Pre cool is not optional
The trailer has to be at temperature before your product is loaded. We state it on the rate confirmation and confirm it at the dock, because a warm trailer is the most common cause of a rejected load.
Refrigerated
Refrigerated freight with a cold chain that holds.
Refrigerated freight fails quietly. A trailer that was not pre cooled, a setpoint that drifted overnight, a driver who ran on start stop instead of continuous. We put the requirement in writing on the rate confirmation and verify it at pickup.
At a glance
The specs that set the rate.
These four details decide the equipment, the carrier and the number. Have them ready and your quote comes back faster.
- Standard equipment
- 53 ft multi temp reefer, air ride, food grade
- Temperature range
- Frozen at minus 10 F through fresh produce at 34 to 38 F
- Best for
- Food and beverage, produce, dairy, pharmaceuticals, floral, cosmetics
- Documentation
- Setpoint on the rate confirmation, download available on request
How we run it
What Verve does differently here.
Continuous, not cycle
Most temperature sensitive freight requires continuous run. We specify the mode instead of leaving it to the driver's preference.
Reefer download on request
If a receiver questions the temperature, we pull the unit download so the conversation is about data and not about opinions.
Carriers vetted for food freight
Food grade trailer, current wash out, and a carrier that has run the commodity before. Produce and pharma are not the same job as frozen pizza.
Refrigerated FAQ
Questions about refrigerated.
Fresh produce typically ships between 34 and 38 degrees Fahrenheit, dairy at 34 to 38, frozen at 0 or lower, and ice cream at minus 10 to minus 20. Pharmaceuticals follow the manufacturer's stated range. Give us the setpoint and the run mode and we put both on the rate confirmation.
Running the refrigeration unit until the trailer box reaches the target temperature before any product is loaded. Loading cold product into a warm trailer forces the unit to fight the box instead of holding the freight, and it is the single most common cause of a temperature claim.
Yes. Reefer units log continuously and we can request the download after delivery. Ask for it before the truck leaves the receiver, because some carriers overwrite logs on the next load.
Only on a multi temp trailer with a working bulkhead, and only when both commodities are compatible. Otherwise it is two shipments. We will tell you which one applies rather than gambling on the receiver's mood.
Also available
Other freight services.
Full Truckload
One shipper, one trailer, one direct run. The fastest and least handled way to move a full load anywhere in the lower 48.
LTL and Partial
Anything from one pallet to a half trailer, priced so you pay for the space you use instead of the space you do not.
Flatbed and Open Deck
Steel, lumber, machinery and anything that will not fit through a dock door. Secured, tarped, and permitted when it needs to be.
Expedited and Hot Shot
When a line is down or a job site is waiting, a dedicated truck leaves now and drives straight through.
Drayage and Intermodal
Port and rail container moves, plus long haul on rail where it saves real money without wrecking the schedule.
Have temperature sensitive freight to move?
Send the lane, the dates and the freight details. Most quotes go back the same business day.