Mobile Refrigerated Trailer

The mobile refrigerated trailer is our largest cold-chain unit: a full-size insulated trailer with a front-mounted refrigeration unit and a twin-fan evaporator, built to move and store bulk chilled or frozen goods between farms, abattoirs, packhouses, depots, markets and events.

Where the cold room 500kg suits storage at one site, this trailer is designed for transport as well as storage. The refrigeration unit is mounted on the front face of the body, out of the load area and away from the door, so it can run while the trailer is being loaded and unloaded - meaning the compartment holds temperature through a full delivery round instead of warming up every time the doors open.

The twin-fan evaporator circulates air hard through the compartment, which is what keeps a mixed load at an even temperature rather than cold near the unit and warm at the back. Heat is removed through the front-mounted condenser, and the whole set is controlled from a digital thermostat with a display readable from outside.

The compartment itself is a composite insulated box with insulated floor, walls and ceiling, sealed internal joints, a wash-down floor and full-height insulated doors with heavy locks. Meat rails, shelving or crate racking can be fitted to suit the product, and the interior can be hosed out between loads to avoid odour transfer between different product types.

Running gear is a braked tandem axle on leaf springs with 14 inch light-truck tyres, sized for dense loads and for the distances involved in a delivery round. Which is the point of the unit: it takes the cold chain to the product, rather than requiring the product to reach a fixed cold room in time.

Typical use includes farm-to-abattoir and abattoir-to-butchery runs, produce deliveries to markets and restaurants, frozen goods distribution, mobile butchery and fish sales, and event catering where bulk cold storage has to be on site before service begins.