She's back in action! My friend Abby came to help us out for about ten days. She is taking a break from her job on the far northern edge of Alaska to drive the big green machines again. Abby first came on harvest is 2008 and...
We were in Kansas, driving down the highway headed to Oklahoma, when we heard it. It was the sound of the National Weather Service’s storm alert saying that there was a severe thunderstorm watch. For us, we only hear that sound in the summer, so...
The circus better know as Osowski Ag Service has officially changed location. We are now in Helena, Okla. After getting all the equipment loaded, getting the camper packed away, and paying all our bills, we ended up leaving Hobart around 2pm. We arrived in Helena around 5pm, practically...
Productivity was at an all time high today. We started off like every other day with our combine and the farmer’s combine along with a grain cart and two semis. By 4 p.m., we had four semis and three combines thanks to some friendly neighbors who...
It has officially been a week since we arrived in good ol’ Hobart, Okla. Today was another one of those days where you wonder where it went. It was steady going but we did have some obstacle-like fields to deal with that included numerous terraces,...
Today flew by. Simple as that. Dad decided that it was my day to fuel up our service truck which also meant I had to wake up before everyone else. But that also meant I got to wake everyone up as loudly and obnoxiously as...
When there is down time we have little projects to help keep us busy. One of these projects is rebuilding the sickle. The sickle is the group of blades that cut the stalk of the wheat off, and every so often they need to be...
My cousin Lee is no stranger to the All Aboard blog. He has joined us again for a short while. He took a week off work to help us, but the week has come and gone and he'll be going back to Minnesota. I am...
Wheat harvest for Misener Family Harvesters has officially started and it sure didn't take long to get back into the swing of things.
Yesterday we drove three combines, tractor and grain cart, and two semis to our first stop on the 2012 trail. We started south of Elk City, Okla., and cut around 160 acres. Not too bad for our first day. The wheat averaged about 11 percent moisture, 61 pound test weight, and around 30 to 35 bushels per acre. Compared to last year, the wheat is considerably better, like night and day.
Dan took this picture yesterday. The farmer is right behind us with the tractor working the field.
Harvest hasn't quite started for the Misener Family, so we're keeping busy with things around the shop. Some of the things we're doing is inspecting our combines, tightening chains and belts, doing some preventative maintenance by changing bearings that are nearly worn out, and cleaning cabs. Some might find this a little tedious, but this is the kind of work that keeps us running in the fields when harvest is in full bloom. No breakdowns in the fields means more wheat we can cut in a shorter amount of time. Not only do we appreciate this, but our customers appreciate it even more. It's nice to know your whole livelihood is gathered up and no longer sitting in the vulnerable field.