🗺 Location & Routes
- Base city: Tampa, FL
- Route type: Regional reefer Southeast corridor
- Freight: Refrigerated grocery and food distribution
- Schedule: 2–5 day regional cycles depending on freight flow
📋 Job Description
- Running refrigerated grocery and produce freight across Southeast lanes
- Moving loads between Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, and Atlanta-area hubs
- Mostly sealed no-touch reefer freight, dock handled on both ends
- Following structured regional dispatch cycles tied to food supply flow
- Working 2–5 day runs with consistent return-to-region routing
- Handling temperature-controlled shipments with monitoring systems
✅ Requirements
CDL Class A
Valid CDL-A license required
Experience
6–12 months experience preferred (reefer experience a plus)
Age
Minimum 21 years old
MVR
Clean driving record, no major violations
Physical
No-touch freight, occasional dock checks only
Endorsements
None required (reefer experience a plus)
🚛 Equipment & Fleet
- Truck assignment: Assigned rotation with occasional dispatch swaps
- Fleet average age: Mixed operational fleet with newer and mid-cycle units
- Features: Freightliner Cascadia, Volvo VNL, temperature monitoring reefer systems, mixed APU units
🏠 Home Time
- Home weekly based on regional cycle completion
- Runs typically reset every 2–5 days depending on freight flow
📍 Real Routes Our Drivers Take
- I-75: Tampa FL → Jacksonville FL → Atlanta GA distribution corridor
- I-95: Miami FL → Jacksonville FL → Savannah GA regional food hubs
- I-10: Tampa FL → Tallahassee FL → Mobile AL cold chain linehaul
🎁 Benefits & Bonus Structure
💰 Bonus Structure
📝 Hiring Process
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How consistent are the weekly miles on this reefer run?
Miles stay fairly steady since the lanes repeat through Florida and into GA corridors, but dock time can shift weekly totals a bit.
Do I usually get back home every week without delay?
Yeah, most drivers are cycling back through Tampa weekly depending on how the Southeast freight flow lines up.
What kind of freight am I actually hauling day to day?
Mainly refrigerated grocery loads—produce, dairy, frozen goods. Everything is sealed and dock-handled.
Is it mostly the same truck or does it rotate often?
You’ll usually stay in one assigned unit unless it goes into shop rotation or dispatch reshuffles equipment.
How often do detention delays happen at receivers?
It depends on the facility, some grocery DCs run tight but others can hold you a bit longer during peak hours.
Are these routes predictable or do they change a lot?
They stay mostly predictable with the same Southeast corridors cycling week to week.
📊 Local Market Insights
Most of the reefer movement out of Tampa runs through the I-75 spine heading north toward Jacksonville and Atlanta, with steady loops feeding grocery distribution points along the way. The I-95 corridor connects Florida’s east coast freight flow into Georgia terminals, especially around Savannah where refrigerated loads cycle through port-linked warehouses. I-10 handles cross-state cold chain movement toward the Gulf side, tying in Alabama and northern Florida hubs. Freight doesn’t really sit still in this region, it rotates through the same lanes on repeat cycles. Most delays show up at large grocery DCs where appointment windows tighten during peak produce flow.
🔗 CDL-A Regional Reefer Driver – Florida Southeast Corridor
Running refrigerated freight out of Tampa means you’re staying inside a tight Southeast loop most weeks. The lanes run through I-75 up toward Jacksonville and Atlanta, with I-95 feeding the east coast grocery distribution flow down into Miami and up toward Georgia terminals. I-10 ties in the cross-state movement where produce and frozen loads shift between Florida and Gulf-side hubs. This is a regional reefer setup, so you’re not bouncing all over the country—dispatch keeps you in familiar corridors. Most weeks are structured around 2–5 day cycles, then you reset back in Florida. Pay sits in the $1300–$1750 range depending on how dock time stacks up and how clean the week runs. It’s steady grocery freight, same customers, same DCs, just rotating lanes through the Southeast system.
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