An off road caravan up on the four post hoist in the JK's Aluminium yard at dusk

Wedgefield, Port Hedland

Broken down out here, back on the road by knock off.

Trailer, caravan and camper repairs in the Wedgefield yard. Springs, bearings, hubs, studs and aluminium work. Jan has been at it under this name since 2000, and the vans still come in on the back of a tow truck and drive out on their own wheels.

4.9

from 27 Google reviews

2000

trading under this name since

6 days

Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm

Leaf springsWheel bearingsHubsWheel studsShocks and coilsTrailer partsAluminium fabricationIn house machiningCaravan axlesCamper trailers

What we do

Underneath a van is where we live.

Most of what rolls into the yard is suspension, bearings or something that let go on corrugations. Some of it is aluminium work. A fair bit of it arrives on a tow truck.

01

Caravan and camper suspension

Leaf springs, shocks and coils. If a main leaf has let go somewhere north of nowhere, that is the job we do most.

Springs replaced complete, not patched

02

Wheel bearings and hubs

Bearings repacked or replaced, and complete hubs swapped out when they are past saving.

Machined in house when parts are weeks away

03

Wheel studs and wheel loss repairs

Studs sheared off at highway speed is a job we have done before. We get the wheel back on properly, not temporarily.

Highway breakdown work

04

Trailer parts

Parts for trailers, campers and vans, supplied and fitted at the one yard so you are not chasing them around town.

Supplied and fitted

05

Aluminium fabrication

The name on the sign. Sheet folding, cutting and fabrication in the shed off Murrena Street.

Folder, stock and a shed full of steel

06

In house machining

When the right part does not exist within a fortnight's freight, we make something that works.

So you are not parked up waiting

The J.K'S Aluminium sign on the sheet metal folder inside the workshop
Close up of a caravan's coil suspension, hub and brake drum on Pilbara red dirt

The shed

The blue sign on the folder has been there a while.

JK's Aluminium has been trading under that name since March 2000. Jan Kordt runs it, and the initials on the sign are his. Twenty six years of it.

The work is trailers, caravans and campers, plus the aluminium fabrication the name came from. There is a four post hoist in the yard tall enough to put a full off road van up in the air, a folder in the shed, and racks of stock behind it.

A lot of the customers are not locals. They are people who were heading somewhere else when a spring let go on the Great Northern Highway, or a wheel came off at a hundred, or an axle started making a noise a long way past Marble Bar. They get towed in, and the aim is to get them going again rather than parked up for a fortnight waiting on freight.

“If you are looking for old school work ethic and experience. This is the place to go.”

Angie Nieuwstad, Google review
Trading since
2000
Google rating
4.9 / 5
Where
Wedgefield
The JK's Aluminium yard in daylight with an off road camper up on the hoist

A hoist, a folder, and a yard with room to park the van overnight.

Reviews

Mostly written from somewhere further down the highway.

4.9

27 Google reviews

Hayden was easy to deal with and certainly knows his business. Found our caravan suspension issue, a broken main leaf spring and replaced our springs completely, all in a few hours. We couldn't be happier with his work and what it cost us. Thanks again Hayden.

Wayne Hickmana month ago

Good old fashioned 'can do' attitude and this team delivered. I cannot praise the them highly enough. They stayed open well after closing to fix our van and could have charged a whole lot more. 7 hrs from being broken beside the Great Northern Hwy 100km south of Port Hedland to being fixed and back on the road. Outstanding.

Mike3 months ago

Massive shout for getting us sorted with new leaf springs and wheel bearings for our trailer as we were passing through town. Highly recommend

Jaimee Manning4 months ago

We arrived at Jan's by way of a tow from Marble Bar, and were very anxious. He tracked down the source of our caravan axle's problem, provided a workable solution, which reassured us that we could continue our 7 month half lap with confidence. His kindness in enabling us to 'free camp' in his yard overnight was hugely appreciated. Jan and his team were wonderful.

Philip Manktelowa year ago

Reviews as published on Google. Read them all

Find us

Give Jan a ring.

Quickest thing is a phone call, especially if you are stuck somewhere and need to know whether it is worth getting towed in. Otherwise the yard is on Murrena Street in Wedgefield, six days a week.

0417 983 827

The yard

11 Murrena St, Wedgefield WA 6721

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Open

Monday
8:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday
8:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday
8:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday
8:00am - 6:00pm
Friday
8:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday
8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday
Closed

Who we look after

Port Hedland, South Hedland and Wedgefield, plus anyone who has come off worse on the Great Northern Highway and needs the Pilbara sorted out before they keep going.

Send a message

Tell us what it is doing and roughly where you are. If it is urgent, ring instead.

Call 0417 983 827