Trucking services · Dry van
Dry van capacity for the freight that fills most docks.
The dry van is the backbone of general freight: enclosed, weather-tight, dock-loaded, commonly 53 ft. If your freight ships on pallets, moves by forklift, and needs to arrive exactly as it left, this is the service — run by our CDL-A division under our own authority.
Have a load that fits? Quotes are per lane, in writing, from a person.
Trucking services / Dry van
Freight that belongs in a van
Boxed and palletized goods that load at a dock and need to be enclosed: retail and consumer product, packaged building product, wholesale and distribution freight, manufactured goods. Floor-loaded or palletized both work — say which at tender, because it changes loading time and whether driver assist or a lumper enters the picture.
- Palletized retail, wholesale & distribution freight
- Packaged and cartoned manufactured goods
- General commodities that need out-of-the-weather transit
- Drop-and-hook and live-load both quoted — tell the desk which your dock runs
What a dry van is not
Two honest boundaries, so you don't lose a day finding them out. Temperature-controlled freight needs a reefer — a different equipment class we don't run; if that's your load we'll say so straight and you should be talking to a refrigerated carrier. And freight that loads from the side or the top — steel, machinery, anything craned — belongs on our flatbed or step-deck decks, not forced through a dock door.
How tendering works
Send the lane, the pallet count or footprint, the weight, and the windows. Pricing is quoted per lane on a written rate confirmation — detention windows and any accessorials named before dispatch. Every truck runs an ELD, so pickup, transit, and delivery updates come from data, not promises; claims run to the federal Part 370 process published on this site; and the authority is MC #1800150, verifiable on SAFER before you tender.
Dry van questions, answered
Do you run refrigerated (reefer) freight?
No — temperature-controlled freight needs a dedicated reefer trailer, which is its own equipment class and not one we run. We'd rather tell you that straight and point you toward a refrigerated carrier than put temperature-sensitive freight in a dry box.
Can I track my load?
Every truck runs an ELD. You get pickup, transit, and delivery updates on covered loads, and a named contact who answers — not a portal maze.
What about detention at my dock?
The free-time window and the detention terms go on the rate confirmation before the truck moves — the actual window, not 'standard.' Timestamped arrival and departure make the clock honest in both directions.