Earlier this year Son and I decided we needed to upgrade our combine and began combing the Midwest for a likely and affordable prospect. After some wasted miles and travel days, we found a unit that seemed to have potential and bought it. Apparently none of my neighbors were home when the semi showed up with the combine and left empty so the rumor mill was totally silent--that's just as well. Last week we brought the combine from the remote machinery storage building up closer to the shop area to finish some repairs and upgrades that required a constant source of air pressure and electricity. Guess what? The first day the rural mail carrier had a package and got an eyeful of the machine. I'll admit it does look nice and for the less experienced observer, it looks HUGE. Fast forward to this morning when I stopped by the local grain elevator to sign some papers. The manager commented "I heard you guys bought a new combine". I responded with "Where did you hear that?" Obviously, the mail man had spilled the beans and added some gloss in the telling. The story that's being passed around is we bought a nearly new combine that's "as big as a house". Anyhoo, I corrected the "nearly new" part by saying it wasn't that new BUT if the parts bins in the US, Canada, and Germany held out, we were gaining at an alarming rate.
If you've ever worked on a large, complex machine that's exposed to the elements while operating, you know what I mean.
If you've ever worked on a large, complex machine that's exposed to the elements while operating, you know what I mean.
