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Reefer & Transport Refrigeration Repair

Reefer repair software for shops that run on emergencies.

Thermo King and Carrier don't break on a schedule. MetaFleet records every emergency call, helps get the right tech rolling, and turns their field notes into a documented work order, so a down unit doesn't turn into a rejected load.

A down reefer isn't a repair. It's a countdown.

The load is on the clock.

Every hour that unit runs warm, the freight behind it gets closer to a rejection. Your customer isn't waiting on a repair, they're watching a claim.

The call comes at 2 a.m.

Produce and pharma move overnight. Reefer breakdowns don't wait for business hours, and you can't staff a dispatcher who does.

One tech knows reefers.

Thermo King and Carrier codes live in your senior guy's head. When he's out, the whole shop slows down.

Call Intelligence

Every 2 a.m. call, on the record, and the bad ones flagged.

When the emergency call comes in on your MetaFleet phone line, it's recorded and transcribed, so what the customer said about the unit, the symptom, and the load is captured, not left to memory. After the call, MetaFleet scores how it was handled on 10 quality metrics and flags the ones worth a second look.

MetaFleet · Call Intelligence
TranscribedInbound · 2:14 AM · 3m 42s

Caller: "It's a Carrier APX throwing an alarm 20, box temp's climbing and I've got a full load of strawberries out of Salinas."

Service writer: "Okay, where's the unit right now, and how long has the temp been rising?"

10 quality metrics scored · summary · suggestions● Flagged for Review

Smart Dispatch

Get the right tech rolling, without playing switchboard.

MetaFleet ranks the techs who can actually take the job by service area, skills, schedule, and real drive time plus the time to finish their current job. It offers the job to one tech at a time with a countdown, moves down the list if nobody accepts, then alerts your dispatcher, and your customer gets the tech's ETA by email. No group text. No "who's got this?" at midnight. Smart dispatch shows every reefer job and exactly where it stands.

MetaFleet · Service Orders (desktop)
MetaFleet Command Center with the live map of technicians and jobs, the call panel and the active orders list

The real dispatch board: the live map of technicians and jobs, jobs blocked on parts, scheduled PM visits and the active orders list in one view.

In the Field

Every finding captured and sent for approval.

Out at the unit, your tech logs what they found: each repair as its own item, with the complaint, the diagnosis, the hours, and the parts. MetaFleet cleans it into a customer-ready write-up and routes it for approval. See the technician view, which runs in the browser on any phone today, with native apps coming in Q4, or watch the tech app in action.

MetaFleet technician view on a phone
MetaFleet technician view on a phone

Records & Compliance

The records your fleet customers demand, without the clipboard.

Cold-chain customers want proof: PM done on schedule, pre-trip checks logged, defects documented. MetaFleet runs your reefer PM programs and DOT inspections right from the tech's phone, so every unit has a clean history and every claim has a paper trail. See the DOT inspection requirements for trucks and trailers.

MetaFleet mobile PM and inspection screen
MetaFleet mobile PM and inspection screen

Real MetaFleet mobile screens: scheduled fleet PM visits on the tech's dashboard, and a DOT inspection form with pass, defect and N/A for each item.

Estimates & Invoicing

Bill the emergency while it's still hot.

Emergency reefer work is premium work, after-hours labor, expedited parts. Don't let it leak. The customer approves the estimate from their phone, the work closes, and the invoice builds from the tech's findings and the parts used. See automated invoicing.

MetaFleet · Approve Work & Invoice
Reefer Not Cooling, Carrier APX✓ Approve✕ Reject

Diagnosis Condenser fan motor failed; unit not holding setpoint

Repair Notes Replaced condenser fan motor, recharged refrigerant, verified pulldown

After-Hours Emergency Labor · 2.5 hrs$412.50

Condenser Fan Motor + R-452A refrigerant$568.00

Emergency Call Fee$45.00

Taxes $82.13Total $1,107.63

Why MetaFleet

Most shop software is something you run. MetaFleet runs with you.

Most shop software is a filing cabinet: it holds your jobs, but you still do the work of moving them. MetaFleet is built AI-first where it counts: it records and scores every call on its built-in phone lines, cleans your tech's findings into a documented work order, and builds the customer-facing write-up and invoice. Same emergencies, a lot less of the paperwork landing on you. Built for how reefer work actually happens: the roadside unit, the load that can't wait.

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Reefer shop owners ask us…

Yes. You add the reefer to the customer's units with its make, model and serial number, so Thermo King, Carrier Transicold or any other brand works the same way. Your tech enters the alarm codes and readings, and MetaFleet runs the job around them: the call, dispatch, findings, PM, inspections and the invoice.
MetaFleet records and transcribes every call on its built-in phone lines, then scores how each one was handled on 10 quality metrics and flags the ones worth reviewing, so nothing from a 2 a.m. call gets lost and you can catch the call that went sideways. It captures and analyzes calls; it doesn't replace the person who picks up.
MetaFleet replaces the stack most reefer shops cobble together, dispatch, tech communication, inspections, invoicing, with one system, and syncs with QuickBooks so your books don't change. You're consolidating tools, not adding another one.
Your tech logs each finding (complaint, diagnosis, hours, and parts) and MetaFleet cleans it into a customer-ready write-up, then sends it for approval. It also records and scores your calls, and turns vendor receipt photos into draft purchase orders. Voice-to-diagnosis is live on the desk web job page and coming soon to the tech app.
You bring them with you. During onboarding, the MetaFleet team imports your customers, vehicles, parts, stock, rates, and taxes from a spreadsheet, so day one looks like your shop, not a blank screen.
No. One truck or a dozen, MetaFleet scales to how you run: it just does more of the coordinating as you grow. It's built for any mobile diesel or reefer operation.

See it on your reefer jobs.

Bring a real breakdown: the kind that usually blows up your night. We'll show you how MetaFleet would handle the call, the dispatch, the findings, and the invoice.

Book a demo

Not ready for a demo?

Get the Reefer Emergency Playbook, a field guide for after-hours calls, reefer PM cadence, and claim-proof documentation.

No spam. We'll email the playbook and the occasional reefer-shop resource.