Hydraulic line repair in Oshkosh, WI, done at your machine
Hoses crimped on the truck, steel lines bent and flared on site, cylinders resealed in the field. Prices are on this page before you call.
Day rate 7am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. After hours on the same number, terms published.
Oshkosh Hydraulic Line Repair is a mobile hydraulic hose, hard line and cylinder repair service serving Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the Fox Valley and the farm country around Lake Winnebago.
Hydraulic line repair in the Oshkosh area costs $225 to $425 for a typical single hose: a $75 to $125 service call inside the city plus $150 to $300 for a two wire hose measured, crimped and fitted at the machine. Larger four or six wire hoses on excavators and clamp trucks run $250 to $500 for the hose, a rusted steel hard line section runs $200 to $600 bent and flared on site, and a cylinder reseal runs $250 to $600 for skid steer and loader sizes. The service call rises to $95 to $175 in the Fox Valley and lakeshore towns and $150 to $225 in the outer ring. After hours work is labor at 1.5 times the day rate with a $150 to $250 call fee. Ranges are before Wisconsin sales tax and include hauling away the old parts. Most single hose calls are finished within an hour of the truck arriving, and inside Oshkosh, Neenah and Menasha the truck usually arrives within the hour on a weekday.
Hoses, hard lines, cylinders, and the machines they live on
We bring the crimper, the hose stock and the fitting bins to the yard, the field or the dock, and the new hose goes on while you wait.
The line that finally rusted through at the clamp gets measured, bent and flared on the truck to match the original routing. No shop trip, no waiting on a dealer part.
Drifting boom, weeping rod seal, bent rod. Small and mid size cylinders come off, get resealed on the truck and go back on the same visit.
Planting, chopping, baling and feeding do not wait for a shop opening. The truck comes to the machine with the hose, the couplers and the seal kits.
Mast hoses, tilt cylinders, clamp rotators, dump body lines and aerial device hoses fixed at your dock or yard, invoiced per machine number.
Angle cylinders that leak, lift rams that drift, pump hoses that split at twenty below. Fixed in your yard, priced on the table, with the after hours terms published.
Machine down now. The after hours terms, the response rings and what to do while the truck is on the way.
The number on the phone is the number on the invoice
Parts and labor on site, before sales tax, no disposal fee, plus the service call for your ring. The full table and what moves each price are on the pricing page.
| Job | Typical range | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|
| Single hydraulic hose, 1/4 in to 1/2 in, two wire (the standard hose on tractors, skid steers and forklifts; SAE 100R2 or R16), made and fitted on site | $150 to $300 | Length, crimp ends (JIC, ORFS or pipe thread), whether the old fitting comes off clean or has to be cut |
| Single hydraulic hose, 3/4 in to 1 in, four or six wire (the high pressure hose on excavators, crushers and clamp trucks; R12, R13, R15) | $250 to $500 | Pressure rating, flange ends (the four bolt fittings on excavators and clamp trucks), bent tube ends, hose routing that needs guards |
| Steel hard line or tube section: measure, bend, flare or weld end, replace | $200 to $600 | Tube diameter and wall, number of bends, flare type (37 degree JIC vs O ring), corrosion on the mating parts |
| Cylinder reseal, skid steer, loader or small implement size (bore under 4 in) | $250 to $600 | Seal kit availability, rod scoring, gland condition, whether it comes off the machine easily |
| Service call, by ring | $75 to $225 | Inner ring lowest, outer ring highest; several machines on one visit share one call |
Three answers, one price range
Computed from the same table on the pricing page. Nothing here is a quote until we hear what the machine is, but it is the range the invoice lands in.
Farms, plants, contractors, marinas, plow fleets
Winnebago County has 816 farms and Fond du Lac County next door has 1,163, by the USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the Fox Cities are one of the densest plant economies in Wisconsin. Between the two there is more hydraulic equipment per square mile here than most of the state: tractors and choppers, forklifts and clamp trucks, excavators and dump bodies, boat lifts on the Winnebago system and the plows that keep all of it moving in January. The farm and fleet pages go deeper on each.
What rides along so the job finishes in one visit
- Crimper to 1 1/4 in with the die set for every hose we carry
- SAE 100R1, R2 and R16 two wire hose, R12 and R13 four and six wire
- Every common end: JIC, ORFS, pipe thread, four bolt flange, and DIN metric for European lift trucks
- ISO and Pioneer tractor coupler tips and the adapters between them
- Hydraulic steel tube 1/4 in to 1 in, bender, flaring tool, deburr
- Seal kits for common skid steer, loader and implement cylinders
- Cold rated hose cover and heat sleeve for plow and foundry duty
- Absorbent, caps, plugs and a thread gauge that gets used every call
Brands, products and custom assemblies, made on the truck
We are not a hose store with a counter. The truck is the store. Every custom hose assembly is cut, fitted and crimped at your machine from the same products a counter would sell: Parker, Gates and Eaton Weatherhead compatible hose and fittings, the lines fleets around here have trusted for decades. Crimps follow the hose maker's published die chart for the hose and fitting in hand, so the finished assembly carries the pressure rating printed on the hose. We hold no dealer authorizations and sell no parts over a counter. What we sell is the assembly on the machine, tested under load.
Two plain words for the jargon you will see on the price table: two wire is the standard hose on tractors, skid steers and forklifts, and four or six wire is the high pressure hose on excavators, crushers and clamp trucks. If you do not know which you have, a photo by text answers it.
From the call to the machine running again
- You call (920) 521-8455 with the machine, what failed and where it is sitting. A photo by text helps.
- We give the ring rate and the table range on the phone, and an honest arrival window.
- The truck arrives, the machine is blocked and the circuit relieved. Nothing comes apart under load.
- The hose, line or cylinder is made or resealed on the truck and fitted at the machine.
- The circuit is cycled under load and checked for weep. The invoice matches the range you were given, and the crimp carries a 30 day remake guarantee.
Service areas, ranked by the equipment that lives there
Oshkosh is home. The towns below are on the route because of the farms, plants and fleets in them, not because they are close.
- NeenahDensest industrial forklift and yard equipment base in the metro
- Fond du LacLargest farm economy in the region
- MenashaTwin city to Neenah with its own paper, packaging and electrical contractor base along Racine Street and Highway 114
- AppletonLargest city in the Fox Cities and the contractor and rental yard hub for Outagamie County, which itself has 1,000 farms and $382 million in sales
- OmroGateway to the western Winnebago County farm ring along Highway 21
- WinneconneWolf River and Lake Poygan marina town with boat lift, trailer and dock hydraulics on top of the farm ground toward Larsen
- RiponGreen Lake County seat of the irrigated vegetable and muck ground
- KaukaunaPaper mill town on the Fox River locks with the heaviest clamp truck and roll handling fleet east of Appleton, plus the eastern Outagamie County dairies toward Freedom and Wrightstown
- BerlinGreen Lake County farm town on the upper Fox River with a mix of dairy, cash crop and cranberry ground and a working industrial base on Highway 49
- WaupacaHome of the largest iron foundry fleet in the region and the Waupaca County farm base, 967 farms and $271 million in sales with 12,305 irrigated acres on sandy ground
Questions people ask before they call
How much does hydraulic line repair cost in Oshkosh?
- A single two wire hose made and fitted at the machine runs $150 to $300 plus a $75 to $125 service call inside Oshkosh, so $225 to $425 all in. Steel hard line sections are $200 to $600 and cylinder reseals $250 to $1,500. The full table is on the pricing page.
How fast can you get to a machine that is down?
- Inside Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha and Omro the truck is usually there within the hour on weekdays. The Fox Valley and lakeshore ring is one to two hours. Outer ring towns are scheduled the same or next day.
Do you fix steel hydraulic lines or only hoses?
- Both. Steel tube is measured, bent and flared on the truck to match the original run, which is the part most hose services do not do.
Do you come to farms and fields?
- Yes. Field calls are the normal call. Text a pin for the gate and the truck comes to the machine, with tractor coupler ends and implement lengths on board.
Is there an after hours charge?
- Yes, and it is published. Labor at 1.5 times the day rate with a $150 to $250 call fee. Details on the emergency page.
Get a call back with a firm number
Machine down right now? Call. Otherwise send this and we ring you between jobs.