ProWeld Fab & Auto can build what customers dream up

By Julia Wolf

The business can also make staircases and handrails, for residential and commercial buildings, including spiral staircases.

ProWeld Fab & Auto offers a wide variety of services. Owner Coty McIlquham says they can build most things people can dream up and can weld pretty much anything.

ProWeld Fab & Auto also does light automotive work, and offers a line of rust-proofing for vehicles. The business can also do DOT inspections on big trucks.

projects on cars that are rotted out, depending on what they need, with the goal of making the vehicle look factory-new again. After the vehicle is fixed, it is rust-proofed.

ProWeld also does DOT inspections on big trucks for local contractors.

“We can basically do a check on anything the State Patrol would be looking for on a heavy truck or trailer,” said McIlquham.

He says the versatility of services they offer has helped keep them busy, because when one area gets slow, other areas of work picks up.

McIlquham brings years of experience. He started out working at Kurt Manufacturing, about 12 years ago. There, he met a friend who got him a job at Wisconsin Metal Fab.

“Then, I learned my trade there,” said McIlquham.

After that, he worked at a custom shop for a while, before he got hurt in an accident.

“I was down for seven months, and I just said ‘I’m not going back to work – I’m going to go work for myself,’” said McIlquham. “So, here we are.”

McIlquham did the work in his little shop, before moving the business to its current location March 1. He now has two employees.

Those who would like to inquire with ProWeld about a project, can call 715-2260344.

ProWeld Fab & Auto is available to take care of a wide variety of projects, and doesn’t shy away from a challenge. The business, located on County Hwy. X, south of Cadott, offers a variety of services.

“Anything to do with steel fabrication welding, we can do,” said Coty McIlquham, owner of ProWeld. “From steel to stainless, aluminum.”

They can build most things people can dream up, when it comes to steel.

McIlquham also says they can pretty much weld anything. He says that can be especially useful for farmers, who need something fixed and welded quickly.

“That’s been a really big hit here,” said McIlquham, adding he enjoys meeting the people his services bring in.

The business offers staircases, including spiral staircases, and handrails for residential and commercial buildings.

McIlquham says ProWeld also does light automotive services. He says they offer tubing work and roll cages for vehicles like UTVs, side-by-sides and mud-racers. The business also has a line of rust-proofing.

“(We) are one of very few shops in the state of Wisconsin, that can actually weld on a frame legally,” said McIlquham.

He says they do a lot of frame restoration

Coty McIlquham (right) started ProWeld Fab & Auto, after he decided he wanted to be his own boss. After starting the business in another location, he moved ProWeld to it’s current location on County Hwy. X, Cadott, in March, and has two employees.

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