53 ft refrigerated trailers · Continuous temperature logging

Refrigerated Produce Trucking

Fresh produce is priced by season as much as by miles: rates out of growing regions rise sharply during harvest. Our calculator applies the seasonal adjustment automatically, so the range you see matches the market.

A combine unloading grain into a truck at the edge of a wheat field, wheat heads in the foreground.

What we move

  • Fresh fruit and vegetables (chilled)
  • Frozen produce and processed foods
  • Protect-from-freeze loads in winter
  • Pickups at farms, packing sheds and cold storage

What we need from you

  • Commodity, weight and required temperature range
  • Pre-cooled product at loading
  • Pickup and delivery appointment times

What sets the price

  • Reefer per-mile rate by distance
  • Seasonal adjustment during peak harvest months
  • Fuel surcharge tied to the weekly U.S. diesel average
Calculate yours
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Rules of the road

Regulations that affect this move

Sanitary transportation

Food loads follow the FDA sanitary transportation rule: pre-cooled trailers, clean equipment and temperature records available on request.

Questions

Can I see the temperature record for my load?

Yes. Ask for it at delivery or through your shipment page.

Other freight

Carried by Ryecroft Freight trucks or, outside our lanes, by a vetted partner carrier named on your booking.