We could see the Red River from 1 of the fields.
The Great Salt Plains!
This round barn is not far from us, pretty neat!
Well it has sure been a non-stop, crazy, hectic week since we got back down here Thursday morning a week ago. We are in N. OK right now cutting for 2 brothers that farm together, they have their own semis so the red machines are just combining for them. They have had some really good wheat considering the year. Some fields have averaged 40-45 bushels / acre. Some fields weren't as good, but overall they have had a good crop. We have 1 good day yet to cut for them, maybe finish up tomorrow if not tonight. It has been going quite well here. First it was Dan, Danny, and Jim running the Reds, now it has been Dan, Jon, & Jim because we have another job 70 miles away that is ready at the same time....I guess other years this area is ready a week or so earlier than our next job but right now they are ready at the same time. So we leased 2 JD 9650's so we can have some people up at the next job. We have to haul for that farmer as well as combine. At first it was Jon, Andy, & I driving to the fields 70 miles away, then it was Andy, Danny, & I. Charlie and Winston (2 boys from MN we hired) got here Monday morning around 4:30am. So since then they have been going with Andy and Danny everyday to work on the farther away fields. The part that stinks the worst about driving so far everyday is that you are tired when you are done combining around midnight and then you still have over an hour drive back to the camper. But tonight should be the last night they will have to do that. We will be moving the camper closer tomorrow when we are done with this job.
You can see in the far background an rig drilling down for oil, there are many new oil wells going up in this area. Apparantly they keep finding more! We have heard there will be thousands more oil wells set up in the next few years in this area, it is really something to see. All night long there are trucks in and out of the holding areas.
The NEW trailer! It is wonderful except for the less than heavy duty hitch mountings for pulling doubles.
John Deere green, yup that's right. We are leasing 2 of them actually, for about a week or a little more. I don't have pictures of both of them since I was driving the 2nd combine when I was there with them. I was a little nervous at first but after a couple rounds I was comfortable and more than kept up with Andy. Driving the JD was fine, but I like the Case better, they don't beep for every little thing and our combines which are a few years older than the JD's we leased seem more updated in some areas. The field we started on that day for the farmer was unbelievable. It was tall and really thick wheat, averaging well over 60 bushels / acre!!! The farmer was thrilled and it was exciting to be there. Danny could hardly keep up jumping from 1 truck to the next back and forth to the elevator in town which was only a couple miles away!
Red? Green? we can all be friends. :)
There are several trains that go through town everyday.
Depending on the fields; whether they are big or small and we are moving the combines a lot and if they are flat or have terraces and washouts, we are usually able to do about 100 acres per day per combine.
It is RED for us in the end.
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