Tucson Walk-In Coolers, Refrigerated Containers, Cold Storage Trailers & Refrigerated Trailers for Rent
When walk-in cold space is full, down, or being rebuilt, Lock-N-Roll Cold Storage can coordinate temporary refrigerated storage for Tucson and the rest of Pima 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
A refrigerated trailer plan for Tucson.
Straight-line, Tucson lies roughly 120 miles southeast of Phoenix, in Pima County. Closest towns we also cover: South Tucson (about 6 miles), Sahuarita (about 16 miles), and Oro Valley (about 20 miles).
Tombstone Vigilante Days is set for February 13-14, 2027, with continuous street entertainment
Tombstone is about 55 miles southeast of Tucson.
Tombstone Vigilante Days are scheduled for February 13 and 14, 2027, in downtown Tombstone at 311 E. Allen Street, with free admission. The Tombstone Vigilantes will celebrate the town's heritage with performances by the Tombstone Vigilettes and reenactment groups from across Arizona, with continuous entertainment in the streets.
Winkelman posted an asphalt paving bid dated February 19, 2025
Winkelman is about 58 miles north of Tucson.
A banner on the Town of Winkelman's website referenced an asphalt paving bid dated February 19, 2025. The page describes the town as a service center and residential area for mining workers' households, with State Routes 77 and 177 running through it.
The Gila Valley's America 250 Fourth of July ran from a 6 a.m. breakfast for 1,000 to fireworks at 8:30 p.m.
Safford is about 83 miles northeast of Tucson.
Safford: The Gila Valley's Independence Day schedule started at 5 a.m. with Thatcher fire trucks driving the streets and a 6 a.m. free pancake breakfast for 1,000 at Edd Hubbard Field in Pima.
On August 18, 2021, floodwater closed U.S. 60 in Globe and cut off access to Cobre Valley Medical Center
Miami is about 86 miles north of Tucson.
Miami: On August 18, 2021, steady rain sent water and debris down a burn scar in the Pinal Mountains and into Globe. Floodwater closed U.S. 60 in both directions near milepost 247 for part of the day and cut off access to Cobre Valley Medical Center.
Compare refrigerated trailers and containers.
Review all 4 refrigerated trailer and container sizes for your Tucson 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.
Heat
Tucson waited until August 1 for its first 110, and it wasn't mild
Tucson hit 110 on August 1, 2026, which KOLD described as the third-latest first 110-degree day on record. Late sounds gentle until you read the rest: extreme HeatRisk through August 3, and overnight lows forecast between 78 and 82. A condenser that never gets a cool night to catch its breath is the kind that quits on a Sunday.
That's when a spare refrigerated trailer earns its keep. If a restaurant or store's walk-in can't hold temperature through a weekend like that, a portable 20ft refrigerated trailer parked by the dock takes the product while the repair gets scheduled.
Storms and outages
Saturday dinner rush, and more than 10,000 people without power
The monsoon storm that rolled over Tucson on the evening of July 11, 2026 left more than 10,000 people without power, dropped trees across the city and filled washes and streets. One car ended up nearly underwater near Golf Links and Kolb. It hit on a Saturday evening, right when kitchens are busiest and coolers are fullest.
USDA says a closed refrigerator holds food safely for about four hours, and a full freezer for about two days. A dark kitchen with a loaded walk-in is working against that first number. Emergency cold storage here means a refrigerated container or trailer paired with a generator trailer, so the chilled stock has its own power while the grid is down.
Compare refrigerated trailer and container prices.
Starting prices by rental length for refrigerated equipment and supporting facilities in Tucson. 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 state set aside $10 million for flood recovery in 2026, $5 million of it for Gila County
Hayden is about 58 miles north of Tucson.
Hayden: The state budget in 2026 included $10 million for flood recovery after the September 2025 floods: $5 million to Gila County and $2.5 million each to Miami and Globe. The money followed FEMA's denial of federal disaster aid, which the governor announced in December 2025 and said she would appeal.
Eloy's 2026 development list includes a 122-acre data center and a 26-lot industrial park
Eloy is about 59 miles northwest of Tucson.
The city's 2026 development pipeline lists Southwest Crossing, a 122-acre data center approved with questions about water use and building height, and the Sunshine Industrial Park, a 148-acre, 26-lot light industrial subdivision that has also been approved. It also shows the 338-acre TES Eloy mixed-use rezone near the treatment plant as an advanced application.
Large events
Fifty food booths and a few blocks of closed streets
Tucson Meet Yourself opened its 53rd year downtown on October 16, 2026, with about 50 food vendors, 10 villages and more than 100,000 people over a normal year. Pennington and Stone close to traffic until early Monday, so whatever the booths need to keep cold has to be in place before the barricades go up.
That's the planning problem a festival like this hands to its organizers: dairy, meat and drinks for every booth, in October heat, with nowhere to park a delivery truck once the streets close. A shared refrigerated trailer rental at the edge of the footprint gives the vendors one cold place to restock from. A mobile kitchen trailer beside it can handle the prep that doesn't fit in a booth.
Large events
The gem show is a small city that shows up every winter
The 2025 economic study counted 52 shows, 6,709 vendors and about $286 million in direct spending, spread across more than 40 locations in Tucson. Every one of those sites has to feed and water people, and a lot of them weren't built to do it at that scale.
Any pop-up food court or hotel banquet team in that mix needs cold space it doesn't normally have. A portable 12ft refrigerated trailer fits in a lot that a bigger unit can't, and a dishwashing trailer keeps plates moving when the venue's own sinks are a long walk from the tent.
A July 11, 2026 monsoon storm left more than 10,000 people in Tucson without power on a Saturday evening
South Tucson is about 6 miles northwest of Tucson.
South Tucson: The monsoon storm that rolled over Tucson on the evening of July 11, 2026 left more than 10,000 people without power, dropped trees across the city and filled washes and streets. One car ended up nearly underwater near Golf Links and Kolb. It hit on a Saturday evening, when kitchens are busiest.
Santa Rita Fire District refit its wildland gear and retrained all 55 firefighters ahead of the 2025 fire season
Sahuarita is about 16 miles south of Tucson.
Sahuarita: In April 2025, the Santa Rita Fire District said heat, rising winds and little winter moisture resembled 2004, a year with a long, intense fire season. After a six-acre brush fire in Vail was quickly contained, crews refit wildland gear and all 55 firefighters took a refresher course.
Weather damage left thousands of Oro Valley residents in the dark until about 4 a.m. in March 2019
Oro Valley is about 20 miles north of Tucson.
In March 2019, TEP crews blamed weather-related equipment damage for an outage that left thousands of residents in Oro Valley and the Catalina area without power. The estimated restoration time was 2 a.m., but some customers waited until about 4 a.m. Two years earlier, on June 7, 2017, more than 1,700 Oro Valley residents lost power in a short outage with the cause under investigation.
Donations of more than $80,000 poured in for Rex Allen Days, including $50,000 from a Cochise County dairy
Willcox is about 61 miles east of Tucson.
Willcox: The 75th Rex Allen Days came together with a wave of community donations: more than $80,000, including $50,000 from Riverview LLC, a Cochise County dairy. The gifts arrived as the festival prepared for its biggest year. A dairy knows what a hot weekend does to product, so cold storage is part of the business.
Power to the north end of Kearny was shut off for safety on May 29, 2024 and restored the night of May 30
Kearny is about 62 miles north of Tucson.
During the Simmons Fire, power to the north end of Kearny was shut off for safety on May 29, 2024. It was restored Thursday night, May 30. The fire stayed within its existing footprint for two nights in a row with no new growth reported.
Large events
Twenty-five thousand people and a row of funnel cake
The 100th Tucson Rodeo opened in 2025 with record crowds: about 11,000 on Saturday, a sellout, and about 10,350 on Sunday, close to 25,000 over the opening weekend. Vendors on the grounds sold Sonoran hot dogs, carne asada and funnel cakes.
Nobody feeding a crowd that size wants to carry meat and dairy in coolers from a truck bed. A refrigerated trailer parked behind the vendor row keeps the carne asada at temperature through a full performance day, and when the grill line backs up, a mobile kitchen trailer can take on part of the cooking so the booths can keep selling.
Construction
A $600 million rebuild of I-10, and the lunch break that comes with it
ADOT is rebuilding I-10 between Kino Parkway and Country Club Road, a $600 million project that began in mid-2025 and runs through 2028. It adds a lane in each direction, rebuilds the Kino interchange and swaps the Palo Verde and Irvington interchanges for a new one at Country Club. An $80 million rebuild of I-19 at Irvington is set to run alongside it from mid-2026.
Years of work in a Tucson summer means a lot of ice, water and lunches for crews. A contractor's staging yard is exactly where a 20ft refrigerated container works as temporary cold storage: it sits on the site for the whole job and doesn't care how many lane closures the schedule has. A mobile kitchen can feed the crew without anyone driving to a restaurant.
An August 2023 monsoon storm took down lines near Sandario Road and closed a pool and damaged a football field
Marana is about 27 miles northwest of Tucson.
Monsoon storms on Thursday afternoon, August 17, 2023 brought down power lines in Marana, with nearly 4,000 people without power according to TEP's outage map. Sandario Road was closed near Emigh Road, and the Wade McLean Pool next to Marana High School closed Saturday because of lost power.
A Benson wash became a fast-moving river on August 16, 2022, snapping trees and displacing one household
Benson is about 36 miles southeast of Tucson.
A flash flood on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, turned a wash near a home in Benson into a fast-moving river that swept trees, branches and debris across the road.
The Tri-Community Food Bank on Redwood Drive in Mammoth serves four towns and is open Monday through Thursday and Saturday
Mammoth is about 38 miles north of Tucson.
The Tri-Community Food Bank at 108 Redwood Drive in Mammoth is open from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday and Saturday, while its thrift shop is closed and not accepting donations.
Coolidge approved a 20-acre apartment project near the Inland Port in October 2024, scaled to 354 units
Coolidge is about 66 miles northwest of Tucson.
Coolidge's council approved a planned apartment project by Lafferty Development on October 14, 2024, on a 20-acre site at the southeast corner of State Route 87 and Hanna Road, near the Inland Port of Arizona.
A July 2018 monsoon storm tore through a mobile home in Florence
Florence is about 71 miles northwest of Tucson.
A monsoon storm tore through a mobile home in Florence on Monday, July 30, 2018. FOX 10 described the winds as so powerful that they destroyed the home, but its short report gave no wind speeds and named no victims.
Three firefighters got heat exhaustion at a guest house fire with no hydrant nearby
Casa Grande is about 74 miles northwest of Tucson.
A guest house behind a home near West Bartlett and North Overfield roads, outside Casa Grande, was fully engulfed on the night of August 17, 2026 and was a total loss.
Plan around the Tucson address.
A project in Tucson starts with practical questions about power, placement, and access. The same planning applies across Pima County, including South Tucson, Sahuarita, Oro Valley, Marana.
- 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.
Renovation
Tucson House is getting new cooling and elevators, with residents still inside
Work on the 17-story Tucson House at Speedway and Main is a roughly $200 million rehab, with a groundbreaking held March 10, 2026. It brings new heating and cooling systems, elevators, walls and windows, and is expected to finish in 2028. Residents can stay in the building during construction or relocate to other city housing.
A building that stays occupied while its systems are swapped out also has shared kitchens and meal programs that have to keep running. If a common-area kitchen or a cooler goes offline during one of those phases, a temporary refrigerated container outside holds the food, and a mobile kitchen trailer can cover the cooking until the permanent one is back.
Renovation
TMC rebuilt its ER around 100,000 patients a year and never closed the doors
Tucson Medical Center finished a $27 million overhaul of its emergency department, unveiled in late October 2026. It was built in three phases starting in spring 2024 while the department stayed open. TMC sees about 100,000 patients a year, which makes it the second-busiest emergency room in Arizona, and the building itself dates to 1990.
A phased renovation like that means pieces of the building go dark one at a time. Food service, pharmacy cold chain and supply storage don't pause because a wing is under construction. Hospitals and clinics planning something similar can use a temporary refrigerated trailer as extra cold storage on the grounds, and a generator trailer keeps it running when the work involves switching power.
The Sonoita Creek Flood & Flow Study Committee meets monthly, with a May 14, 2026 session at 10 a.m.
Patagonia is about 43 miles south of Tucson.
The Sonoita Creek Flood & Flow Study Committee holds a monthly meeting, and its May 2026 session was set for May 14 at 10 a.m. The Santa Cruz County fair was also on the calendar for September 18, and Patagonia's flyer board listed a spring and summer of community events, from bird walks to the volunteer fire steak fry.
The Monument Fire burned nearly 27,000 acres in June 2011 and forced more than 10,000 people out near Sierra Vista
Huachuca City is about 48 miles southeast of Tucson.
Huachuca City: The Monument Fire started June 12, 2011 in the Coronado National Forest and about a week later had burned nearly 27,000 acres, with more than 10,000 people evacuated from the area southeast of Sierra Vista.
Bisbee was hit by about an hour of hail and floodwater on the night of August 5, 2026
Bisbee is about 76 miles southeast of Tucson.
Severe storms hit southern Arizona late on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. One Bisbee resident described intense hail for a good hour, floodwater ran through the streets, and the Cochise County Sheriff's Office said the underpass at the Bisbee traffic circle flooded.
Freeport's Safford mine plans a rail-to-truck acid transload facility near Fort Thomas by the end of 2026
Pima is about 79 miles northeast of Tucson.
Pima: Freeport's Q2 2026 update for the Safford mine described the Ashurst Acid Transload Facility, a rail-to-truck sulfuric acid facility near Fort Thomas meant to cut long-haul truck traffic. Mobile equipment will move acid from rail cars into carrier tanks on paved, contained surfaces, with a target of starting operations by the end of 2026.
ADOT's $44.7 million replacement of the Queen Creek and Waterfall Canyon bridges on US 60 began in spring 2024
Superior is about 79 miles north of Tucson.
The US 60 Queen Creek and Waterfall Canyon Bridges Replacement Project near Superior cost $44.7 million. It started in spring 2024 and was expected to finish in 2026.
Community events
Santa Rita Park reopens with a splash pad, an event plaza and a movie night
Santa Rita Park on Tucson's south side reopened on October 2, 2026 after an $8 million renovation that took about a year and a half. It now has a shaded splash pad, an event plaza, two multipurpose fields, a relocated baseball field and more than 300 new trees and shrubs. A movie night was on the calendar for the next evening, and the city plans regular league play.
Leagues, tournaments and movie nights all end the same way: somebody has to sell cold drinks and hot food. Anywhere without a full concession building can run it off a mobile kitchen trailer, and a portable 12ft refrigerated trailer tucked beside the event plaza holds the stock so the stand isn't restocking from a cooler between innings.
Fires
The Delta's walk-in was damaged in a fire, and it planned to reopen in two days
A fire at The Delta Bar & Grill on South 6th Avenue downtown started just after 9 p.m. on June 20, 2022. Police reported it damaged the walk-in fridge, and investigators said it was set on purpose. The restaurant closed, then announced it would reopen at 4 p.m. that Wednesday. That's a very short turnaround for a kitchen that had just lost its main cooler.
A damaged walk-in is the part of a restaurant fire that keeps a kitchen closed longest, because the food inside can't wait. An emergency refrigerated trailer in the alley or a parking spot holds the inventory while repairs are made, and for a larger restaurant or hotel, a 20ft refrigerated trailer can stand in for the whole cooler for as long as the rebuild takes.
A Fry Boulevard redesign would cut five lanes to two, with $2.35 million budgeted for construction
Sierra Vista is about 52 miles southeast of Tucson.
Sierra Vista held open houses in November 2019 on its long-planned redesign of West Fry Boulevard between South Carmichael Avenue and North Garden Avenue, using a Complete Streets approach.
Santa Cruz County declared a state of emergency after deadly July 2026 monsoon flooding in Nogales
Nogales is about 55 miles south of Tucson.
Monsoon storms in mid-July 2026 brought flash flooding to Nogales, and state Rep. Stephanie Hamilton said on July 19 that at least six people had died in the city.
A $1.3 million federal request in 2024 would upgrade the Gila River Linear Park and Trail between Safford and Thatcher
Thatcher is about 79 miles northeast of Tucson.
In April 2024, Rep. Juan Ciscomani announced $3.3 million for Graham County in the FY24 appropriations package. Of that, $1.3 million is for upgrades to the Gila River Linear Park and Trail, which runs between Safford and Thatcher.
The town held a free festival at Poston Butte High School to mark its Operational Independence Day
San Tan Valley is about 82 miles northwest of Tucson.
San Tan Valley's Community Festival on Wednesday, July 1, celebrated the Fourth of July, the nation's 250th anniversary and the town's Operational Independence Day. It ran from 7 to 9 p.m. at Poston Butte High School and was free to attend.
Tucson refrigerated trailer rental FAQs.
How much does a refrigerated trailer rental cost in Tucson?
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 Tucson?
Tucson is about 120 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 Pima County towns do you plan rentals for besides Tucson?
South Tucson, Sahuarita, Oro Valley, and Marana are also covered in Pima County. Each rental is planned around the exact address, placement area, and power.
What should I prepare for my Pima 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 Tucson 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.