Havre, Montana Temporary Commercial Kitchen Trailer For Rent
Arrange commercial kitchen trailer rental in Havre, Montana for your operation. Plan cooking and preparation space around your menu, meal volume and service schedule. Confirm the cooking line, power, potable water, drainage and trailer access.
Havre, Montana: kitchen backup while Northern Montana Hospital builds new surgery and ICU space
Northern Montana Hospital broke ground in March 2026 on a surgery and intensive care expansion that adds about 31,000 square feet and remodels roughly 18,000 more. Completion is expected in 2028. A build that runs through more than one Hi-Line winter can touch loading docks and dietary routines, so a rental kitchen is a possible stopgap.
A kitchen for Havre leaves the Helena warehouse, about 215 miles from the site area. The rental team confirms route and timing.
First calls in Havre
- Who should a Havre kitchen request go to first?
- Hill County Health Department's environmental health page lists a sanitarian and an environmental disease specialist, and asks callers to leave a voicemail at 406-400-2366. That page does not describe temporary or mobile food rules, so ask which license and plan review step apply.
- Does the hospital have to approve a trailer on its grounds?
- Almost certainly its facilities staff would need to agree, and the hospital's release says planning aims to keep services uninterrupted. Any request for staff meals or backup patient food service belongs with the hospital's own leadership before a rental inquiry goes further.
Units that could support a hospital kitchen
A cooking trailer and a separate prep trailer cover different needs, so a facility may want to talk through both.
24 ft mobile kitchen
- Single stack convection oven
- Griddle oven combination
- 6 Burner Range Oven Combination
- Deep Fryers
- Handwashing sink
- 3 Compartment sink
- Prep Table
- Reach in Ref and Freezer
Power: 220V single phase, 200 amps
26 ft prep kitchen
- 3-Compartment Sink
- Handwashing Sink
- Prep Table
- Mop Sink
- Reach in Ref and Freezer
- Water Heater
Power: 220V single phase, 200 amps
Scenario: a ten-day kitchen outage
If a utility tie-in or equipment swap took part of a hospital dietary kitchen offline for ten days, the facility might look at a temporary kitchen on its Havre campus. It would share the address, expected daily meal count and the power panel location with the rental team, which then confirms whether a unit fits.
Rental schedule: 8 to 14 days
- 24 ft mobile kitchen: $4,995 to $7,995 per month
The rental team prices the actual term, site and delivery.
What the hospital's April 2026 release says
Northern Montana Health Care Breaks Ground on Major OR and ICU Expansion Project ↗
Northern Montana Health Care, April 20, 2026
The hospital's release covers a March 2026 groundbreaking for about 31,000 square feet of new space and 18,000 square feet of remodeling. Sletten Construction is the contractor, the timeline is roughly two and a half years, and the hospital says services should continue uninterrupted.
For a kitchen rental: If the remodel disrupts a dietary kitchen or staff meal area, the hospital could ask whether a temporary kitchen trailer bridges the gap.
The release names Sletten Construction as the builder and puts the full timeline at about two and a half years. The work covers four robot-assisted operating rooms, two endoscopy suites, an on-site pharmacy and a modernized ICU, with new construction plus remodeled space.
Nothing in it mentions food service, so any kitchen question would be hypothetical. Still, remodeling next to occupied hospital space is the kind of situation where a temporary kitchen could be discussed with the facility.
Site checks near the hospital
- Ask hospital facilities where a trailer could sit without crowding ambulance routes, staff parking or construction laydown.
- Confirm with Hill County whether a short-term hospital use is licensed as temporary or mobile food service.
- Ask the Havre fire authority what extinguisher and hood-system paperwork it wants for a kitchen near an occupied medical building.
- Check where 220V power is available and whether the hospital's electricians or an outside crew would make the connection.
- Plan a clear snow-removal path, since the project covers more than one winter.
Two winters and a long schedule
A schedule that stretches to 2028 means a kitchen request could land in January as easily as August. Winter storms interrupt power across Montana, and Havre sits in the open country of the Hi-Line, so plan on heat tape or protected water lines and on a generator discussion if a trailer is placed on a hospital site.
Permits and inspections in plain terms
- What inspections should a Havre kitchen plan on?
- The state's retail food page tells anyone interested to contact the local environmental health department, so confirm with Hill County what applies to a short-term trailer. Ask about pre-operational inspection timing, then confirm fire checks with the local fire authority rather than assuming them.
- How early should the call happen?
- Before any rental inquiry is finalized. The county page says staff return voicemails, so leave room in the schedule for a call back and any plan review.
Rent a kitchen trailer in Havre
Send the site address, expected meals per day, start date and utility connections. The rental team confirms the kitchen size, delivery route and availability for Havre, Montana.