Arc Tech Enterprises Welding FAQs

Yes. Old iron is some of our favorite work. Antique tractors are usually built from steel that welds easily, and the original parts are often worth saving rather than hunting down a replacement. Frames, drawbars, hitches, fenders, and brackets all weld up clean.

Cast iron components like manifolds, blocks, and gear cases need careful prep, the right rod, and slow heat control. We’ve welded plenty of older tractors back into running shape. Send photos and we’ll tell you whether it’s a weld job or a parts hunt.

Yes, when the repair is done right. Our trailer welds restore the load path so the trailer carries the way the manufacturer intended. We grind, fit, weld with the right rod, and reinforce where the geometry needs it. We’ll also tell you if a part has been compromised badly enough that it should be replaced rather than welded.

Honest answer: not every cracked trailer is a weld job. If the frame has been bent, work-hardened, or rusted through to a degree where a weld won’t hold, we’ll say so. Better to know up front than after a load shifts on the road.

Yes. Tongues, hitches, ramp gates, and ramp hinges are some of the most common trailer repairs we run. Tongue cracks at the coupler, broken hitch welds, sheared ramp hinges, bent ramp frames, and torn cable mounts all weld back together with the right approach.

If a hitch has been damaged in a road incident, we weld it, reinforce it, and set it up so it carries the rated load. For ramp gates, we can also fabricate replacement hinges, latches, or pin brackets when the originals are too far gone.

No. We’re a mobile welder, not an RV shop. Interior work, cabinetry, fiberglass and gel coat, slide-out mechanisms, plumbing, electrical, appliances, roofing, and cosmetic damage all need an RV repair specialist.

What we do cover is the structural and frame side: cracked frames, broken hitches, damaged receiver tubes, suspension mounts, and aluminum or steel structural welds. If the problem is metal and structural, we’re the right call. If it’s anything else inside the RV, you’ll want a different shop.

Yes. Cracked hitch receivers, broken tow bars, and damaged weight-distribution shanks are routine work for us. We grind out the crack, drill the tip, weld it back with the right rod, and reinforce the geometry where it makes sense.

Honest call: if the receiver tube has been bent badly, work-hardened from repeated stress, or has multiple cracks running in different directions, we’ll tell you it’s safer to replace than weld. Towing a heavy trailer on a marginal repair isn’t worth the risk.

Frame cracks, ram and platen welds, hinge pins and bearing supports, gate latches, hopper liners, and structural cross-members all weld up cleanly. The hydraulic side, cylinders, hoses, and seals, isn’t welding work, that’s a hydraulic shop.

We weld the steel structure that holds the machine together. If the frame has cracked, the platen has torn, or a hinge has broken off, we can fix it on-site without you tearing the machine apart.

Most baler repairs are completed within 24 hours of the call (based on project complexity). For straightforward frame cracks or hinge breaks, we’re usually in and out the same visit. For larger structural failures or cracks that have spread across the machine, count on a longer fix and a heavier reinforcement.

If the breakdown is mid-day and the loading dock is backing up, ask about emergency response. After-hours service is available with a surcharge.

Yes, both. Vertical balers, the smaller ones bolted to the wall in the back of a grocery or retail store, and horizontal balers, the larger production units in warehouses and distribution centers, both weld with the same approach. Steel structure, hinge points, ram surfaces, gate latches, and hopper liners.

We’ve worked on both ends of the size range. The technique is the same, the access is different. We bring the rig to your loading dock and work around the machine where it sits.

Yes. We TIG weld stainless for food-contact and food-adjacent surfaces. TIG runs clean, controllable beads that don’t contaminate the work, and the finished weld can be polished or passivated to pass health inspection.

MIG and stick have their place on stainless too, especially for structural work behind the scenes. For exposed prep surfaces and anywhere food touches metal, TIG is the right call and that’s what we run.

Most emergency repairs are on-site within 24 hours of the call. For mid-service breakdowns, we move as fast as the schedule and the drive allow. After-hours service is available with a surcharge.

If the issue is a cracked stainless surface, a broken cart, or a hood frame coming loose, we can usually be in and out without disrupting the next service. Send a photo and we’ll quote it on the way over.

Yes. Cracked saw frames are a common call, the load on a frame near a constantly running blade is brutal and the metal eventually fatigues. We grind out the crack, drill the tip, weld with the right rod, and reinforce the geometry where it makes sense.

Conveyor frames, roller mounts, chain supports, and infeed structures all weld up the same way. We come to the line, work around your operations as much as possible, and get the section back in service.

Yes, when the welder is qualified for the job and the repair is engineered correctly. We’re WABO certified and weld to code. Many structural inspections require a certified welder and an inspectable weld procedure, and we cover both sides.

Some repairs need an engineer’s stamp on the procedure before the weld goes in. We’ll tell you up front when that’s the case so you don’t get caught at inspection. Send the situation through our contact page and we’ll lay out what it takes.

Cracks in the web, flange, or shear connection of a beam usually weld. Bent or work-hardened beams that have been pushed past yield often need replacing because the metal isn’t itself anymore. Corrosion that has eaten through enough section to compromise the load path usually needs replacement of the affected length, not a weld over.

We give you the honest call. Repairs save money where they can, replacements protect the building when they have to. We tell you which side of the line your situation falls on before we strike an arc.

Most insurers accept structural welds when the repair is done by a certified welder and documented properly. WABO certification, inspector sign-off, and a clear scope of work are usually what carriers want to see.

We can’t speak for any specific carrier or policy, but we can deliver the documentation a typical insurance review needs. If your carrier wants something specific, get the requirements from them in writing and we’ll match the procedure to the spec.

Yes. Commercial buildings, ag barns, equipment sheds, mill buildings, and private shops all have structural steel that occasionally needs repair. We come to the site, set up under or alongside the beam, and weld it in place.

For older steel buildings where the beams have been hit by equipment, settled with the foundation, or fatigued from cyclical loading, we welds it where it sits and reinforces where it makes sense. We don’t make you open up the building.

Yes. Sagging is one of the most common gate problems. The hinge welds work loose, the frame twists under its own weight, the post leans, or all three. We straighten the frame, reinforce the hinge side, and reset the geometry so the gate swings clean again.

If the post is the issue, we can weld a new bracket to it or build a brace into the gate. We’ll tell you up front whether the fix is on the gate, on the post, or both.

Yes, on the steel side. Cracked frames, broken hinges, damaged track support, sheared roller brackets, and bent stop plates all weld up. The motor, the controller, the photo eyes, and the wiring go to a gate operator company.

If the operator side has done structural damage to the gate, like a stuck motor pulling the frame apart, we can weld the metal back together once the operator is fixed. Get the operator company in first so we’re not chasing a moving problem.

Yes. Residential driveway and side-yard gates, commercial security gates, dumpster enclosure gates, equipment yard gates, and ag pasture gates all weld with the same skills, just at different scales.

We weld a chain-link gate at a residential property the same way we weld a 20-foot security gate at a contractor yard, with the right rod and the right reinforcement for the load. Send photos and a brief description and we’ll quote it.

Bottom plates that have rusted through, side panels split from forks, broken or sheared hook lifts, cracked roller brackets on roll-offs, hinge failures on lids, and torn fork pockets. We see the same handful of failure modes across most haulers.

We weld in patches, replace bottom plates, reinforce hook lifts, rebuild fork pockets, and re-hang lids. Most jobs come back to the road quickly, especially when the hauler can swap to a spare while we work.

Yes. Fleet work at the hauler’s yard is some of our most efficient mobile welding. We come to the yard, set up next to the line of dumpsters needing attention, and run through them in batches. Repairs starting at $200 per unit, with volume discounts on multi-unit days.

If you have an ongoing maintenance need, we can schedule recurring visits. Send a list of the worst offenders and we’ll come quote the batch.