Terry bought another combine (bigger/better/diesel), the problem with getting it was getting it home. The combine lived in Clifton, Colorado 44 miles away from our house, 13 miles of back country roads, 31 miles of BUSY four-lane highway.
After waiting and waiting for a good day, with no snow on the roads, we took off to get it….and I FORGOT L MY CAMERA!!!! L
I have the photos on my camera phone, but I can’t figure out how to get them off, but that is another story for another time.
Terry D.R.O.V.E. the combine home with me following with the lights flashing. It was a four hour trip, averaging a speed of 12 miles an hour. What a long Saturday afternoon that was.
There were scary moments when a semi got too close to the combine, a driver of a car decided to flip us off and in general be a jerk, but we made home.
Whew!
(And we have even MORE mud!)
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Wow, what a trip! Glad you made it safely. Doesn’t it always amaze you how some people feel they are the only ones with a right to be on the road!!!
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He looks so ‘typical’ ( of my husband anyway) with his head hidden in a vehicle of some kind. I remember my sister( she was 16 and i was 11) and I had to take a tractor back to relatives after we used it. Funny, now I am not sure why? It was a long ride on country roads, but we did have to cross a highway. It scares me now to think of it.
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Nice combine, BOOOOOOO on forgeting your camera…:-)
Later…Ed
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My goodness! Hummm…..Me thinks Terry is a COLLECTOR of equipment! And he does like the “GREEN” ones!
I hope you have lots of big storage buildings to hold tham all! When Terry is not busy in the fiels, he can rebuild, shine and polish and put a pretty name plaque on them and open his very own MUSEUM!!! LOL
My husband has his own “Equipment Museum”….but it is of the small TOY variety! Our entire basement and other display places in our home is filled w/huge glass topped display cases of “YOU NAME IT”! [TOY FARM TRACTORS and all sorts of TOY OPERATING EQUIPMENT]
I say……whatever keeps them happy…….:-)
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Wow…that is HUGE! I am pretty farm stupid…whats a combine used for?
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That’s a crazy big combine!! Wow!! Very cool. Don’t you hate people who have no respect on the road? Ugh!!
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What a long trip! Glad you made it back OK.
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That sounds like an epic journey – glad you made it safely! We have quite a few “new to US” items around here, as well. Reusing perfectly good items is a good thing, in my book! Stay warm!
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Holy cats, 44 miles like that. I would have been a bundle of nerves… Congrats on the big Green Machine…
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Sorry! Told ya Daryl can be a bad influence on others!! LOL
Glad it went well for you. Too bad you forgot your camera tho as I am sure Terry wants you to put this one down in the history books!!! LOL
Hope it is a great machine and makes the work load lighter!! Hopefully Terry wont have to use too much WD-40!!!
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Wow big machines!! People can be so rude, sounds like a bit of a hairy trip!
I left you a glass of lemonade over at my blog just to show my appreciation and that I enjoy reading yours!
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Yikes! Sounds like it was an event:) Try sending your pictures from your phone to your e-mail, thats what I do:)
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Happy Birthday, Im sure you dont look a day over 25:) What does that machine thing do?
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Hi there…is that a corn header on that baby? I’m in the midst of wheat/canola/barley country here so it’s a new kind of header for me…thanks! Patty
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I loved this story and I looovvee the combine. Too cool!
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My son loved to see the pictures of the combine! That’s one heck-of-a drive from Clifton…considering you had to drive so slow. Glad you got it there alright! Have a great day!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
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Just found your blog, love it already! The idiot that ‘flipped you off’ has no idea where his next meal is coming from.
Jo
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