Description
A 20ft refrigerated container configured for freezer duty, with a set point adjustable from +25 down to -25 degrees Celsius and a Pre-Trip Inspection completed before dispatch. It is the size most restaurants, growers and event operators start with: 28.4 cubic metres and 10 Euro pallets is roughly a week of stock for a busy kitchen, and the 6.06 metre shell drops into a yard that a 40ft unit could never be turned in. The machinery has been run and verified rather than simply presented as working.
Dimensions and capacity
- External: 6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m (19 ft 11 in × 8 ft × 8 ft 6 in)
- Internal: 5.46 × 2.29 × 2.26 m (17 ft 11 in × 7 ft 6 in × 7 ft 5 in)
- Door opening: 2.29 m wide × 2.26 m high (7 ft 6 in × 7 ft 5 in)
- Internal volume: 28.4 m³ — 10 Euro pallets
- Tare weight: 2,900 kg · payload: 27,600 kg · gross: 30,480 kg
Refrigeration and build
- Set point adjustable +25 to -25 °C; some later machines cover +45 to -40 °C
- Machinery by Thermo King, Carrier Transicold, Daikin or Starcool, running R134a, R404a or R452a
- Supply: 380V / 32A, 50 Hz CEE, drawing 6 to 10 kWh depending on set point and ambient
- Running noise 63 to 78 dB at one metre
- 10 to 12 cm polyurethane insulation behind a stainless steel and aluminium lining
- T-grated aluminium floor with air ducting; forklift handling
- Wind and watertight with a valid CSC plate
Getting the airflow right
A reefer cools by pushing chilled air along the floor ducting and drawing it back at the ceiling, so the single most common mistake is loading in a way that closes that circuit. Keep pallets off the T-grating where you can, never stack above the marked load line, and leave the return path across the ceiling clear. The other rule is to pre-cool: this machine is built to hold a temperature, not to pull a warm load down quickly, so bring the box to set point before the stock goes in.
Who buys a 20ft freezer
Kitchens and food producers needing overflow frozen storage without a building project. Farms and packhouses buffering a harvest. Event and festival caterers who need cold storage on a pitch for a fortnight. Laboratories, florists and pharmaceutical operations where a stable low set point matters more than volume.
Delivery, siting and cover
Delivery is free across the UK mainland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, and the price shown is the total payable — no VAT is added at checkout. Stock is held at depots around the country and delivered direct to you. At 2,900 kg empty this arrives on a tilt-bed lorry and slides off onto level, load-bearing ground; where the site needs a crane or HIAB offload instead, that is agreed in writing before delivery. Get the 380V 32A supply commissioned before the delivery date, and leave working space at the machinery end so the condenser can breathe and an engineer can reach it. Supplied wind and watertight, the shell is covered for three months against water ingress and door operation. Separately, you have 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, and a distinct 30-day right to reject the goods if they turn out to be faulty under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Other sizes and options
If the pallet count is climbing, the 30ft customised freezer container adds half again without the yard space a 40ft needs. Very tight sites are better served by the 10ft compact freezer reefer. For a lower outlay on an older machine, see the used 20ft reefer containers, or browse the full reefer container range. Power, siting and specification are covered in our container buyers guide.
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