Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
The assessment is free and the quote is the invoice.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable Gate Parts & Welding Across Pedley
If you live in Pedley, you already know the gate situation out here: most properties have at least one heavy steel ranch gate, and a lot of them were built by hand decades ago. When a hinge wears out or a post starts leaning, you don’t need a gate company that only knows how to order prefabricated panels. You need somebody who can weld on site, match old hardware, and tell you honestly whether a part is worth saving. That’s what we do. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get Hal or somebody on his crew, not a phone tree.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Pedley’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and his name is on the shop. That’s the kind of accountability Pedley homeowners look for, because out here a gate isn’t a decorative afterthought. It keeps horses in, keeps dust and debris from the Santa Ana River wash out, and has to survive summers that regularly pass 105°F. When Pedley residents call us about a sagging gate or a dead operator, they’re talking to a company that repairs first and replaces only when it’s actually the cheaper answer over the life of the gate.
We serve Pedley from our Inland Empire office, and we know the 92509 area well, from the older ranch properties along Limonite Avenue to the horse lots off of Pedley Road and the equestrian parcels near Jurupa Hills. The work back there is different from what you see in a subdivision. Gates are wider, heavier, and often welded up from steel pipe and flat bar years before modern safety standards existed. We keep that in mind on every service call, and we quote the price up front, in writing, before any work starts.
Our reputation in Pedley comes from showing up when we say we will and fixing the gate in your driveway instead of hauling it off to a shop. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, we come back and make it right. One call, no runaround.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Pedley
Hinge Replacement
Most Pedley ranch gates hang on custom barrel hinges or heavy strap hinges that were welded in place decades ago. When those wear egg-shaped, the gate drops and drags. We cut out the old hinge, fabricate a replacement that matches the existing bracket layout, and weld it in place. You don’t have to accept a door that only opens after you lift it. We carry a range of weld-on barrel hinges and strap hinges on the truck, and we can fabricate the odd sizes that no catalog carries.
Post Replacement
In Pedley, the hinge post is usually the first thing to go, not the gate itself. Decades of Inland Empire heat and Santa Ana wind racking work the post loose at the footing, and once it leans, the gate sags no matter how much you adjust the hinges. We cut out the old post, set a new schedule-40 steel post in concrete, and re-hang the gate at the right height. If the post is still structurally sound but just leaning, we can sometimes pull it back, plumb it, and pour a stronger footing. We’ll tell you which one your gate actually needs.
Rail Repair
Hand-welded pipe gates crack at the rail joints. That’s just what happens after 20 or 30 years of heat cycles and wind load. We grind out the crack and weld the rail back solid, adding a gusset where the original builder should have put one. If the rail is too far gone, we cut it out and splice in new steel. For Pedley horse properties, we also check the rail spacing and the latch alignment while we’re there, because a gate that doesn’t latch cleanly is a gate a horse will lean on until it fails.
Custom Welding
This is where Pedley keeps us busy. So many properties out here have one-off gates that were built by a previous owner with a welder and whatever steel was on hand. No stock hinge fits. No stock latch fits. The wheel assembly on the bottom of a corral gate might be something somebody fabricated from scrap. We weld on site, so your gate stays in your driveway while we build what it needs: custom hinge barrels, new bolt-on latch plates, gussets, wheel brackets, you name it. This is the work we’d rather do than anything else, because it actually saves you money compared to buying a whole new gate.
What happens when you call
- 1
A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
- 2
You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
- 3
A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
- 4
You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Pedley
We service and retrofit operators from Viking, Linear, and DoorKing, which are the brands we see most often on older Pedley gates. The problem is rarely that the whole operator needs to go. Often it’s a dead control board, worn limit switches, or a photo-eye that never got installed in the first place. We stock the common parts and can source legacy boards for older Viking and DoorKing units that are no longer in production. If the board is truly gone and the operator is 25 years old, we’ll tell you plainly whether a retrofit or a new operator is the smarter spend.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Pedley Homes
- Sagging at the hinge post. On older Pedley ranch gates, the hinge post rots at the concrete line or the weld holding the hinge barrel cracks. The gate drops and scrapes. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
- Sand-packed slide gate tracks. Fine sand from the Santa Ana River wash blows into roller tracks and the rack-and-pinion drive on corral gates. Rollers bind, the motor strains, and eventually the rack strips. We clean the track, replace worn rollers, and install wiper seals where the design allows.
- Dead control boards from heat. Summer temperatures over 105°F cook older control boards in LiftMaster, Viking, and DoorKing operators. The gate sticks open or closed. We can often retrofit a modern safety-compliant board without replacing the entire operator.
- Non-standard hardware on custom-welded gates. A horse-property gate welded from 2-inch steel pipe doesn’t accept hardware from a gate kit catalog. We fabricate replacement hinges, latches, and brackets on site so the gate keeps working without an expensive, unnecessary replacement.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Pedley, CA
A typical hinge replacement on a Pedley ranch gate runs $220 to $480 depending on whether we’re replacing one hinge or a full set and whether we need to fabricate matching barrels. Post replacement runs $450 to $900 per post, including cutting out the old footing and setting new concrete. Rail repair and gusseting is usually $180 to $450. Custom welding runs $120 to $180 per hour plus materials, with most repair weld jobs landing between $200 and $600. Control board retrofit on an older Viking or DoorKing operator typically runs $350 to $700 including the board and setup. We quote every job up front, in writing, before we start. No trip charge inside the county, and we offer $40 off any repair over $200.
We Also Serve Cities Near Pedley
We run service calls through Glen Avon, Sunnyslope, Rubidoux, and Riverside just like we do in Pedley. The housing stock and gate styles change a little from one city to the next, but the work is the same: repair what can be repaired, fabricate what can’t be bought, and replace only when it’s the honest answer. If you’re near Pedley, call us and we’ll get someone out to you.
Serving Pedley, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pedley area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Gate Parts & Welding in Pedley
Yes. We fabricate replacement hinge barrels on site to match the existing bracket spacing on your gate, so you keep the gate and replace only what’s worn. This is standard work for us in Pedley, where so many gates are one-off welded pipe and flat bar rather than manufactured kits. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come look and give you a written price.
Almost never. The post fails at the footing, not the gate itself. We cut out the old post, set a new schedule-40 steel post in concrete, and re-hang your existing gate. If the gate was welded to the post, we cut the old welds, trim the post stub, and weld it back clean. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote, and we’ll tell you honestly if your post can be saved or needs to be replaced.
Yes, and it starts with cleaning the track and replacing the worn rollers with sealed bearing units that hold up better against fine wash sand. We also check the rack and pinion alignment, because a bound roller often strips the rack before the roller fails. For Pedley corral gates, we recommend a track wiper and regular cleaning, and we’ll show you what to do between service calls. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
Usually you can retrofit. We install UL 325-compliant photo-eye kits on older LiftMaster operators and wire them into the existing control board. If the board is too old to accept the safety input, we can often replace just the board with a modern retrofit unit rather than the whole operator. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll check the model and wiring before we recommend anything.
In most Pedley cases, yes. A new board runs a few hundred dollars, and a new operator runs one to three thousand. If the motor, gearbox, and limit switches are still in decent shape, a board replacement is the cheaper answer. We’ll test the whole unit while we’re there and tell you if there’s another failure waiting behind the board. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Pedley and the surrounding Inland Empire since 2001.