Extension for Fifth Wheel

It’s not every day that we extend the deck on a big rig and rebuild the fifth wheel.

The fifth-wheel coupling provides the link between a semi-trailer and the towing truck, tractor unit, leading trailer or dolly. The coupling consists of a kingpin, a 2-or-3+1⁄2-inch-diameter (50.8 or 88.9 mm) vertical steel pin protruding from the bottom of the front of the semi-trailer, and a horseshoe-shaped coupling device called a fifth wheel on the rear of the towing vehicle.

This modification was done to accommodate greater space between the cab and the trailer giving the rig more room for storage.

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Just a Little Off The Back

Over the years The Welding Shop Calgary has had many request to modify everything from RV’s to Big Rig cabs but this one is a first.

The particular client wanted some length removed from his flat deck.

The easy part was removing the 5ft of length from the back of the deck. The hard part was re-framing the remaining portion and then welding a special fit rear impact guard.

The impact guard is required by law and is designed to keep vehicles from going under the flat deck if there happens to be a rear impact.

Call The Welding Shop Calgary for any of your welding needs or to get a FREE quote before you start. 403-273-7717
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No Welding Job to Small

This contraption, from Pods Moving & Storage holds a shipping container and is designed to easily move that container from A to B. The containers are generally used for large shipping jobs like home contents, office buildings or anything that needs a large space to manage property storage or shipping.

The containers are brought on site and left for the client to upload their cargo. Then a specially designed cab will haul the container to the designated address.

The Welding Shop Calgary corrected a break in the front support structure by welding new brackets to the frame to support the cross beam.

What ever your welding need get in touch to find out how we can help. 403-273-7717
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Extended Deck for Behind Cab Auto Hauler

This semi-trailer is being fitted to accommodate a vehicle behind the cab. Storage boxes are installed on either side of the wheels while an extended deck leaves enough room to store a good sized vehicle.

The Welding Shop Calgary can modify any truck, van or big rig to your specific needs. Why not get in touch for a FREE quote. 403-273-7717
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The Right Equipment to Carry Glass

Carrying glass such as plate glass, large industrial mirrors or picture windows is a precarious business. Everything that comes into contact with the glass during transport has to fit perfectly and be secured properly leaving no chance of structural failure.

This particular carrier need to be extended to carry larger glass associated with office buildings making it have to be double secure.

The Welding Shop Calgary can custom design for any project.

Give us a call for a quick FREE quote. 403-273-7717
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No Welding Job to Small

There are many small welding jobs that crop up not only with large businesses but in just normal day wear and tear on all kinds of domestic items. You never think of them until your need it repaired.

A crack in the rim of your vehicle, a crack in the your transmission case, almost anything made of metal will eventually or inadvertently get some damage that needs to be repaired by welding.

This fifth wheel trailer was in need of a lift kit. Because there was a bit of welding required to get it to fit properly it made it a difficult proposition for a backyard mechanic.

The Welding Shop Calgary does hundreds of this type of welding job every year.

Why not give us a Contact to get a quote on that tricky little weld you’ve been wondering how to complete? 403-273-7717
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Trailer Makeover

Does your equipment meet the growing needs of your business.

Is the cost of purchasing new equipment to meet your growing business needs holding you back from securing larger contracts?

Why not bring your existing mobile storage and trailers up to the needs of you expanding business with imaginative welding ideas that can take you trailer from a cramped space to a fully functional, twice the size unit that can manage all your equipment and materials.

This trailer used for a local drywall business had become to small to carry the ever expanding needs of the company.

The Welding Shop Calgary extended the trailer bed and built higher walls with larger bins to add much needed secure storage.

Give us a call for a Free quote on your impossible project.
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Firewood Sorter

You have probably never wondered where those neatly wound bundles of firewood that you can pick up at the local 711 or gas station come from. Lined up conveniently for those who still have a wood burning fire place and don’t want to make a trek to the woods or won a wood lot to get their own.

Besides, why go to the effort of chopping fire wood when you can just load up down the street.

The Welding Shop Calgary built this giant wood sorter for a local fire wood distributor.

After the logs are  chopped into somewhat equal proportions they are then thrown onto one of these huge sorters and no it is not automated. Humans stand at the bottom of the sorter and organize the wood into bundles. Imagine the splinters in a days work at that.

If you have a unique idea that needs expert welding technique, give us a call for a FREE estimate.
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Large Hopper Construction

Hoppers play a major part in farming, the gravel production and any industrial process where granular particulates need flow organization.

A hopper is a large, pyramidal or cone shaped container that allows material of any sort, like dust, gravel, nuts and seeds to move from one sized container to another. In some specialized applications even small metal or plastic assembly components can be loaded and dispensed by smaller hopper systems.

Many grain farms such as wheat, corn, barley and soybeans to name a few are common in Canadian farming and hoppers are an essential piece of equipment for the transfer of these products.

The Welding Shop Calgary produced these hoppers for an Alberta grain farm that was expanding it’s

For any project big or small get in touch for a not cost estimate. 403-273-7717
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Welding Makes a Big Splash

High Diving Board Gets The Thumbs Up

Welding can encompass a vast variety of subjects and materials. You never know what you will be creating next.

This high diving ladder and platform for a client in British Columbia is almost twenty feet high and will probably supply some weak knees for those who choose the challenge of ascending and hopefully diving off of it.

The Welding Shop Calgary can bring almost any creative project to life. Why not give us a call for a quote on your next inventive idea? 403-273-7717

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