Heavy Equipment Mechanic Seattle WA - Pillar Creek Equipment, LLC

MOBILE TRACTOR REPAIR

We do restoration and repair of classic, specialized, and hard-to-find machinery, tractors, equipment and vehicles. We have published several books and curriculums that make it accessible for anyone to learn these techniques. We also sell and service Stanley Products, Deep Sea Electronics, and SICES controllers.

Our specialties include diesel and gas powered generator sets, antique vehicles, portable sawmills, forklifts, and electrical controls. We do transmissions, gear boxes, engines, and machinery repair. We restore air and hydraulic brakes, and build custom instrument panels.

Surplus Equipment in the Northwest

We maintain a listing of surplus equipment available in the Northwest. We advertise all consignment items.

Preventive Maintenance Consulting

We show you how and where to put your preventive maintenance dollars. This keeps your mission critical machinery going, to protect your bottom line. It begins with our on-site Emergency Up-time Equipment Survey.

Heavy Equipment Mechanic Training

We offer on-site Heavy Equipment Mechanic Training, diesel engine mechanics, and more. We do custom skills training for people of all experience levels.

Find out if Pillar Creek Equipment is the next step for you. Contact us today to discover how we can take you to the next level of mechanical proficiency and preparedness.

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To learn more about diesel mechanics and using the techniques found in Field Expedient Repair (FET) and the US Army’s Battlefield Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR), contact us to receive information on these techniques and information about our classes, training, and more!

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Really Cold Weather

After it's been -40 below for a while, -20 below feels balmy, having much more humidity in the air compared to the colder air. Like any newcomer to Fairbanks in the winter of 1975, I too had to throw a glass of water up in the air, to watch nothing come down... We watched the temperature hover between -40 and -50

Heavy Equipment Repair

Fasteners and Fittings

It is hard to think of any part of civilization not dependent on helical screw threads.... Healthcare, computer technology, weapons and military hardware, food production, water treatment, entertainment, and most other modern endeavors include this technology. Over two thousand years ago, the helical screw began moving water, and then pressing olives. Much later the first successful printing presses also used jack screws. Standardization According to most

Heavy Equipment Repair

Recycling In The Alaskan Bush

In the late 1970's I was sent to Kotzebue, Alaska for the construction season. My job was to keep all of their old surplus Army and Air Force equipment running, by whatever means. Photograph of the Caterpillar name on an old radiator tank, era 1947. Going right to work after arriving in town, we found the Kotzebue City dump well stocked with spare parts. Not

Heavy Equipment Repair

Preventive Maintenance Checklist

Higher productivity is the ultimate goal of your preventive maintenance routine, and it's also the outcome of properly applied preventive maintenance. The following list summarizes many, but not all, of the important inspection items that lead to world class preventive maintenance. Every equipment operation has its own unique needs. An important part of every preventive maintenance program is to identify those items

Mechanic Training

Training Update

While recalling my apprenticeship experience, this collection of wrenches came to mind. The photo below contains a number of wrenches modified with an acetylene torch over a forty-five year career. In classroom time each week we covered the world class Caterpillar training materials. Afterwards it was then back out to the shop floor where we learned more about the vital, and

Mechanic Training

The Apprenticeship

The value of on the job apprenticeship training goes far beyond the technical content of the program. The best training programs expose each member to the social side of the organization and insures the participants learn how to successfully work inside the company. Entering the two year training program following two years of trade school, brought me into a setting where

Mechanic Training

New Mechanics

New mechanics and technicians entering the trade must learn a huge body of information that includes the variety of fittings. Before new mechanics can take off and "fly" in the trade, a huge body of knowledge must be mastered. Just one example of the learning curve: Identifying and understanding the many kinds of fasteners and fittings, and how best to use

Mechanic Training

The Skill Shortage

With the onslaught of diesel engine emission regulations, electronic engine control became a necessity. Like dropping a large object into a pond of still water, the resulting waves of change emanated outward, affecting engine manufacturers and marketers, buyers, users, technicians, and anyone else that dealt with diesel engines. These changes affected all marine diesel technicians, and compounded fall-out from the

Mechanic Anecdotes

Commerce In The Beaufort Sea

Alaska's spring, summer and fall seasons on the northern coast don't last long. They come rapid-fire, followed by the long winter season of bitter cold and little sun light. Standing on the shore of the Beaufort Sea in the fall it is possible to smell, and also see, time passing. It's like this: In August at the beach there is the smell

Mechanic Anecdotes

Port Moller Calls

A year after moving to Kodiak my customer called asking for a rebuild of the main engine in his combination crabber/salmon tender. He said the engine had just failed in a remote area west of Kodiak. The boat was tied to the dock in Port Moller, which is really almost no port at all. The parts for the job arrived in

MOBILE TRACTOR REPAIR

Surplus Equipment in the Northwest

Preventive Maintenance Consulting

Heavy Equipment Mechanic Training

Litigation Support For Machinery And Equipment Topics

Generator Repair

Monday	7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday	7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday	7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday	7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday	7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday	Closed
Sunday	Closed

Heavy Equipment Repair and Training

MOBILE TRACTOR REPAIR

Surplus Equipment in the Northwest

Preventive Maintenance Consulting

Heavy Equipment Mechanic Training

Litigation Support For Machinery And Equipment Topics

Generator Repair