Wheat Harvest 2011
 

For any that are interested in what I do, here's some pictures!



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Wheat as far as you can see!

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My great crew at work.

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Ready to start loading.....

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My son Harley driving the bank-out wagon.

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Another truck load ready to go!

That is cool, Don. But looks like hot work.

Not to bad, as long as I keep everybodys AC working..............lol

Yes, got to keep them drivers happy with good working AC.

Wussies!.........Cut the belts, they need to toughen up! Ha!

I had to work till 10:00 last night. One of my combine drivers "smacked" the bank-out wagon and took out a gearbox......

Off to work.........

Did ya "smack" him back? HA HA

I take it the wagon is to prevent running the semis all over the fields and packing down the soil?

We don't have anywhere near as big of fields in the valley. They usually run right from the combine into the semi.

Here is the harvest right next to the fairgrounds.
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I don't think SHE would like that.............lol





Our fields are very large (this one is 700 acres) and the semi's can't get to all the areas so we use a bank-out wagon to speed up the harvest.

We have hauled 2 MILLION pounds to market as of today. With the yealds as high as they are this year we should hit 6 MILLION pounds by the time we finish!


Some pics from today:

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I actually had to drive today, and here I am!

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So how many acres do you end up cutting?

Just over 3,000 acres............

i would love to go see that and go on a run with you one day. it looks so peaceful and i think it would be fun

Oh beautiful for spacious skies...

I hauled a load of wheat to the Dallas last Friday.