LATEST TREND ”RENEW” OR “COMBO” REEFER TRAILERS
A NEW REEFER UNIT ON A USED TRAILER – THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
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Latest Trend – Combo or Renew Reefer Trailer Units
You thought you had two choices when buying a reefer trailer unit: new or used. Not anymore. Now there’s a third option…a “Renew Reefer” offering buyers a chance to have their cake and eat it too. Read some of the questions we’re commonly asked to learn more about combo and renew reefer trailers!
Here are the questions we are asked most…
It is a used reefer trailer with a brand-new reefer unit put on it. For example, putting a new 2018 Carrier or Thermo King reefer unit on a 5-year old reefer trailer “box”. These new units are installed by factory certified technicians and come with a full warranty, just like buying a brand-new reefer trailer.
Putting a new renew or combo reefer unit on a used trailer gives you the advantages of a new reefer (efficiency, reliability, years of service) but saves the buyer roughly $30,000 off the cost of and all new trailer. The only difference is the reefer box itself. At that savings, it is easily possible to buy 3 Renew Reefer trailers for the price of 2 all new reefers!
The condition of the reefer box is excellent on a Renew Reefer trailer, because it must match the life span of the new reefer trailer unit. The reefer box will is always in excellent condition. Refrigerated trailer boxes only lose about 3% of their insulated value per year, so trailers that are 3-5 years old are still highly efficient.
Either. Most buyers are choosing the 2018 Carrier 7500 or Thermo King C600 unit. The Carrier reefer unit is often $4-6,000 less expensive than the comparable Thermo King unit.