KryoFridge brings pre-cooled cold storage trailers to restaurants and caterers across Westminster, and to the pharmacies and funeral homes that can't let a cooler go warm. Each unit arrives holding the temperature you picked, parked where your staff can reach it, and ready to load as soon as the cord goes in. Call us now or request a free quote, and we'll size the trailer and lock in a delivery window on the first call.
A walk-in that quits at 2 a.m. starts costing you product long before a repair tech can get to it. KryoFridge works to have a pre-cooled cold storage trailer headed to your Westminster address as soon as one can be routed to you, so the loss stays inside the one unit that failed. We own every trailer we rent, and we bring more than 30 years in the rental business to the way we dispatch. The person who picks up the phone can send a truck, not just take a message. Call us now, or request a free quote online and we'll call you back with a delivery window.
KryoFridge is a direct fleet owner, not a reseller or broker passing your request for mobile refrigeration rentals to someone else. The trailer that parks at your Westminster door belongs to us, and so does the job of fixing it if something goes wrong.
Each unit switches between freezer and refrigerator with one digital set point. A caterer can hold ice cream one week and cut fruit the next without trading trailers.
A dedicated 120V, 20-amp circuit is all the trailer needs from your building. When the building can't spare one near a back door, we bring a generator and plan the fuel with you.
Food goes straight onto NSF-approved surfaces that wipe down easily between loads. That matters when your records have to satisfy a county health department.
Our 24/7 line doesn't stop once the trailer is parked. If a breaker trips on a Sunday night, someone answers and helps you sort it out.
The 6x8 fits into small service yards where a bigger box would block the dumpster or the drive lane. You don't have to give up customer parking to get more cold space.
The names below have all run our trailers on real jobs. When a brand this size hands you their frozen inventory, they have already checked everything worth checking.
McDonald'sFreezer and cooler space for quick-service kitchens while walk-in equipment is repaired or replaced.
Walk-in backup
Dutch BrosExtra cold storage for dairy and blend stock behind busy drive-thru stands.
Cold storage
Burger KingA freezer trailer parked behind the store, run on our generator or a dedicated 120V circuit.
On-site freezer
Panda ExpressExtra freezer room for meat and frozen stock during planned kitchen work.
Freezer overflow
Chick-fil-AOn-site frozen holding during equipment changeouts, parked close to the back door.
Freezer hold"We were out of cooler space two days before a big banquet. The trailer showed up already cold, and my crew had it loaded within the hour."
"Our walk-in died on a Sunday morning. I called, a real person picked up, and I had a plan before I finished my coffee. They were easy to work with from start to finish."
"I needed a temporary cooler that would hold steady so our logger readings stayed clean. The unit held its setting the entire week, and the team walked me through the hookup ahead of time."
For a Westminster kitchen tucked behind a row of shops on Federal Boulevard, the 6x8 or 6x12 slides into a small service lot, while the 16' Utility handles the bigger holds at hotels and golf courses.
Ask any of our drivers which trailer they would send to a job that cannot fail, and they will point at the 16' Utility. Sixteen feet of insulated box rides on a tandem axle and swings from deep-freeze to fresh-cold on one digital set-point, every interior surface NSF approved. The rear doors swallow pallets off a loading dock while the side utility door gives your staff a quick in and out without dumping the cold air.
Every one of these is ours, not a unit we sourced from somebody else after you called. That means it arrives fueled, already pulled down to temperature, and serviced by our own shop. Plug it into a dedicated 120V, 20-amp circuit or run it on a generator we bring, and it will hold its number through the hottest week of the year.
| Spec | What you get |
|---|---|
| Temperature range | Roughly -10°F deep-freeze up to about 50°F fresh-cold |
| Mode | Dual-purpose: freezer or refrigerator on one precise digital set-point |
| Power | A dedicated 120V, 20-amp circuit within about 100 feet, or a generator we supply |
| Food safety | NSF-approved for direct food contact, food-safe surfaces, proper drainage |
| Footprints | 6x8, 6x12, and 6x16, from a tight retail lot to distribution scale |
| Backing | Owned in-house, fully licensed and insured, with 24/7 emergency dispatch |
Each unit holds a precise digital set-point and runs on a dedicated 120V/20A circuit or a generator. The trailers are not wired for 208 to 240V building service, so we confirm your hookup before the truck rolls.
We deliver mobile cold storage on wheels to every corner of Westminster and the towns around it, and KryoFridge service reaches all 50 states. The same standards stand behind our Tempe refrigerated trailer rentals and every other market we serve, so the trailer, the paperwork, and the phone support look the same wherever you call from.
Neighborhoods and towns we cover include Downtown Westminster, Westminster Station, The Orchard, Standley Lake, Legacy Ridge, Westmoor, Hyland Hills, Walnut Creek, Bradburn, Sheridan Green, Countryside, Historic Westminster, Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton, Broomfield, Interlocken, Arvada, Superior, Louisville, Lafayette, Erie, Commerce City, Wheat Ridge.
Every part of the Westminster area rents cold storage for its own reasons. We know each one, and we deliver to all of them.
Broomfield is its own city and county, with large employers like Oracle and BAE Systems along the US 36 corridor. Corporate catering and cafeteria backup are the usual reasons to rent a trailer there, and it's a short haul from Westminster.
Northglenn packs about 38,000 people into just over 7 square miles, so parking is tight behind many shops. Our compact 6x8 is the size that tends to fit the small service lots along its retail strips.
Thornton stretches north along Interstate 25 with newer grocery and big-box centers. Those stores can add a freezer trailer for holiday overflow or for backup when a freezer case fails.
Arvada borders Westminster to the west and has a busy restaurant strip in Olde Town. Kitchens there can park a cooler trailer behind the building for a big weekend without giving up any dining room space.
Federal Heights is a small city mostly surrounded by Westminster and Northglenn. Restaurants and markets along Federal Boulevard get the same local delivery and the same 24/7 line as any Westminster address.
One call sizes the trailer, sets the delivery window, and locks your quote for Westminster. Call now, or send the quick quote request and we will call you.
The three uses below come up again and again in the northwest metro, and each one sets up the trailer a little differently. Each section covers where the trailer should park and what temperature it should hold for that kind of job.

A walk-in failure at a busy dinner-and-movie kitchen means pulling menu items until the repair is done. A trailer in the service lane keeps the full menu open while the tech works.

A grocery freezer case that fails during a holiday week puts a lot of stock at risk. A trailer out back holds the frozen product until the case is fixed and restocked.

Kitchens at Front Range Community College's Westminster campus and the nearby high schools plan around graduation and back-to-school peaks. Extra cold space helps when bulk food deliveries arrive before the kitchen has room.

Front Range hail season runs from March through October, and a strong storm can knock out power or damage rooftop condensers. A generator-powered trailer keeps frozen stock safe while the building gets sorted out.

Pantries and relief groups that receive frozen donations need a place to hold them until distribution day. A trailer set to freezer mode keeps the load in one spot where volunteers can work.
What ties these together is the clock. Nobody budgets a freezer trailer into next quarter. They reach for one the hour a compressor quits, or the evening before a party when the stack of rented ice chests suddenly looks laughably undersized. Since our units sit staged around Westminster instead of a couple counties down the freeway, "can I get it today" is an ordinary ask here, not a stretch.
Add it up the way an owner in Westminster has to. One restaurant walk-in routinely sits on a small fortune in proteins, dairy, and prepped product. Scale that to a grocery rack or a warehouse freezer bay and the exposure balloons. Now knock the power or the compressor out on a triple-digit afternoon, and that whole inventory is in jeopardy inside a few hours. Then stack on the sales you lose while the line sits dark and the wages you burn paying staff to triage what can still be saved.
Hold a pre-staged trailer up against that risk and it reads like cheap insurance, a fixed, predictable expense parked in front of a loss with no ceiling. That is exactly why the businesses that got stung once tape our number by the phone. There is never a second scramble, because the next time they dial before the product has a chance to warm. Owning every trailer ourselves means we can scale the answer to fit. A single compact box suits a corner cafe. A clustered setup covers a warehouse floor. Either one is booked with a single call.
A catering kitchen is built for an average week, and one large order can fill it fast. A tournament banquet at Legacy Ridge or Heritage at Westmoor can put hundreds of plated desserts in line for the same cooler that holds your raw proteins. A portable cold storage rental parked near the loading door gives that overflow a proper home, while the kitchen's own walk-in keeps doing its regular job.
The city's 115th anniversary has filled the 2026 calendar with extra public events, including a Drone Show and Battle of the Bands and MysteryCon 2026. Food vendors working events like these often prep a day ahead and need cold space close to where they serve. A 6x8 or 6x12 set to refrigerator mode holds prepped trays, and you can switch it to freezer mode when the menu calls for ice cream.
Year-end is the busiest stretch for caterers. Office parties for the tech and aerospace employers along US 36 tend to land in the same few weeks, and a caterer serving several of them can run short of cold space on the busiest nights. Book your refrigerated trailer rentals as soon as the first big contract is signed, because the popular sizes go first.
Placement matters at venues like the Origin Hotel or a golf clubhouse, where guests walk past the service side of the building. We park the trailer where your staff has a short, flat path to the kitchen door, and we keep the cord run off the main walkway. When the event wraps up, we pick the trailer up on the schedule you set.
Our fleet comes in three footprints: a compact 6x8, a 6x12 that fits most back lots, and the 16' Utility, our signature trailer with rear double doors and a side utility door. Every one of them works as a walk-in freezer trailer or a cooler in the same box. You pick a number on the digital controller anywhere from about -10°F to 50°F, and the unit holds it.
The inside is lined with NSF-approved, food-safe surfaces, so raw proteins and prepped food can go straight in. Power comes from a dedicated 120V, 20-amp circuit within about 100 feet of where the trailer parks, or from a generator we supply when your building can't spare a circuit. The units are not wired for 208 or 240 volt service, so we confirm your hookup before anything leaves the yard.
These portable freezer trailer rentals show up pre-cooled, which means you load on arrival instead of waiting an afternoon for the box to pull down. The standard is the same one behind our Tulare walk-in freezer trailer rentals: units we own, serviced by our own team, and checked before every delivery.
Refrigerated medicines have a narrow range, and many are labeled for storage between 36°F and 46°F. When a pharmacy cooler fails, that range can slip away within a few hours, and the stock inside may have to be written off. A refrigerated trailer set inside that range gives the pharmacy a place to move product while the cooler is repaired.
The area has a lot of cold stock to protect. St. Anthony North Health Campus on Orchard Parkway is a 206-bed trauma center, and its emergency department logged more than 58,000 visits in fiscal year 2025. Around it sit retail pharmacies and clinics that each keep their own refrigerated supply on hand.
We don't sell a temperature monitoring service, and we say so up front. Pharmacy teams put their own calibrated data logger inside the trailer, the same way they do in their own units, so the records stay in their hands. Your pharmacist also decides which products can move into a temporary unit, and we plan the setup around that call. Our part is a clean trailer that holds its set point and a dispatcher who answers at any hour.
Fall is a heavy stretch for many pharmacies, since seasonal vaccines and flu season supplies arrive in bulk. Extra cold space during that rush keeps the main cooler from being packed so tight that air can't move around the boxes. A 6x8 can fit behind a retail strip, and it plugs into a standard 120V circuit.
Funeral homes plan for a steady number of families each month, and their cooler space is sized to match. Winter illness seasons and regional emergencies can push that number up quickly. A temporary cold storage rental adds refrigerated space without asking a family to wait or asking staff to make hard choices about room.
Respect comes first in how this gets set up. We park the trailer at a back or side service entrance, out of view from the street and the chapel doors, and we schedule delivery and pickup around your services. Our drivers keep the visit short and quiet.
Most directors keep the trailer in refrigerator mode, close to the setting of their own cooler. The unit can go much colder if a long hold calls for it, down to about -10°F, and that choice stays with the director. The trailer is an enclosed box with rear double doors and a side door, so staff can plan loading around the layout of the building.
Hospitals and county coroners write surge plans for mass-casualty events, and funeral homes can use the same approach with portable cold storage rentals. A reservation made ahead of time, with the delivery address and power source already on file, means a hard week starts with one phone call to our 24/7 dispatch line instead of a search for a vendor.
"Cold" is not one number. Different product stays safe inside different temperature windows, which is the entire reason a precise digital set-point matters, and in the middle of a heat wave in Westminster, a load that slips out of its window is a load you write off. Use the chart below as the reference our customers lean on when they size a rental.
| Product | Target holding band | Trailer mode |
|---|---|---|
| Ice cream and frozen desserts | -10°F to 0°F | Deep freeze |
| Frozen proteins, seafood, prepared meals | 0°F or below | Freezer |
| Fresh meat and poultry (short hold) | 28°F to 32°F | Refrigerated |
| Dairy, deli, packaged produce | 34°F to 38°F | Refrigerated |
| Beverages, florals, catering trays | 38°F to 45°F | Refrigerated |
One figure matters more than everything in that chart, and it is not listed there: 40°F. Food-safety guidance treats the band between 40°F and 140°F as the zone where bacteria thrive, and the clock on perishable product starts ticking the moment it crosses 40 on the way up. Roughly four cumulative hours above that line and most refrigerated inventory is no longer safe to serve. Picture that countdown running on a 100-degree afternoon in Westminster with the walk-in dark, and the urgency of a quick trailer drop stops being abstract.
Tell us the single coldest item you are holding when you call, and we dial the trailer to that. One unit carries a straight freezer load with no fuss. But when your list mixes deep-freeze desserts with fresh-cold produce for the same remodel or event, we will usually point you toward a split setup or a second box so neither side of the load has to settle for the wrong temperature.
Powering one of our trailers is refreshingly simple, and there are precisely two ways to do it. Either you have a dedicated 120-volt, 20-amp circuit reachable within roughly 100 feet of the parking spot, or we bring a generator. What the units will not accept is standard 208 to 240V building service, so a quick question about your outlet before dispatch heads off any surprise on delivery day.
On placement, all the unit really asks for is a fairly flat patch with enough room for the delivery truck to maneuver it in and set it straight, plus either a power source in reach or space for a generator. We lock down the exact drop point before dispatch, and our drivers know the Westminster layout cold, so the delivery is one clean trip instead of a guessing game on the property.
A typical setup for a grocery store ahead of a forecast storm looks like this: the trailer arrives a day early, pre-cooled, and parks near the receiving door. Staff leave it plugged in and mostly empty until the weather turns. If the building loses power, the trailer switches to a generator while the store moves its highest-value frozen stock out of the failing cases first. When the cases hold temperature again, the stock goes back inside. The trailer heads out after that.
A typical setup for a food pantry receiving a large frozen donation looks like this: a 16' Utility sits in the pantry lot in freezer mode for a week or two. Volunteers load pallets through the rear doors on delivery day and pull single cases through the side door during distribution. Power usually comes from the building, and the pantry calls our 24/7 line if a breaker trips.
A typical setup for a Downtown Westminster restaurant replacing a walk-in compressor looks like this: the trailer arrives pre-cooled the afternoon before the repair and parks behind the kitchen. The crew moves proteins and dairy into it after the dinner rush, and the refrigeration tech works on an empty walk-in the next morning. Once the new compressor holds temperature for a few hours, the stock goes back inside. The trailer leaves after that.
Two counties, one call. The Adams and Jefferson county line runs right through Westminster, and your address decides which health department covers your food. We ask for the address up front, so you know which office to call before the trailer lands.
On a bad day, booking should be the part that does not add stress. Four steps, an upfront number, and a single person who owns the whole thing.
Tell us whether it is freezer or fridge product, a ballpark volume, and your rough window. That is enough for us to call the right size.
We pair you with a unit, confirm whether you have a dedicated circuit or need a generator, and pin the exact drop point so the truck makes one trip.
We arrive on your schedule, about 45 minutes for a true emergency, set the trailer, energize it, and let it drive down to your number.
It holds the set-point for your entire term while our line stays live the whole way through. Wrap up, and we swing back for the pickup.
Westminster straddles two counties. Food businesses on the east side generally work with the Adams County Health Department, while the west side falls under Jefferson County's public health office. Before a trailer holds food for a restaurant or caterer, check which department covers your exact address, because the two offices handle permits and inspections separately.
Every food business in the state works under the Colorado Retail Food Establishment Rules and Regulations, which set how cold food has to be held. Treat a rented trailer like any other cold holding unit in your kitchen, with the same temperature targets you use in your walk-in. Keep a thermometer inside and log readings the way you already do for your regular equipment.
Pharmacies and funeral homes also answer to their own state licensing boards, so ask your compliance lead to approve the setup before you load anything. Public agencies buying through federal channels will want a vendor registered on SAM.gov, and KryoFridge is registered, licensed, and insured.
One caveat we always state plainly: we supply the food-safe, temperature-holding hardware itself, but we are not a temperature-logging or alarm-monitoring service. If your program requires continuous written records, line that vendor up on your own.
Our signature 16 foot Utility series leads the fleet. It is the trailer we send on most jobs, and crews like it for the side utility access door. We build three footprints in all, so a single kitchen holding overflow stock has a fit and so does a distribution floor in a disaster. Every unit is dual purpose by design: one adjustable system swings between freezer and refrigerator on a digital set point. Each trailer runs on a dedicated circuit or on a generator.
| Trailer | Best for | Temp range |
|---|---|---|
| 6x16 Utility ⭐ | Our signature series: distribution, large events, disaster response, side utility door | Heavy-duty reefer |
| 6x12 | Grocers, caterers, mid-size events | Deep-freeze capable |
| 6x8 | Tight lots, small kitchens, short overflow | -10°F to 50°F |
All three sizes switch between freezer and cooler mode, so the choice comes down to footprint and how much product you need to hold.
It's the unit to grab when square footage is the whole problem. It slips into the pinched service yards and cramped back-of-house corners that a larger box cannot even swing into. One cafe or small-market walk-in goes down, and this is almost always enough cold to cover it, plus the simplest unit to set in a small space.
Deep-freeze rated, and far and away the size people ask for most. It lands right in the middle: roomy enough for a multi-day catering job or a restaurant that needs true walk-in-equivalent room while the kitchen is torn up. Roomy enough that nobody is playing Tetris with shelves, yet still small enough to set in most commercial back lots without a site survey.
Our biggest footprint, paired with a heavy-duty reefer plant engineered to keep deep-freeze locked in even when the ambient air is merciless. Reach for it when a warehouse bay drops, when a large festival needs an anchor, or when a relief operation is carrying its own cold chain.
Not sure which size fits? Most customers land on the 16 foot Utility, and we will tell you honestly if a smaller footprint covers your job. Tell us roughly what you are storing and for how long, and we will spec it for you.
The questions that surface once the basics are settled. Tap any topic to open it.
The pop-up walk-in cooler. Cheap to rent and easy to set up, but it chills, it does not freeze, and it draws every watt it needs from your building while depending on a calm ambient temperature around it. The second your building loses power, your cooler loses it too.
The refrigerated box truck. Designed to haul product on the interstate, not to sit in a lot and babysit it. Parked, it burns fuel all day, broadcasts compressor noise across a storefront or an event lawn, and pins down a tractor plus a driver you probably do not need.
The freezer trailer we deliver. Built from the ground up to be dropped on a pad and to defend a temperature for as long as the job runs. It freezes deep, carries NSF approval, locks, stays quiet near guests, and lives on nothing more than one dedicated circuit or a generator.
Even a rented box has to satisfy the county environmental health office that licenses and inspects every food facility. Show an inspector a unit that cannot document its temperature or was not built for food contact, and they have the authority to halt service immediately.
That is a bar each of our trailers clears: NSF-approved throughout, food-safe interior surfaces, proper drainage, and a digital controller that puts the set-point in plain view. We supply the food-safe, temperature-holding hardware itself, but we are not a temperature-logging or alarm-monitoring service.
For a typical kitchen or market, one box does the job. Distribution floors, big fairs, and full-scale disaster response routinely need more, and because the fleet is ours, we can cluster several units and bring them online in waves as the work expands. Match the cold capacity to the operation rather than make the operation squeeze itself into one box.
The clock is yours to set. Some jobs are a handful of days for an emergency or a single event. Others stretch across weeks or months for a remodel or a seasonal swell, and a few become standing contracts for businesses that want capacity parked on standby. Name your window and you will get a clean quote, no penalty for an honest "not sure yet."
Building permanent cold storage is a capital project in every sense: you hire a refrigeration contractor, schedule the electrical, pull a building permit, and wait weeks before a single pallet goes inside. A rental turns that equation on its head. You bring in precisely the cold you need, for precisely the stretch you need it, and the trailer is holding temperature within days, not months, with the commitment ending the moment your need is over.
Three engineered elements carry the load. Thick insulated panels and tightly gasketed doors lock the sun outside and the cold inside. A self-contained reefer condensing system specified with surplus capacity keeps stripping heat out of the box even when the air outside is brutal. And a digital thermostat locks onto your chosen number and cycles the compressor to hold the line. Run those three together and a trailer baking on open asphalt behaves like one tucked in a cool warehouse. That is also why power is the first thing we ask about: the design delivers its safety margin only on steady, uninterrupted power.
"They handled everything with respect. The unit went exactly where we asked, away from the front entrance, and pickup waited until our last service of the week was over."
"A freezer case quit right before a holiday weekend. Having extra cold space out back meant we didn't have to pull product off the sales floor."
"The short rental was easy. I kept my frozen stock in the small trailer for a week while the commissary fixed its freezer."
"We host a big employee picnic every summer, and our caterer never has enough cold room. This year we rented a trailer, and the whole day went smoother."
"Setup was simple. They checked our outlet before delivery and showed our team which circuit to use."
"I use the trailer as a freezer every holiday season for pie shells and cookie dough. Being able to switch it to cooler mode later in the month is a big plus."
"Bulk commodity deliveries came in before our new freezer was ready. The trailer held everything until we had room, and the driver was careful backing into a tight spot."
"They gave clear answers, and the trailer worked the whole time we had it."
"We had three conferences stacked in one week. The extra freezer space let us prep ahead instead of scrambling every night." See also: Santa Clarita cold storage trailer rentals.
The set point goes anywhere from about -10°F for deep freeze up to about 50°F for fresh cold, and you choose it on a digital controller. We deliver the trailer pre-cooled, so it starts at your number. Recovery after a door opening depends on how long the doors stay open and how warm the product is when it goes in. Loading in batches and using the side door for quick grabs keeps the box close to its setting all day.
Plan for a level, solid spot about the size of a parking space or two, with room for our truck to back in and pull away. If you're using building power, have a dedicated 120V, 20-amp circuit within about 100 feet of that spot. If you don't have one, tell us when you book and we'll bring a generator. Most deliveries get scheduled on the first call, and we confirm the time window before the truck heads out.
Size up when the load arrives on pallets, or when several people will be in and out of the doors all day. The 16' Utility has rear double doors for pallet jacks and a side utility door for small grabs, so a busy kitchen isn't swinging the big doors open every few minutes. The 6x12 is plenty for most catering jobs and a single restaurant walk-in. Tell us what you're storing and how often the doors will open, and we'll recommend a size.
Pallet loads go through the rear double doors, and a loading dock makes that easy. On a flat lot, ask us about ramp options when you book so we can plan for your pallet jack. Many customers bring their own rolling racks or wire shelving, and we'll confirm what fits the trailer you're getting. Leave a gap along the walls so cold air can move around the product.
Each trailer holds one set point, so the whole box is either a freezer or a cooler at any given moment. If you need both, the usual answer is two trailers side by side, one in each mode. A smaller 6x8 often handles the frozen side while a 6x12 covers the cooler side. Because every unit is dual purpose, you can switch either one later if your needs change.
November and December are the busiest months for cold storage around the northwest metro, with holiday catering and grocery overflow landing at the same time. We keep trailers open as long as we can, although the closer you get to a date, the fewer choices you have. Booking a few weeks ahead locks in your size and delivery window. Spring golf tournaments and graduation season are the other stretches worth reserving early.
We can. Call our 24/7 dispatch line the moment the display shows a problem or the temperature starts to drift. We walk you through the basic checks by phone first, since a tripped breaker or a loose cord is often the whole issue. If the unit itself has failed, we send service or bring a replacement trailer and help move your product into it. Keep the doors shut while you wait, because a closed box holds its cold far longer than an open one.
On your own private lot, the property owner's approval is usually the main step. A trailer on a public street or on city property is a different case, so check with the City of Westminster before you plan on that spot. If the trailer will hold food, confirm the details with the county health department that covers your address. We can help you pick a spot on your lot that keeps the trailer off the street entirely.
It does. KryoFridge is registered on SAM.gov, so an agency buyer can set us up as a vendor without extra steps. Emergency food programs and school kitchens are two common reasons a public buyer needs cold storage on short notice. Send us the purchase details or the solicitation, and we'll match a trailer size and a delivery plan to it.
Freezer mode goes down to about -10°F, which is cold enough to keep ice cream and frozen desserts firm. Load them toward the back, away from the doors, so they see the least warm air during the day. If you'll be pulling desserts often during an event, use the side door so the rear doors stay closed. Caterers often run a small 6x8 just for desserts and keep a second unit for everything else.
A trailer can stay for a single weekend or for a full spring-to-fall season. Golf courses like Walnut Creek or Hyland Hills can keep one parked behind the kitchen and use it for every banquet on the calendar. For a long stay, we pick a spot that stays clear of mowers and delivery trucks, and we plan a cord run that won't get in anyone's way. Call our 24/7 line anytime during the season if something needs attention.
Deeper reading for local businesses, from the failure-hour playbook to compliance and seasonal planning. Tap any guide to open it.
Two businesses on the same Westminster street can call on the same morning and get different quotes for what looks like the same trailer. The difference nearly always comes from a handful of details about the job itself. Knowing those details ahead of time makes the call faster, and it helps you see where a little flexibility could save you money.
Size is the first thing we ask about. The compact 6x8 suits a small cafe or a pharmacy that needs a few shelves of overflow, while the 6x12 covers most catering orders and a typical restaurant walk-in. The 16' Utility is our signature unit, and it's the one to pick when product arrives on pallets or when several people will work out of it at once. Renting more box than you need costs more, and renting too little means a second delivery later, so an honest description of the load matters.
Many Westminster businesses think about a walk-in failure as a repair problem. On the Front Range, weather that knocks out power to a whole block is just as real a risk. When that happens, every restaurant and grocer on the circuit is chasing the same repair techs and the same rental trailers. A plan made in calm weather puts you at the front of that line.
Hail is the first threat to plan around. The Front Range sits in the part of North America that sees large hail most often, and storms peak from May through September in the afternoon and evening. The record books include a foot of hail piled up in Boulder County on July 29, 2010, and hail four feet deep on a single Denver block on June 5, 2015. Storms like those can crack rooftop condensers and cut power at the same time.
Further reading: National Weather Service Denver/Boulder forecast office.
When a Westminster business has to find extra cold space for a week or a month, a freezer trailer is only one of several options. Each one has a place, and the right pick depends on how much product you have and what kind of power sits near the spot where it will park. Comparing them before an emergency saves a rushed decision later.
Rented reach-in coolers are the smallest step up. They roll inside and plug into a normal outlet, which makes them handy for a few extra cases of drinks. Space and power are the limits, since each unit holds a small amount and a kitchen needing real walk-in room ends up with a row of boxes and a row of extension cords.
The first ten minutes after a walk-in fails decide how much product you keep. Most staff react by opening the door to check, then opening it again, and each look lets out cold air the box can't replace. A simple triage plan, taped to the door, keeps the team calm and keeps the losses down.
Start by closing the door and leaving it closed. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, an unopened refrigerator keeps food cold for about 4 hours, and a full freezer holds its temperature for about 48 hours if the door stays shut, or about 24 hours if it's half full. Those numbers are written for home units, although the lesson carries over to a walk-in. One person should own the door until the plan is set.
Further reading: FDA: Food and water safety during power outages and floods.
Tell us what you're storing and where the trailer will park. We'll size the unit and give you a delivery window before you hang up.