Reefer Units: Tmo King vs. Carrier

Good question as I'm about to buy Reefer. But way I'm looking at it is being my Truck will have TK APU firgure I get same Reefer to kill 2 birds one stone when in for maintenance. Make sense?

 

Carrier is less expensive on parts, TK is less noisy and better put together. They both make cold good. On maintenance it doesn't matter. In fact, most dealers will do basic repairs on both brands. Unless they have a special on at a dealer, you will wisely find some independent refrigeration service that will work on them both. The apu is like maintaining a lawn mower unless you need someone to hook into the control panel for something. I get the filters from TK and do the apu myself. Any lube shop can do it too.

 

Doing the same thing, the TK's I've had over the years use less fuel. Other than that, they both do the job.

 

Laredo is a slow this time of year, you might deadhead to McAllen, lots of produce loading there.

 

Anything with "King" in the name is obviously much better.

Think of it , even if you go back to Egypt during the building of the pyramids with all those heavy stone blocks would you rather be a King or a carrier?

 

Always had good luck with my Thermo King. Bought my last one back in 2001 and sold it in 2008. During that time I only had it in the shop for one major repair, which was covered under warranty. I used a 50 gallon tank for reefer fuel. It gave me a lot better range for waiting to get fuel at cheaper cost. Also comes in handy during the summer when the unit is running a lot because of the heat.