Trailer repair in Manchester, NH, for cracked frames, crossmembers, tongues, ramps and gates. A cracked trailer often can't be towed anywhere, so we weld it where it's parked. Call (603) 660-2011, or send a photo of the crack with the trailer's make and model.
Trailer frames crack where the forces meet.
One of those spots is where the tongue, the A-frame up front, joins the main rails. The spring and axle hangers are another, and so are the crossmember welds. Every bump and every load works those joints first, so that's where cracks start.
Then there's salt. The salt and brine on New Hampshire roads can eat crossmembers and frame rails from inside the channel or tube. You won't see it there. So a frame can look solid and still be thin where it counts.
Commercial trailers carry one more rule. The federal rule on vehicle frames says a frame can't be cracked, loose, sagging or broken. It also says a welded frame repair follows the maker's recommendations. That's why we ask for the make and model with the photo.
The coupler end of the tongue is its own subject, and the page on hitch and gooseneck repair covers it.
Ramps take a beating every time a machine climbs on, so they bend and crack at the hinges. They also crack where the dovetail, the sloped tail of the deck, meets the flat. Hinge pins wear loose too.
A dump trailer's rear gate cracks at its hinges and the latch, because it swings and slams with every load. We weld cracked ramp frames, hinges and gates, so the trailer loads and dumps the way it should again.
Dump bodies on trucks are a different job, and the page on dump truck body repair covers them.
Small cracks are the easy case. A few cracked joints get welded, and the trailer goes back to work. Main rails rusted through over long stretches are another story, because they need new sections or a whole new frame. Either way, the rating has to hold.
How we weigh repair against replacement in general is on the page on heavy equipment repair.
The best part was I couldn't transport it so Zack came to me!
A cracked frame or tongue makes towing risky, and sometimes the trailer physically can't move. So we bring the welder to it, on the same rig that does every mobile welding job.
If the trailer's fine but something else broke, there's welding beyond trailer work on the same truck.
“I had my dump trailers welded my Zach and couldn’t be happier with the results. The work was durable and blown and that's what I needed. He got it finished quickly, and the trailers are holding up great. The best part was I couldn't transport it so Zack came to me! Professional, reliable, and reasonably priced. I’ll definitely be back for any welding needs in the future. Highly recommend!”
Yes, done right it is. We weld trailers with stick and with flux core wire feed, and both make a sound frame weld. What decides the strength is the fit-up and the prep: clean steel, a tight joint, the crack ground out fully. That's why a good stick weld on a clean joint beats any weld laid over rust.
By cutting the rotten steel back to sound metal and welding in new. Rusted channel or tube gets replaced in sections, and rotted crossmembers get swapped for new ones. The new steel should never be lighter than the original, because the frame still has to carry the trailer's rating. Where rust runs the length of the rails, a new frame can make more sense.
There's no set price, because no two trailers break the same way. It depends on how many cracks, how far the rust runs, and whether it's the ramps or the frame. For a small job, a photo usually gets you a number on the phone. Bigger rebuilds get a free written estimate.
Call (603) 660-2011 and say where the trailer sits and whether it can still roll. Then send a photo of the crack or the rust, so we see how far it runs.
