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fter an extensive history of manufacturing premium walk-
in coolers, freezers and cold storage doors, the team at
Southeast Cooler Corporation realized something in 2003. While
there were plenty of companies that needed coolers built into
their business, there were many, like those in the ice industry, that
needed them on the road, too. So, the company, who has now
been in business for over 40 years, took to the challenge.
“Polar Temp came along as something, mainly, in the ice industry,”
says Polar Temp’s Brian Dallman. “We built freezers for ice
equipment, so we started building trailers just for ice delivery. The
ice guys wanted to get as many bags in as they could for deliveries.
They’ll pile them full. We had to make a trailer that was going to
take all that weight.”
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A quick estimation of 260 cubic feet of eight to ten-pound bags
of ice equates to thousands of pounds. Each Polar Temp trailer
comes with dual Dexter axles, brakes and a ruggedly constructed
frame to hold up to varying weight demands. While the original
intention was to create something unique to its’ ice customers,
the company soon realized they had something far better.
Polar Temp realized they could open the temperature range and
rapidly increase the number of industries the trailer would help.
Seafood companies, beef producers, ice transport, micro green
sellers and more all had a use for a mobile refrigeration unit.
“When you think about it, it’s really a refrigerated trailer,” Dallman
explains. “It opened up a lot of avenues.”
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