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RW. · **^ Top** #**1841** 11.03.2009

It really feels weird to me since the time change its getting dark so early. Normally that means we are pretty much on the downhill side of things, but we've got a long ways to go like this. I don't mind working after dark except if I get sent to a different farmer and have to find someplace new in the dark. Oh and the deer of course.....hate them deer after dark!

wheathauler · **^ Top** #**1842** 11.03.2009

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What are their hours normally? Most of the places I go to usually shut down at 7, or possibly 9 when everyone is in corn. I think ADM at Quincy stays open till 11 during bean harvest, but we don't go there too much. Both ADM and Cargill at Beardstown got full of wet corn this morning and couldn't take any after lunch. And that was with many people cutting beans today. I'm afraid that's a glimpse of the way its going to be the rest of harvest..

Cargill is closing a 6:30. The co-op was hauling to closed at 7 but offered to stay open longer if needed. Hauling to co-op because they have dryers for corn, everybody else was taken 16% or under. Their corn was around 18%, they just want to get it out, the heck with the dockage.

wheathauler · **^ Top** #**1843** 11.03.2009

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Originally Posted by RW.

It really feels weird to me since the time change its getting dark so early. Normally that means we are pretty much on the downhill side of things, but we've got a long ways to go like this. I don't mind working after dark except if I get sent to a different farmer and have to find someplace new in the dark. Oh and the deer of course.....hate them deer after dark!

Yes, I'm not used to working in the dark. They haven't fixed the light on the grain cart spout. It's dang hard to dump in the trailer without that light.

RW. · **^ Top** #**1844** 11.03.2009

18% ! Guys around here would kill for corn that dry! The corn dad and brother shelled today was 23-24%. They are getting it out, not thinking twice about it. Stalk quality could become an issue the longer it has to stand out in the field.

dairyman · **^ Top** #**1845** 11.03.2009

thanks for understanding folks,glad i did not offend anyone. just for the record i have never field hauled that far,i just was trying to get a cheap laugh. i am like you r.w. ,would kill for 18% corn, i don't think i have unloaded 1 load that hasn't had to be kicked out of the gravity bed wagon this year, its all been 21% or higher,it won't flow! we had some high wind here 2 days ago and blew about 30% of a neighbors 125 acre corn feild down,what a mess!!! stalk quality and ear flex is terrible with all the rain .i beleive we'll try different variety corn next year. looks like yeilds are going to be great though.... 180 bu.-210 bu. if folks can just get it out its got to be hauled somewhere soon so maybe we'll be busy as bees soon!

farmermatt · **^ Top** #**1846** 11.04.2009

prairie pride biodiesel is unloading 24 hours during harvest if there is a truck here they will unload it

farmermatt · **^ Top** #**1847** 11.04.2009

MO DOT announced yesterday thru december first they have issued an emergency declaration to allow trucks hauling grain from the field can weigh 10% more than their licensed weight

THIS MADE MY DAY!!!!!!!! 1000 bu of beans!!!!!!!! LEGAL!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

wheathauler · **^ Top** #**1848** 11.04.2009

That's a little unusual but good for truckers and farmers. Could use that around here but don't think it will happen.

RW. · **^ Top** #**1849** 11.04.2009

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Originally Posted by farmermatt

prairie pride biodiesel is unloading 24 hours during harvest if there is a truck here they will unload it

That would be handy, unless you're hauling for someone that expects you to run 20 hours a day.

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Originally Posted by farmermatt

MO DOT announced yesterday thru december first they have issued an emergency declaration to allow trucks hauling grain from the field can weigh 10% more than their licensed weight

THIS MADE MY DAY!!!!!!!! 1000 bu of beans!!!!!!!! LEGAL!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

Good deal for you guys. There's about as much chance of that happening here in IL as the Bears making the Super Bowl this year. IL is one of the worst states for sticking it to truckers and businesses in general. I think farmers can buy an overweight permit for a period of time during harvest, but it is just for small trucks, nothing I've ever heard them offer will let a semi exceed 80,000.

I'm already getting tired of hauling these dirty dusty beans.

dairyman · **^ Top** #**1850** 11.04.2009

r.w., i talked to debruce broker today to check on dockage, 4 cents/1%over 15%moisture with 1.4% shrinkage on corn. hows that compare to your area? ky. is right behind ill. as trucker unfreindly, KYU... YIPPEE! sorry bought DA BEARS, thought jay cutler was going to be the fix! at least yall have a pro team.

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