We ran 132 reefer loads from Ohio to Texas. 129 came back loaded.
Texas produce pays big money going in, so every dispatcher can find you a load into Texas. What decides if you made money is whether you have a load coming back, or 1,200 empty miles.
What reefer actually demands
Reefer is not just dry van with a cold box. You lose money in completely different ways. A dispatcher who does not run reefer every day learns that with your truck.
The temperature is part of the contract
Set point. Continuous or start-stop. Pre-cool. Pulp temp at the door. If the rate con is wrong and the load gets rejected, the claim is yours, not the broker's. We check the temperature on every rate con before you say yes.
Produce season moves every few weeks
McAllen and Pharr in spring. Salinas in summer. Florida in winter. A lane that paid $5,200 in April can pay $2,400 in August. A dispatcher who does not know the calendar will send you into a market that has already died.
Detention is where reefer money is lost
Produce houses run late. Sitting four hours on a $4,000 load means it is not really a $4,000 load. We put detention in writing from the first hour. You keep all of it.
A breakdown is an emergency
A dry van with a problem is late. A reefer with a problem is a ruined load and a claim. Someone has to answer the phone and start moving in minutes.
Washouts, load locks, seals
Pulp checks and seals too. A broker can refuse to pay over any of it. We write it all down before we book the load.
How we run your reefer
What our reefer loads pay
But remember: anyone can find one good load. What matters is the middle of the range, how often you come back loaded, and that we have done this for three years straight.
Do you run a van too? See our dry van dispatch. Want to know what we charge? What reefer dispatch costs. Based in Ohio? Reefer dispatch in Ohio.