MOONLIGHT
Welding · Fabrication · Anchorage AK
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Welder striking an arc on structural steel in low-light industrial environment
Moonlight Services W&F
Moonlight S W&F
Field rig operating · Anchorage bowl/AWS D1.1 · D1.2 · D9.1

Arctic structural weldingin Anchorage.Built for −40°F.

Mobile field rig running AWS D1.1 / D1.2 procedures with cold-weather preheat, post-heat, and low-hydrogen electrode protocols. Heavy-equipment repair, structural, aluminum, custom fabrication — on-site across the Anchorage bowl, 24/7.

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Field address
7900 E 6th Ave, Anchorage
Dispatch
(907) 342-9637
Cold-rated
Procedures to −40°F
Coverage
Anchorage · Eagle River · Wasilla

Welding doesn't stop at −40°F.
The procedure does.

Scroll to traverse our cold-weather operations spectrum. Each ambient zone has its own preheat, electrode prep, and post-heat procedure under AWS D1.1 Annex B.

Z1
ZONE Z1
+60°F → +20°F
Standard procedure
Reference: AWS D1.1 §5.6
Preheat
Ambient
Electrode
E7018 · standard storage
Procedure
Single-pass SMAW · normal travel speed
ZONE Z2
+20°F → 0°F
Preheat protocol
Reference: AWS D1.1 Annex B · Table 3.3
Preheat
150°F minimum
Electrode
E7018-H4R · sealed rod oven
Procedure
Multi-pass · maintain interpass · windbreak required
ZONE Z3
0°F → −20°F
Cold-weld procedure
Reference: AWS D1.1 §5.6 · Annex B
Preheat
225°F minimum · base metal
Electrode
E7018-H4R · 250°F rod oven
Procedure
Insulated blanket · post-heat 400°F slow cool
ZONE Z4
−20°F → −40°F
Mobile enclosure required
Reference: AWS D1.1 §5.6 + AWS D9.1 sheet-metal annex
Preheat
300°F · interpass 250°F minimum
Electrode
Low-hydrogen only · field-issued sealed canister
Procedure
Heated mobile enclosure · purge atmosphere · post-heat 500°F
ZONE Z5
Below −40°F
Field-team protocol
Reference: AWS D1.1 §5.6 + procedure waiver
Preheat
350°F minimum · sustained
Electrode
Mil-spec E11018-M · vacuum-packed only
Procedure
Two-welder rotation · IR thermography monitored · weld-tag QC

What we weld.

Six core operations covered by a single mobile field rig. From a snow-banked equipment yard to a marine-grade aluminum hull pulled out of the Inlet.

S/01

Structural Field Welding

AWS D1.1 · D1.2

On-site structural steel, beams, columns, brackets, and weld repair. Mobile rig with portable enclosure for cold-weather field work.

S/02

Heavy Equipment Repair

Cracked frames · buckets · arms

Loader buckets, dozer push-arms, excavator booms, snow-plow frames, trailer hitches. Same-week turnaround on equipment-down rescue jobs.

S/03

Aluminum Fabrication

GTAW · pulsed MIG

Aluminum boat hull repair, custom skiff modifications, aluminum trailer fabrication, marine-grade aluminum welding for the Cook Inlet fleet.

S/04

Custom Fabrication

Drawing → cut → weld → finish

Stair stringers, railings, custom brackets, snow guards, conveyor mods, gates, and shop fixtures. Built from your drawing or ours.

S/05

Pipe & Tube Welding

ASME · low-hydrogen

Schedule-40 carbon, stainless tube, hydraulic line, structural pipe runs. Low-hydrogen procedures rated for cold-weather inservice.

S/06

Emergency Rescue Welds

24/7 · Anchorage bowl

Frozen-cracked diesel tank, broken snow rig at -30°F, busted plow frame mid-storm. We mobilize the heated enclosure and finish the weld.

Recent jobs, on record.

Each entry stamped with location and ambient temperature at weld time — the cold tells you which procedure ran.
Welder striking an arc on steel bar in workshop
2026 · Feb−18°F
Loader-arm crack repair
Mid-town Anchorage
Sparks flying from a weld on iron stock
2026 · Jan−22°F
Snow-plow frame rebuild
Eagle River
Close-up of metalworking weld with sparks
2026 · Mar+8°F
Trailer hitch fabrication
Hillside
Welder operating torch in industrial environment
2025 · Dec−4°F
Stair stringer install
Sand Lake
Welder in safety gear running a multi-pass weld
2025 · Nov+14°F
Aluminum skiff hull
Cook Inlet
Welder in workshop running torch on metal
2025 · Nov−7°F
Excavator bucket weld-out
Wasilla yard
Industrial welding work in low light
2025 · Oct+22°F
Boiler-room pipe weld
South Anchorage
Workshop welding setup with mid-arc shot
2025 · Oct+18°F
Custom snow-guard rail
Turnagain
Bench-grinder finishing weld in shop
2025 · Sep+44°F
Gate fabrication
Muldoon
Steel stack ready for fabrication
2025 · Sep+38°F
Beam splice on-site
Downtown
Welder portrait with helmet down
2025 · Aug+54°F
Conveyor frame mod
Port of Alaska
Sparks lighting a darkened weld bay
2025 · Aug+50°F
Generator-skid repair
Chugiak

We don't post testimonials. We hand you the phone numbers.

Most cold-weather welding work in Anchorage is industrial and contractor-driven. References are furnished pre-engagement, by category, with the actual customer's permission. Pick the category that matches your job and we'll route you to three previous customers in it.

REF/A
Heavy equipment

Loader, dozer, plow, hitch references — operating yards across the bowl.

REF/B
Structural & beam

Commercial GC references — beam, stringer, brackets, fall-protection anchors.

REF/C
Marine aluminum

Skiff & hull references — Cook Inlet fishing crews, sportfish operators.

REF/D
Emergency call-out

After-hours and cold-snap rescue welds — recent winter season only.

Reference list furnished at first call — not before.

Code-compliant. Cold-qualified.

Each weld procedure runs against the AWS code that governs it. The mobile rig is built to keep those procedures inside spec when the ambient drops past freezing.

/01
AWS D1.1
Structural Steel Welding Code
/02
AWS D1.2
Aluminum Structural Welding Code
/03
AWS D9.1
Sheet Metal Welding Code
/04
Licensed
State of Alaska · workers' compensation in force
/05
Insured
General liability · commercial auto · field-rig
/06
Cold-rated
Procedures qualified to −40°F ambient
/07
Mobile rig
Heated enclosure · generator · cylinder rack
/08
Local
Anchorage-based · independently owned

Where the rig runs.

Service area mapCOOK INLETAnchorageEagle RiverChugiakJBERWasillaPalmerGirdwoodN
Anchorage bowl
Same-day · field rig
PRIMARY
Eagle River
Same-day · field rig
PRIMARY
Chugiak
Same-day · field rig
PRIMARY
JBER & Muldoon
Same-day · field rig
PRIMARY
Wasilla
Scheduled · 24-48 hr
EXTENDED
Palmer
Scheduled · 24-48 hr
EXTENDED
Girdwood corridor
Scheduled · 24-48 hr
EXTENDED

Phone is fastest. Form is fine too.

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Field address
Moonlight Services Welding
& Fabrication LLC
7900 E 6th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99504
Operating window
Shop hours: by appointment.
Field dispatch: 24/7 / 365.
Emergency call-outs answered direct.

For active emergencies, please call — the form is checked between field jobs.