poor farmer/logger

Well not much new to report on the crop front here of course. Been busy trying to clean the yard up a bit before winter and do some odd jobs around the farm. Took Friday off and went into the Sask snow show in Saskatoon. Needed a new jacket so I went shopping lol. Managed to find something I thought would work for the winter so hopefully it works out ok. Met my brother today and we u loaded the quads north of the river again. Last time I was there was with midnightman and his crew. Really the last actual quad ride I was on too. Was a little chilly but we got by ok. Going to head up to lower fishing around Remembrance Day and do another ride. See what the weather does.

Local hospital has signs up saying no backing into parking spots so they can avoid hitting g the electrical outlets. As mentioned backing over a sidewalk is an issue as well. I usually pull into my spot but ovasionally end up backing in as it’s just easier even in the hospital parking lot next to the no backing in sign lol. For the most part I don’t trust people who are driving forward so when they start backing into spots I really watch lol. I don’t think backup cameras have solved the issue either. If anything it’s made is worse as people aren’t looking around them anymore and then those stupid park sensors go off making you think you’re in imminent danger when really it’s just a blade of grass next to you lol.

Every time I see someone talking about hoar frost or a picture I can’t help but think about a drilling crew that was here working for Kewit. We’d gone over to help load the drill rig,sea can and some other stuff that they were shipping back to Quebec. None of them could speak English but one young guy was trying. One of the other crews was explaining to him about hoar frost. He wanted to know how to pronounce it and spell it so he didn’t get it mixed up with a very different kind of whore 😂😂

There’s probably around 3,000-3,500 lbs in the truck. Roughly 1.25 cords of jack pine. Some of it is very dry while some of it is still a little bit wet. Back two rows were ready to burn. Front should really dry for another year. Still need another 7-8 loads like this. Only have 2 home so far.

I’m disappointed there’s no sled pics😂 lol. We had about an inch here and it melted fairly quickly. Melfort had a little bit more. Got my sidewinder up on the hoist going over it now as my warranty runs out the beginning of Dec. just want to catch any little stuff I can. I could do with a few more weeks without snow though too. Still cutting firewood yet. Only have two loads home so far.

Part of our problem was wear where it transitions into the sump and part of it was rust. Seemed like some of the gaps were pretty big right from the factory too in the one spot. Silicone had been added there before we got the machine even. Considering the hours on ours and the amount of grain that’s gone through it I’m not complaining lol.

Dug back and found the pics I had of ours.

What position is your front drum in? I’ve always ran ours in the highest setting. When we first got it the chain was a bit loose and it might have been in the kid setting I can’t remember now for sure. When I dropped it down and set the tension then raised it back up to the top position it made a big difference in how our oats fed.

There’s liner kits you can buy. Our lower bed augers had a small hole wjer witness worn on the left hand side. I took some sheet metal and made a liner for it. I just pop riveted it in and it’s been holding for 3 years now. I had some special bin silicone that I smeared in there before hand and sealed it up as best as I could.

lol nope need a extra day of driving for that trip lol. Friend and I talked about snowmobiling up there as across country from Flin flon it’s not actually that far. We even talked to Joey about it at one point and time lol.

Took off on a little road trip yesterday and crossed over onto the dark side of the border kind of into @db1486 and @midnightman territory. Not super close by any means but closer than I’ve been in a while lol. Headed out east of Hudson Bay into Manitoba then north to The Pas and back west towards home from there. With the crappy weather coming I figure it might be my last chance for a road trip for the year maybe. Made a nice little loop anyways and saw some country side I hadn’t been through in years. Was bursting seeing some of the storm damage still there from back in June when the flooding was going on.

Glad to hear you got it Ralph was wondering how you were making out. Sounds like the weathers gona take a turn for the worse here pretty soon.

Got the last of the spraying done this morning. It was really to windy out but I said screw it and sent it anyways lol. Wanted to get it done before it turned real cold again. Already had a couple frosts on it but with the last few warm days I’m counting on it still doing some good. Field wasn’t horrible but if you can keep it clean it’s sure a lot easier to manage.

Work never ends it seems but at least we can slow down a tiny bit now.

I can say we’re officially done now.