Mechanical and fabrication
Work on vehicles, machinery and steel. Servicing and repairs on cars, utes and heavy diesel plant, repair welding on anything that has cracked or broken, and steel fabricated to measure when the part you need is not available.
What is covered
Sorted into the kinds of job that come up most often. Each card is one kind of work, with the individual jobs listed as tags underneath it. Servicing and repairs on cars, utes and heavy diesel plant, repair welding and steel made to measure, and fit out work on work vehicles. Some jobs are done in a workshop and some where the machine sits.
Cars, utes and 4WDs. Servicing, brakes, suspension, cooling systems and exhaust, along with the bigger jobs like turbo replacement and the faults that turn up in between.
Trucks, tractors, excavators and other diesel plant. Servicing, fault finding and repairs, including machines that are easier to work on where they sit rather than moved to a workshop.
Repair welding on machinery, trailers, gates, frames and brackets, and steel made to measure. Cracked steel is cut back to sound metal and built up properly instead of being tacked over.
Work vehicles set up to carry gear properly. Canopies and trays fitted, toolboxes and drawers built in, racks and tie down points added where they are actually needed.
Dual battery and solar setups for camping, touring and work vehicles, wired and mounted so nothing shifts on a rough track. Lighting, switches and accessory circuits fitted and fused correctly.
Head units, speakers and amplifiers fitted and wired in, using the factory openings and looms where possible so the dash still looks standard. Old and blown speakers replaced.
Trailer chassis repairs, couplings, guards, ramps, lights and wiring, and tow vehicles set up to pull them. Worn or damaged towing gear is replaced rather than patched, because it is the part that fails at the worst time.
Describe the machine and the fault when you call. Photos of a break or a worn part save a trip and make the job easier to plan.
Photos
A few recent jobs. Swipe through and tap one to see the rest of its photos in the gallery.
Before and after3 photosFailed turbo removed, replaced and the intake cleaned up.
Before and after3 photosNew head unit and speakers fitted using the factory openings.
Canopy fitted to the tray and set up to carry gear.
Checkerplate toolbox built and mounted into the back of a work van.
Second battery, charger and solar input mounted and wired in.
Questions
Common questions about welding, fabrication and machinery repairs.
Some jobs are done on site and some need a workshop. Machinery that is difficult to move is often better worked on where it sits. Describe the job when you call and Shane will tell you which it is.
Steel is the everyday work, from thin sheet through to heavy sections. Ring first about aluminium or cast iron so Shane can confirm before you bring it in.
Often, yes. Bring the broken part, a drawing or a sketch with measurements on it. If the part is still fitted to a machine, measurements can be taken on site.
Yes. Heavy diesel is a regular part of the work, covering servicing, fault finding and repairs on trucks, tractors, excavators and similar plant.
Yes. Chassis repairs, couplings, guards, ramps, lights and wiring are all common jobs. Worn towing gear is replaced rather than patched up.
It depends on the fault and on parts availability. Shane will give you a realistic timeframe once he has looked at it, and will let you know if that changes.
Call with the make, the model and what it is doing. Photos of a break or a worn part sent by email or text make it quicker to sort out.
Based at Jimboomba. Logan, the Gold Coast and Brisbane, and the districts in between.
