Traveling Welder Ready To Fix Anything

Traveling Welder Ready To Fix Anything FARM SHOP Welders/Torches 64 “When things break down on a farm I’m there to put ’em back together ” says Wisconsin’s traveling welder Jerry Hubert “In 2014 I heard that a couple of guys doing this were retiring so I jumped in where they left off because farmers always seem to need something fixed ” With Wisconsin being the dairy capital of the Midwest Hubert is often called on to repair stanchions stalls and bunks or to build gates for big dairies Hubert has more than 32 years welding experience including steel brass copper and poly In his shop he re-faces worn out loader buckets builds new ones and makes huge metal feed scoops His mobile trailer has 8 different welders and he travels 100 miles in any direction when customers call “If stall dividers or stanchions break I usually can weld them or make new brackets to support the good pieces ” Hubert says He makes cattle gates out of schedule 40 steel that he says should last 20 years or more He’s an expert at repairing stainless piping and also has the equipment to weld poly tanks chutes or bunks “A lot of people think a leaking tank or cracked bunk is junk but I’m able to fix cracked poly and make it as good or better than new ” Hubert says He even repaired a cracked poly slide on a child’s play set that the parents were ready to throw away “Most times it’s easier and more economical to repair things rather than buy new ” Hubert says and his pricing reflects that attitude “I understand when times are tough because I’m out here among my customers every day ” Farmers and commercial customers also bring broken equipment to his shop where he and his wife teach their 14 12 and 10 year-old children welding as part of their home-school curriculum His 14-year-old son hopes to be a certified welder by age 16 and build his own business “In a few years I’ll be ready to slow down and hopefully he’ll be able to pick up some of the slack ” Hubert says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jerry Hubert Weldtech Welding & Fabrication N1570 County Rd J Kaukauna Wis 54130 ph 920 428-3241; weldtech4u@gmail com

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.