Another Different Job.

 I've had another different job to do today, that's two new jobs in as many days.

Eric had to take some cattle somewhere this morning and ended up getting delayed, which wouldn't ordinarily have mattered to much. However this morning, at just after eleven this truck load of fertiliser pulled in to the yard and it suddenly became panic stations as there was no one to unload it. The driver wasn't at all impressed, which is understandable. Mum called dad who was at Uncle ken's doing some drilling for him and even if he left straight away it would be an hour before he got back. Then mum only went and asked dad if I could do it and for some bizarre reason thought it was a great idea. Well it was a good idea really and I don't know why I initially got in to such a panic over it, I think mainly because of the truck driver who at the time was well grumpy and would be there watching me.

Anyway mum, along with the help of the driver got me fired up for the idea, he wasn't bothered who took off the load, especially when the alternative was to wait for either dad or Eric to return. So I had to get the telehandler and first of all swap the bale grab for the bag lifting prong things. By now the driver had been well charmed by mum, a cup of tea and a piece of cake so was more amenable and helped with both holding the handles open on the bags and with advice where needed. Although it wasn't always needed as I pretty much knew what to do from watching Eric at spreading time. It was only really the amount of bags I moved at a time that he was helpful with. When we are spreading we only ever carry two bags at once but the driver advised that it would be okay to carry four so that is what I did, figuring he knew more about it than I did as he was dealing with this sort of thing everyday. So I took them all off and put then in the shed where dad told me to.

When finished the driver said it went better than he thought, and that I did a grand job. He even let me sit in his truck for a few minutes. I wanted him to give me a ride as far as the stables from where I would check on Rob then walk back. Unfortunately he wasn't allowed to carry passengers unless they worked for the company, so that was a shame. To be honest i would have loved to drive it!!