Fort Collins · Colorado
Custom food trailers for Fort Collins, Colorado.
Built to spec for Colorado — altitude, freeze package and all — and financed by us with weekly payments. Two-day tow to the northern Front Range.
- Spec'd for the elevation. Every gas appliance re-orificed, because factory settings are for below 2,000 ft and Colorado has nowhere that low.
- Freeze package fitted. Heated and insulated tank bay, heat-taped lines, skirting, labelled drain-down ports.
- Plan-review submittal in your hand — floor plan, equipment specs, mechanicals.
- Weekly payments, no bank, no credit check. No Colorado builder offers this.
No obligation. No credit pull to get a quote. We answer in one business day or we call you.
The Fort Collins market, honestly
Fort Collins is affluent, college-driven and serious about beer — New Belgium and Odell are both here, and the brewery-and-food-truck pairing is entrenched. It's a market that rewards a good-looking, well-built trailer and a distinct concept, and the summer event calendar is strong. The trade-off is a genuine seasonal dip and a slower plan review than the metros.
Where Fort Collins operators actually park
- Brewery and taproom lots — New Belgium, Odell and the broader craft scene
- Colorado State University and Old Town
- Summer events and the farmers' market circuit
- Loveland, Windsor and Timnath as the corridor fills in
- Office and tech park lunch trade
Licensing and inspection in Fort Collins
Health licensing through the Larimer County Department of Health & Environment. Larimer's published mobile plan review packet is a useful build reference, though some of its posted fee figures predate the 2026 statutory schedule — budget from the statute and confirm.
Larimer's plan review runs $100 application plus hourly review with a $580 cap in its published materials. Boulder County next door publishes up to eight weeks for plan review; plan around the slow case.
Larimer's published structural design criteria give a sense of what a Colorado winter actually asks of a structure — ground snow load from 55 psf at 5,000 ft rising to 160 psf at 9,000 ft, and design wind speeds from 115 mph up. Those apply to buildings, not trailers, and we're not going to pretend otherwise — but they're the reason we build stowable awnings rather than fixed canopies, and roofs that shed rather than pond.
If the brewery rotation is your plan, a trailer is the right product: you can drop it at a taproom lot and leave it without tying up a vehicle. A truck can't.
| What you need | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Health licence | Larimer County Department of Health & Environment. Statutory annual fee for 2026: $481 full service or $338 prepackaged, rising in 2027 and 2028. Counties may charge less. |
| Plan review | Required, and a real submittal — menu, floor plan, equipment specs with manufacturer information, and plumbing/electrical/ventilation mechanicals. Commonly $155 filing plus hourly review, capped at $580 or $900 depending on the agency. We supply the package. |
| Fire inspection | Local, but Colorado has converged on IFC §319 and the statewide Fire Marshals Association of Colorado checklist — which exists in English and Spanish. A valid fire safety permit is now reciprocal across Colorado jurisdictions. |
| Commissary | Written into the statutory definition of a mobile food establishment. Some jurisdictions allow a self-contained unit instead, on strict conditions. |
| Electrical | Colorado adopts the 2023 National Electrical Code statewide, effective 1 August 2023. Municipalities may be more stringent, not less. |
| Plumbing & fuel gas | IPC 2021 and IFGC 2021 adopted statewide (3 CCR 720-1) — which is why manufacturer high-altitude instructions are enforceable here, not just advisory. |
| Sales tax & business licensing | Colorado Department of Revenue, plus any city licence. Colorado Springs, for example, charges $110/year for its own mobile food vendor licence. |
What we build differently for Fort Collins
Every Colorado trailer leaves here with high-altitude gas orifices, a listed LP-gas alarm (IFC §319.8.5 — the item that most often fails an out-of-state build), the freeze package, water tanks sized to Colorado's local math, brakes rated for mountain descent, and stowable awnings. The full list of what changes →
Concepts we build for: taco, birria, BBQ, coffee, pizza and whatever you're actually selling. Tell us the menu and we draw the layout around it.
Fort Collins — questions
Do you deliver to Fort Collins?
Yes. Two-day tow to the northern Front Range. Delivery is quoted with the build, so it's a known number rather than a surprise at the end, and we walk you through every system on site.
What licence do I need to operate in Fort Collins?
A retail food establishment licence for a mobile unit from Larimer County Department of Health & Environment, plus plan review, plus a local fire safety permit, plus state and city business and sales tax registration. The statutory annual licence fee for 2026 is $481 full service or $338 prepackaged.
Can I get financing in Fort Collins with bad credit?
We don't check credit. We carry the financing ourselves with weekly payments, so there's no bank and no credit-score cutoff — and as far as we can tell, no builder in Colorado offers in-house financing at all. How it works →
Do I really need the altitude and freeze work?
The altitude orifices, yes — manufacturers configure appliances for below 2,000 ft and Colorado has nowhere that low, and because Colorado adopts the 2021 fuel gas code statewide, installing against the manufacturer's instructions is a code violation. The freeze package is not required by any code and we'll say so plainly — it's the difference between a trailer that works in November and a burst line.
¿Atienden en español?
Sí, todo — cotización, plano, contrato, garantía y entrega. Ver en español →
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Tell us what you're going to sell and we'll send both back, with no obligation and no credit pull.