One trip, the whole yard: booking blasting around Seven Persons and Irvine

When we pull into a yard out past Seven Persons or Irvine for a stock trailer, there is almost always something else sitting nearby that needs the same treatment. An auger. A bale deck. A set of steel gates. A deck on the house.

Why batching saves money

Setting up the rig takes time, and so does getting there. Once the compressor is running and the media is loaded, the next item on the same yard costs only the time it takes to blast it. Splitting the work into separate bookings means paying for setup and travel more than once.

What fits in one visit

• Trailers — stock, livestock, hay, goosenecks and flat decks.
• Augers, conveyors and grain handling.
• Implements — headers, cultivators, seeders and sprayer booms.
• Bins — exterior sheeting and legs.
• The house — a deck, a fence, or concrete steps.

Everything on the yard that needs stripping is one setup. Everything after the first item is just blast time.

Different surfaces, same trip

The rig switches between wet and dry in minutes. Heavy steel and wood get blasted dry; concrete steps and thin sheet metal get done wet. A trailer in the morning and a deck in the afternoon is a normal day.

Seven Persons is southwest of Medicine Hat on Highway 3 and Irvine is east toward the Saskatchewan line on the Trans-Canada. Both are close enough to be routine, and if a neighbour down the road wants something done, the same logic applies — ask about lining it up for the same trip.

Line up the paint

Several pieces of bare steel at once means several things to coat at once. Have primer and paint, or a painter, ready before we come — flash rust is a real deadline.