Colorado Permits · Aug 2026
Colorado food trailer permits, explained accurately
Who issues your licence, the statutory fee schedule, plan review, and exactly what HB25-1295 reciprocity does and does not cover. Most pages get this wrong.
Guides
Everything we know, written down.
We build food trailers and then watch what happens to the people who buy them. These are the things we end up explaining on the phone, written out properly with the sources linked.
Colorado Builds · Aug 2026
What changes when you build a food trailer for Colorado
Altitude orifices, the LP-gas alarm that fails out-of-state builds, freeze protection, Colorado water sizing and mountain-rated brakes.
Texas Permits · Jul 2026
Texas food trailer permits changed on July 1, 2026
The complete HB 2844 guide: licence types, real fees, what cities can no longer require, and the new commissary exemption — with primary sources.
Compliance · Jun 2026
The 72-point food trailer inspection checklist
What we check before every delivery. Print it and walk any trailer with it — ours or anyone else's.
Costs · May 2026
How much does a food trailer actually cost in Texas?
By length, by line item, plus the permit, insurance and opening costs that don't appear on any quote.
Buyer Protection · Apr 2026
How not to get scammed buying a food trailer
Nine warning signs and seven questions, from real prosecuted cases in San Antonio, California and Utah.
Financing · Mar 2026
Food trailer financing with bad credit: your real options
The problem is usually time-in-business, not your score. Five options compared honestly.
Getting Started · Feb 2026
How to start a food trailer business in Texas
The order to do things in, what it really costs, and what you'll actually earn at a 6–9% net margin.
Buying Guide · Jan 2026
Food trailer or food truck: which should you buy?
Cost, reliability, space, mobility and resale — including the structural argument rarely made properly.
Start selling before you finish paying.
Tell us what you're going to sell and we'll send back a floor plan and a weekly payment — no obligation, no credit pull.