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Zion Foodtrucks LLC builds custom food trucks and trailers for operators across Cheyenne, WY — from solo owner-operators running lunch service near the State Capitol complex to full concession rigs engineered to survive ten straight days of Cheyenne Frontier Days. Our builds are NSF-aligned, compliant with Wyoming Department of Agriculture Consumer Health Services mobile food establishment rules, and ship directly to Laramie County from our Denver-area shop. Every truck is tuned for Front Range-adjacent conditions: 6,000+ ft elevation derates on propane-fired appliances, 100-amp service for block heaters, and wind-tested ventilation that pulls clean on a 40 mph gust down I-25.

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Read the video transcript: Sodexo Cheyenne
Hello and welcome to Mile High Custom Food Trucks. Today we have a beautiful 16 ft truck that we built for Soro uh that we're just about to ship. Let me show you its uh main features. Come on in. Uh so right in front here is the hand wash and the three compartment. This one's going to Cheyenne County, Wyoming. And they require this uh drain boats on the side for drying the dishes. Of course, uh it comes with the napkin and soap dispenser and the on demand water heater over there, propane water heater. And right at the bottom is the fire extinguisher, ABC fire extinguisher and uh the various plumbing um the water pump and uh little ball valve for draining the water um in case of hard freezes. The hoses that we use are all UL listed so it doesn't chafe or break um due to sunlight or due to washing. All the gas burning in this and all the trucks and trailers that we built are under the floors of the truck. So in case there is a leak at the TE's and unions the gas it spills outside the truck and there is no explosion or or fire inside the truck. Um as the gray water tank it's 42 gallons. This is a three pan steam table and this is a refrigerator. This truck is going to do uh rice bowls, soups, ramen bowls and uh that kind of stuff which is why they need um steam tables. This is a combi oven. Um you can actually cook steak in it if you want to. Uh of course we have done the this requires water and the water plumbing for that is under the under the oven itself. uh it requires LP as well. Again, you can see the LP hoses over there. All pieces of equipment inside this truck and everything else that we build are of course bolted to the floor as well as to the walls. When we bolted to the floor, we use washes so it doesn't shake loose during transport. This is a hot holding cabinet to store burritos and that kind of stuff, breakfast burritos and kind of stuff. This is a self-closing window. This is required by code uh both in this county and elsewhere. Uh the idea is that the awning door that opens and then it's got this plexiglass windows which prop up and then when you're actually taking money or passing the product out, you just lift pass the product and it self closes. Little table over here for the PO station to receive orders. um wiring of course uh all the wiring that we do is inside conduits. This is done so that what happens is that walls of the of a food truck or a trailer, they're not waterproof. They're water resistant so to speak because it's not like wrapped in ty like a house. So water can get in and it can damage wiring. So we put them in these conduits so there is easy access to wiring and they are well protected. Tons of outlets everywhere uh to connect microwaves or P stations or any other piece of equipment that you need. Little sandwich prep over here. This is a 36 in sandwich. This over here is a junction box transfer box actually. So this truck has both generator power as well as shore power. So to switch from utility supply to generator supply, all you needed is to pull this to the side. Um this is the the junction box. Every piece of equipment inside this truck has its own outlets and they're all individually marked. This is done so that in case let's say this tube fails or the the or any other piece of equipment fails, it does not take any other uh any other equipment. Um, this is the generator box with a little remote for the Cumins generator. This has a Cumins 7,000 W uh gasoline generator. Although this is a diesel diesel truck, this is a freezer. Um, you can see it's already at -1 Fahrenheit. 36 in griddle and the two burner stuff. Um, and a chef base. Chef base is a kind of an under counter refrigerator. Um so to to enable really fast cooking. You can store your meats here, pick it up, cross it will cook it up and pass out. That's a 8ft hood with an fire suppression. And uh it has its own speed control. So in the summer you can turn it all the way high and in the winter you can keep it low. So this way you can ventilate this truck quite well. Talking about ventilation, this also has AC with heat. Uh so in case of a hard freeze, you don't have to completely drain all the water in the truck. Um you can just set this to 60 and then the truck will stay warm and that means it will freeze. Uh moving forward uh the Ansel fire suppression of course uh we really like using Anel especially because food trucks sometimes what happens is that they hit a hump and uh the fire suppression automatically deploys. Um never had that problem with Anel. I think that oh uh one last thing this is a TV box. Uh inside this is a TV menu display. It has its own awning and uh that is a HDMI cable over here so you can connect to a laptop and display your menu outside. We'll show you outside when we when we head out. Um, LED lights inside and out. Um, and uh, all stainless construction. The cooking wall is required to be all stainless. Uh, the rest can be a non-porous material. But this particular truck, it's stainless all all around and uh, diamond plate, aluminum diamond plate on the floor. That's about it on the inside and we'll show you on the outside. Uh outside on this uh 16 foot truck that we're shipping out to Cheyenne. On the outside here is the on for the 5T self-closing window. And this is how you fill water. You open this, put in the garden hose, and that fills the fan up. And to drain the water, you just pull a spudger and the water will come down. You can, of course, add a a 3-in hose to take it down to the dump. And this right here is the on for the TV box. The TV display. All the keys in this are matched. Every single key for this and for the generator are the outside here is just the LED outside lights and of course the beautiful wrap that's around it. This truck was built on a a Freight Liner chassis. This is how you fill propane. So, this this truck has a belly tank. So, what you do is you open this thing and it drops here once and then uh you put in your propane line over here. After you're done, it closes back up and uh that's it. On top right there is the 1500 CFM exhaust fan and it also has a little drain pan. So, these run down the side of the truck. This is the generator box housing the 7,000 W commence gasoline generator. inside. This is the the the fuel tank for the the gasoline engine on the generator. That's why because this truck is also the tail pipe. And last, this is the show. There's a man door in the back as well. get in and out of get in and out of this truck. That brings that brings us to the end of of the 16T truck that we live for. So, and thank you.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answering your questions about our food Truck manufacturing services.

Yes. We deliver fully-built custom food trucks and trailers directly to Cheyenne, WY from our Denver-area production facility — roughly a 100-mile haul up I-25. Delivery includes a handoff walkthrough covering the propane system, generator/shore-power switchover, fresh and gray water tanks, and Wyoming Department of Agriculture Consumer Health Services pre-inspection documentation.

Cheyenne food trucks need (1) a Wyoming Department of Agriculture mobile food establishment license (Consumer Health Services division), (2) a City of Cheyenne business license, (3) Laramie County sales tax registration with the Wyoming Department of Revenue, and (4) event-specific vendor permits for venues like Cheyenne Frontier Days or Frontier Park. We build to WDA standards so your initial inspection is a formality.

Yes — we’ve built specifically for CFD volume. That means heavy-duty 8kW+ generator sizing for 10 straight days of operation, dual-compressor refrigeration, Type I hoods rated for continuous deep-fry service, extra-wide service windows, and power-factor-corrected LED rigging so you can push 8+ hours of night service at the carnival midway without tripping breakers.

Cheyenne’s average wind speed is 12.9 mph with frequent 40-60 mph gusts — the highest of any major US city. Our builds address this with storm-rated awnings on cam-lock tie-downs, reinforced slide-window hardware, extra-deep exhaust hood drafting calibrated for positive-pressure days, and full underbelly sealing so dust doesn’t infiltrate the production area.

Yes. Winter-spec builds include heat-traced fresh and gray water lines, closed-cell spray foam insulation in all cavities, under-floor radiant tank heaters, propane regulator de-icing, and an option for a 12V block heater loop tied to shore power so the unit starts reliably at -20°F. This matters if you plan to work WinterFest or holiday markets downtown.

Typical build time is 12-16 weeks from deposit for a standard equipment loadout, with delivery to Cheyenne adding 1-2 days. If you’re targeting Cheyenne Frontier Days in late July, we recommend signing a build contract no later than early March to allow time for WDA pre-inspection coordination.

Built for Cheyenne Weather and the Frontier Days Crowd

Cheyenne operators face a climate most food truck builders outside of Wyoming do not design for. Winter lows frequently drop below zero, summer afternoons can spike past ninety, and the wind on I-80 will punish anything that is not built to take it. Every truck we deliver to Cheyenne is spec\u2019d with heavier insulation in the walls and ceiling, a sealed underbelly to protect plumbing from ground-level cold, and thermally managed battery or propane compartments so your equipment starts on the first cold morning of the season. If you are planning to work Frontier Days, you also need a truck that handles heat: we upsize ventilation and refrigeration for anyone targeting late-July crowds, because a truck built for an average Colorado summer will struggle through that week.

Cheyenne Events Where a Custom Truck Earns Its Keep

Cheyenne Frontier Days is the obvious anchor event, but it is only one week of the year. Operators who do well in Cheyenne build a route that includes Superday at Lions Park, the Depot Plaza summer concert series, Cheyenne Botanic Gardens events, Warren AFB on-base catering when contracts are open, and high school and college sports at LCCC and Cheyenne East. We have built trucks specifically for brewery circuits that include Accomplice, Freedom\u2019s Edge, and Danielmark\u2019s, plus mobile catering for ranches and private events across Laramie County. Menu, power, and water tank sizing should all be matched to your actual event calendar before you finalize a build. We walk operators through that exercise before we quote.

Permits, Power, and Laramie County Health

Laramie County Public Health has specific requirements around hot and cold holding, handwash sink placement, and commissary documentation that differ from Colorado\u2019s rules in small but important ways. We pre-wire every Wyoming build to pass inspection on the first visit. Propane installations follow NFPA 58 and Wyoming State Fire Marshal standards, which include secured cylinder mounting, labeled shut-offs, and an LP-gas leak test documented at delivery. For all-electric builds, we size the battery bank assuming cold-weather capacity loss and a heated compartment, because a Cheyenne winter is not a place to discover your LiFePO4 pack lost twenty percent to the temperature. Starting prices run from about $40,000 for a compact trailer up to $180,000 for a full 18-foot custom build, and we deliver statewide.

Read the video transcript: Bozeman Burger
Hello and welcome to Design Food Trucks. Today we have this beautiful 16 ft food truck that we are shipping out to Montana. Let's check out its many features. We start on the inside today just because the outside is a little chilly. Right up here is the plumbing unit that has the three compartment sink, hand wash sink, the water tanks, and the water heater. You'll notice that um wherever there is a gap, we have filled that in with coke. Make sure that water does not get in between. Also, there is a splash guard between the handwash sink and the three compartment sink. Of course, there's a shelf on top. Soap dispenser, towel dispenser, refrigerator. All equipment of course are mounted to the floor with washers and all equipment stay six in above the ground to make sure they're compliant with code. So you can put a broom underneath or like a mop underneath and clean it. Right next to that is a freezer. Small work table. Another table that is the freshwater tank that you're looking at. goes the ABC fire extinguisher. That's the K series fire extinguisher. That is the egress in this food truck. Right up there is the junction box. As with all our trucks, every piece of equipment has its own breaker. It's not been labeled yet, but it will be soon. Fire suppression system is of course labeled and tagged. You'll notice all the is inside conduits, not inside the walls areas that um the walls of the truck, they flex when they drive and uh chafe it. This of course prevents that. Plus, it's easy to access that as well. Sandwich prep. Oh, before that, the generator door turned a box which we make into a workt. Nice work table. So, we can do all your prep there if you want to. Floor is aluminum diamond plate. Sandwich prep, steam table. This one's electric. Under that is the chef base, two fryers, each of them, two basket, and a griddle. It's not just a griddle. There's a it's a range. So, there is the oven right under that. Of course, a two on a stove. You'll see all the walls are stainless steel and uh and inside the walls is 1 in of insulation, 9/16 in of uh plywood. Forgot to show you this one. This is the uh self-closing window. You lift up the product and close by itself. Let's go see outside. And this, of course, started out as a 16 ft Freightlininer diesel truck. There's a shelf, outside shelf for the service window. Let's have you fill the water. The outside access door. Truck's not been wrapped yet, but it will be. customer decided to do that themselves. Uh so we'll ship it and uh they will wrap it themselves. That of course is the generator which you'll notice is in a nice tray. That's the shore power plugin. Of course, you'll notice the hood on top. Sorry, hood fan on top. Look at that. beautiful 16 ft food truck that we are shipping out. If you have any questions or if you would like one like this yourself, do contact us through our website designuttrros.com. Thank you. Have a nice day.

A recent build from our shop for an operator in Bozeman, MT — representative of the cold-climate, long-route builds we deliver across Wyoming.

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