Saturday May 24th - Walked around the town which consisted of the usual small town shops. One of these shops was an VERY old country store. It was ran by an old man who could hardly walk. He had all different kinds of goods from hardware to groceries which were all covered in a layer of dust. We found a can of soup which was dated June 10th 1994. There were parts of the floor with holes in and sagged down when walked over.
In the afternoon we decided to go test some wheat. We found some that tested 13.8 so the farmer called the elevator and they said give it a try. So we moved all our equipment up the road about 12 miles. We drove the combines right up the road with the 36 ft headers on, Texas is big in all aspects including the roads. Turns out we only cut about a third of a load. Till all the combines got calibrated and ready to roll we decided that it was still a little wet. Argg.
Right now we are in the midst of a thunderstorm so we’ll see if it dries out till Monday.

Sunday May 25th - Went to a Methodist church down the street from were we are staying. Went to a fundraiser (not sure what it was for) meal for lunch at one of the farmers we cut for place. Went swimming in his pool and then went pig hunting. Found a herd right at dark. Till we got out of the truck and loaded up they were about hundred yards away and running. We all fired at least once but didn’t get any that we no of. In wheat that isn’t cut all you can see is the top of their backs.

Monday May 26th - Started cutting at about 1:30 pm and cut till about 11:00 pm. I hauled 3 loads, round trip was about 40-50 miles. The elevator unloaded trucks in about ten minutes a piece. They had four pits so no waiting in lines and they even unloaded you. The first 500 acres we cut didn’t do 10 bu per acre, but now we are in some wheat that is doing 30-40 bu.

Tuesday May 27th - Started cutting at about 10:30 and cut till 7:30. Got rained out. Hauled 3 more loads, one to a farmers bin which took forever, about an hour, to unload.

Wednesday May 28th - Didn’t do much of anything because of the rain yesterday. Did daily maint. On the combines in the afternoon, tried to make it cut but it was still to wet yet.

Thursday May 29th - Got up at 5:30 to leave at 6 for the Case HI breakfast which was about an hour away . Got back from that and started cutting at about 2 pm. The combines ran till about 2 in the morning. The truckers got to go home about an hour before the combines did because we filled the trucks and then the grain cart and combines. We hauled 21 loads to the elevators and have four trucks full and 2.5 loads in the combines and grain cart. The wheat is only doing about 15 bu./acre. And we can cut 100-120 acres an hour with five machines, not counting moving from field to field. Upper 90s

Friday May 30th - Breakfast at 7 and I hauled a load from yesterday north about 35 miles and then hauled out of the field. One load I took south 60 miles one way to the Pitchfork ranch. Was half done unloading when the leg plugged up. The man in charge said it was going to take 3-4 hours to unplug, I tried to tell him it shouldn’t but he kept saying it would. SO he says just dump it and go. So I spread 500 bu. out on the cement with the hopper and left. He had quite the mess to clean up!!! Turns out I was right cause when I got back to the field (hour later) he had called and said he was running again. Cut till 1:30 in the morning again. Upper 90s

Saturday May 31st - Took my first load to Crowell and sat there for about an hour till the combine moved to another field. Took the grain cart to them and ran that for about an hour till my truck was full. Hauled it East to Vernon and had 30 trucks in front of me. From the time I pulled in till I left was 1 ½ hours. If I was hauling at home and had a line that long it would have taken about 14 hours. We cut till 2 in the morning. Upper 90s

Sunday June 1st - Went to Western Trails Cowboy Church. Very relaxed, laid back service. Relaxed in the afternoon and went pig hunting at dusk. I shot a 125-150 pound sow at 100+ yards off hand in the back of a pickup. For those of you that don’t road hunting, it is very fun. It was hot again today, hit 100.

Monday June 2nd Part 1 - Right now I am sitting in line at Vernon and it looks like 2 out of 3 pits are not running. I have been here an hour and moved maybe 10 trucks. The line is at least 35 trucks. 3 hrs. later - Back in line and parked on the road, but at least everything is fixed and we are moving pretty fast, should only be 1 ½ - 2 hrs.
Part 2 - Worked till 3 in the morning. Ready for some sleep.

Tuesday June 3rd - Hauled wheat all day. Nothing exciting except for no A/C and it was over 100.

Wednesday June 4th - The clutch on the A/C was bad and it siezed up so I got to swap trucks. I am pulling the long hopper so the lightest, shortest truck gets put on there. That is why I didn’t swap earlier, so now I am pulling the 40 ft with one of the sleeper trucks which makes me 1200 pds heavier and longer. Gonna work late again.