tuesday August 5th - Went to a camp that a guy from church runs and went canoeing and did some sight seeing in the area. Went up to West Yellowstone for supper. Saw some moose on the river.
Wednesday August 6th - Got everything ready to cut for later in the afternoon. Started cutting at about 2 and cut 4 loads till evening. Took some time to get the combines set up because the wheat up here is a lot larger in grain size and yield. The field was yielding from 80 to 100 bu. Rained in the evening.
Thursday August 7th - Since it rained last night we can’t cut so we didn’t do to much except not much at all. 1 load=999 bu.
Friday August 8th - Finished cutting the circle we started Wednesday and tried to start another circle but it was to wet. We are unloading into bins about 20,000 bu. With a 13in auger so it takes about 10 minutes to unload. 2 loads=1870 bu, total=3 loads=2869 bu.
Saturday August 9th - The only thing we did today was move two combines South about 45 miles so they can cut an 1000 acre job. Three friends from home showed up on their dual sport motorcycles. Took them out to the sand dunes in the evening.
Sunday August 10th - Decided to rent some four wheelers to ride in the dunes so I stayed home from church and rode the dunes with my three friends and when the others got back from church they ran them some. It was a blast, kinda like riding in snow except it was a little firmer.
Monday August 11th - The word on the street was that we would be cutting by noon, well it was 3 till we got going. Nice to be back to work. Hauled 3 loads=2850 bu. Total=6 loads=5719 bu.
Sunday July 27th - Went to church in Idaho Falls and dropped Clark off at the airport because he is going to a conference for a week. Went to the worlds first nuclear powered power plant which is no longer in use but a museum. Spent some time in Wal-Mart and watched a movie.
Monday July 28th - Did not do much at all today. Drove around to some different stores for some stuff the guys needed.
Tuesday July 29th - Went to Lava Hot Springs today. It is a Olympic sized swimming pool with a 10 meter high dive and about five different levels below that. Decided to go the mountains tomorrow so Doug and Randall went shopping for food.
Wednesday July 30th - Moved the equipment up to Larson Farms, which is just north of Hamer, Idaho. Left at noon for the mountains, it was about an hour drive up to the cabin in the rocky mountains on state ground. There was no electricity or running water and only two bunk beds, a table, and a wood stove. The cabin was at about 7200 ft up in the Rockies, very beautiful. We cooked all our meals over a open fire.
Thursday July 31st - Got up at daybreak because the beds were nothing but a piece of plywood and I couldn’t sleep for very long at all. Went for a hike up one of the ridges for about an mile, saw two elk and the sun come up, and a bunch of cattle. The ground is leased out to ranchers and they had a ton of cattle out there. It was kind of funny seeing cows out in the woods and up on steep hillsides. The whole group (8 of us) hiked up to a lake back in the mountains, was five miles one way and 2000 ft of elevation to the lake. Needless to say we were all shot till we got back.
Friday August 1st - Left the cabin at about 10 and went into Idaho Falls at 3 and raced go carts. Got some sup at Texas Roadhouse and caught a movie and then picked up Clark at the airport.
Saturday August 2nd - Slept in till 9, the beds in our crew trailer felt like heaven after the plywood bunks in the mountains. Unloaded the header out of the convertible hopper and got that ready to roll. Didn’t do to much in the afternoon and in the evening we went to the sand dunes. Huge piles of sand several hundred feet high in the northeast corner of the valley.
Sunday August 3rd - Went to church and then to a couple’s house from church for lunch. Relaxed the rest of the day.
Monday August 4th - Did maintenance on the trucks and goofed off the rest of the day.
Tuesday August 5th - Went to a camp that a guy from church runs and went canoeing and did some sight seeing in the area. Went up to West Yellowstone for supper. Saw some moose on the river.
Wednesday August 6th - Got everything ready to cut for later in the afternoon. Started cutting at about 2 and cut 4 loads till evening. Took some time to get the combines set up because the wheat up here is a lot larger in grain size and yield. The field was yielding from 80 to 100 bu. Rained in the evening.
Thursday August 7th - Since it rained last night we can’t cut so we didn’t do to much except not much at all. 1 load=999 bu.
Friday August 8th - Finished cutting the circle we started Wednesday and tried to start another circle but it was to wet. We are unloading into bins about 20,000 bu. With a 13in auger so it takes about 10 minutes to unload. 2 loads=1870 bu, total=3 loads=2869 bu.
Saturday August 9th - The only thing we did today was move two combines South about 45 miles so they can cut an 1000 acre job. Three friends from home showed up on their dual sport motorcycles. Took them out to the sand dunes in the evening.
Sunday August 10th - Decided to rent some four wheelers to ride in the dunes so I stayed home from church and rode the dunes with my three friends and when the others got back from church they ran them some. It was a blast, kinda like riding in snow except it was a little firmer.
Monday August 11th - The word on the street was that we would be cutting by noon, well it was 3 till we got going. Nice to be back to work. Hauled 3 loads=2850 bu. Total=6 loads=5719 bu.
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