Someone played bumper cars with the rock truck so I was tasked with making it as close to new as possible without replacing it. Couple...

Off for the weekend but still on call. A few repairs and modifications to the Father in laws excavator were fit into the long weekend...

Emergency thumb cylinder mount repair

Wrapped up a big one today. Complete overhaul on the front end of this 870 bucket. Fixed numerous cracks in the frog, built up worn...

Cutting up scraps, crops and used cutting edges to make this bucket as good as possible. A bit more time put in but the customer has all...

New edge and heel straps to keep this bucket going for a good while longer. Owner had had bad luck with bolt on edges not lasting a...

Another bucket re lug. Originally we wanted to take the good lugs off the trashed bucket and re use them, they looked really close but...

New tips, some hard surfacing touch up, and a few other little fixes. Customer provided some hardened bar stock meant for cylinders so I...

Going into this job I was planning on having these plates cnc'd, it would have been the most economical option by far, unfortunately that...

This grapple has been racking up frequent flyer miles with quick "fixes" to keep it going, it was pretty rugged already when it was...

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...