Boomworks Hydraulics rebuilds boom truck hydraulics for Metairie from our bench in Kenner, with mobile service for the failures that will not wait for a tow.
Metairie runs on bucket trucks. Between the line clearance contractors cutting for Entergy, the tree services that swell after every named storm, and the sign and lighting companies working Veterans and Causeway, the town holds one of the densest aerial device populations in Louisiana.
Aerial hydraulics are a different discipline from crane hydraulics because a person is in the platform. Leak down on a boom cylinder is not an inconvenience, it is a safety writeup. We rebuild lift and articulation cylinders to hold, verify holding valves, and document the work so your annual ANSI A92.2 inspection has a paper trail behind it.
Hurricane season drives the calendar here. From June on, every tree and utility outfit in Metairie wants its trucks tight before the first cone shows up in the Gulf, and after a landfall the calls are all emergencies. Booking rebuild work in spring beats paying emergency rates in September.
Storm season and Metairie booms
After Ida, Metairie tree crews ran booms eighteen hours a day for weeks. The failures that followed were almost all heat related: cooked fluid, varnished valves, and seals gone hard. Storm season fleets now get a fluid cooler conversation from us every spring.
Metairie corridors we cover
Regular routes cover Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Causeway Boulevard, Lakeside area, Airline Drive at Shrewsbury and David Drive, with ZIP codes 70001, 70002, 70003, 70005, 70006 inside standard coverage. Pricing is identical to the rest of the metro and published in the cost guide: no zone surcharges, and the emergency call out range covers the whole service area.
Nearby crews also use our Kenner, Harahan, New Orleans pages for the corridors they work across parish lines.
Bucket truck and boom questions from Metairie
My bucket truck platform creeps down while parked. Is that dangerous?
Yes, treat it as out of service. Platform drift means a holding valve or cylinder is bypassing internally. It gets worse under a live load. We test which component is bypassing and rebuild that one, usually $1,200 to $3,000 depending on what failed.
Can you have our trucks ready before hurricane season?
That is exactly what we push for. Spring inspections catch weeping cylinders and tired pumps while there is time to bench them properly. After a storm makes landfall everything becomes emergency work at emergency prices.
Do you rebuild hydraulics on Altec and Versalift aerials?
Yes, both, plus Terex, Hi-Ranger, and the rest. Cylinders, holding valves, tool circuits, and rotation systems. Aerial work always includes a function and leak down check before the truck goes back in service.
We are a two truck tree service. Are we too small for a fleet program?
No. Two trucks that both earn money are a fleet. Metairie tree services on our PM schedule get fluid service, a leak survey, and priority when a storm fills the calendar.
Book a Metairie inspection
Tell us the truck and the symptom. Written quote before work starts, or call (504) 385-9868 and get it on the phone.