Well, I got my truck out from the interior being detailed yesterday in Humboldt and that was the final step in the clean up process. I grabbed a pop and had the Sirius tunes blasting just cruising around enjoying the scenery and watching heads turn to look at the truck (or maybe the driver???). Let me paint the picture - sunny afternoon, hot, girls in shorts, black truck looking better than new, exhaust rumbling ----- sweet! Damn phone rings and its my employee! Baler broken. Well he has it all apart by the time I get home and we do a parts hunt. Its about a five year old CaseIH baler (Hesston built) and the parts we need are not in Canada in the Case or Hesston systems. The old 'make hay when the sun shines' saying really has some impact when the baler is broken! Parts wont be here until Monday or Tuesday - just lovely waiting 5 or 6 days. We rebuilt some of the sprockets that are damaged (weld/grind) and got some generic stuff to try to make it run - it rained so it might not be so bad and a neighbor who just got a (new to him) John Deere will come over and help make cow roll ups since his hay isnt ready and we can return the favor by heading there when his is ready.
Did I mention the fact that a nice afternoon shift of cruising was ruined by that baler - it may need to find a new home if that happens again!

 

too bad about the baler, but about that truck... when do we get pics??

 

Paint that baler green Warren!!

That sucks though, isnt that the way it happens, get a good thing, then 1 or 2 bad right after.

 

Nothing worse than news like that!!

 

Too bad about your afternoon with the PSD being ruined.
No more haying for me and no more dealing with acreage type horse people............

 

That sucks hope it gets all fixed up quick

 

See I like the way I do it, I get someone else to do the haying

 

You nailed it on the head Morris. As I am typing I can even remember the feeling - big shiny jet black truck simply dwarfing the rest of the traffic making it all seem like it was in the background, I think Kid Rock - all summer long was playing when Mike called, the girls were looking good and I can just remember that rumbling exhaust just purring back at me off of parked cars and buildings.
Thats it! That baler has got to go!!!!!!!!

 

Lol hahaha

 

Truck is covered in mud - too late for pics!
Needs a good clean up now!

 

Bummer, guess it`s a real work truck after all!

 

More than just a pretty face Morris!

 

Now how the hell would that pretty truck get covered in mud?

 

Update - farmer fix workedand held together and got things along until the parts arrived today (a day early!).
But ---------- we had a fire!!
A slip clutch somehow got hot and started burning. Hired man was spot on with his reaction and used the fire extinguisher perfectly and got it out --- not even any paint dmage - it was confined to the clutch itself.
Upon returning to the yard, he asked if firefighting was the right thing to do with this machine
Talked to my brother thats at the lake and his response was along similar lines - 'Mike did a good job, right??????'

 

Sometimes in a cse like this one has to wonder whether to put the fire out or not............