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Welding & Fabrication in Bear and Glasgow, Delaware
Bear and Glasgow sit right up Route 896 and Route 1 from our shop on Dexter Corner Road in Townsend, about 18 miles or roughly 30 minutes away. That puts the whole Route 40 corridor, from Glasgow to Bear and over toward Lums Pond, inside our regular mobile welding area. When a trailer tongue cracks or a gate drops off its hinge, we bring the truck, the welder and the generator to you.
Lums Pond State Park. Photo: Lums Pond State Park table by Moon Rhythm from living under the milky way, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
What We Fix Most Around Bear and Glasgow
Contractor and landscaper trailers on Route 40 and Route 896
This end of New Castle County is full of small contractors, landscapers and tradesmen running trailers hard every day. We repair cracked tongues and frames, broken ramp gates, bent jack mounts, rusted-out crossmembers and loose fenders, usually right in your driveway or yard so the trailer is back to work the next morning.
See Trailer Repair.
Horse and boat trailers near Lums Pond State Park
Lots of folks around Lums Pond keep a horse trailer or a boat trailer in the side yard. Those trailers sit, rust and then get used all at once. We fix floor supports, dividers, hitches, bunk brackets and axle mounts, and we can check the welds before a long trip. Our free trailer safety checklist is a good place to start.
Railings, stair rails and driveway gates in the big neighborhoods
The Route 40 subdivisions are now old enough that porch railings, stair rails and steel gates are starting to rust at the posts or break at the welds. We repair them in place or build new ones to match, in steel or aluminum.
Not sure whether your broken part can be fixed at all? Take the Will It Weld? quiz on your phone in about a minute, or send Rick a couple of photos and get a free estimate before anyone drives out.
A lot of Bear and Glasgow calls come from homeowners who aren't sure who to call for a small job. A cracked trailer hitch, a broken mailbox post bracket or a sagging gate is too small for a big fabrication shop and too big for a handyman. Small pieces like a hitch or bracket are quickest to bring to the Townsend shop on your way down Route 1. Call or text ahead first. Bigger things that can't move, like a gate on its posts or a loaded trailer, we fix on site.
Small job? Drop it off at the shop in Townsend.
Brackets, hitches, small trailers, stove parts, lawn equipment and anything that fits in a pickup are quickest to fix at our Townsend shop. Call or text (302) 532-6240 first so Rick is there. The mobile rig is for bigger or immovable jobs: trailers, equipment, railings and gates that can't come to us.
Jobs We Do in Bear & Glasgow
Trailer tongue, frame and ramp gate repair
Truck bed, headache rack and hitch repair
Porch railings, stair rails and handrails
Driveway gates, hinges and latches
Horse trailer floor supports and dividers
Lawn and landscape equipment repair
Custom brackets, racks and one-off parts
Small parts at the shop in Townsend; bigger or immovable jobs on site with the mobile rig. Steel, stainless and aluminum. Rick is a certified welder, and a manufacturer chose him as its on-site repair specialist.
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Weekends by appointment.
Since we often work on site, please call to confirm a drop-off time before coming by.
1210 Dexter Corner Road, Townsend, DE 19734 | (302) 532-6240 | rick@rickthewelder.com
Something Broken in Bear & Glasgow?
In Bear or Glasgow with something broken? We're about 30 minutes away. Send a close-up and a photo from farther back, and Rick will tell you if it can be fixed and roughly what it'll cost. Free, no obligation.
Call or text Rick at (302) 532-6240. Prefer to write? Use the contact form or email rick@rickthewelder.com. Shop hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Weekends by appointment.
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RickTheWelder LLC is based in Townsend, Delaware, and serves all of New Castle County and Kent County, Delaware, plus Eastern Maryland.
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Delaware: Middletown · Smyrna · Clayton & Kenton · Dover · Camden-Wyoming · Newark · Bear & Glasgow · New Castle · Delaware City & Port Penn · Wilmington · Hockessin & Pike Creek
Maryland: Elkton · Chesapeake City · North East
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