Refrigerated Freight Services
53' temperature-controlled trailers, pre-cooled and setpoint-verified before loading, with a continuous temperature record from pickup through delivery for produce, dairy, frozen, and pharma freight.
A Trailer That Holds Its Setpoint, Not Just Its Temperature
Reefer freight lives or dies on what happens before the doors ever open at the shipping dock.
Every load runs in a 53' trailer with its own reefer unit, and the unit gets set to run one of two ways depending on the product. Continuous-run keeps the compressor cycling constantly to hold a tight band around setpoint, which is what frozen freight and anything with little tolerance for drift requires. Start/stop shuts the unit off once it reaches setpoint and restarts it as the box warms, which burns less fuel and works fine for fresh produce and other freight with a wider acceptable range. Neither mode matters if the trailer isn't at setpoint before loading starts — a warm box loading against cold product is one of the most common reasons a load gets rejected at delivery, so pre-cooling gets verified against the unit's readout before the first pallet goes on, not assumed because the unit was running.
Once the load is moving, the reefer unit logs box temperature continuously for the length of the trip, and that record downloads at delivery and travels with the paperwork. That download is the documentation both sides need under the FDA Sanitary Transport Rule, the FSMA regulation that sets sanitary and temperature-maintenance obligations for anyone moving human or animal food — pre-cooling, temperature maintenance, and record-keeping aren't optional add-ons, they're what the carrier is required to document. When a receiver questions whether product held its temperature, the download answers it directly instead of turning into a dispute about what probably happened.
Setpoint changes by what's on the trailer: fresh produce, dairy, frozen protein, beverages, and temperature-sensitive pharma each run their own range, and the gap between chilled and frozen isn't a rounding error — it's the difference between product that's fine and product that's ruined. A multi-temp trailer with a bulkhead can split the box into separate zones running different setpoints when one delivery needs both frozen and chilled sections, though that adds a layer of complexity we confirm before booking rather than after the truck is loaded. None of this applies to shelf-stable freight — canned goods, dried packaged foods, anything ambient-safe — which is exactly the freight that runs on our dry van trucking company instead, without the cold chain overhead. Carrying that overhead is what separates a reefer rate from a dry van rate on an identical lane, and our freight transportation services page covers what each of our equipment types actually costs to run.
Built for Freight With a Temperature to Protect
Fresh Produce & Dairy
Shelf life is already ticking before the trailer doors close, so a delayed quote or a slow-to-cool box costs real product value, not just schedule time — which is why dispatch speed, not just the rate, is what we lead with for this freight under freight services for shippers.
Frozen & Protein
Frozen freight runs continuous-run operation with the tightest tolerance for drift of any product class we haul, and a single temperature excursion can mean a rejected load at the receiver's door. The temperature download at delivery is what confirms the box held its setpoint the whole way.
Multi-Temp & Pharma
Temperature-sensitive pharma and multi-product loads that need both a frozen and a chilled zone on the same trailer get a bulkhead configuration confirmed at booking, not improvised at the dock. Our freight capacity for brokers terms exist for exactly this kind of freight — multi-temp and pharma loads where a broker's exposure is highest if a load gets rejected at delivery, and the documentation trail matters as much as the rate.
What Protects a Reefer Load From Rejection
A rejected load is almost always a documentation failure as much as a temperature failure. These four things are what prevent both.
Pre-Cool Verified Before Loading
A reefer trailer gets run down to setpoint before the doors open at the shipping dock, and the unit's readout gets checked against that setpoint at load time. A warm box loading against cold product is one of the most common reasons a receiver rejects a load, so we verify it before it becomes their problem.
Continuous Temperature Record
The reefer unit logs setpoint and box temperature for the length of the trip, and that record downloads and travels with the load at delivery. If a receiver questions a temperature, the download answers it — that's the documentation both sides need when a claim comes down to what the box actually held.
Setpoint Discipline by Product
Fresh produce, dairy, frozen protein, and multi-temp loads each run a different setpoint, and the difference between chilled and frozen isn't a rounding error — it's the line between product that's fine and product that's ruined. We dispatch to the setpoint the product needs, not a generic 'cold' default.
Fast Quotes on Time-Sensitive Freight
Perishable freight doesn't get the luxury of a slow quote — a delayed rate decision eats into shelf life before the truck even moves. Spot quotes on reefer loads come back within hours, same as our dry freight, with the setpoint and product built into the rate from the start.
Common Questions About Refrigerated Freight
Need more on setpoints or temperature records? Our freight transportation FAQ has answers on equipment, pricing, and carrier setup.
Tell Us About Your Reefer Freight
Send us product type, required setpoint, origin, and destination — we'll respond with a rate and pre-cool confirmation within hours.