Joaquin Ag Repair is a welding shop in Fresno that handles welding repair on steel, aluminum and stainless parts. Most of the work arrives on a truck bed or behind a trailer hitch, and the parts that will not come off the machine get a callout instead.
Pick the thing that broke.
We repair utility, flatbed, dump and car hauler trailers, including the gates, ramps, decks and crossmembers.
We repair tool bars, shanks, augers and wear edges, and most of the cracks we see start at the toe of a factory weld.
We work on service bodies, flatbeds and the mounts, brackets, racks and tabs that are bolted to them.
We repair field gates, driveway gates and wrought iron, including hinges, posts, latches and racked frames.
We take smaller aluminum and stainless jobs, and the thickness, the alloy and how contaminated the metal is decide whether the part can be welded.
These are the shop rate, the callout minimum and the after-hours pricing.
| Part brought to the shopMost work | $85/hr | One hour minimum |
| Callout, Monday to Saturday, 7am to 9pmBooked ahead | $130/hr | $450 minimum |
| Callout after 9pm, Sundays and holidaysAfter hours | $195/hr | $550 minimum |
| Same-day callout, any hourEmergency | $260/hr | $650 minimum |
Most of the work here is done at the bench, and a part brought in is billed by the hour from the time the work starts, with a one hour minimum and nothing added for a trip. A callout is the other way around: the minimum covers the drive, the equipment for the day and the first two hours on site, and the clock runs by the quarter hour after that. Several jobs at one address, or several stops on the same run, are billed at the hourly rate without a second minimum. Rates do not stack, so a callout at 10pm is billed at the emergency rate rather than at the emergency and the after-hours rate together. Example jobs and what they came to are on the welding rates page.
Most repairs do not need anybody to drive out. If the part comes off, or the whole thing rolls, it costs less at the bench.
Utility, flatbed, gooseneck and dump trailers tow in on their own wheels, so trailer repair on the deck, fenders, ramps, gates and cross members is billed at the shop rate rather than as a callout.
Most of this work does not need a truck sent out.
The same hourly rate applies to a tractor and to a gate, during harvest or any other time of the year.
The rate is printed on this site and does not change once the truck is loaded.
When a new part costs less than the hours it would take to repair the old one, that comes up on the phone before anybody drives out.
Call the shop and Joaquin will come back out and look at it.
Bring the part by and Joaquin will point out where the bead goes.
Describe the job and add a photo, and the page will give you one of four answers. There is no charge for it and you do not have to leave your number.
The shop does welding repair and light metal fabrication. The full list of welding services has the detail and the prices.
The calendar tightens from August through October, when harvest breakdowns move ahead of scheduled work, so call early in the day if you can.
A part brought to the shop is $85 an hour with a one hour minimum and nothing added for a trip. A callout booked ahead is $130 an hour with a $450 minimum that covers the drive, the equipment for the day and the first two hours on site. After 9pm, Sundays and holidays are $195 an hour with a $550 minimum, and a same-day callout is $260 an hour with a $650 minimum.
Most work is done at the shop in Fresno and the address goes out once a time is set. Equipment that cannot be moved gets a callout around Fresno, Clovis, Sanger, Selma, Kerman, Reedley and Madera.
Joaquin Ag Repair takes smaller aluminum and stainless jobs, and a photo sent ahead of time is usually enough to say whether the part is one we can weld.
Saturdays are a normal working day here and evenings run through the week.
Disconnect the batteries on anything with electronics, clear flammables ten feet back, wash the area if it is greasy, and block anything the part is holding up.
There is no charge for a quote, and most of them are done from a photo over the phone.