City in Oregon
Molalla, OR Mobile Kitchen Trailer Lease for Renovations
A closed kitchen in Molalla does not have to close meal service: we rent mobile commercial kitchens, with commercial dishwashing and emergency refrigerated trailers to back them up. Emergency meal service for breakdowns, fires and floods is available alongside planned renovation and construction rentals. Rent for a week, lease by the month, or plan a long-term rental that matches a renovation schedule. We rent to commercial and institutional customers such as municipal agencies, hotels and golf clubs. We plan delivery and setup with your facility team, including power, water and access. Call or request a quote to check availability for your Molalla project, or one in Canby.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

- Population (2024 est.)
- 10,134
- County
- Clackamas County
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 21
Commercial kitchen trailers for Molalla
Temporary modular kitchens are how Molalla facilities keep serving through a closure. A modular commercial kitchen rental brings the cooking line to the site, with kitchen setup for renovations planned around your schedule. If the work spills into Canby, 9 miles from here, or into Aurora, a kitchen rented here can be planned around both sites.
Common choices include the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A), the 40ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A) and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A). Each model page lists the equipment and the electrical service.
Customers we support in Molalla, OR
Who rents a mobile kitchen near Molalla? Mostly municipal agencies, hotels, golf clubs and school districts, along with contractors and public agencies. The need is usually the same: a working kitchen while the permanent one is unavailable. Donald (about 1,013 residents) and Woodburn (about 30,449 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services counts 3 hospitals in Clackamas County: Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center, Providence Milwaukie Hospital and Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center. Certified nursing care adds 13 homes and roughly 862 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 118 public schools with about 57,653 students, in districts such as North Clackamas Sd 12, West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3J and Oregon City Sd 62.
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: public buildings under renovation
- Hotel and Resort Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: kitchen remodeling during or around peak season
- Golf Course and Country Club Kitchen Trailer Rentals: member dining and event service that continue during construction
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: equipment failures that close a single school's kitchen mid-year
Molalla by the numbers
With about 10,134 residents (2024 estimate), Molalla ranks 55th among 191 covered places in Oregon. The city spans roughly 2.5 square miles in Clackamas County. Clackamas County covers 1,871 square miles and has 15 places on this site, about 906,953 residents between them; the largest is Portland. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 4,042 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Molalla sits about 26 miles from Salem, the capital of Oregon. The nearest larger place covered here is Canby, about 9 miles away in a straight line.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.
Local conditions and rental planning in Molalla
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Molalla
Federal records show Clackamas County designated in 21 declarations since 1964, led by severe storms (8 declarations) and wildfire (7 declarations). Canby has its own page with its county's federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.
The most recent is Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (major disaster declaration, DR-4907), declared April 7, 2026, with the incident beginning December 15, 2025. Severe storms interrupt power, roads and deliveries together, which is hard on any operation that serves meals on a schedule. By incident type, the count is severe storms 8, wildfire 7, flooding 4, coastal storm 1 and earthquake 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 2, 1990s 2, 2000s 4, 2010s 3 and 2020s 9. Before that came Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4768, April 13, 2024), Milo Mciver Fire (FM-5454, September 10, 2022), Severe Winter Storm (DR-4599, May 4, 2021), Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds (DR-4562, September 15, 2020) and Clakamas County Fire Complex (FM-5370, September 10, 2020).
Between 2016 and 2025 the Storm Events Database recorded 14 county-based event records in Clackamas County, with flood events the most common at 9. Floodwater leaves a building standing but unusable, so cooking, dishwashing and cold storage have to run from a trailer on higher, firm ground.
The National Interagency Fire Center maps 4 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in Clackamas County since 2016, together covering about 154,456 acres. The largest was the Riverside fire in 2020, at 138,004 acres. Fire weather means planned power cuts as well as fires, and a walk-in cooler does not keep product cold through a long shutoff.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Construction projects and crew meals near Molalla
USASpending.gov lists 20 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Clackamas County since October 2021, worth about $91 million together. USASpending.gov shows a $14 million Department of Agriculture contract, “GAOA Timberline Lodge Boiler,” starting July 2021 in Clackamas County (award record). The Department of Veterans Affairs committed $7.1 million to “Roads and Sewer Construction” in Clackamas County, awarded September 2025 (award record). Another public record is “Willamette Falls Locks Seismic Upgrades,” a $4.5 million Department of Defense contract from March 2023 in Clackamas County (award record). In November 2025, the Department of Agriculture awarded a $3.9 million contract for “Design-Build Crrd Tree Cooler and Warehouse Task Order” in Clackamas County, with work running to January 2027 (award record). Work like this puts crews on a site for months, often far from a restaurant, and the meals become a logistics question before the first shift starts. A project in Aurora, about 1,122 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.
Rebuilds and remodels around Molalla
The Department of Agriculture committed $1.6 million to “Timberline Lodge Waterline Emergency Replacement” in Clackamas County, awarded September 2023 (award record). Another public record is “This Is a Requisition for Electrical Repair Work at Timberline Lodge,” a $1.2 million Department of Agriculture contract from April 2019 in Clackamas County (award record). Whoever remodels in Hubbard starts from the same two questions: when does the kitchen close, and what feeds people until it reopens?
Emergency equipment access around Molalla
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) and local emergency managers decide where public disaster staging happens in Oregon. Those details are theirs to publish and update, so this page points to them instead of guessing at a route. For work in Mount Angel, look to the agencies covering Marion County rather than assuming the same routes.
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center is the nearest hospital CMS lists, in Oregon City, about 13 miles from Molalla in a straight line.
Pricing a mobile kitchen for Molalla
Price depends on the model, the rental period, delivery and setup requirements and the utilities on site. Starting prices for kitchens near Molalla include the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995, the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995, and prices may vary. See the equipment pages for dishwashing and refrigeration. Oregon City is quoted on the same factors, but at 13 miles away a different address can change delivery and setup terms.
Starting prices are guides, and prices may vary with location, rental length, delivery, setup and utilities. A written quote states the equipment, the rental period and what is included.
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.
Dishwashing and emergency refrigeration in Molalla
Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 38ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer lists conveyor-type high-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, single phase, 300A. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Mount Angel, 12 miles from here, as it does here.
When a compressor quits, product loss follows within hours. Emergency refrigerated trailers, such as the 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer, are rented to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and institutions around Molalla. A call about emergency refrigeration from Oregon City starts with the same three questions: what failed, what is inside and where the trailer can sit.
A typical January night in Clackamas County drops to 32°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 76°F, and the county gets about 75 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 3 degrees warmer than the average Oregon county. Frequent rain makes ground conditions the main delivery question, more than distance or trailer length.
Before the trailer arrives in Molalla
Sites in Silverton, 14 miles away, and Wilsonville use the same checklist; only the pad and the paperwork change.
- Electrical: confirm the service matches the model, for example 220V single phase at 200 to 220A for the 40ft kitchens.
- Timing: share your start date and rental period so the quote reflects the real schedule.
- Entry: tell us if the door needs a ramp or stairs; the setup times differ.
See the site planning guides for power, water, wastewater and placement detail.
Nearby cities and communities
Facilities near Molalla often compare notes with neighbors. These places are close enough to plan together, measured in straight-line miles from Molalla, not driving distance.
- Canby, OR: about 9 miles from Molalla, about 18,027 residents
- Aurora, OR: about 10 miles from Molalla, about 1,122 residents
- Hubbard, OR: about 11 miles from Molalla, about 3,402 residents
- Mount Angel, OR: about 12 miles from Molalla, about 3,436 residents
- Oregon City, OR: about 13 miles from Molalla, about 38,327 residents
- Donald, OR: about 13 miles from Molalla, about 1,013 residents
Molalla and the counties next door
The nearest Oregon counties to Molalla are Marion County (17 miles), Multnomah County (29 miles) and Yamhill County (36 miles).
- Marion County: about 17 miles from Molalla, 13 FEMA declarations since records began, 4 hospitals listed by CMS
- Multnomah County: about 29 miles from Molalla, 10 FEMA declarations since records began, 8 hospitals listed by CMS
- Yamhill County: about 36 miles from Molalla, 17 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Molalla. Crews on a long or remote job can add shower trailer rentals, such as the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container, or remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers, such as the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
What power does a kitchen trailer need in Molalla?
Kitchen trailers on our list run on 220V single phase, from 200A on the 24ft and 28ft models to 200 to 220A on the larger ones. Dishwashing trailers range from 150A to 300A depending on the model, and the 30ft conveyor unit is listed on three-phase power. Check the model page before you confirm the site.
What should I prepare before delivery in Molalla?
A level pad, a clear approach for the trailer, the right electrical service, potable water, a wastewater route and a contact to meet the delivery. Our site planning guides walk through each item.
Can you rent dishwashing as well as a kitchen in Molalla?
Yes. Dishwashing trailers range from a compact push-through low-temperature unit to 38ft conveyor trailers in low-temperature and high-temperature versions. They can be rented with a kitchen or on their own.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Molalla for a renovation?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Molalla and Clackamas County for renovations, repairs and emergencies. Rental terms run from one week to monthly, including long-term leasing. Tell us your start date, meals per day and the utilities on site, and we will help match a model.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
When a permanent kitchen is unavailable in Molalla, the question is how quickly food service can safely resume. Dependable mobile commercial kitchen rentals and a team that has done site setup before keep that answer practical.
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Accelerated Deployment
Planning the pad, power and water before delivery helps mobile commercial kitchen rentals go into service soon after they reach the site.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency and planned requests can both be started at any time of day or night.
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End-to-End Project Support
You get a single point of contact through equipment choice, setup and the rental period.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Rentals run from one week to monthly terms, with short-term and long-term options for planned and emergency needs.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Trailer kitchens carry the same classes of equipment used in permanent commercial kitchens.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Coordination covers who needs to be on site, what needs to be ready and when the unit is collected.
Why clients trust usWhat we can confirm
- Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency and planned rental requests.
- Rentals are for commercial and industrial customers: hospitals, schools, institutions, hotels, contractors and public agencies.
- Equipment and electrical requirements are listed on each model page, so you can check them against your site.
- Delivery, setup and pickup are coordinated with your facility team, with guidance on power, water and wastewater.
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Tell us the project location, the equipment you need, how long you need it and what is on site, and we will help match a trailer to the job. Emergencies and planned rentals both start here, or call the line any hour.
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