Choose them according to your needs, they all can carry a large amount of cargo and bring in quite a bit of revenue. The difference between them is the temperature of transportation, which may or may not come with a refrigeration unit, then in other aspects of them like the number of goods to be transported, which is the load capacity, a refrigerated truck will be less than an insulated one. How to pick them, let’s see the difference between them.
The difference between them?
Features of refrigerated trucks
Refrigerated trucks are usually equipped with high-powered refrigeration units, which can create powerful cold air, and the general temperature can keep you at -18 ° C. Such a low temperature allows the transportation of meat, medicines, ice cream, and other products.
In general, long-distance transportation, intercontinental transportation, more than 300 kilometers, will use refrigerated trucks as the main mode of transportation.
Characteristics of insulated
Insulated trucks are not equipped with refrigeration units. Generally speaking, the main purpose of this type of truck is to block the heat from the outside from entering the inside, and it is generally used for the distribution of goods, such as fresh vegetables and fruits, and goods that are afraid of heat. They can keep the temperature of the goods at the same level as when they first left the factory. This type of truck is more energy efficient.
Characteristics of refrigerated trucks
Refrigerated trucks are almost the same as frozen trucks, and their operating temperature is usually 0~4℃. He is mainly used for the transportation of goods that can not be transported using refrigerated trucks, such as icing will damage the goods themselves. He can keep the temperature low while keeping the goods fresh.
What factors need to be taken into account?
Transportation distance
Generally speaking, the transportation distance is also one of the factors affecting the choice, we generally focus on three kinds of transportation distance, the first one is long-distance transportation, the general distance is more than 500 kilometers, usually using frozen transportation, 500-100 kilometers belongs to the short-distance transportation. There is another kind is the last kilometer of distribution transportation. Generally, long-distance transportation of meat will choose refrigerated trucks. If it is used for distribution of the last kilometer, choose insulated trucks.
Types of goods to be transported
Refrigerated trucks generally transport products that cannot be frozen and need to be kept at a low temperature. Such as vegetables fruits and dairy products,
Refrigerated trucks can transport meat, beef, and pork, as well as long-distance transportation as the main use case.
Insulated trucks are generally used to transport products that are afraid of heat, such as pharmaceuticals.
