Mobile trailer repair in Long Hill, NJ means Brad Smith, owner of Keep Them Rolling Trailer Repair, comes to your driveway in Stirling, Gillette, Millington or Meyersville. He repairs bearings, brakes, lights, wiring, tires and axles on boat trailers, utility trailers and contractor rigs without anyone having to tow them anywhere. To schedule the work, call (973) 651-1045.
Four villages, one township
Long Hill Township is made up of Stirling, Gillette, Millington and Meyersville. The first three each have a stop on NJ Transit’s Gladstone Branch, and Meyersville sits on the side of town that runs up to the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The Passaic River runs along the township’s southern edge.
Most of Long Hill is residential, so the typical trailer here is parked at the house. A bunk trailer holds the boat until summer. A small utility trailer handles dump runs and garden projects. And the landscapers and contractors who live in town bring their open trailers home at night, loaded with mowers, blowers and whatever the next job needs. The utility and landscaping trailer repair page covers the ramp gates, deck boards and spring shackles those working trailers go through.
Low ground and long storage
Parts of Long Hill sit low, between the river and the swamp, and a trailer parked in a damp spot rusts from the bottom up. The frame rails, spring hangers, brake backing plates and the underside of the tongue go first, often while the paint on top still looks fine.
Damp air gets inside, too. On cool nights, moisture condenses in the hubs and in the light housings. Over a couple of seasons that turns bearing grease milky, and it turns sockets and ground wires green until the lights go dim, flicker or quit. Sealed LED lamps and fresh connections hold up far better in this kind of weather, and trailer light repair and LED upgrades covers both. If a storm ever puts standing water up to your trailer’s hubs, treat it like a boat launch, because the bearings need checking; wheel bearing service and repacking replaces the contaminated grease before it takes a bearing with it.
A driveway repair, start to finish
When Brad pulls up, he starts by looking the trailer over and confirming the problem you described, then walks you through what he found and what the repair involves. He chocks the wheels, lifts the trailer onto stands, and works one wheel or one section at a time. Lights and brakes get tested with your vehicle hooked up, so keep it home. The truck carries the usual brake, bearing, light and wiring parts. Axles and other large parts are ordered for the specific trailer, which means a second trip to put them in. The mobile trailer repair and roadside service page explains the rest, and nearby towns are listed on the Morris County trailer repair page.
Common questions
Can you fix my boat trailer in my Stirling driveway without taking the boat off?
For most jobs, yes. Bearings, hubs, lights, wiring, tires and brakes can all be handled with the boat sitting on the trailer. Bunk replacement, frame welding or axle work may mean lifting or floating the boat off first, and Brad says so up front. The checklist for a typical boat trailer is on the boat trailer repair page.
What does it cost to repair a trailer in Long Hill?
There is no flat answer. What moves the number is which parts are needed, how big the trailer is and what kind it is, whether it rides on one axle or two, how rusted the fasteners are, and the drive. A single-axle utility trailer that needs lights is a very different job from a tandem boat trailer with seized brakes. Brad looks at the trailer and gives you the price before he picks up a wrench.
Can a landscaper get a trailer fixed after the workday?
Keep Them Rolling is open 7 days a week, 7 AM to 7 PM, so a visit can often be set for late in the day or on a weekend, when the trailer is home and not needed on a job. Call ahead with what is wrong, or request service through the website, and Brad can plan the visit around your schedule.