Massive rigs, I'm a welder for a manufacturing shop in Edmonton Alberta and have welded on many of the blades for these beasts.If there's a WBM badge on the side, pretty good chance I may have even welded on that very blade.

First type of work I did coming out of the military was this exact thing for a company called Dallas equipment, some of the machines we’d get in were in horrible shape, we’d rebuild them, wash, sandblast and paint them, redo the cabs, and they’d be like new where they rolled out

I wonder how deeply a D11's blade would dig into a 6x6 beam just from setting it down on it like that? (Or is that an 8 x 8?) And if you pushed down on it, would it cut right through the piece of wood? A wooden beam is pretty tough, but a D11 is heavy as hell, and we're talking shear force, not compression. I think...or is it a little of both?

Company I worked for, sold a used freightliner Columbia, was sent up about 2 weeks later because the brake would not release. Started truck up and heard an air leak. The entire body was painted and the air tanks were completely rusted out with holes in them both.

I bet the power washing business is huge in the oil patch. I would kill for a wash bay like yours, my shop isn't even that big lol. Keep up the good work and have a good year!

I wonder if it makes that much of a difference painting these for resale value. It's like putting a $300.00 paint job on a $1000.00 car and wanting $3000.00 for it.

It wasn't too bad before it went in, but some companies like to keep equipment looking neat and tidy. No worse advertising than you having shabby looking gear, and it keeps people employed.

Would love to know the cost to do that big of a beast? How about the cost for a mini excavator, my bota could use some fresh orange paint.