Once you have decided to buy new rather than used, there is a second decision most first time owners do not realize they are making: take a truck someone already built, or have one built around your menu. Both are legitimate. They suit different people, and the difference shows up in your workflow every single […]
Buy a Stock Food Truck or Build Custom? How to Decide Read More »
The honest answer is that a used food truck costs less than a new build, but the gap is smaller than the listing price suggests, and the reason has nothing to do with the vehicle. It has to do with what you are actually buying: the back half of everything’s service life, a kitchen designed
Used Food Truck vs New Build: What the Numbers Say (2026) Read More »
A 2010 Freightliner step van rebuilt as a 14ft smashburger truck and shipped to the Black Hills, plus what a South Dakota food truck license actually costs and what the Rapid City ordinance says.
14ft Smashburger Food Truck Built for Rapid City, South Dakota Read More »
Bozeman readers voted a food truck the best burger in town. Not a restaurant, a truck. Cholms Burger took the 2025 Bozeman’s Choice award for Burgers, working smash patties and hand cut fries out of the food truck court on North 7th Avenue. In a city with Burger Bob’s on Main Street since 1982 and
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A 16ft fried chicken food truck built for Sapphire Chicken in Corvallis, Montana, serving breakfast and lunch across the Bitterroot Valley and Missoula. Two 40lb fryers, a breading station, a 9 pan proofer, four refrigeration units, and a 12kW generator.
A 14ft school bus to food bus conversion Zion Foodtrucks built for a Grand Junction school system, with an all-stainless interior, an espresso machine, hot holding, two refrigerators, and a 12kW Cummins generator.
School Bus to Food Bus Conversion Built for a Grand Junction School District Read More »
A 16ft catering food truck Zion Foodtrucks built for the Golden and west Denver metro market, with an all-stainless interior, a full cooking line, heavy cold and hot holding, and a 12kW generator for off-grid events.
16ft Catering Food Truck Built for Golden, Colorado Read More »
How food truck owners land and price corporate catering: what clients want, pricing and minimums, where gigs come from, insurance and paperwork, and the build that handles a lunch rush.
Food Truck Corporate Catering: A Complete Guide for Owners Read More »
A 2026 guide to building and licensing a food truck for Castle Rock, CO: Douglas County Health Department licensing, Castle Rock Fire rules, building for 6,200-foot altitude, costs, and the local market.
Castle Rock Food Truck Builder and Market Guide (2026) Read More »
Your 2026 guide to Chicago and Northern Illinois food truck permits: the BACP Dispenser and Preparer licenses, the 200-foot rule, commissary and GPS rules, fire permits, Rockford licensing, costs, and where trucks work.
Chicago Food Truck Permits and Rules (2026 Guide) Read More »
Every permit and inspection a mobile food business needs, in one printable checklist. Tell us where to send it.
