Graincart

Life is a lot life unloading the graincart with no camera into a high sided trailer while you’re being recorded by a drone and chewed on by a small gremlin (AKA Cooper the cattle dog).

For those of you not involved in the agriculture world, trying to load into a trailer that’s taller than the tractor is a major guessing game. Especially when your camera isn’t working and you can’t see into the trailer. If you get your butt too far off the seat, the safety sensor kicks in and turns off your PTO. (That’s what sends the corn out of the cart, into the auger and in the truck.) It’s a game of balance trying to see inside the trailer so you don’t spill corn on the ground without lifting too much of your weight off the seat. Try and do all this with a one year old cattle dog trying to play with you by chewing on you while your cousin is tinkering with his drone recording the whole ordeal. Sounds a little stressful, right? Eh, it’s a fairly normal day in the ag world.

I will admit, the first time unloading the cart into that trailer, I was nervous as a record sized buck on opening day. Every possible kernel of corn needs to go into that trailer with minimal spillage. Corn spilled on the ground is essentially money lost. A few here and there on the ground is no big deal but if you overfill it, a corn waterfall happens really quick. I’ve been operating graincart for quite a few years and have been riding in it with my grandma or mom for even longer. I’m no stranger to this job. The more I kept unloading onto the truck, the easier it got and the less afraid of it I became.

You might be reading this thinking “lady, how does that relate back to my life? I have nor will I probably ever have to experience what it is like to unload a graincart onto a trailer.”  For most of you that’s probably correct. A few will have a general idea of what I’m referring to. Of those that don’t, there’s other struggles in life that you go through that can relate to this scenario. Everyone is placed in situations that they don’t know what their next move is going to be. You might not feel confident in yourself to be able to accomplish it.  It might feel like a balancing act to finish the goal or task at hand. We’ve all been in situations that scare us but action still needs taken to move forward. More often than not there is some kind of distraction or temptation that can keep us from accomplishing our goals. Does that stop you from trying? It shouldn’t. Do it scared. Take a step forward and try. It might be in the wrong direction, but you can always learn from that and try something else.

Could I see into that trailer? No, I trusted I knew what I was doing. I’ve loaded grain into the trailers so many times, just not a high sided one. I pushed through the discomfort and it got easier. Whatever you’re going through, don’t give up on. Have the blind faith in Him and keep the belief that you can do it. God doesn’t lead us to anything that we cannot accomplish. Yeah it might feel uncomfy but we are brought to and through things for a reason. We cannot see His plan for us, all we know is His plan for us is greater than we could imagine.

Video edit and drone shots done by my cousin