Over 70lbs of hardsurfacing wire, that's Saturday done. That might be the most diesel I've used in a day, it started out right full! The...

Looks basic at first glance but there was a fair bit of work you don't see to get this new wear plate installed. I spent a fair bit of...

This piece has definitely earned it its keep, but a little late night loving and its ready for more work. New knife edge, a bunch of...

Welder or dentist? Another tooth adaptor repair to keep things going. Not the first and probably not the last on this poor old bucket,...

A long day of making really broken stuff not broken, way out in the middle of nowhere. Not gonna lie I'd love to work in the bush more...

A long day to bang this repair out and keep it on budget. I would need more fingers and toes to count the repairs on the tube in the...

A ton of build up with with a healthy covering of hard surfacing for this thumb. The heat cycling exposed a few cracks so I fixed those...

A bunch of build up and hard surfacing as preventive maintenance on this bucket. Personally I prefer wear plates over hard surface as I...

Thinking outside the box to get the repair done

A few before and after on the barge ramp refit that wrapped last week. This mobile welding job was a challenge but it was fun. The...

Repairing some poorly done and cracked welds as well as re doing the plate termination. Whoever did this originally cut the plate square...

Part 2 of the plan, re lugging the grapple so it can be used on the new quick change set up, or any of the customers other machines. Do...

Working with Backwoods Mechanical to add a quick change and thumb to machine which was set up strictly as a pin on grapple before. Had...

Just the tip, or in this case 3. This thumb was straight up worn down to nothing. I used some cad and hand drawing to come up with a...

Fun from the last couple weeks, new processor knives and some bucket build up and hard surfacing. I love the smell working on forestry...

Not all jobs are glamorous or gravy work, but they all need to get done. A little cone crusher love on a Saturday while everything was...

Track bar link mount repair from a couple weeks ago, The original bracket was cast and beyond repair. They wanted it done yesterday and...

Another bucket fixed up and ready for more work. New frog, floor replacement, bottom side armor and upgrade to a bolt on edge. This...

Nice bucket rebuild with a conversion to a bolt on cutting edge. Bucket is almost as good or better than new and ready for many more...

A recent service call up to the Kookipi for some roadbuilder repairs, fixed some cracks in a couple buckets and a quick change. The...