Buying a new reefer unit for hauling ice cream.

You also need to focus just as much on the trailer specs. You need to probably avoid used trailers, too

There are “ice cream specs” for trailers apart from the unit.

 

Yes, you need an ice cream spec unit.
As far as engines go. They both put out maximum 68000 btu of cooling. Carrier uses 6 cylinder compressor tk uses 4 cyl. Carrier weighs 175 pounds less, and is a bit louder. Price is probably about the same.
I have a trailer with ice cream spec and a carrier 7500 x4 unit. (Great dane). It serves me well, I would buy another. Look around frozen customers, most of them use carrier as well. If I didn't do frozen a lot and was more produce/meat/ less demanding for the unit, I would have went thermo king.
Don't forget to plug the drain holes when doing frozen.

 

As the others have said, I wouldn’t buy just any conventional reefer for ice cream. I only hauled ice cream a few times but if I remember right I had to run the unit at -30. So it’ll definitely work the unit much more than hauling produce, milk, etc.

 

Bottom line is you want high capacity units with ability to cool down rapidly and deep, and want as much R value you can get in all 6 sides of the trailer. Trailers lose R value with age.

 

Instead of asking in the new driver's forum, maybe calling a dealer who deals with this may be helpful.

Just a thought.

 

He probably did and was left almost dead of sticker shock, and hoped he could come here discover you can haul ice cream on the cheap, long term and without any issues and no doubt someone will come along and say just that.

 

Or post his question here....Refrigerated Trucking Forum

 

I had a thought once but I forgot it!

 

Having hauled reefer for around 5 years have gotten to know that some trailers are only designed for refrigerated work unfortunately dispatchers don't bother checking this and send you off to pick up a load of frozen goods only to find its near impossible to get the thing down to the specified temp i spent about 5 hours one hot afternoon in the Oklahoma panhandle trying to get my reefer down to the allowable temp before i was allowed to leave finally had to unhook the trailer which worked wonders temp came down and off i went anyhow make sure the trailer you buy is designed for frozen freight they usually are better insulated and what ever else they do to help keep things super frozen.