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Refrigerated Trailer Rental Service Area in Minnesota

Midstate is based in Baxter, Minnesota, and rents refrigerated trailers across the state. See how a rental works in each town, then request a quote with your location.

White 12 ft refrigerated trailer with a side door

Service area: Minnesota

We are based in Baxter and rent refrigerated trailers across Minnesota, from Duluth to Rochester. Select a town with notes below to jump to them, or any other city for its city guide. Delivery depends on distance, access and timing, so we confirm it with every quote.

Where refrigerated rentals fit across Minnesota

These are illustrative scenarios, not completed jobs. They show how we think through a rental in each Minnesota town, from Nisswa to Duluth.

Illustrative scenario

Baxter: a kitchen closed for a remodel

A Baxter restaurant on the Highway 371 corridor in central Minnesota closes its kitchen for a remodel but keeps its catering orders. A 20 ft refrigerated trailer parked in the back lot holds product while the crew works inside.

The first questions are practical: where the trailer will sit, how staff reach it from the kitchen door, and which outlet powers it. Baxter sits beside Brainerd in the Brainerd Lakes area, where summer lake traffic fills restaurants fast, so a closed kitchen costs the most in season.

Illustrative scenario

Brainerd: foodservice that cannot pause

Brainerd is home to Essentia Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center, and hospital and care-facility kitchens across Minnesota, from Little Falls to Bemidji, have the same need when a walk-in cooler fails, with less room for delay. A 12 ft trailer by the loading dock can bridge a repair.

For a Minnesota site like this we plan the delivery window, the approach and the power connection before the date, not on it.

  • NisswaResort and restaurant season peaks in summer. Seasonal operators can rent extra cold storage for the peak instead of buying it.
  • CrosslakeIn lake country, weddings and reunions fill summer weekends. A caterer can rent a trailer for the weekend and return it Monday.
  • Little FallsOn the Mississippi River in Morrison County, a school or food-plant kitchen could use temporary cold storage during an equipment change-over.
  • AitkinAt the junction of Highways 169 and 210, Aitkin is a drive from most rental yards, so we confirm delivery timing early.
  • WalkerOn Leech Lake, summer events and winter ice-fishing weekends both push restaurants and venues past their own refrigeration.
  • BemidjiHome to Bemidji State University and Lake Bemidji, the city hosts campus and community events that outgrow a standard catering kitchen.
  • Grand RapidsA regional hub in Itasca County where school, care and restaurant kitchens may need cold storage during a remodel.
  • St. CloudCentral Minnesota’s largest city has a busy event calendar and a college campus. Larger events call for the 20 ft trailer or a container.
  • AlexandriaThe lakes area around Alexandria brings summer visitors and weekend events that stretch local caterers.
  • DuluthOn Lake Superior, Duluth hosts Grandma’s Marathon each June. Event caterers working the weekend can rent cold storage for the days they need it.

Scenarios are examples to show the planning involved. They are not claims about past customers.

City guides

One page for each city we list, with local roads, landmarks, equipment and delivery notes.

Brainerd Lakes area

Twin Cities metro

Northern Minnesota

Central and western Minnesota

Southern Minnesota

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Find us in Baxter, Minnesota

Midstate Refrigeration Rental & Leasing is based in Baxter. Call 24/7 or open our Google Business Profile for directions and reviews.

Address: 7674 College Rd Ste 115, Baxter, MN 56425

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