Every refrigerated vehicle build involves seven interconnected cost levers: insulation, TRU sizing, compressor type, condenser design, defrost systems, compressor lifecycle, and evaporator sizing. Get them wrong, and each bad decision cascades into the next—poor insulation forces larger TRUs, which run longer, which kill compressors faster. We break down how a “budget” build at R90,000 upfront becomes R947,500 over 10 years, while an engineered build at R170,000 costs just R575,000. That R80,000 you “saved”? It costs you R4.66 for every rand.
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