1st Crop

Last week was 1st crop out at Brett's family's farm.  We always go out and help as much as possible.  I usually get to drive a tractor that is pulling a chopper and a wagon and go down the winrows and pick up the hay.   This year though, two of Brett's nephews started working and learning how to chop, so I got to learn how to haul.  I drove Chandler's truck since he is on a mission.  Brett is so patient with me as I learn all these things.  He gives me all the time I need to learn, never lets me do anything I'm uncomfortable with and always ensures I'm okay.  I super appreciate it because otherwise I may be intimidated to go out there with him.  Thanks Brett!

Hauling consists of hooking up to a wagon that has 25,000-30,000 pounds of chopped hay in it, and hauling it to the cuber that is a few miles down the highway road.  Once you get to the cuber, you pull the wagon onto a huge scale, write down the weight, then pull up to the specified dumping spot.  You then open the back doors to the wagon (carefully, so the hay doesn't fall on you), hook up the hydrolics to the wagon, and let it unload.  Once it is unloaded, you shut the doors, unhook the hydrolics and pull the empty wagon back to the farm. Repeat.  We did this for 11 hours the 1st day, then for about 5 hours the last day.