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Schweiss Doors is the leading manufacturer for Bifold & Hydraulic doors. Industry leading innovations since 1980. Custom built doors to fit any project!

Schweiss Doors is a leading manufacturer of bifold lift strap doors and one-piece hydraulic doors for the agricultural, aviation, architectural, commercial, industrial and residential applications. Schweiss doors can be found on aircraft hangars, farm shops, commercial buildings and homes around the world. Whether it's our patented “Lift Strap” bifold doors or our new “Red Power” hydraulic doors,

Schweiss is the company to choose for a strong, safe and reliable door. Learn more at bifold.com | hydraulicdoors.com.

09/06/2026

Rock On Trucks’ Repair Shop Features a 22-Foot Bifold Lift-Strap Door

Rock On Trucks, Inc has hauled payloads out of Waite Park since 2001, including aggregate, riprap, hot mix, and road base, with loads up to 26 tons. Rock On’s fleet setup includes full-length rolling cranes, mobile column lifts, and a 70-foot in-ground pit for grease and oil work.

With over a million loads hauled, the company built its own repair shop, something many fleets won't bother with. It serves more than its sixty trucks. Outside owner-operators and other trucking companies also bring work there, so a lot rides on that one opening.

The new door is 22 feet wide and 14 feet tall. It’s easier to operate than a sliding door. When it’s open, the top half folds over the doorway, keeping whoever’s working underneath comfortable and preventing an overhead door from taking up the clearance needed for trucks and equipment.

09/03/2026

Schweiss Doors at Work: Behind the Scenes at the Guthrie Theatre

Matt Gilbertson runs facilities at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. When the loading dock's old cable door wore out, he contacted garage door shops and hangar builders before finding Schweiss.

It turns out the Guthrie already had two Schweiss doors, a 17-foot hydraulic window on the Endless Bridge that opens to the river, and a seamless box office wall that rises open each morning.

Both have been working since 2006. The Guthrie's new loading-dock bifold is about 31 feet wide and runs on lift straps, so every delivery and stage set passes through it.

“Through these searches, I ended up finding Schweiss Doors and then found out through conversations here that Schweiss had already done work at the Guthrie. Once the door got on site, it went up super, super slick. We were blown away by how fast it was,” Gilbertson said.

https://www.bifold.com/photo-of-the-day-guthrie-theater.php

09/02/2026

🚀 Dockzilla visits Schweiss Doors! 👨‍🚀🛰️

Representatives from Dockzilla stopped by to check on Phase One of their project in Florida for Blue Origin's expansion for storing and manufacturing rockets!
We’re proud to be included in unique projects like this and to do what Schweiss does best — create large openings for even larger dreams. 🚀

08/31/2026

A Full 56-Wide Opening Without a Center Post

This Cleary Building Corp. post-frame building sits on a corner lot in Sauk County, Wisconsin. The entire front wall is a two-panel folding door with a Schweiss bifold lift-strap system, measuring 56 feet wide and 12 feet high.

There’s no center post, so you can go in and out without moving anything else out of the way.

Action Electric, based in Baraboo, Wisconsin, did the electrical work.

08/29/2026

🎡 The Great Minnesota Get-Together has begun! 🎡

The Minnesota State Fair is officially underway, and Schweiss Doors is here!

If you’re headed to the fair, be sure to stop by the Schweiss Doors booth and say hello. Whether you’re planning a new hangar, farm shop, commercial building, or your dream personal shop, come talk to us about your next door project!
We’d love to see you at the fair!

08/28/2026

A Drive-Through Building with Two Schweiss Hydraulic Doors

Here's a farm shed on the outskirts of Raymond, Minnesota, where farmers grow corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and alfalfa. It was built by Country Wide Lumber, based in Hector, Minnesota.

Jim and Jan Eiler founded the company in 1993, operating from an office in their home and storing lumber at Jim’s brother’s farm. “Generally, when it comes to big doors and where headroom is needed, Schweiss is the door we recommend,” said Jim.

Twin Schweiss hydraulic doors, 40 feet wide and 18 feet high, open at each end of the building. The doors cast a nice shade out front and provide enough space for a combine to drive straight through the barn with the header still attached.

08/25/2026

A Racing Legend Opens Doors to One-of-a-Kind Garages

Craig Dollansky spent twenty years drifting a sprint car at 160 miles per hour. He earned sixty-six World of Outlaws victories, and his Eldora lap record, set in 2002, still stands.

Today, the Elk River native builds custom garages. Some are designed for contractors, others for car collections, and a few for both uses, featuring Schweiss designer glass bifold doors.

Craig and Scott Boyd met at a dirt track in Superior, Wisconsin, in the 1990s. They competed together for years and are now business partners at Boyd and Delansky Developments.

08/22/2026

A Family Farm Built to Keep Moving Forward

Five generations of the Kanten family have farmed this land near Milan, Minnesota. Today, Jim Kanten grows corn alongside his father, Kent, and his brother, Tim. The family also runs a custom manure-application service.

A handy upgrade is a 30” x 17” Schweiss bifold lift-strap door. When winter arrives, the door rises above snowdrifts instead of pushing through them. Anyone who’s had to chip ice off a sliding door track before starting their chores knows how much time and energy that saves.

The Kantens have a legacy of standing up for farmers. In 1978, Jim’s father and grandfather, Chuck, drove the family tractor from Milan, Minnesota, to Washington, D.C., as part of the American Agriculture Movement’s effort to secure better farm prices. Jim’s grandmother, Anne, helped found the movement and later served as Minnesota’s deputy commissioner of agriculture.

On summer Thursdays, Tim heads to the KRA Speedway in Willmar. He’s competed in the “Midwest Mods” class for more than ten years and won a feature race there on Military Night just this May.

Do you have a building you’d like to retrofit with a new door? We’d love to hear about your project.

08/19/2026

Minnesota Farmer Adds 60 Feet of Safe Storage Before Winter

Jessie Corey nearly left the end of his new shop wide open. He farms a few hundred acres with his family in eastern Minnesota, and his machinery kept outgrowing his space. So, he added a 60-by-40-foot section from Worldwide Steel Buildings, bringing the whole shop to nearly 126 feet.

Then he thought about the snow and leaves blowing straight through the opening and figured he deserved a nice door for it. A 35-foot-wide by 14-foot-high door keeps the opening fully clear, so his tractors and combine can move in and out with room to spare.

Jessie already knew Schweiss hydraulic doors from his day job building fire trucks, and he liked the sturdy frame and smooth operation. Before ordering, he drove to Hector to meet the crew face-to-face, then he installed the door himself.

"The hydraulic door fit perfectly, and it went together with ease. For as big a project as it is, everything was labeled, the instructions were spot-on, and everything was put together well. It was pretty impressive," Corey said.

https://www.bifold.com/farm-photos-jessie-corey.php

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Hector, MN
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