Friday 17th August 2012 (or Friday 13th Part 2:Machines' Revenge)

On arriving in the field this morning I was greeted by glum faces and an endless list of issues. No2 Hydraulic Pump down. No1 Track rod ends gone. No3 Beater snapped in half. No4 had grown its shoulders in the night and was carrying the operation. Having said that his top fan had had issues the previous day. So it was all hands on deck and with superb back up and men from PMC all machines were running by mid afternoon. When you run these machines 24hrs a day and you get towards the end of the season, like the men, they are getting tired. A night to forget.