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How To Sell A Food Truck or Trailer

Selling a mobile kitchen starts with showing buyers what they're getting. Whether you are retiring, upgrading, changing direction, or selling a new build, SellMyFoodTruck.com works in conjunction with UsedVending.com to help you connect with buyers and navigate the sale.

When you click "Start My Free Listing," you'll go to UsedVending.com to create your seller profile and submit your food truck or trailer. The team at UsedVending handles the listing and sales process.

Get Your Truck or Trailer Ready to List

A useful listing answers the questions a buyer would ask while walking through your kitchen. Before you start, gather:

Basic specifications: Year, make, model, dimensions, location, and mileage for trucks.
Kitchen features: Cooking equipment, refrigeration, ventilation, sinks, water tanks, and power sources.
Condition details: Recent improvements, maintenance, known defects, and anything that needs attention.
Sale inclusions: Explain which appliances and accessories stay with the unit.

Describe the actual setup rather than simply calling it "fully equipped." A buyer needs to know whether the kitchen fits their menu and workflow.

Show the Whole Mobile Kitchen

Clean the unit, remove clutter, and photograph it in good light. Include exterior views, the serving window, the full kitchen, and individual appliances. For trucks, add photos of the cab and odometer; for trailers, show the hitch and towing connections.

Include close-ups of wear or damage, too. Clear, honest photos help buyers understand the condition before arranging a visit.

A short walkthrough video of the inside only can also show how the space is organized.

Decide What You Want to Receive

Choose your asking amount based on the unit condition, equipment, and comparable trucks or trailers.

It's completely free. UsedVending adds its broker fee above your seller price rather than deducting it from your proceeds. If you accept a negotiated offer, you receive the full agreed seller amount.

Let the Team Handle Buyer Inquiries

Once listed, your equipment stays with you while UsedVending promotes it and manages incoming calls and messages. The team contacts you when a serious buyer needs answers or wants to move forward, then helps coordinate the transaction and pickup.

Payment can be made directly to you at pickup, or an escrow option can be arranged through UsedVending.

Keep Your Listing Updated

Report changes to the price, condition, or included equipment. You can continue advertising elsewhere; if it sells, just notify UsedVending so the listing can be removed.

Ready to Find Your Next Buyer?

Turn your food truck or concession trailer into a new business opportunity for someone else!

Start My Free Listing

You will continue to UsedVending.com to register and submit your listing.

Why Sell Through Us?

Protection - After 25+ years of doing this, there is no safer way to handle these transactions. We check everything to ensure everyone is legit and all funds/vehicles are protected, yet we make it simple as well.
Resale Value - with our massive, targeted exposure via multiple sources, our sellers get more for their food trucks than they can normally.
No Hassles - Have you tried listing something on most sites where you get 50 messages but most don't reply after you take time to answer. Have you ever made plans to meet, taken off work, and they just don't show? We eliminate all of these headaches and hassles!
Professional Involvment - Have you spent hours chatting with "Johnny in Tennessee" before finally realizing he is Kwayedza in Zimbabwe! The world is getting more dangerous every year. Our process catches these types before they ever get to you!
Legal Hurdles - With all the different jurisdictions having different requirements on titles & registrations, buyers financing, paying off liens, etc.. we verfiy what's required and how to make the transition so the buyer can get the item titled with no hassles coming back to you.
Easy, Step by Step - From our text messaging updates to our easy uploader tool and our straightforward layman's paperwork that explains in detail how your sale will take place after you've agreed to the plan, we have engineered a smooth system that sellers love!
Reputation - Since 1999, our team has formed countless relationships with buyers and sellers across tens of thousands of deals. We could tell you how much they love us, but you should read it for yourself...
Checkout our 3,600+ testimonials here!
It's FREE! Nothing to Lose - That pretty much says it all. You never pay us a dime, your food truck is sold, and you can move ahead with your life!