Temperature Controlled Trucking
Reefer capacity out of Selma, California — set points from −10°F to 55°F, confirmed before the doors close.
Cold Freight, Handled Like It Matters
Temperature-controlled freight is unforgiving. A trailer that was not pre-cooled, a set point entered wrong, a reefer that cycled off somewhere past Bakersfield — any one of those turns a load into a claim, and the shipper is the one explaining it to their customer.
Spider Trans runs three refrigerated trucks out of Selma, hauling perishables for growers, packers and distributors across the Central Valley since 2022. We handle the cold chain as a process with checkpoints, not as a setting somebody types in at the dock.
What Moves in Our Reefers
Fresh produce
Table grapes, stone fruit, citrus, leafy greens, tomatoes and row crops out of Valley packing sheds and cooling facilities.
Fresh and frozen protein
Boxed beef, poultry, pork and frozen product moving between processors, distributors and cold storage.
Dairy and chilled goods
Packaged dairy, eggs and prepared foods that need a steady chill rather than a deep freeze.
Frozen freight
Anything running below zero, on trailers brought fully down to temperature before loading rather than during transit.
Temperature-sensitive non-food
Certain packaged goods, adhesives and horticultural product that spoil or separate outside a set range.
Set Points We Run
|
Commodity |
Typical set point |
|---|---|
|
Frozen product |
−10°F to 0°F |
|
Berries |
32°F |
|
Leafy greens, lettuce, broccoli |
34°F |
|
Table grapes, stone fruit |
32–34°F |
|
Dairy, eggs, chilled prepared foods |
34–38°F |
|
Citrus |
40–48°F |
|
Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers |
55°F |
These are the standard ranges — your bill of lading governs. If your set point differs from the norm for that commodity, tell us and we run yours. What we will not do is guess.
How a Load Runs
1. You send the lane and the spec
Pickup, delivery, commodity, set point, pallet count and appointment windows. Phone, email or the quote form — whichever is faster for you.
2. We confirm capacity honestly
You get a straight yes or no the same day, not a maybe that costs you a morning.
3. The trailer is pre-cooled before it loads
The reefer is brought down to your set point before it backs into your dock, and the temperature is confirmed against the bill of lading at load. A warm trailer pulls heat into product for hours — most temperature claims start right here.
4. It runs continuously and arrives documented
Continuous-run rather than cycle-sentry on sensitive freight, checks through transit, and delivery paperwork that shows what the box was doing.
Cold Chain Compliance, Without the Hand-Waving
Refrigerated food freight sits under the FDA’s Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food rule — the FSMA transport rule. In practice it puts obligations on the carrier around pre-cooling, trailer sanitation, temperature control during transit, and keeping records the shipper can inspect.
We operate to that standard: trailers cleaned between commodities, set points documented rather than remembered, and paperwork you can actually pull if a receiver disputes a delivery.
We are an interstate motor carrier of property — USDOT 3973481, MC-1485546 — with active authority since 2022 and no reportable crashes in the past 24 months. All of that is public on the FMCSA SAFER database, and we would rather you checked it than took our word.
Common Questions
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Have a Cold Load Coming Out of the Valley?
Send us the lane, the commodity and the set point. Same-day answer on whether we can cover it.