DOT rear impact guards straightened, rebuilt and rewelded after dock damage, so a folded bumper stops being a violation waiting to happen.
4.9 50 reviews from Cleveland customers
Rated with the BBBArc Wheels Welding LLC, since 2023
Black ownedIndependent shop on Cleveland's southeast side
An ICC bumper is the steel guard across the back of a trailer, and it exists to stop a car going underneath in a rear end collision. It is also the part of a trailer that spends its life being hit by loading docks, and unlike most damage on a trailer it is an inspection item. A folded rear impact guard is not a cosmetic problem, it is a violation waiting for the day somebody looks.
Most of them come in bent rather than destroyed. A dock hit pushes the guard up and back, sometimes taking the vertical supports with it. That is a straightening and rewelding job, not a replacement, provided the mounting structure on the trailer itself is still sound.
The horizontal bar pushed up and back from a dock hit, with the verticals bent but intact.
Vertical supports torn at the top weld where they tie into the trailer frame, which is the more serious version because the frame itself is now involved.
Corrosion at the mounting plates, since the guard sits low and takes every bit of spray off the road.
Guards that have already been repaired badly, usually straightened cold and rewelded without addressing why the mount let go.
There is a difference between a bumper that looks right and one that would do its job. Height off the ground, width relative to the trailer, and the strength of the connection back into the frame all matter and all get checked, because those are the things an inspector measures.
Where a vertical has torn out of the frame, the frame gets repaired first. Welding a guard back onto a cracked mounting point is putting the safety equipment onto the part that already failed.
Where the guard is beyond straightening, we fabricate and fit a replacement to spec rather than sourcing a generic one that nearly fits.
We will not weld a guard back onto a cracked frame mount and call it done. If the frame needs repairing first, that gets quoted with it, because the alternative is safety equipment attached to a failure.
A rear impact guard that is damaged, missing or no longer meets the required dimensions is an inspection item, and it is one of the easier things for an inspector to spot from outside the trailer. It is worth fixing before it is found rather than after.
Most get repaired. A dock hit usually bends the guard without destroying it, and straightening plus rewelding puts it back to spec. Replacement is for guards where the steel has torn or creased badly.
Most are same day or next day. Owner operators lose money for every day a trailer sits, so these get prioritised and you get a timeframe up front.
Yes, and several trailers in one visit costs less per unit than the same jobs spread over weeks. Call 216.309.1567 and we can schedule it.
Most quotes come back the same day the shop is open. Free, no obligation, and if it cannot be repaired you will hear that straight.
