Part 1 Sugar Beets What We Did

We reported for work the last week end of Sept. 2010. While they were in a hurry to get us there by the week end they put off our orientation until Monday, as the weather had been to warm to harvest.

Starting several days later at the Powder River Piling station. Shown here is piler number one, the smaller piler at our station with only one lane.

Trucks lined up at the larger piler that could handle semis.

Eileen and I worked this piler.

The semis we unloaded came in two types the dump type shown here and one with a large plunger that went the full length of the trailer.

These and the many of the dump trucks unloaded on our right lane.

Here a truck is unloading on our left lane.

The yellow boom swings back and forth in an effort to keep the pile level left to right.

After some training I became the piler operator. This is the pusher rig and I had to signal the driver when to stop and start the the ram. To many beets in the hopper and they spill out. To slow and there are gaps going up the main raiser.

Eileen in front of the skid steer she had to use at the end of the day to clean up our area.

Our piler and work station for the month of October. The beets go in the hoppers on the left end of the picture and out the yellow boom on the right. The green booms on either side of the piler are for the tare.(the dirt shook of the beets and loaded back in the trucks.)

Our view up the Yellowstone River. If you click on the picture it will in large to full screen. You will then find a Bald Eagle siting in the dead tree at this end of the island.

One of the sun sets we were treated to.

At sun rise the moon is setting.