Hydraulic hose and line repair in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Largest farm economy in the region: 1,163 farms, $612 million in products sold and $370 million of that from milk.
Call (920) 521-8455Oshkosh Hydraulic Line Repair is the Oshkosh based mobile hydraulic service, and Fond du Lac is a regular stop on the route, on the schedule every week.
Fond du Lac County is the biggest single source of hydraulic breakdowns we see, and it is not close. The 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,163 farms and $612 million in products sold, more than three times Winnebago County, and $370 million of it is milk. Dairies mean skid steers, feed mixers, manure pumps and loaders running every single day of the year, and every one of those has hoses that age out.
Then there is the other half of the county: Mercury Marine on the north side, the limestone quarries on the Niagara Escarpment east of town, and the contractor yards that feed I-41 and US 151 construction. Excavators, haul trucks, crushers and screening plants all share the same failure modes, a weeping four wire hose or a hard line that finally rusted through at a clamp.
Fond du Lac sits in our second ring, about 25 minutes down I-41 from Oshkosh. We run it daily, so a morning call usually gets a truck before lunch. For the dairies south of town we can also do a quarterly check of the feed and manure equipment so the hoses that are going to fail get changed while the machine is parked.
The Fond du Lac dairy pattern
Manure pump and mixer hoses in Fond du Lac fail at the fitting more often than in the middle of the hose, because the fittings sit in wash down water all day. We bring stainless adapters for those ports when asked.
Fond du Lac coverage from the lakeshore to the ledge
We cover all of Fond du Lac (54935, 54936, 54937) including the US 41 and US 151 interchange, Lakeside Park, the ledge quarries east of town and the dairies along County K and County V. The same truck runs Menasha, Winneconne and Berlin, and what it carries is on the hose repair, hard line and cylinder pages.
What a Fond du Lac call costs
Every Fond du Lac call is priced from the table on the pricing page: the service call for your ring, then the hose, line or cylinder from its row. Down after hours with a deadline? The emergency terms are published too, so the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Fond du Lac farm and quarry questions
Do you come out to dairies south of Fond du Lac on County K and County V?
- Yes. Fond du Lac is in our second ring, so the service call runs $95 to $175 and the truck is there most days within a couple of hours of the call.
Can you replace a hose on a feed mixer while it is full?
- Usually. We block the machine, relieve the pressure, cap the lines and swap the hose in place. If the failed hose is buried under the load we will tell you before we start.
Do you work on quarry equipment on the ledge?
- Yes. Crusher, screen and loader hoses are large bore, four or six wire, and we carry R12 and R13 stock with code 61 and 62 flange ends for exactly that.
What about after hours during silage season?
- After hours labor is 1.5 times the day rate with a $150 to $250 call fee. That is published on the emergency page so there is no surprise on the invoice.
Is Fond du Lac in your hard line service area too?
- Yes. Steel tube sections are measured on site and bent and flared on the truck, whether the machine is in a dairy shed or a quarry pit.