If you run trailers in the Des Moines metro and need the heavy, structural repair done right, Ames Hydraulics is a short haul up the road. We handle trailer repair in Des Moines and the surrounding metro from our full welding, fabrication, and hydraulic shop in Ames — and within 60 miles we will come pick the trailer up.
Serving the Des Moines Metro from Ames
Ames sits about 35 minutes north of Des Moines on Interstate 35, and our free pickup-and-delivery zone reaches across the whole metro — Des Moines, West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Johnston, Grimes, and Waukee. That means you do not have to find a driver and a truck to get a broken trailer to a shop. We grab it, repair it, and bring it back, so trailer repair for Des Moines fleets does not cost you a day of someone’s time just in hauling.
Built for Des Moines Freight and Fleet Trailers
Des Moines is a freight and distribution hub, and the trailers that move through it take a beating — dump trailers on metro construction sites, fuel and product tankers, grain and hopper trailers coming in from the surrounding counties, flatbeds, and the dry vans behind the warehouses. We repair all of them. Most of that work is welding and fabrication: cracked frame rails, broken cross-members, worn suspension hangers, holed tanks, and bent landing gear that has to be cut out and welded back stronger than new.
The Heavy Trailer Repair Des Moines Shops Refer Out
A lot of trailer repair around Des Moines is quick stuff — a tire, a light, a brake chamber. When the frame is cracked or an aluminum tank is holed, that is the work that gets sent to a shop like ours. We weld both steel and aluminum, so a cracked belly dump, a fuel tanker, or a fatigued frame gets a real structural fix, not a patch that lets go the next time it is loaded heavy. It is the same trailer repair Des Moines operators would drive across town for — we just bring it to them.
Dump Trailers and Metro Construction Fleets
Des Moines construction is busy, and dump trailers and dump trucks take the worst of it — cracked beds, worn hinge points, and hoist cylinders that will not lift. We repair the steel and the hydraulics together, so a dump trailer that comes in cracked and slow leaves straight and lifting. For metro contractors, that is one shop instead of a body shop plus a separate hydraulic shop.
Tanker and Grain Trailer Repair for Central Iowa Haulers
The fuel tankers, product tankers, and grain trailers that run in and out of the Des Moines metro are mostly aluminum, and aluminum is the work most shops will not take. We weld aluminum and steel both, so a holed tanker, a cracked grain trailer, or a leaking baffle gets a real repair. Tank and tanker work is some of the most common trailer repair Des Moines haulers bring us.
Skip the Downtime of Hauling It Across Town
Finding a metro shop that can take a heavy structural trailer repair often means waiting for an opening and tying up a driver and a truck to deliver it. Because we pick up across the Des Moines metro, you skip that — we come to you, take the trailer, and bring it back fixed. For a fleet counting uptime, that is the easiest trailer repair Des Moines has.
Local to Central Iowa, Not a National Chain
When you call, you get the shop that does the work — not a call center and not a franchise. We know central Iowa, we know the fleets that run here, and we answer the phone. That is the difference between a trailer treated like a number and a shop that treats it like the equipment your business runs on.
One Shop for the Whole Trailer
Because we are a hydraulic and welding and fabrication shop under one roof, the frame weld, the tank repair, the dump hoist hydraulics, and a DOT inspection all get handled in the same building and on the same invoice. For Des Moines fleets juggling uptime, that is one call instead of three.
Get Your Trailer Back to Work
You do not have to be in Ames to use us — most of the Des Moines metro is inside our free pickup range. Send a photo or a video of the damage and we will tell you what the repair takes. For trailer repair in Des Moines and across central Iowa, call or text Ames Hydraulics at 515-292-2599. (See our main trailer repair page for everything we fix.)
Written by Josiah Ragsdale
Owner, Ames Hydraulics — Ames, Iowa
Josiah owns and operates Ames Hydraulics. He has worked on hydraulic and heavy equipment since he was 18, and every hydraulic cylinder his shop rebuilds is pressure tested before it ships back to the customer. More about Josiah →
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