Heavy equipment hydraulic repair in Woodland, CA
Capay Hydraulics is a heavy equipment hydraulic repair shop and mobile service serving Woodland, CA and Yolo County. Cylinder rebuilds, hoses crimped at the machine, pumps and valves, and emergency field service for farms, fleets and warehouses, at prices you can read before you call.
Hydraulic repair on heavy equipment around Woodland costs $85 to $350 for a hose made in the shop, $245 to $750 for a hose replaced at the machine, $350 to $900 to reseal a small cylinder, and $1,000 to $3,000 to rebuild a large-bore cylinder, with pumps running $800 to $4,000. The part that actually failed decides the price more than the machine it came off: a tomato harvester header lift and an excavator bucket cylinder of the same bore cost about the same to rebuild. Mobile calls add a $150 to $235 trip fee inside the service area, and nights, weekends and harvest-season holidays add a stated $150 to $300 premium. Most single-hose field calls in Woodland are done within an hour of arrival, and a cylinder that goes to the bench comes back in one to three days depending on whether the rod needs chrome. Every one of those numbers is published on this site, and the invoice matches the table.
Machine down in the field or at the dock? Woodland and Davis calls are on site inside 90 minutes during work hours, the far ends of the county in two to three. Harvest-season emergencies get the truck first.
Hydraulic repair by the part that failed
We name the assembly, not a vague service. Each one below has its own page with the process, the price range, and what pushes a job up or down inside it.
Hydraulic cylinder repair and rebuild
Reseals, honing, rod straightening and rechrome, new pistons and glands, then a test-stand check before it leaves. Small bore from $350, large bore from $1,000.
Details and pricingCustom hose assemblies, made at the machine
Two-wire and four-spiral hose, JIC, ORFS, flat-face and metric fittings, crimped from the truck or in the shop. From $85 per hose in shop.
Details and pricingEmergency mobile hydraulic repair
A machine down in a half-picked tomato field or a dock stuck open at 9 pm. Stated after-hours premium, stated response window, one number.
Details and pricingPumps, motors and control valves
Gear, vane and piston pump rebuilds or replacement, hydraulic motor repair, valve section rebuilds, and the pressure and flow test that tells you which one actually failed.
Details and pricingFarm equipment hydraulics
Tomato and rice harvesters, shakers and sweepers, tractor remotes, loader and implement cylinders, sprayer fan drives. Harvest-season priority routes.
Details and pricingForklift, dock leveler and compactor hydraulics
Mast and tilt cylinders pulled at your dock and rebuilt in the shop, dock levelers and compactors fixed in place, scheduled around receiving.
Details and pricingSee your price range right now
Three questions, priced straight from the published table. No email wall, and the range moves as you answer.
The rod is the swing factor. A straight rod with good chrome keeps a cylinder near the bottom of the range; a pitted or bent rod adds $400 to $1,500 for chrome or a new rod, and we say which before we start.
What hydraulic equipment repairs cost here
Six of the ten rows from the full cost guide. The third column is the honest part: what moves a job inside its range.
| Job | Typical range | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|
| Hydraulic hose assembly, made in shop (per hose) | $85 to $350 | Hose size and pressure rating (1/4 inch one-wire near the low end, 1 inch four-spiral near the top), fitting type, and whether we reuse a serviceable fitting |
| Mobile hose replacement at the machine (trip fee already included, plus per hose) | $245 to $750 | Distance from Woodland, how many hoses fail together (they usually age in sets), and access: a boom hose on an excavator takes longer than a loader tilt hose |
| Cylinder reseal (new seals on a sound rod and bore), small bore under 3 inches | $350 to $900 | Seal kit availability for the make, gland condition, and whether the rod needs polishing before new seals go in |
| Cylinder rebuild (honing, rod work, new piston and gland, seals), large bore 3 inches and up | $1,000 to $3,000 | Bore honing, rod straightening, piston and gland replacement, and test-stand time. A scored barrel or a bent rod moves this toward the top |
| Pump or motor repair or replacement | $800 to $4,000 | Gear pumps rebuild cheap; piston pumps and closed-loop motors do not. Contamination damage usually means a new unit plus a system flush |
| Forklift mast or tilt cylinder reseal | $400 to $1,100 | Lift cylinders on a triple-stage mast take longer to pull than a tilt cylinder; chrome condition on the rod decides seal life |
How the trip fee works: it is already inside the mobile hose row. For every other row it is added once per visit when the truck comes to you, and it is $0 when you bring the part to the shop. Reseal means new seals on a rod and bore that are still sound; rebuild means honing, rod work and new internals. Downtime on a harvester or a dock is costly, so both get quoted before anything is taken apart.
Full cost guide, all ten rowsThe machines Yolo County actually runs
Yolo County has about 1,000 farms averaging 456 acres, grown on processing tomatoes, almonds, rice, wheat and sunflower, plus the distribution centers along County Road 102 and the Port of West Sacramento. The hydraulics on that mix are what we stock for: tractor remotes and loader cylinders, harvester header and unloading circuits, shaker clamps, forklift masts, dock levelers, excavator boom and bucket cylinders, and truck hoists. Source: USDA Census of Agriculture, Yolo County profile.
- John Deere
- Case IH
- New Holland
- Kubota
- Massey Ferguson
- Caterpillar
- Komatsu
- Bobcat
- JCB
- Hyster
- Yale
- Toyota
- Crown
- Raymond
- Parker
- Gates
- Eaton
Farms, fleets, contractors, warehouses
- Growers and custom harvesters: August to October is downtime you cannot afford. The truck runs harvest routes and holds parts for the machines that are cutting.
- Distribution and processing fleets: mast and tilt cylinders, dock levelers, compactors, scheduled around receiving so a door never goes dark.
- Contractors and trucking: excavator, loader and telehandler cylinders, hoist and liftgate hydraulics, hoses made on site so the crew keeps working.
- Water districts and public works: levee and drain equipment, gates and pumps, municipal loaders and sweepers.
A repair, start to finish
- You call or send the form. Tell us the machine, the part, the symptom, and where it sits. Photos of the leak or the cylinder tag help.
- We quote off the table. You get the range from the cost page and the one or two things that would move it, before anything rolls.
- Hose calls get done at the machine. The truck carries a crimper, hose stock and fittings. One hose is usually under an hour once we arrive.
- Cylinders, pumps and valves go to the bench. Pulled on site or dropped off. We open it, inspect rod, bore and gland, and confirm reseal or rebuild with you before proceeding.
- Test, reinstall, invoice matches the quote. Cylinders are pressure tested before they leave. Anything that changed the number was said out loud first.
Where the truck goes from Woodland
Ranked by how much hydraulic equipment each place actually runs, not by mileage. Each area page covers the machines, the roads, the local failure patterns and the trip fee.
- WoodlandHub.
- West SacramentoSecond-densest forklift and dock-equipment concentration in the county: the Port of West Sacramento, the Southport and Harbor Boulevard industrial districts, and the I-80 and US 50 warehousing belt.
- DixonSolano County town with the same tomato and row-crop machine base as Woodland plus a food-processing layer (the Campbell Soup plant and its forklift fleet), the I-80 and Highway 113 truck corridor, and walnut and sheep operations on Dixon Ridge.
- DavisUC Davis runs the largest research farm fleet in the region (campus fields, Russell Ranch, the dairy and orchard blocks), the city has a municipal and campus equipment fleet, and the ground south and west of town is orchard and row crop.
- WintersOrchard country.
- VacavilleThe construction and logistics layer south of the county: I-80 and I-505 interchange, the Vaca Valley and Interchange business parks with their distribution and biotech campuses, and the fastest housing growth in the corridor.
- Esparto and the Capay ValleyThe valley the brand is named for.
- Knights LandingRice country on the Sacramento River.
- DunniganThe I-5 and I-505 junction at the north end of the county: truck stops and trucking yards, the Dunnigan Hills wheat, grape and olive ground, and almond and rice country spreading north into Colusa County around Arbuckle and Zamora.
- Natomas (North Sacramento)The airport and distribution edge of Sacramento nearest Woodland: Metro Air Park and the I-5 warehouse belt around Sacramento International, plus the Natomas Basin rice ground and the construction on the north side of the city.
Straight answers about hydraulic repair in Woodland
How much does heavy equipment hydraulic repair cost in Woodland?
A single hose made in the shop runs $85 to $350; at the machine it is $245 to $750 including the trip. Cylinder reseals under 3 inch bore are $350 to $900, large-bore rebuilds are $1,000 to $3,000, and pumps run $800 to $4,000. Every number is on the cost page and the quote comes off that table.
Do you come to the machine, or do I bring it to you?
Either. The mobile truck carries a crimper and a stocked hose rack, so hoses are made at the machine. Cylinders, pumps and valves get pulled on site and rebuilt in the Woodland shop, or you drop them off and skip the $150 to $235 trip fee.
How fast can you get to a job in Yolo County?
Woodland and Davis calls are usually on site inside 90 minutes during work hours. West Sacramento, Dixon, Knights Landing and Dunnigan run about two hours; Winters, Vacaville and the upper Capay Valley two to three. After hours we quote the premium before rolling.
Can you fix a cylinder that is bleeding down, or does it need replacing?
Most of the time it can be fixed. Bleed-down is usually piston seals, and a reseal costs a fraction of a new cylinder. We open it, look at the rod and the bore, and tell you reseal or rebuild before doing anything. You never pay for a rebuild you did not need.
What equipment do you work on?
Anything with hydraulic oil in it: tractors and implements, harvesters, shakers, excavators, loaders, dumps and telehandlers, forklifts, dock levelers, compactors, and truck-mounted hoists and liftgates. Brands do not matter much; seal kits and fittings do, and we stock the common ones.
About Capay Hydraulics
Capay Hydraulics is a heavy equipment hydraulic repair shop and mobile service based in Woodland, CA, named for the Capay Valley along Cache Creek where a lot of the county’s farm iron works and where no shop had ever come to the machine. The pricing on this site was written by the person who does the work, not a marketing company, and it is the same table we quote from on the phone. The shop carries garage liability insurance on every job, and cylinder rebuilds and pump repairs carry a one-year workmanship warranty; a certificate of insurance is available to commercial accounts on request. More about the shop.
Get a price before the truck rolls
Call (916) 848-2246 or send the form. Describe the machine and the part, and the number you get back is off the published table.