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40ft High Cube Insulated Reefer Body — Shell for Conversion
SKU MG-40HCREEF-ASIS · Held at Johannesburg, Gauteng
A used 40ft high cube refrigerated container offered as a large insulated shell for conversion work. The refrigeration plant is not sold as an operating system, so the unit is priced on the value of the insulated envelope and the frame rather than cooling performance. The body is sound and wind and water tight: even paint with normal service wear, straight cladding and corner posts, closing doors with serviceable gaskets and an intact interior lining. Fabricators use these as bases for cold rooms with customer-fitted plant, storerooms, drying and curing rooms and workshops that need thermal stability, taking advantage of the extra high cube internal height. Corner castings and lift points are sound so the unit handles on standard container equipment and can be craned or tilt-bed delivered. We inspect floor and lining condition before release and photograph the specific unit allocated to your order before dispatch from the Midrand yard.
- Physically held and graded at our depot before listing
- Documentation pack issued with every delivery
- Delivered freight quoted to your postal code
- Net 30 terms available on approved trade accounts
The shell is fabricated from Corten A weathering steel — a copper, chromium and nickel alloy that forms a tightly adherent oxide layer instead of the flaking scale you get on mild steel. That patina slows further corrosion, which is why a 25-year-old box can still be structurally sound while a painted mild-steel shed of the same age has perforated.
Side and end panels are 14-gauge (2.0mm) corrugated sheet welded to a rigid frame of rolled top and bottom rails with cast steel corner fittings on the ISO 1161 pattern. Roof panels are 2.0mm with an arch profile that shifts standing water toward the eaves. Flooring is 28mm marine-grade plywood over steel cross-members on nominal 300mm centres, rated for a 7 260 kg forklift axle load.
Expect surface oxidation on used grades: it is cosmetic. We reject units with through-plate pitting, cracked welds at the corner posts, or bowed rails, because those defects affect stacking strength and cannot be repaired economically in the field.
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