Joaquin Ag Repair offers welding services in Fresno: welding repair on steel, aluminum and stainless, and light metal fabrication for racks, brackets and mounts. Most of it is bench work, and the prices and the detail sit on the individual pages.
Most repairs get done at the shop bench in Fresno at $85 an hour with no trip charge. Anything that unbolts or tows in is a drop-off job, and the work is booked by appointment.
Utility, flatbed, gooseneck and dump trailers tow in and get repaired at the shop. Decks, floors, fenders, ramp and gate hinges and cross members make up most of the work.
Floor plate, fender mounts and ramp hinges are the usual jobs on a utility trailer, and axles and hubs are looked at before anyone quotes them.
Shanks, standards, sweeps, guards and brackets come to the bench once they are unbolted. Tool bars and frames still on the machine, or equipment down in the field, get a callout.
Headache racks, ladder racks and tool box mounts unbolt and get welded at the shop. Brackets go on the web of the frame rail rather than the flange, and several trucks at one yard can be done in one visit.
Field gates and wrought iron panels come off their hinges and get squared and rebuilt at the bench. Gates hung on set posts and fence lines in the ground need somebody to drive out.
Smaller aluminum and stainless jobs are welded at the shop once a photo shows the part will take a weld. Thickness, alloy and contamination decide that, and castings are harder to call than plate.
Equipment that cannot be moved gets a callout at $130 an hour with a $450 minimum, and several jobs at one address or several stops on one run share that minimum.
What the metal is decides how the job runs and what it costs.
| Mild steelFrames, decks, brackets, gates, guards | Stick or MIG | Most work, standard rate |
| Weathered or painted steelOlder implements, yard gates | Stick, 6011 | Grinding time added |
| StainlessFood plant guards, brackets, small frames | Quoted per job | Cleaned before and after |
| AluminumBrackets, panels, smaller repairs | Photo first | Alloy and thickness decide it |
| Cast iron and cast aluminumHousings, manifolds, brackets | Case by case | Often better replaced |
| GalvanizedFence frames, panels, posts | Ground back first | Zinc is stripped from the joint |
A photo is usually enough for a price.