Commercial Truck Storage in Denver: Where the Truck Goes at Night

You cannot park a lettered work truck on a residential street in most of the Denver metro, and that is the only reason anybody searches for commercial truck storage.

The rules are not identical city to city but they rhyme. Arvada, Wheat Ridge, Lakewood and Westminster all limit street parking by vehicle length or weight. Trailers get their own restrictions. Most HOAs go further and ban anything with a company name on the door no matter how small it is. Enforcement is usually a neighbor with a phone.

So you have a few real options.

Park at your own shop

Best answer if you have one. Most one and two truck operations do not, and buying a shop you only need for parking is an expensive way to park.

Park at a buddy's yard

Works great right up until he sells the property or his insurance agent notices.

Park in a lot overnight

Retail lots, park and rides and industrial side streets all look free. They are not. A tow plus storage plus the day you lose chasing it runs north of $600, and you only get away with it until somebody writes your plate down.

Rent yard space

The boring answer that actually works. Fenced ground, a gate code, and a spot you can back into without a three point turn in the dark.

What to ask a yard about truck storage specifically

Plenty of self storage places will not take commercial vehicles at all, so start there. Then ask these.

Can you pull through, or do you have to back in? Pull through is worth real money if you tow every day.

Is there overhead clearance? Tree limbs and a low gate arm are how ladder racks die.

Can the truck and the trailer share one space, or does the trailer count as a second rental? At our yards an 800 square foot space fits a truck and a couple of trailers, which is why we price by the space instead of by the vehicle.

Can you do light maintenance? Topping off fluids and swapping a trailer tire is normal. Pulling an engine is not. Ours are written out on the rules page so nobody has to guess.

Who plows? Ask when, not if. A yard nobody plows is a yard you cannot use in February.

What it costs

In Colorado, yard space at Box Yard starts at $530 a month for 800 square feet, $730 to $750 for 1,200, and $930 to $950 for 1,600. The Van Gordon yard has a 2,200 square foot space at $1,050. All month to month, first month plus a one month deposit at move in.

If you only need to park one truck and want to keep it cheap, our Laveen Village yard in Arizona rents a 10 by 40 parking space for $150. In Houston, yard space starts at $350.

Who actually uses it for vehicles

Mostly landscaping crews with a truck and two trailers, tree services with a chip truck that will not fit anywhere residential, moving companies with a box truck that sits all weekend, and junk removal outfits that want the dump trailer parked near the highway.

What is open right now is on the availability page. If you want the longer version of how to pick a yard, read what to check before you sign. Or call 720-266-0400 and ask.