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Burnt Beard
Oct 25, 2024
Bucket rebuild
Tight timelines and tight budgets, again. "Cold formed" the floor to make timelines and save some money, otherwise a fairly standard...
Burnt Beard
Oct 17, 2024
New Adventures
Onto a new adventure! My wife and I were born and raised in the Fraser Valley and have lived there for the last 30 something years. We...
Burnt Beard
Sep 24, 2024
Fixing some grapple carnage
Little oopsie.... pin retainer fell out and allowed the pin to slide out out one side while the grapple had a full load, resulting in...
Burnt Beard
Sep 16, 2024
Emergency early morning grapple repairs
Early morning emergency call to glue a grapple tip back in. Beautiful morning, almost full moon, stars and a glimmer of northern lights....
Burnt Beard
Aug 13, 2024
Grapple repairs
Original plan was new tips and fix up the outrigger. As to be expected there was a bunch of cracks in the grapple, the boom crack wasn't...
Burnt Beard
Aug 8, 2024
Fixing some grapple tips
Another long day going wherever is needed to get things fixed, can't complain about the commute views though. Glued a busted grapple tip...
Burnt Beard
Jun 26, 2024
Fixing a split idler pocket
I was just about to start cutting shackle bolts on the truck when I got a work call so I threw it all back together, lucky timing. Nice...
Burnt Beard
Jun 11, 2024
Eye repairs
This one put up a fight. I originally thought it might be a short day after seeing 1 picture, i was wrong. Fought to get the old pin out...
Burnt Beard
May 20, 2024
Long weekend repairs
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...
Burnt Beard
May 12, 2024
Emergency thumb cylinder mount repair
Emergency thumb cylinder mount repair
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