Welding & Fabrication in Des Moines, Iowa

From a cracked frame to a one-off bracket, the Des Moines metro needs a shop that can actually weld and fabricate heavy steel and aluminum. Ames Hydraulics does welding and fabrication for Des Moines and the surrounding metro from our shop in Ames, and within 60 miles we will pick up the equipment or the trailer that needs the work.

Serving the Des Moines Metro from Ames

Ames is about 35 minutes north of downtown Des Moines on Interstate 35, and our free pickup-and-delivery zone covers the whole metro — Des Moines, West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Johnston, Grimes, Waukee, and the towns around them. You do not have to haul anything to us. We come to you, do the work in our shop, and bring it back.

Structural Welding the Metro Counts On

Cracked truck and trailer frames, broken implement tongues, torn bucket and grapple attachments, busted equipment mounts — this is the welding and fabrication Des Moines businesses bring us when a quick patch will not cut it. We cut out the failure, reinforce the weak point, and weld it back stronger than it left the factory so the same crack does not come back next season.

Steel and Aluminum — We Weld Both

A lot of the metro’s equipment is aluminum, and aluminum is exactly the work most shops turn down — belly dump trailers, fuel and product tanks, horse trailers, and food-grade equipment. We weld both aluminum and steel, so welding and fabrication for Des Moines customers covers the jobs other shops send away.

Custom Fabrication and Made-to-Spec Parts

Beyond repair, we build what you cannot buy off a shelf — bumpers and brush guards, headache racks, crane and crane-plate mounts, toolbox and tank brackets, and custom parts made to your spec. If you can describe what you need, our fabrication side can usually build it for metro contractors, fleets, and shops.

Heavy Equipment and Trailer Fabrication

We are set up for the big stuff — the structural welding and fabrication on trucks, trailers, and heavy equipment that a small body shop is not equipped for. For Des Moines fleets, that means one shop for the frame, the attachment, the tank, and the custom bracket.

Trailer and Frame Welding for Metro Fleets

A big share of our welding work is heavy trailer and truck frame repair — cracked rails, broken cross-members, fifth-wheel mounts, and suspension brackets that have to be cut out and rebuilt. Metro fleets bring us the structural jobs that keep a unit out of service the longest, because a frame weld done right is the difference between a truck that runs another decade and one that cracks again next month.

A Machine Shop Next to the Welding Bay

Because our welding and fabrication sits next to a working machine shop, we can build the bracket, machine the part, and weld it on in one place. For Des Moines businesses that means a custom job — a crane mount, a headache rack, a one-off repair part — does not get split across two shops and two timelines.

If you have been told a repair is not worth doing or a part cannot be found, bring it to us before you give up on it.

Des Moines Welding & Fabrication FAQ

Do you weld aluminum?
Yes — aluminum and steel both. Tanks, belly dumps, trailers, and food-grade work that most shops will not touch.

Can you build a custom part, not just repair one?
Yes. Bring a part to copy, a drawing, or a description and our fabrication and machine shop will build it to spec.

Do you handle heavy structural welding?
That is our wheelhouse — cracked truck and trailer frames, cross-members, mounts, and equipment attachments that a small body shop is not set up for.

Bring Us the Job Other Shops Turn Down

See our full welding and fabrication services for everything we build and repair. For welding and fabrication in Des Moines and across central Iowa, send a photo of the break or a sketch of the part and we will tell you what it takes. Call or text Ames Hydraulics at 515-292-2599.