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Bring it to the welding shopin Fresno.

A part brought to the welding repair shop is $85 an hour with a one hour minimum and nothing added for a trip. This is how most of the work here gets done.

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$85 an hourNo trip chargeBy appointment
Welding shop bench with welders and hanging tools

What comes to the welding shop and what does not

If the part comes off, or the whole thing rolls, it is a shop job.

Comes to the shop

Needs a callout

  • Equipment broken down in the field that cannot be moved
  • Tool bars and frames still mounted on the tractor
  • Driveway gates hung on set posts
  • Corral panels and fence lines set in the ground
  • Bins, tanks and hoppers already stood up
  • Truck frames and service bodies where the part does not come off
  • Anything too heavy to load without a forklift

Getting it off the machine

How drop-off welding works

  1. Call or text first with a photo of the part, or check the job online, to find out whether it is a shop job.
  2. We set the time and send the address, because drop-off runs by appointment so that somebody is there when you pull up.
  3. Small jobs often go back the same evening, and bigger ones get a time before you leave.
  4. The work is billed at $85 an hour from the time it starts, with a one hour minimum and no trip charge.

Welding repair shop rates

$85/hrPart brought to the shop, by appointment
Quotes and estimates
No charge
Billing after the first hour
By the quarter hour
Part brought to the shopMost work$85/hrOne 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.

Questions we get

Do I need an appointment?

Drop-off at the welding repair shop runs by appointment, so call or text first and somebody will be there when you pull up.

Why is the shop rate lower than a callout?

A callout pays for the drive and for the equipment that goes out for the day before any welding happens. At the bench none of that applies, so the same repair is billed at $85 an hour instead of $130 with a $450 minimum.

What if the part will not come off?

Send a photo and we will say whether it is worth unbolting or whether the job needs a callout. Some of it is a ten minute job with a wrench and some of it is not.

Can I tow a trailer in?

Trailers are one of the most common things to bring, and towing one in puts the whole job at the shop rate.

How long do you keep the part?

Most small work goes back the same evening, and anything longer gets a time before you leave it.

Can I watch the repair?

You can watch from outside the arc, and a hood is worth bringing if you want a closer look.

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