A contractor's storage problem is rarely about having too much stuff. It is about having the right stuff in the wrong place at the wrong time. A framing crew wrapping one job in south Cheyenne and starting another near the Terry Road corridor two weeks later does not want a truck bed full of tools sitting in a driveway or a job trailer parked on a client's property past the day the work is done. All-Rite Storage, located at 3204 Terry Rd in Cheyenne, rents drive up units that solve that specific timing problem for contractors, tradespeople, and small construction businesses working around the area, including crews supporting the ongoing data center construction nearby.

At a Glance

  • All-Rite Storage is located at 3204 Terry Rd, Cheyenne, WY, with drive up units up to 10x20.
  • Units are outdoor, drive up spaces, not climate controlled, so plan around Wyoming's temperature swings and dust when storing anything moisture or heat sensitive.
  • Rentals are month to month, so a unit can be picked up for a single project and dropped once the job wraps.
  • The property has perimeter security fencing and lighting.
  • Drive up access means loading straight from a truck bed or trailer without carrying tools through a hallway.

What Contractor Storage Actually Solves

Most articles on this topic list benefits: convenience, flexibility, security. Those are true but they skip the actual decision a contractor is making. The real choice is usually between three options: leave tools and materials in a vehicle overnight, rent or keep a job trailer on site longer than needed, or find offsite space that is available but not attached to a single job.

The Real Cost of Each Option

Each choice carries a cost most contractors do not price out until it becomes a problem. A vehicle left loaded overnight is a target and ties up a truck that could be doing something else. A trailer parked on a completed job site creates friction with the property owner and, on some commercial sites, violates the terms of the work agreement once the job is signed off. A storage unit rented for the length of a project, and dropped the month after, avoids both problems without committing to a long term lease.

Why This Matters More in Cheyenne Right Now

The area's ongoing data center construction work has pulled in contractors and trade crews who are not local, working multi week stints without a permanent yard or shop nearby to stage equipment. Industry researchers have noted that with industrial building vacancies under 10,000 square feet running near 2.8 percent nationally as of mid 2025, many contractors are turning to self storage as a substitute for traditional industrial space rather than waiting on a scarce, pricier lease. For an out of town crew working the Cheyenne corridor, a month to month unit functions the same way: a temporary shop, somewhere between a truck and a warehouse.

Sizing a Unit Around What You Actually Carry

This is where a lot of contractor storage guidance stays too generic to be useful. All-Rite Storage's largest available space is a 10x20 drive up unit. That is enough room for a genuinely well organized set of hand tools, power tools, ladders, sawhorses, folded scaffolding sections, boxed fasteners and hardware, and stacked material like trim, conduit, or plumbing stock. It is not enough room, and should not be marketed as enough room, for a full size box trailer, a skid steer, or bulk pallets of lumber. A contractor deciding between a storage unit and a rented yard space needs that distinction up front, not after signing a lease.

Matching Trade Type to Unit Size

A rough way to think about it: if what you are storing fits inside the bed of a one ton pickup with room to spare, a 10x10 unit is probably enough. If it is closer to two truckloads, plus ladders and larger power equipment like a compressor or generator, the 10x20 is the more realistic fit.

Electricians and plumbers running mostly hand tools, testing equipment, and boxed materials tend to fit comfortably in a 10x10. Framing crews, general contractors juggling multiple trades' worth of gear, or anyone storing lumber and trim stock in volume should plan on the larger unit and still expect to stack carefully.

What Belongs in the Unit and What Does Not

Because these are drive up units open directly to Cheyenne's weather rather than an interior, climate controlled space, storage decisions should account for what actually survives an unheated Wyoming winter and a hot, dry summer without damage.

Items That Hold Up Fine

Hand tools, power tools stored in their cases, ladders, sawhorses, folded tarps, boxed hardware, PVC and metal conduit, and most job site consumables hold up fine in a drive up unit.

Items That Need a Different Plan

Items that are more sensitive, things like unopened cans of paint or adhesive that can freeze or separate, electronics and testing equipment without a protective case, or partial bags of concrete or mortar mix that absorb ambient moisture, do better in a climate controlled space or should be brought back to a shop rather than left in an unheated unit through a Cheyenne winter.

This is also where a lot of contractors get tripped up on lease terms rather than the storage itself. Fuel, propane tanks, and other flammable materials are standard exclusions at self storage facilities generally, and any contractor planning to store powered equipment should confirm fuel needs to be drained first. That is a facility policy question worth a direct call rather than an assumption either way.

Rotating Equipment Between Jobs Without Losing Track of It

The habit that separates contractors who get real use out of a storage unit from ones who end up with a disorganized pile is treating the unit like a small shop, not a dumping ground. That means returning tools to a consistent spot in the unit at the end of each job pull, not just at the end of a season, and keeping a running list, even a simple one on a phone, of what left the unit for which job and when it is expected back.

A unit that holds gear for three or four active jobs at once benefits from labeled bins or a simple left to right zone system, materials on one side, tools and equipment on the other, so a crew member sent to grab something specific is not unloading half the unit to find it.

Seasonal Timing

Contractors doing exterior work, roofing, siding, concrete, tend to have slower winter months in Cheyenne, which is a natural point to consolidate gear into storage rather than paying to keep it staged at a yard or job site that is not active. The reverse is also true. A unit rented in October for a project wrapping before spring can be dropped in that same month to month structure without carrying the cost through a season where it is not needed.

Why Month to Month Terms Matter for Project Based Work

A contractor's storage needs rarely map cleanly onto a twelve month lease. A single addition or remodel might run eight weeks. A commercial buildout tied to the data center work nearby might run several months with gaps between phases. All-Rite Storage's month to month rentals are built around that reality rather than assuming every renter wants the same unit for a year. A crew can rent a 10x20 for the length of one job, release it when the job closes out, and pick up a new unit later without renegotiating a lease each time. That flexibility, more than any single feature of the unit itself, is usually the deciding factor for a contractor weighing a storage unit against a job trailer or a second vehicle.

If you are running a job near the Terry Road corridor or supporting the ongoing construction work in the area and need a place to stage tools and materials between phases, All-Rite Storage's drive up units are built for exactly that kind of short run, project based use. For contractors also looking into general business storage options beyond a single job's tools and materials, our commercial storage page covers inventory, documents, and broader business use cases side by side with this one.