Why should I run a whole reefer for two pallets of frozen goods?
It is the question we hear most often in the field, and the answer is simple: you do not have to. In a refrigerated vehicle the cooling works to the volume of the body, not to the size of the load.
Where the cost goes on a small load
The unit cools a full body and a half-empty one alike: the same running hours, the same fuel, the same servicing. With two pallets on board that cost per unit of product doubles or triples. It is also why a carrier's price for a partial refrigerated load does not fall in proportion to the volume.
Cooling only what is loaded
In an insulated container the cooled volume is the volume of the loaded box. One or two containers cover a two-pallet job, the rest of the body stays free for dry cargo, and the same trip does two jobs at once. The cold source is prepared at the depot, overnight, on mains power.
When a container, when a reefer
- The load fills a small part of the body: container
- The route is urban with many stops: container
- More than one regime on the same route: container
- Full load, long distance, few stops: reefer
- Constant full-load frozen work: reefer
When the lot grows
The number of containers grows and the vehicle stays as it is. Because the growth is incremental, so is the spending: buying a fourth container when the job reaches three is a different kind of decision from buying a second refrigerated vehicle.
How it is set up
Send us your daily chilled volume, how many drops it goes to and the target temperature, and we will work out which of the nine sizes fits and how many you need.
