Where Have I Been You May Ask?

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It's Saturday 12st May and this is the 2nd day we have had where we have not been in the field working. In the first 2 weeks of may I completed 183 hours in the truck plus travelling to and from work. Some of those days were 14 hours with one day 16 hours where we worked into the night to get a circle completed. I must say I didn't have much energy for anything else at the end of the working day except a shower, some dinner and to bed. In the last 5 days things have been a little bit easier and also I'm getting used to what I have to do. As per usual it takes about 6 weeks to get "fit " for a job. That is knowing what to do where to go and when to do things. I maintain my own truck and make sure it is "game fit". I will tell you about my day and what it entails in another blog.

So far we have worked at 6 different locations mostly cattle feed lots and dairies. One places, Brahms, El Reno Oklahoma has 15,000 milking cows undercover. They milk 24/7 and even transport them to he milking shed on a conveyor belt. Thing are different here.

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Photos

Dropping my load in the "pit" at night.
40 Trucks with room for 7 trucks across the face of the pit. 5 large dual wheeled tractors. Dust for Africa. This is the scariest driving I have done in an 18 wheeler weighing in fully loaded at 70,000lbs to 80,000lbs.

Unloading at night
So you can't see much? Welcome to night driving!

One of 5 tractors in the Pit
Tractor coming out of the dark in the pit. NOBODY HIT ANYTHING. A bloody miricale!!!! These tractors are so heavy they squeeze the air out of the silage pit.

Nope You can't see much.
The Pit from the ground looking in.