RENTAL PROCESS:
1) Review the list of available equipment and the respective contracts.
2) Review the availability of the equipment on the public calendar.
3) Fill out our Google form to formally begin the process.
4) An agent will then contact you to complete the reservation process. 
5) Pick up reserved equipment at agreed upon date and time and perform a pre-rental inspection.
6) After use, return the equipment in the manner in which you received it to an agent for a post-rental inspection.

Users that have failed to cancel a reservation, or failed to pick up the unit when reserved without communicating with the Randolph County Extension office in the past 12 months will be required to submit a $25 deposit to hold future reservations.

There are several Mobile Processing units available for rental in North Carolina. Randolph County may not be the closest MPU available for you. The Center for Environmental Farming Systems has a map of MPU’s available for rent in NC.

Any and all renters must have attended a poultry processing training hosted by  N.C. Cooperative Extension before renting the unit the first time.

**You can attend other workshops aside from one held in Randolph County as long as it is with N.C. Cooperative Extension.**

All first time rentals with the Randolph County Equipment will need to have a brief walkthrough of it, as some is different than neighboring counties equipment. 

The next poultry processing workshop to be hosted by Randolph County will be May 2, 2026 and registration is currently full. To be added to the email list to receive registration information for upcoming poultry processing workshops, please contact lauren_langley@ncsu.edu .  For a list of upcoming poultry processing workshops across NC please click here.

Users that have failed to cancel a reservation, or failed to pick up the unit when reserved without communicating with the Extension office in the past 12 months will be required to submit a $25 deposit to hold future reservations.

Rental Rates
     $25/day for a minimum of three days
     (A day is defined as a 24 hour period.)

The unit is available for rental to anyone who has completed the training course on a first come, first serve basis. It is NOT only available to Randolph County Residents; however, the office reserves the right to direct producers to MPUs located closer to them.

*Equipment returned without being thoroughly cleaned will face a charge of $200. The user can be prohibited from future use of the MPU if there is more than one return in an unclean condition or the user does not pay the cleaning charge within 14 days of assessment. It would be cheaper to keep it an extra day for cleaning than returning*

The renter must sign a User Agreement when they pick up the MPPU. Per the agreement, a cleaning charge will be assessed if the unit is not properly cleaned and the user will be required to participate in additional training prior to the next rental. The MPPU is housed in a 5’x8′ enclosed towable trailer.

the MPU hitch accepts only a 2 5/16” ball

What’s included?
The items below are checked out with the MPU; the cost of the item must be re-paid if damaged or lost.