Rotted steel decking, bent bed sides and torn stake pockets rebuilt, including the structure underneath a wood deck so a new deck has something to bolt to.
4.9 50 reviews from Cleveland customers
Rated with the BBBArc Wheels Welding LLC, since 2023
Black ownedIndependent shop on Cleveland's southeast side
A trailer deck rots from the top down and the structure under it rots from the inside out, and the two happen on completely different schedules. People replace a wood deck, bolt it to cross members that are already half gone, and are surprised when the new deck starts moving within a season.
Steel decking is the opposite problem. It looks solid because it is thick, and it thins from underneath where road spray hits it, until somebody puts a jack stand through it. Either way the honest job starts underneath rather than on top.
Steel decking thinning from the underside, which you find by tapping rather than looking.
Cross members under a wood deck, which rot at the bolt holes because every hole is a place for water to get into a closed section.
Stake pockets tearing out of bed sides, usually on trucks where a strap has been loaded sideways.
Bed floors on pickups rotting at the seams and around the wheel arches.
Bent bed sides from loading, which are a straightening and reinforcement job rather than a panel replacement.
If you are putting a new deck on, the cross members get inspected and repaired first. That is not upselling, it is the difference between a deck that lasts ten years and one that works loose in a season.
Steel decking gets patched in full sections rather than plated over thin spots, because a plate over a thinned deck moves independently and the weld cracks.
Stake pockets get tied into the bed structure rather than welded to the outer skin, which is how most of them were attached and why they tore out.
Laying new deck over cross members that are already gone. If the structure needs doing we will quote both, and if you only want the deck done we will decline rather than take money for something that will fail.
Usually a cross member underneath rather than the deck itself. Get under it and look at the members either side of the soft area, particularly where they meet the main rails.
Yes. Rotted sections get cut out and replaced with new steel welded in, then treated. Beds rot at the seams and around the arches first, and the repair should extend past the visible rot.
We repair the steel structure the deck bolts to, which is the part that decides how long a new deck lasts. Wood decking itself is straightforward for you to fit or for a carpenter, and we will tell you honestly that you do not need a welder for that part.
Yes, and it gets tied into the bed structure rather than the outer skin. Welding it back where it was is welding it back onto the reason it tore off.
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.
