- Work
- Awnings for food trucks and trailers
- Styles
- Fold-down, fixed, roll-out
- Materials
- Steel, aluminum
- Where
- Built and fitted in Piketon
An awning has to drive away with the truck
A food truck awning has to clear the serving window, shade the customer line, take a gust in a festival lot, and fold flat enough to drive under a bridge. That is a fabrication problem, not a catalog problem, which is why the ones that last are built to the truck. We measure your truck or trailer, build the frame in steel or aluminum, hang it, and test the fold before you leave.
Pro-Line Industrial Services builds custom awnings for food trucks and concession trailers in Piketon, Ohio. It is the single job we are asked for most, and it is the one we would rather do than any other.
A food truck lives or dies at the serving window, and the awning is what makes that window work. It keeps rain off the customer and the cook, it shades the menu board, and it turns the side of a truck into a place people will stand in line. A bad one rattles at 60 miles an hour, sags after one season, or will not clear the window when it folds. We build the other kind.
Every awning starts with the truck in our lot or a set of photographs and measurements from you. Where the serving window sits, how far the awning has to reach, whether it needs to fold down flat against the body for the road or stand fixed on a trailer that stays put. Then the frame gets built in steel or aluminum, welded here on Jasper Road, and hung on the truck.
Fold-down awnings are the most common request. The frame hinges at the body, props on gas struts or arms, and folds flat for travel. Fixed awnings suit concession trailers that park for a season at a fair or a lot. Roll-out fabric on a fabricated frame is the light option where weight on the truck matters.
Steel or aluminum depends on the truck. Aluminum keeps weight off a truck that is already near its limit and does not rust where the frame meets the body. Steel takes more abuse and costs less. We will tell you which one fits your truck rather than sell you the heavier one.
Most of the trucks we build for run in Columbus and Cincinnati, and the shop is open 24 hours, seven days. A truck that has to be at a festival on Saturday can come in on Wednesday night. For a quote, send photos of the side of the truck with the window open, the length of the serving side, and how you want it to fold.
How an awning job runs
The same sequence for every truck, so you know what you are buying.
Your truck in our lot, or your photographs and measurements of the serving side and the window.
Chosen for the weight the truck can carry and where the frame meets the body.
Cut, welded and finished in Piketon, with the hinge and the props fitted on the bench.
Fitted to the truck, opened, closed and checked for clearance before you drive off.
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Truck or trailer | A truck needs a fold-down that clears traffic. A parked trailer can take a fixed frame |
| Serving side length | Sets the span of the frame and how many supports it needs |
| Window height and swing | The awning has to clear the window open and shut |
| How far it should reach | Shade for the line, or just cover for the window |
| Steel or aluminum | Weight on the truck, rust where the frame meets the body, and cost |
Questions about food truck awnings
Do I have to bring the truck to Piketon?
Bringing the truck is the surest way to get a fit, and most owners from Columbus and Cincinnati make the drive once. If you cannot, send photographs of the serving side with the window open and shut, the length of that side, and the window height, and we will tell you whether we can build from that.
Fold-down or fixed?
A truck that drives to work needs a fold-down that lies flat against the body. A concession trailer that parks for a season can take a fixed frame, which is simpler and stiffer. Tell us how the truck is used and we will say which one it should be.
Steel or aluminum?
Aluminum keeps weight off the truck and does not rust at the body. Steel is stronger for the money and takes a knock. We will tell you which one your truck should have.
How long does the truck have to be in the shop?
That depends on the frame and on what is already in the shop, so we quote a window when we quote the job. The shop is open 24 hours, so a truck can come in at night and go out at night.
Can you fix an awning somebody else built?
If it needs re-welding, re-hinging or a new frame, yes. If it is a fabric roll-out that has torn, the fabric is not our trade, and we will say so.
Send us your truck
Tell us whether it is a truck or a trailer, how it is used, and what you want the awning to do. Photographs of the serving side save a trip.
Commercial, industrial and fleet work, plus awnings, handrails, gates and fences for anyone. We do not take farm work or home improvement jobs.
What to send about the truck
Everything you leave out becomes an assumption, and assumptions are what make an invoice differ from a quote. None of this has to be formal.
With the window open and with it shut, from straight on and from the corner.
From the front of the window area to the back of the truck, in feet and inches is fine.
Daily on the road, or parked for a season. This decides fold-down or fixed.
Cover for the window only, or shade for the line of customers.
A festival date, a season opening, or a fixed day you have to be serving.
Vents, lights, a menu board or a speaker the frame has to work around.
