Marshalltown runs on trucks, trailers, and heavy equipment — and when one cracks a frame or holes a tank, Ames Hydraulics is a short haul west. We handle trailer repair for Marshalltown and Marshall County from our shop in Ames, and within our 60-mile pickup zone we will come get it.
Serving Marshalltown from Ames
Marshalltown sits about 30 miles east of Ames, well inside our free pickup-and-delivery range. That means a Marshalltown operator does not have to find a way to drag a broken trailer across the county — we pick it up, repair it, and bring it back. You pay for the trailer repair, not the hauling.
Heavy Trailer Repair for Marshall County
Most real trailer repair is welding and fabrication, and that is what we are built for. Cracked frame rails, broken cross-members, worn suspension hangers, holed tanks, and bent landing gear all come back to steel and aluminum that has to be cut out and welded back stronger. Marshalltown’s farm operations, contractors, and haulers bring us the structural trailer repair that quick-service shops send down the road.
Every Kind of Trailer
Grain and hopper trailers from the surrounding farms, dump trailers off construction sites, fuel and product tankers, flatbeds, goosenecks, and livestock trailers — we repair them all. And because we weld both aluminum and steel, the aluminum work most shops turn away is no problem here.
One Shop for the Whole Trailer
Because we are a hydraulic and welding shop under one roof, the frame weld, the tank repair, the dump hoist, and a DOT inspection all happen in the same building. For a Marshalltown fleet counting uptime, that is one call instead of three. See our main trailer repair page for everything we fix.
Repair or Replace? A Straight Answer
A new trailer costs tens of thousands; most damage is fixable for a fraction of that. But not always — and we will tell you honestly when a trailer is past saving instead of welding up one that should be retired. That straight talk is why operators around Marshalltown keep coming back.
Grain and Farm Trailer Repair
Marshall County is farm country, and grain and hopper trailers take a hard life hauling to the elevators. We handle the cracked hoppers, frame and cross-member repair, trap and gate work, and structural welding that keeps a loaded grain trailer safe. It is some of the most common trailer repair we do for the Marshalltown area.
Aluminum and Tank Trailer Work
A lot of the trailers around Marshalltown are aluminum — tankers, belly dumps, and livestock trailers — and aluminum is the welding most shops will not take. We weld both aluminum and steel, so a holed tank or a cracked aluminum trailer gets a real structural trailer repair instead of a patch that lets go under load.
DOT and Out-of-Service Trailers
If a trailer got tagged out of service or has an inspection coming, we fix the frame, brake, light, and tank problems that put trailers out of service and can run the DOT inspection in the same visit, so it leaves Marshalltown road-legal.
Free Pickup Across Marshall County
Marshalltown and the surrounding towns are well inside our free pickup-and-delivery zone. We grab the trailer, do the trailer repair, and bring it back — no hauling it across the county yourself.
Get Your Trailer Back to Work
Send a photo or video of the damage and we will tell you what the trailer repair takes. For trailer repair in Marshalltown and across central Iowa, call or text Ames Hydraulics at 515-292-2599.
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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