Custom fabrication
Bay five has
built stranger things
than yours.
A dog bath, a maple evaporator pre-heater, a mobile beer-line flush cart, forty linked flood barriers for a township. If you can describe it, we have probably already cut a tote in that shape.
Describe the buildQuoted same day, built in about five
Capabilities
What the bay can actually do
Fabrication on HDPE is a different craft from fabrication on steel. Both happen here, which is why we can modify the bottle and the cage in one job.
| Operation | On the bottle | On the cage | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutting | Clean cuts, radiused corners, cut-and-invert | Tube cutting and re-welding | Grow beds, planters, wash stations |
| Welding | Hot-air and extrusion welding of HDPE | MIG on the steel frame | Baffles, sealed lids, custom frames |
| Bulkheads & ports | Drilled and sealed bulkhead fittings, any thread | — | Drains, standpipes, overflow, dosing |
| Plumbing | Taps, valves, float valves, siphons, manifolds | Mounted brackets and guards | Waterers, drip lines, dosing rigs |
| Screens & lids | Insect screens, basket strainers, hinged lids | — | Rain harvesting, feed storage |
| Insulation | Jackets and band heaters fitted | Frame-mounted thermostats | Winter service in Michigan |
| Framing | — | Cradles, skids, tipping frames, link plates | Dock floats, barriers, mobile rigs |
| Marking | Stencilled labels and level gauges | Asset numbers, hazard panels | Fleet identification |
How to brief us
Six answers and we can quote it
You do not need a drawing. You need to answer these.
- What goes in it? Edible, potable, chemical or just water — this chooses the donor grade.
- How much, and how fast out? Outlet size follows flow, not habit.
- Indoors or outdoors? Outdoors means UV cover, screens and a freeze plan.
- Gravity or pumped? Gravity needs height; height needs a stand we can build.
- Who moves it? Forklift, pallet jack, two people and a hand truck — it changes the base.
- How many? One is a project. Ten is a production run and much cheaper per unit.
Recent one-offs
- Forty linked flood barriers with strap plates for a township crew
- A two-stage maple sap pre-heater for a 900-tap operation
- Mobile beer-line flush cart with a pump, hose reel and catch tray
- Calf waterers with a frost-protected float valve and a drain
- A cut-and-framed dog wash for a grooming business
- Dosing rig with a calibrated level gauge for a greenhouse
What we decline
- Pressure vessels — HDPE totes are not and cannot be made pressure rated
- Modifications to UN-marked packaging that would invalidate the marking
- Potable builds on anything but food-grade or new bottles
- Immersion heating elements inside a bottle
Describe it in the message box.
One paragraph is plenty. We quote custom fabrication the same day, and we will tell you if a standing build already does the job cheaper.