Baystate Jeepers

I need a minor repair done to my snowmobile trailer.

Can anyone recommend a place to get some aluminum welding done?

Northeast Mass or Southern NH area would do.

East Coast Welding does aluminum. Sears sells spools of .030" if you feel comfortable trying it.

I have a spool of .030 and the special AL gun liner for my Lincoln. Couldn't get it to feed right or weld correctly.
Would prefer a pro make the fix with a proper AL welding setup.

Try on NEOW... Someone on there would either do it or know where to take it.

JW

Thanks Jon. I checked with Lou, no suggestions.
Just posted up on NEOW.

Never used them for welding, but these guys are pretty close.

http://www.welchwelding.com/

-mike

Kurt wrote:Thanks Jon. I checked with Lou, no suggestions.
Just posted up on NEOW.

I saw the posts on NEOW... I met Steve a few years ago at a DWE trail run. Seemed like a good guy. I've driven by his place in Hudson on 3A a number of times.

I've done business with Welch Welding also, but only to buy steel from them or to get some trailer parts. I think Willard's in Hudson is closer than their place in North Chelmsford.

JW

I guess using "Alumaloy" yourself is probably out of the question ... ? I don't know much abut welding in general, much less aluminum welding ... if you're talking about using "spools of .030", then I guess it's probably not even close to being the right thing for the job. Just a thought.

I looked at allumaloy back when I cracked it and ruled that product out.
I need a good strong weld done. Nothing mickey-moused.

Selling the trailer and want to know it's "all good" before I sell it. I couldn't sell it knowing there is a crack in a weld.

For now I'll avoid Welch welding. Had them do a tiny job for me about 15 years ago and they charged a fortune for it.
It was that experience that caused me to buy my own mig welder

Kurt : Id have them Tig weld it if they can. Its a lot stronger and less heat involved. You should be able to mig with a mix of 65% argon and35% Co2 . Try to borrow someones spool gun , instead of feeding the Al wire through your hose. FjR68

For now I'm going to give Willards a try.
Several NEOW'rs gave him strong recommenations for his work with Aluminum fab work.

Frank - I did buy the special liner, etc to convert my setup to do AL.
Going to let a pro do the job. Too much at risk with a so-so welding job.