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Emergency tooth adaptor repair
Welder or dentist? Another tooth adaptor repair to keep things going. Not the first and probably not the last on this poor old bucket,...
Burnt Beard
Jan 28, 2024


Grapple welding repairs in the middle of nowhere
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...
Burnt Beard
Jan 12, 2024


Budget friendly bush rake repairs
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...
Burnt Beard
Dec 15, 2023


Enhance Your Excavator Performance with a Thumb Buildup and Hard Surfacing
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...
Burnt Beard
Dec 11, 2023


Maximizing the Lifespan of Excavator Buckets: Build Up, Hard Surfacing and Wear Plates
A bunch of build up and hard surfacing as preventive maintenance on this bucket. Personally I prefer wear plates over hard surface as I...
Burnt Beard
Dec 8, 2023


Thinking outside the box to get the repair done -Mobile Fabricator Welder Fraser Valley
Thinking outside the box to get the repair done
Burnt Beard
Nov 30, 2023


Barge Ramp refit-Mobile Fabricator Welder Fraser Valley
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...
Burnt Beard
Oct 24, 2023


Free hand cutting -Mobile Fabricator Welder Fraser Valley
Hand cut plate, completely free hand slot. Do you need some Heavy Equipment repairs done by a Fraser Valley fabricator mobile welder? Or...
Burnt Beard
Sep 16, 2023


Excavator crack repairs
Repairing some poorly done and cracked welds as well as re doing the plate termination. Whoever did this originally cut the plate square...
Burnt Beard
Sep 9, 2023


Re lugging the grapple -Mobile Fabricator Welder Fraser Valley
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...
Burnt Beard
Aug 30, 2023


Quick change and thumb mods
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...
Burnt Beard
Aug 29, 2023


Just the tip
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...
Burnt Beard
Aug 27, 2023


Processor knives, buckets and hard surfacing
Fun from the last couple weeks, new processor knives and some bucket build up and hard surfacing. I love the smell working on forestry...
Burnt Beard
Aug 19, 2023


Cone crusher repairs
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...
Burnt Beard
Jul 8, 2023


Track bar link mount repair
Track bar link mount repair from a couple weeks ago, The original bracket was cast and beyond repair. They wanted it done yesterday and...
Burnt Beard
Jul 7, 2023


Skid steer bucket rehab
Another bucket rehab complete, this time on a skid steer. Stripped it right down to almost nothing and replaced most of the floor, back...
Burnt Beard
Jun 21, 2023


Another bucket overhaul
Another bucket fixed up and ready for more work. New frog, floor replacement, bottom side armor and upgrade to a bolt on edge. This...
Burnt Beard
Jun 18, 2023


A time sensitive Job
I was recently called out to help remove the track tensioner springs and build up the idler roller pockets. I also ended up doing some...
Burnt Beard
Apr 21, 2023


Kookipi Heavy Equipment Service Call
A recent service call up to the Kookipi for some roadbuilder repairs, fixed some cracks in a couple buckets and a quick change. The...
Burnt Beard
Apr 21, 2023


Critical repair on heavy equipment
The left side boom ear on this log loader suffered a pretty catastrophic failure and the right was cracking as well. The only way to fix...
Burnt Beard
Mar 20, 2023
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