Roundup, MT Mobile Kitchen Trailer Lease for Renovations

Emergency food service in Roundup often starts with one question: where will the next meal be cooked? A commercial kitchen trailer on a level pad gives the answer while the permanent kitchen is out of action. A project that crosses into Billings (about 121,483 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.

Sizing starts with how many meals you serve. The 38ft Mobile Kitchen and 24ft Mobile Kitchen suit different kitchen volumes, and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen adds capacity for larger operations; compare their equipment lists and power needs before you choose.

If the dish room is closed too, add a warewashing trailer. The 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer needs 220V, single phase, 220A; plan a drain route sized for continuous washing. Columbus, 66 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.

Emergency refrigeration for Roundup means cold storage that arrives as a trailer. The 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer is one of three 20ft temperature configurations, subject to availability for your location. Hardin sits in Big Horn County, which has 7 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 county normals put the average January low in Musselshell County at 13°F and the average July high at 86°F, with about 15 inches of precipitation a year. July highs run about 4 degrees hotter than the average Montana county. Hard freezes are routine, so the water hookup is planned with heat tape or an insulated hose, and wastewater lines are kept from freezing between uses.

Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data, NCES school data and USASpending.gov (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.

Expect requests in Roundup from disaster-response teams, manufacturers, school districts and construction crews. A emergency commercial kitchen rental is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. Care homes in Big Timber and school kitchens in Forsyth, places of about 1,681 residents and about 1,643 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.

CMS lists one hospital in Musselshell County: Roundup Memorial Healthcare, a critical access hospital. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 6 public schools with about 635 students, in districts such as Roundup Elem, Roundup High School and Melstone Elem.

• Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: dishwashing capacity where utilities are limited
• Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: plant shutdowns and turnarounds that bring in extra contractors
• School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: summer cafeteria renovations that run late
• Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: shift work that needs meals at odd hours

Census estimates put Roundup at 2,017 people in 2024, 37th of 81 Montana places covered here. The city spans roughly 1.3 square miles in Musselshell County. Musselshell County covers 1,869 square miles, and Roundup is the only place in it covered on this site. That works out to about 1,560 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Roundup sits about 166 miles from Helena, the capital of Montana. Billings is the closest larger covered place, roughly 46 straight-line miles from Roundup.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.

Sites in Red Lodge, 93 miles away, and Colstrip use the same checklist; only the pad and the paperwork change.

• Drainage: decide where wastewater goes, whether a sewer connection, a tank or scheduled pump-out.
• Potable water: kitchens and dishwashing trailers need a clean supply close to where they sit.
• Pad and access: a level area, a clear approach for the trailer length and room for food deliveries.

Read the site planning section before you fix a delivery date.

Facilities near Roundup often compare notes with neighbors. These places are close enough to plan together, measured in straight-line miles from Roundup, not driving distance.

• Billings, MT: about 46 miles from Roundup, about 121,483 residents
• Laurel, MT: about 55 miles from Roundup, about 7,251 residents
• Lewistown, MT: about 60 miles from Roundup, about 6,204 residents
• Columbus, MT: about 66 miles from Roundup, about 1,966 residents
• Hardin, MT: about 66 miles from Roundup, about 3,719 residents
• Big Timber, MT: about 80 miles from Roundup, about 1,681 residents

The nearest Montana counties to Roundup are Golden Valley County (31 miles), Yellowstone County (38 miles) and Petroleum County (50 miles).

• Golden Valley County: about 31 miles from Roundup, 8 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
• Yellowstone County: about 38 miles from Roundup, 12 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
• Petroleum County: about 50 miles from Roundup, 10 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS

For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Roundup, a job can add laundry trailer rentals or restroom trailer rentals; the 24ft Laundry Trailer and the Standalone Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.