MDJ & Son'sTRUCK & TRAILER REPAIR

Truck & Trailer Repair in Lake Charles, LA

From our yard

60 miles · about 60 minutes

One hour east on I-10 — about 60 miles from the Port Arthur yard to Lake Charles.

(409) 460-5040Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm · Saturday 8:00am – 12:00pm

How we get to Lake Charles

I-10 straight in, with I-210 looping south around the city and Highway 90 running through it. The Calcasieu River bridge on I-10 is the known chokepoint — steep, narrow, and the last place anybody wants to lose a tire or an air system.

The trucking around here

Lake Charles anchors the Southwest Louisiana industrial corridor: refining, petrochemical, and the LNG terminals down the ship channel. Between the plant work, the construction traffic, the port, and I-10 through-freight, this is one of the heaviest commercial truck corridors on the Gulf Coast.

What breaks on this stretch

The Calcasieu bridge grade is hard on cooling systems and it is where marginal problems become stopped trucks. Beyond that it is the standard corridor mix: blowouts on I-10, derates that finally force a stop, charging and no-start failures, and air leaks. The plant-side fleets bring the aftertreatment and DPF work.

What we get called for in Lake Charles

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Lake Charles questions

How long to get a truck to me in Lake Charles?

It is about an hour from our yard on I-10, and we will tell you honestly on the phone what our schedule looks like before you commit to waiting on us.

Can I bring a truck to your shop from Lake Charles?

Plenty do. It is an hour on I-10, and for bay work — DOT inspections, clutch, driveline, DPF service — a scheduled drop at our yard beats waiting on a mobile slot.

Call the shop — (409) 460-5040