Chandler Refrigerated Containers, Cold Storage Trailers, Refrigerated Trailers & Walk-In Coolers for Rent
When walk-in cold space is full, down, or being rebuilt, Lock-N-Roll Cold Storage can coordinate temporary refrigerated storage for Chandler and the rest of Maricopa County. Serving grocers, caterers, hospitals, schools, and industrial sites, our team is available at 888 385-5513 for 24/7 support and emergency deployment coordination. Mobile kitchens and dishwashing trailers are available as supporting facilities.
- Refrigerated trailer pricing
- Starting at $1,295 · by rental length
- Delivery planning
- Delivery schedule confirmed in your quote
Duke's Roadhouse, Good Donuts and Burrito Express all showed up in Maricopa's February 2026 permit list
Maricopa is about 19 miles southwest of Chandler.
Maricopa's February 2026 construction roundup listed a certificate of occupancy for Good Donuts at 20924 N. John Wayne Parkway, wall sign permits for Duke's Roadhouse and Burrito Express at 41433 W.
The San Tan Valley Home Depot opened with 108,000 square feet and about 170 jobs
San Tan Valley is about 19 miles east of Chandler.
The Home Depot at 1400 W. Hunt Highway in Skyline Ranch Marketplace, at Hunt Highway and Gary Road in San Tan Valley, opened on a Thursday in January after slipping past an earlier November target.
The Pinebrooke Fire burned about 8 acres south of Florence and destroyed one home on May 22, 2024
Florence is about 29 miles southeast of Chandler.
The Pinebrooke Fire burned about 8 acres roughly 6 miles south of Florence, west of State Route 79, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, and was 35 percent contained by early evening.
A $613 million, four-year extension of Loop 303 started clearing the Cotton Lane corridor in June
Goodyear is about 30 miles west of Chandler.
Goodyear: ADOT began clearing the corridor on Monday, June 15, 2026 for a $613 million extension of Loop 303 south from Van Buren Street to Maricopa County 85, four miles of new freeway following the Cotton Lane alignment.
Compare refrigerated trailers and containers.
Review all 4 refrigerated trailer and container sizes for your Chandler project, with starting prices by rental length. Select a model for its specifications, photographs, and rental details.
Scroll across the table to compare specifications and starting prices.
| Model | Format | Temperature options | Power example | Starting at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12ft Refrigerated Trailer | Refrigerated trailer | Confirm for the assigned 12ft unit | Confirm the assigned unit’s power requirements | $1,295 |
| 20ft Refrigerated Trailer | Refrigerated trailer | Separate 32°F, 15°F, and -5°F configurations; confirm the required unit | 220V, single-phase, 40–60A; verify the offered configuration | $1,495 |
| 20ft Refrigerated Container | Refrigerated container | Review the selected container's specification | Confirm the assigned unit’s power requirements | $2,495 |
| 40ft Refrigerated Container | Refrigerated container | Confirm for the assigned unit | Confirm the assigned unit’s power requirements | $3,495 |
Configuration examples shown. Confirm the assigned unit’s temperature range and connections in your quote. Starting prices by rental length are listed on each model page; delivery, setup, taxes, and availability are confirmed separately.
Large events
The Ostrich Festival left Tumbleweed Park after 20 years
The 36th Chandler Ostrich Festival ran two weekends in March 2026, March 13 to 15 and 20 to 22, and for the first time in two decades it wasn't at Tumbleweed Park. It moved to Rawhide Western Town and Event Center, which has indoor vendor space, permanent restrooms and running water. The festival began in 1988 downtown to mark Chandler's ostrich-ranching past.
Running water changes what a food vendor can do, but cold storage is still the part nobody can plan around a park. A portable refrigerated trailer behind the vendor row covers two weekends of brisket, lemonade and funnel cake batter, and a dishwashing trailer is the easy way to handle plates for a sit-down vendor.
Construction
Six thousand tradespeople a day, 342,000 cubic yards of concrete
By October 2023, Intel's two new fabs on its Ocotillo campus in Chandler had about 6,000 skilled tradespeople on site every day and more than 10 million job hours logged. The crews had poured 342,000 cubic yards of concrete, enough to fill 103 Olympic swimming pools, and the first part of the cleanroom was weather tight.
Six thousand people on one construction site means thousands of lunches in a Chandler summer. A site like that is exactly where a 20ft refrigerated container works as temporary cold storage for caterers, and a mobile kitchen trailer can turn out hot meals for a shift without sending anyone to a restaurant.
Compare refrigerated trailer and container prices.
Starting prices by rental length for refrigerated equipment and supporting facilities in Chandler. Review the equipment details and project requirements with our team.
| Refrigerated unit | 1–6 days | 8–14 days | 15 days–1 month | More than 3 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12ft refrigerated trailer ↗ | $1,295 | $1,595 | $1,895 | $1,995 |
| 20ft refrigerated trailer ↗ | $1,495 | $1,695 | $1,995 | $1,895–$2,195 |
| 20ft refrigerated container ↗ | $2,495 | $2,495 | $2,995 | $2,995 |
| 40ft refrigerated container ↗ | $3,495 | $3,495 | $3,995 | $3,995 |
Supporting facility starting prices
| Supporting facility | 1–6 days | 8–14 days | 15 days–1 month | More than 3 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24ft mobile kitchen ↗ | $4,995–$7,995 | $4,995–$7,995 | $4,995–$7,995 | $4,995–$7,995 |
| 38ft mobile kitchen ↗ | $7,995 | $7,995 | $8,995 | $7,995 |
| 40ft mobile kitchen ↗ | $7,995 | $7,995 | $9,995 | $7,995 |
| 22–26ft low-temp dishwashing trailer ↗ | $4,995 | $4,995 | $4,995 | $4,995–$6,995 |
| 30ft conveyor dishwashing trailer ↗ | $7,995 | $7,995 | $7,995 | $6,995 |
Starting prices by rental length. Prices, availability, delivery timing, and equipment details are subject to change and will be confirmed in your final quote.
Need help now? Call 888 385-5513 for 24/7 support and current availability.
The Siphon Fire burned about 15,500 acres in the Superstition Mountains northeast of Apache Junction
Apache Junction is about 19 miles east of Chandler.
The Siphon Fire started September 10, 2024 in a remote part of the Superstition Mountains northeast of Apache Junction and was estimated at 15,527 acres and 32% contained by September 16.
Phoenix recorded 31 straight days at or above 110 degrees in 2023, ending on July 31 at 108
Paradise Valley is about 20 miles north of Chandler.
Paradise Valley: The streak of 31 consecutive days at or above 110 degrees in Phoenix ended on Monday, July 31, 2023, when the high topped out at 108. The old record was 18 days, set in 1974.
Lucid bought Nikola's Coolidge plant in 2025 for warehousing, pre-delivery inspections and a pilot line
Coolidge is about 31 miles southeast of Chandler.
In June 2025, Lucid opened its Phoenix Hub and took over Nikola's Coolidge manufacturing plant, which will handle warehousing, pre-delivery inspections and a pilot line for a midsize vehicle.
Litchfield Park's budget rose 45 percent to fund a string of capital projects, the mayor said in the March 2026 State of the City
Litchfield Park is about 33 miles northwest of Chandler.
In his State of the City address on March 3, 2026, Mayor Thomas Schoaf said Litchfield Park's budget increased 45 percent to fund a series of capital projects scheduled through 2026.
In 2013, Youngtown's mayor said the town had "turned a corner" as a 33-acre commercial project took shape at Olive and 114th avenues
Youngtown is about 33 miles northwest of Chandler.
In August 2013, The Arizona Republic reported on a roughly 33-acre site northeast of Olive and 114th avenues, next to an electrical substation, where a commercial venture described as potentially the largest in Youngtown's 59-year history was planned.
Construction
Fab 52 took 3.5 years and 55 cranes, and then it won Project of the Year
Intel's Fab 52 in Chandler is 2.9 million square feet, with about 685,000 square feet of cleanroom. Building it took roughly three and a half years, up to 55 cranes at once and more than 31,000 craftworkers over the course of the job. Commercial operations started in October 2025, and the project took Engineering News-Record's national Project of the Year in spring 2026.
Big builds are won on logistics, including how crews eat and drink in 110-degree weather. Contractors on projects like this one use portable cold storage on site for the length of the job, and a 20ft refrigerated trailer can move from one phase to the next as the crew's headcount changes.
Renovation
Seafood City opened at Chandler Fashion Center with a 300-seat food hall
Seafood City, Arizona's first location of the Filipino supermarket chain, opened July 30, 2026 in the former Sears at Chandler Fashion Center, with a live seafood wall and a 300-seat food hall. A redevelopment of the mall's south end starts in August 2026, with the Valley's second Din Tai Fung and Arizona's first Wagyu House due in 2027.
A mall turning into a dining district has a long stretch where the permanent kitchens aren't finished and the tenants still need to be fed. A mobile kitchen trailer and a refrigerated trailer rental cover the gap for a restaurant that wants to open a pop-up in the parking lot, or a contractor feeding a crew while the walls go up.
Mayor Friedel's State of the Town on January 28, 2026 took the theme "Rising Together. Building for Tomorrow"
Fountain Hills is about 23 miles north of Chandler.
Fountain Hills Mayor Gerry Friedel presented the State of the Town on January 28, 2026 at the Community Center on La Montana Drive, with doors at 7:30 a.m. for a light breakfast and the program at 8.
TSMC's next $100 billion and what 12,000 construction workers eat
Phoenix is about 24 miles northwest of Chandler.
In July 2026 TSMC announced another $100 billion for north Phoenix: four more fabs on a 900-acre campus, on top of roughly $165 billion already committed over six years.
Trammell Crow started the Cowden Logistics Center, a 16-acre warehouse project in Tolleson
Tolleson is about 26 miles northwest of Chandler.
Trammell Crow and capital partner Clarion Partners have broken ground on the Cowden Logistics Center, a 16-acre logistics project in Tolleson just west of Phoenix. The headline on the announcement said the West Valley facility is scheduled to finish in May.
El Mirage opened a new 7,370-square-foot Public Works facility near 121st and Peoria avenues in November 2024
El Mirage is about 35 miles northwest of Chandler.
In November 2024, El Mirage opened a new Public Works facility of about 7,370 square feet near 121st Avenue and Peoria Avenue. A department that maintains streets, parks and water systems now has a new base, and a new building often comes with a dedication.
Carefree's advisory group began a months-long look at redeveloping the one-acre Town Hall site in July 2025
Carefree is about 38 miles north of Chandler.
In July 2025, Carefree's economic development advisory group began a public process on the roughly one-acre Town Hall site, asking whether it should become a temporary landscaped gateway parking lot or be planned now for a denser mixed-use project with retail, restaurants, performing arts space and structured parking.
A flash flood warning on September 19, 2025 put water across Dixileta Drive and North Valley Parkway near Cave Creek and Carefree
Cave Creek is about 39 miles north of Chandler.
On the morning of September 19, 2025, a Flash Flood Warning covered parts of the north Valley, including Cave Creek and Carefree. A KOLD reporter was live at Dixileta Drive and North Valley Parkway, where the roadway was covered with floodwater.
Construction
A 100,000-square-foot medical building is going up on the Chandler Regional campus
Dignity Health broke ground in November 2025 on a four-story, 100,000-square-foot medical office building on the Chandler Regional campus, due to open in fall 2026. It will hold an ambulatory surgery center, an imaging center, a multi-specialty practice, and neurological, thoracic and rehabilitation care.
Medical campuses stay open during construction, and their food service and supply rooms still need steady cold storage. When a project reroutes utilities or takes a loading dock offline, a temporary refrigerated trailer parked on the grounds keeps the cold chain intact, and a generator trailer covers any planned power shutdowns.
Renovation
Dr. A.J. Chandler Park hosts 100 events a year and just started a rebuild
Phase one of the renovation of Dr. A.J. Chandler Park began in January 2026. The plan removes older water features, adds two pavilions, two restroom buildings, storage rooms, two large shade canopies, new plazas and public art, and a new crosswalk signal on Arizona Avenue. The park hosts more than 100 events a year, including the Tumbleweed Tree Lighting and a weekly farmers market.
More event space and storage rooms mean bigger crowds and more food. During the build, and for opening-day events once it's done, a portable 12ft refrigerated trailer is the simplest way to keep farmers-market produce or a caterer's inventory cold in a city park with no permanent coolers.
Plan around the Chandler address.
A project in Chandler starts with practical questions about power, placement, and access. The same planning applies across Maricopa County, including Gilbert, Tempe, Guadalupe, Mesa.
- Share the need
Tell us what you are storing, the holding temperature, quantity, location, and dates.
- Review the unit
Choose a refrigerated trailer or container and any supporting kitchen or dishwashing facility.
- Review the site
Confirm access, placement, power, and any water and drainage needs.
- Coordinate deployment
Confirm availability, rental terms, delivery, and setup in your quote.
- Plan the pickup
Schedule removal after stock has moved back to permanent storage.
Storms and outages
A microburst flipped planes at Chandler Municipal Airport
On the night of August 11, 2015 a microburst hit Chandler Municipal Airport. Fire officials counted 41 planes damaged, some flipped upside down or snapped at the wings, a hangar door was torn off, and a pecan grove lost more than a dozen trees. High winds also broke power poles in Chandler. Nobody was hurt.
Storm nights like that one give a business only hours to react. A Chandler restaurant or grocery that can't count on its power has a short list of options, and a refrigerated trailer with a generator trailer alongside is the one that keeps inventory cold without waiting for the lines to be fixed.
Storms and outages
A dust wall 6,000 feet tall rolled into Chandler at 6 p.m.
On September 2, 2022 a wall of dust roughly 50 miles wide and up to 6,000 feet tall crossed into Chandler and Gilbert around 6 p.m., with gusts to 65 mph and zero visibility in places. At the height of the storm nearly 5,000 SRP customers in the Southeast Valley lost power, and around 2,000 APS customers elsewhere in the metro area.
A Friday at 6 p.m. is a busy hour for a restaurant, and zero visibility means no deliveries either. A portable 20ft refrigerated trailer on standby lets a kitchen move its stock out of a failing cooler fast, and a mobile kitchen trailer can keep serving if the dining room goes dark.
The Water Tower Plaza got a splash pad and an event lawn in under a year
Gilbert is about 7 miles east of Chandler.
The 0.7-acre Gilbert Water Tower Plaza reopened in December 2024 after a renovation that began that January and wrapped up in under a year. It now has a shaded splash pad, restrooms and changing rooms, an event lawn and drought-tolerant plantings, and the original granite water ball was salvaged and put back.
Doc and Eddy's had no sprinklers, and five fire departments came to Rural and Baseline
Tempe is about 9 miles northwest of Chandler.
Tempe: A fire at Doc and Eddy's, the sports bar near Rural and Baseline roads known for karaoke and team trivia, did extensive damage early on Sunday, March 17, 2019.
A strip mall fire at 67th and Camelback took a tax office in tax season
Glendale is about 26 miles northwest of Chandler.
Glendale: A fire swept through a strip mall near 67th Avenue and Camelback Road in March 2022, and firefighters took more than an hour to control it. Four businesses were damaged: a church, a flower shop, a tuxedo shop and a barbershop, plus Mission Services, a tax and notary business that had been there 15 years.
Banner planned a $19.5 million, multi-phase expansion at Casa Grande Medical Center
Casa Grande is about 27 miles south of Chandler.
Banner Health announced a multi-year, $19.5 million expansion of Banner Casa Grande Medical Center in September 2023. It included a $7 million standalone MRI facility, a new nuclear camera in imaging, and a $9.8 million project to renovate the central sterile processing department and move administrative space and endoscopy.
Eloy's council approved Eloy Commons in August 2025: 21 acres of light industrial and 12 acres of housing
Eloy is about 40 miles south of Chandler.
In August 2025, Eloy's council approved Eloy Commons, a site on Sunshine Boulevard just south of Interstate 10. The north section is about 21 acres of planned light industrial use and the south section is about 12 acres for medium- to high-density housing, in line with the city's long-standing wish for more jobs, housing and retail along the exit.
Superior's community working group oversees more than a dozen mitigation measures and a $30 million fund tied to the copper project
Superior is about 42 miles east of Chandler.
At a June 10, 2025 meeting, the volunteer Superior Community Working Group, which had met quarterly for seven years, said it might now meet monthly. It oversees more than a dozen mitigation measures agreed to by Resolution Copper, with $30 million set aside and five endowments to be established.
A 35,000-square-foot community center is opening in the Original Town Site
Surprise is about 44 miles northwest of Chandler.
The Surprise Community and Resource Center opens September 3, 2026, at Hollyhock Street and Santa Fe Drive in the Original Town Site. The roughly 35,000-square-foot building brings the Surprise Resource Center, Hollyhock Library and Senior Center under one roof, with funding from Maricopa County, a federal health grant and the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation.
Fires
La Bocca and Modern Margarita shared a kitchen, and a fire took both
On November 7, 2017 a fire started in the shared kitchen of La Bocca Pizzeria and Modern Margarita at Arizona Avenue and Boston Street in downtown Chandler. Officials called it a total loss. About six months later management announced they wouldn't reopen in the space, citing the extent of the damage.
Two restaurants on one kitchen meant two sets of inventory lost at once, and six months is a long time to wait on an insurance adjuster. Cold storage in the meantime is the part a restaurant can solve fast. A rented refrigerated trailer at a second location or a commissary holds the stock, and a mobile kitchen trailer lets a team keep catering while it looks for a new home.
Fires
A fire in a produce display closed 99 Ranch Market on a Saturday morning
Crews were called to 99 Ranch Market at Dobson Road and Chandler Boulevard just before 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2022. They found white smoke and a small fire in the store's produce area, and investigators traced it to a display appliance. It was first treated as suspicious, then ruled accidental. The store was closed and empty, and the damage was limited, with some water damage reported.
A refrigerated produce case is also a fire risk, and when one fails the whole department has to come out. A grocery that needs to protect perishables while the case is checked can move them into a 12ft refrigerated trailer at the loading dock until the aisle is safe to reopen.
Guadalupe was building a flood control project on Guadalupe Road in 2018 to reduce stormwater flooding on both sides of the street
Guadalupe is about 9 miles northwest of Chandler.
In September 2018, Guadalupe was building a flood control project on one of its major thoroughfares, Guadalupe Road, aimed at reducing stormwater flooding in neighborhoods on both sides of the road.
A truck crash cut power in Signal Butte on a 119-degree day
Mesa is about 11 miles northeast of Chandler.
On July 19, 2023 a truck accident near 102nd Street and Quarterline Road took out power for at least 4,000 people in the Signal Butte Ranch area of Mesa, and sparked small brush fires.
A garage fire on Timberline Road destroyed a home after the nearest hydrant was out of service
Queen Creek is about 14 miles east of Chandler.
A garage fire in the 21000 block of East Timberline Road in Queen Creek grew into a working fire before crews arrived on a Tuesday night in June 2026.
Scottsdale is putting $40 million into Old Town, and the farmers market has to move
Scottsdale is about 28 miles north of Chandler.
Scottsdale: The city committed $40 million in fiscal 2025/26 to Old Town infrastructure, with pavement work on nearly 374,000 square yards of streets and alleys running through October 2025. Bigger jobs follow: a $15.2 million Brown Avenue parking structure expansion, a $15.2 million Entertainment District garage and $7.9 million in Main Street improvements.
Festival Fields Park reopened in Avondale on November 30, 2019, after a $19 million, 30-acre expansion
Avondale is about 28 miles west of Chandler.
Avondale held the grand reopening of Festival Fields Park at 101 E. Lower Buckeye Road on November 30, 2019, from 4 to 7 p.m., with free admission, sports demos, a DJ and food.
Chandler refrigerated trailer rental FAQs.
How much does a refrigerated trailer rental cost in Chandler?
Refrigerated trailer rentals start at $1,295, with starting prices listed by rental length from 1–6 days to more than 3 months. Delivery, setup, site work, taxes, minimum duration, and the complete rental term are confirmed in the final quote.
When can a refrigerated trailer be delivered to Chandler?
Chandler is about 25 miles southeast of Phoenix in a straight line, and the road route is confirmed in the quote. Share your address, desired start date, unit size, and access conditions, and the team confirms availability and a workable delivery schedule.
Which Maricopa County towns do you plan rentals for besides Chandler?
Gilbert, Tempe, Guadalupe, Mesa, Queen Creek, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills, and Phoenix are also covered in Maricopa County. Each rental is planned around the exact address, placement area, and power.
What should I prepare for my Maricopa County site?
Bring the address, placement plan, delivery access details, available power, the goods and holding temperature, dates, and a site contact. Confirm any applicable permit and approval requirements before dispatch.
Keep Chandler cold.
Share your site, dates, and storage needs. We’ll review the refrigerated trailer or container and supporting kitchen and dishwashing plan for your Arizona project.