The Lake Benton team early in the morning beside an 80′ x 18′ door ready to leave and be installed at its new home in an airport hangar.

PowerLift Doors by Rick’s Welding
1482 200th Avenue Lake Benton, MN 56149

Welcome from Rick and Patti Peterson, owners, and their team at Lake Benton, Minnesota, where the PowerLift enterprise was born! The world’s first production hydraulic door line started here in 1992. Please contact us - we'd be glad to be part of your next door project.

We are local specialists who manufacture PowerLift hydraulic doors for any new aviation, commercial, farm, or architectural project. Once we finish building your door, we will also deliver and install it. When we leave your property, your door will be operational.
Our depth of knowledge is unmatched, with tens of thousands of installations across North America. We’re familiar with all aspects of removing and replacing older sliding, bifold, fabric, and overhead doors with PowerLift retrofits. Our retrofit doors will increase your existing clear opening height and width. with our retrofit doors.
We’ll be happy to stop by, and look over your building when we’re in the area. Your door will be custom built right here in our shop. Our all-welded construction, a PowerLift exclusive, produces a precise fit, and eliminates distortion that happens when bolts and other fasteners work loose. With PowerLift, you’ll have just one provider for your door project from start to completion.

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