12 ft Refrigerated Trailer
Starting from $1,895 / month
The smallest trailer in the lineup. It fits tight lots and loading areas when a small walk-in cooler or freezer goes down.
Chatham, Massachusetts Refrigeration Trailer Rentals
Chatham is a growing town in Barnstable County, and HHrefrigeration serves it with refrigeration trailer rentals, mobile kitchen rentals, and dishwashing trailers. Service is nationwide, which means Chatham is covered from your first call.
Chatham is a town in Barnstable County with about 6,685 residents (2023 Census Bureau estimate). Customers who rent in a place like this include supermarkets, school districts, clinics and care facilities, hotels and lodges, caterers, and local processors and growers. Rent for a few days to cover a repair, or lease for months through a renovation, a harvest, a construction project, or a seasonal peak.
Emergency? Call (888) 385-5513, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For planned work, send the quote form below with the address in Chatham and the dates you need.
Chatham, MA at a glance
Numbers for Chatham that matter when planning a rental: how big it is, how spread out it is, and how far the next larger place sits.
Winter storms in Massachusetts (October to April) can slow or close roads, so tell us your start date early and we plan the trip with the forecast in mind.
- Place: town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
- Population: 6,685 (2023 Census Bureau estimate), number 16 of 20 Massachusetts places on our list.
- Land area: 16 square miles, about 413 people per square mile.
- Elevation: about 46 feet.
- Nearest larger place we list: Plymouth, 38 miles northwest.
- Other places we list within 50 miles: 3.
How we plan getting a trailer to Chatham
Every rental in Chatham starts with the address, not a warehouse. Here is how a request for Chatham, MA moves from call to cold storage:
- Call or send the form. Tell us the street address in Chatham, what failed or what you are planning, and the temperature you need. Emergencies go to (888) 385-5513.
- We match the unit. A 12 ft refrigerated trailer suits tight lots and small kitchens, a 20 ft trailer holds more, and a refrigerated container is for bulk storage over longer jobs.
- Roads that serve Chatham include MA-28. We confirm which approach suits a trailer, how the truck turns onto your site, and whether anything on the last few blocks is posted or restricted.
- Chatham is about 38 miles southeast of Plymouth, Massachusetts's largest city on our list. We plan the trip around that distance and the roads between, then confirm timing in your quote.
- We confirm power and placement. The 20 ft trailers list 220V, single phase, 40 to 60 amps with a NEMA plug, so have an electrician confirm your service. Pick a firm, level spot with room for the door to open and for the truck to reach it.
- Delivery and setup. On site, setup takes about 1 hour for a refrigeration unit, plus 4 to 6 hours if a ramp is needed or 5 to 15 minutes for stairs. Delivery timing, servicing, and minimum terms are written into your quote, and an inquiry does not reserve equipment.
Emergency refrigeration support in Chatham
When cold storage fails in Chatham, speed of information matters most. Call (888) 385-5513 any hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and tell us:
In Massachusetts, calls like this often follow hurricane and flood. When an outage runs long, a 20 ft refrigerated trailer rental gives a kitchen, grocer, or care facility cold space to move product into while the building recovers.
For official emergency information in Massachusetts, see Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). We are not an emergency agency; for danger to life, call 911.
- The address in Chatham (and the Barnstable County location if it is outside town limits).
- What failed: a walk-in cooler, a freezer, a compressor, or the power itself.
- How much product is at risk, and whether it must stay at 32°F (cooler) or near -5°F (freezer).
- The power available at the site and whether a truck can reach the spot.
- Keep doors closed until the unit arrives so the product holds its temperature as long as possible.
What drives cold-storage demand around Chatham
Massachusetts summers are warm, with typical highs from the mid-70s to low 80s F and hot days (90 F or more) averaging about 10 per year in recent years. Winters are cold with coastal lows near 30 F and lows below 20 F in the west, and annual snowfall ranges from under 20 inches on Cape Cod to over 75 inches in the north. Hospitals, universities, grocers, and restaurants here often need a trailer that fits a narrow service lane or a shared loading dock.
Chatham's main industries are tourism, hospitality and commercial fishing, and dayboats unload fresh fish and lobster at its fish pier. A working fish pier and many restaurants depend on seafood cold storage.
Summer population roughly triples to about 20,000 between Memorial Day and Labor Day, not counting hotel and inn guests. Extreme seasonal swings stress restaurant kitchens and storage.
Chatham has coastal erosion, was hit by Hurricane Earl in September 2010, and nor'easters peak in February. Coastal storms can interrupt power for a seasonal tourist economy.
Hurricane risk in Massachusetts (August to October): Superstorm Sandy (October 2012) left 385,000 customers without power and caused over $300 million in Massachusetts property losses, and Hurricane Irene (August 2011) caused inland flooding with more than 7 inches of rain in places. Coastal storms can often disrupt power and flood food businesses, creating short-term refrigeration needs.
Flood risk in Massachusetts (Spring and fall): March 2010 floods caused over $2 billion in damage with more than 19 inches of rain in places, and on September 11, 2023 nearly 10 inches of rain fell. Flooded kitchens and cold rooms can need temporary refrigeration and warewashing during cleanup.
A 2018 nor'easter left more than 230,000 customers without electricity at its height, according to MEMA. Winter storms repeatedly strain the grid and commercial refrigeration.
Food service and business in Chatham
The kinds of operations that rent refrigeration in a city like Chatham are supermarkets, school districts, clinics and care facilities, hotels and lodges, caterers, and local processors and growers.
New Bedford was the nation's top fishing port by landed value for the 20th straight year in 2019, with about $451 million in landings, 84 percent of it sea scallops. Seafood processors and distributors depend on cold storage and refrigerated transport.
Massachusetts produced about 2.26 million barrels of cranberries in 2022, up 31 percent from the prior year, according to a USDA NASS release. Harvest-season fruit needs cold or frozen storage before processing and shipping.
Chatham customers use refrigeration trailers in three common ways: as emergency cover for a failed walk-in, as extra capacity during a peak (a harvest, a festival, a holiday week), and as temporary cold storage during a renovation. See rental prices for what each unit costs, or how to plan your site before delivery.
Demand also rises around events in Massachusetts: The Big E (Eastern States Exposition) (September); Plymouth Thanksgiving parade and reenactment (November). A fair of this size relies on many food vendors needing refrigeration and warewashing.
Equipment you can rent in Chatham
Refrigeration is our focus, and Chatham customers rent the same four units as the rest of Massachusetts:
If the kitchen itself is down, add a mobile kitchen and a dishwashing trailer so Chatham operators can keep serving while cold storage is covered.
20 ft Refrigerated Trailer
Starting from $1,895 / month
The workhorse. A 20 ft trailer comes as a 32°F cooler or as a low-temperature freezer configuration, so you can match what failed.
20 ft Refrigerated Container
Starting from $2,995 / month
A stationary cold storage box for bulk product, built for longer projects, seasonal peaks, and renovations.
40 ft Refrigerated Container
Starting from $3,995 / month
The largest cold storage option. It takes pallets and bulk product for food distribution, disaster response, and large facilities.
Requirements for renting a refrigerated trailer in Chatham
Renting a refrigerated trailer in Chatham is simple, but a few items decide whether it runs smoothly on the first day.
Event organizers may coordinate permitting, but each vendor generally needs its own Temporary Food Establishment license from the local board of health. Vendors using temporary kitchens at events should arrange licensing individually.
Local applications, such as Brookfield's, ask for items like a food manager certificate, allergen certification and a menu for each truck, and requirements vary by town. A certified food protection manager is generally required, so operators should confirm town-level requirements ahead of an event.
- Customer type: commercial or industrial only (restaurants, grocers, healthcare, schools, hospitality, distributors, government). We do not rent to residential customers.
- Power: 220V, single phase, 40 to 60 amps for the 20 ft trailers, with a NEMA plug. Ask your electrician to confirm the circuit at your Chatham site before delivery.
- Placement: a firm, level surface with room for the trailer, its door swing, and the delivery truck. Soft ground, steep slopes, and overhead lines are the usual problems.
- Access: send the gate or door width, any low clearances, and the best approach into the property.
- Permission: if you rent the property, get the owner or manager's approval to place a trailer. For food-safety questions, contact Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program.
- Paperwork: your quote lists the unit, the rental length, delivery, setup, servicing, and minimum terms. An inquiry does not reserve equipment.
Roads, routes, and access around Chatham
Highways and routes tied to Chatham:
Chatham sits at about 46 feet above sea level, near sea level, where coastal flooding and storm surge are part of planning.
Nearby places we also serve: Truro (27 miles north), Oak Bluffs (32 miles west), Plymouth (38 miles northwest), Cohasset (61 miles northwest), Little Compton, RI (62 miles west).
- MA-28: Runs through the town center; Route 137 ends here.
Rental prices for Chatham at a glance
Rates are the same nationwide. Rentals start from $1,895 / month for a 12 ft trailer, and the price sheet prints a separate rate for 1-6 days, 8-14 days, 15 days to 1 month, and more than 3 months. See every rate. Delivery to Chatham, setup, servicing, and minimum terms are confirmed in your quote.
More of Massachusetts and the Northeast
Chatham is one of the places we list in Massachusetts, and Massachusetts is part of our Northeast service area. Browse the Massachusetts service area for every city page in the state, or the full service-area map.
Rental terms at a glance
Rentals run by the week or by the month, with short-term and long-term options, and we answer calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Setup on site takes about 1 hour for a refrigeration unit and about 5 hours for a kitchen or dishwashing trailer; a ramp adds 4 to 6 hours and stairs add 5 to 15 minutes. GPS tracking is possible on request. Delivery, setup, servicing, and minimum terms are confirmed in your quote, and an inquiry does not reserve equipment.
Cold storage down? Call now.
Emergency refrigeration rentals in Chatham, MA.
If a walk-in cooler or freezer has stopped holding temperature, call now. Tell us your city and state, what failed, how much product is at risk, and what power is on site. Keep doors closed to hold the cold while we work out the right trailer or container for you.
Chatham rental questions
Do you rent refrigerated trailers in Chatham, Massachusetts?
Yes. HHrefrigeration rents refrigerated trailers, refrigerated containers, mobile kitchens, and dishwashing trailers to commercial and industrial customers in Chatham and Barnstable County. Call (888) 385-5513 or send the quote form with your address. An inquiry does not reserve equipment; availability, delivery, and terms are confirmed in your quote.
How do I get a trailer if Chatham is outside the main city?
We plan the delivery from your street address, not from a fixed point on the map. Chatham is about 38 miles southeast of Plymouth, so we confirm the route, the final approach, and the timing with you in the quote.
What power does a refrigerated trailer need in Chatham?
The 20 ft refrigerated trailers list 220V, single phase, 40 to 60 amps, with a NEMA plug. Have a licensed electrician confirm your service at the Chatham site before delivery, and send the voltage, phase, and amps with your request.
Who do I contact about food safety rules in Barnstable County?
Start with Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program (https://www.mass.gov/orgs/food-protection-program). Rules vary by jurisdiction, so check with them before you place temporary refrigeration or a temporary kitchen.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen or dishwashing trailer in Chatham too?
Yes. When a kitchen is down, we rent mobile kitchens from 24 ft to 40 ft and dishwashing trailers from 22 ft to 38 ft. Many Chatham customers pair them with a refrigerated trailer so they can cook, serve, and clean up while permanent equipment is repaired.
What should I do before hurricane season in Massachusetts?
Know your site's power and placement details, keep our number ((888) 385-5513) handy, and call early if a forecast puts your walk-in at risk. Hurricane risk in Massachusetts is highest August to October.
Sources for local facts
Sources
Local facts on this page come from public sources. Population is the Census Bureau's 2023 estimate.
What to send for a fast quote
- The city and state where the unit will sit
- What failed and how much product is at risk
- Cooler (32°F) or freezer temperature needed
- Power available at the site: voltage, phase, and amps
- Access: gate or door width, surface, and where the unit will be placed
- How long you expect to need it
Prefer to talk? Call (888) 385-5513 any time.