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Heavy Equipment & Ag Welding Repair in Kansas City | KC Ironcore
Mobile heavy equipment & farm equipment welding repair in the KC metro. Skid steer attachments, buckets, blades, booms, implements, hardfacing — field-welded so you're back to work. Send photos.
Heavy equipment & ag welding repair — Kansas City metro
I'm a mobile welder serving the Kansas City metro and the rural fringe around it. When a piece of equipment cracks — a skid steer bucket, a loader attachment, a dozer blade, a hay implement, an auger — I bring an engine-driven rig out to the jobsite, the yard, or the place and field-weld it. You don't haul the machine to a shop and lose it for a week.
A broken machine is a machine that isn't making money. Same for a farmer in the middle of a job. Getting you running again, today if I can, is the whole point of this one.
What it covers
- Skid steer and loader attachment repair — buckets, forks, grapples, brooms, mounting plates
- Bucket and blade repair — cracked buckets, worn cutting edges, bent blades, broken teeth bars
- Boom, arm, and frame cracks on excavators, loaders, backhoes
- Undercarriage and structural cracks — track frames, idler mounts, equipment frames
- Hydraulic pin and bushing work — frozen pins burned out, worn bushings replaced {{CHRIS: confirm you do pin/bushing work}}
- Hardfacing / hard-surfacing — building up wear on bucket edges, blades, augers, wear plates
- Ag and ranch equipment — implements, plows, planters, augers, grain handling, livestock equipment
- Gates, corral panels, feed bunks, working chutes — the metal a farm runs on
- Trailer and hopper repair on ag trucks and gravity wagons
Who it's for
Excavating and grading contractors, demolition outfits, landscapers, dirt-work crews, rental yards, and anyone running skid steers and loaders. Plus farmers and ranchers on the rural edge of the metro — Cass, Ray, Lafayette, Miami, Franklin counties and out — who'd rather I drive to the place than load an implement.
What to send for a quote
Photos of the crack or the worn spot, a wide shot of the machine or implement, and the make/model if it matters. Tell me where it is and whether it can be moved or has to be welded where it sits. Equipment repair is wildly variable — access, position welding, material thickness, how bad the rust is — so I'll always confirm the price after I see it, but photos get us close.
What it costs
- Service call: $225 — travel anywhere in the KC metro + first hour on-site.
- $125/hr after that.
- Heavy / farm equipment repair (bucket, attachment, blade): $300–$1,500 — quoted after I look at it. Could be a quick crack repair, could be a half-day rebuild.
- Hardfacing / wear buildup: quoted on the surface area and how much material it needs.
- Out-of-metro travel: $1.50/mile beyond 30 miles from base, or quoted flat — for the ag work that's farther out.
- After-hours / weekend / emergency: 1.5× rates, $300 minimum. Down-machine emergencies I'll work in fast.
Starting points — equipment work is always confirmed on-site. Full price sheet →
Questions
Frequently asked
My skid steer bucket cracked — can you fix it in the field?
Most of the time, yes. A cracked bucket gets the crack stop-drilled and cleaned, V-ground, welded out, and reinforced where it makes sense — and if the edge is worn I can hardface it while I'm there. If the steel's rusted to nothing it might be time for a new bucket, and I'll tell you that instead of selling you a repair that won't last.
Can you weld on the machine, or does it need to come apart?
I weld it where it sits whenever the access allows. Some repairs need a panel or a pin out first — I'll do what the job needs. The goal is getting you running, not creating a project.
Do you do hardfacing on bucket edges and blades?
Yes — building up wear surfaces with hardfacing rod is part of this. It's cheaper than replacing the edge and it lasts longer than the base steel.
How far out will you drive for farm work?
The metro's covered in the service call. Past about 30 miles from base I add mileage or quote it flat — but I'll drive out to the place. Tell me where you are. {{CHRIS: confirm your real service radius}}
Can you get out same-day if a machine's down?
I'll try hard to. Down equipment moves to the front of the line where I can manage it. Text me what's broken and where, and I'll tell you straight what I can do. {{CHRIS: confirm emergency / same-day availability}}
Next step
Send photos, get a quote
Text or upload photos of the job — you'll get a straight answer on price and timing.