“A room that struggled all June pulled down the first July load without a fuss. The March check had found the fan motor that was about to quit.”
Zaira E.Shed manager, stone fruit packer
Ag cold storage · Fresno, California
Cold rooms that hold through harvest
Refrigeration and air service for packing houses, cold storage and pre-cooling rooms. We check every room before your first load, and a technician answers the line all night.
- 24-hour lineA technician answers
- Pre-season checksBooked from February
- English and SpanishOn the line and on site
- Four countiesFresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings
Harvest calendar
Your crop sets our calendar
Each bar is a pack-out. The check comes four to six weeks before it, so a failing part is found while it can still be ordered.
Stone fruit: peaches, plums, nectarines
First load of the year, warm from the field. Pre-season check in March or April, because the room has to pull the first pallet down fast.
May to Aug
Table grapes
Long holds in the same room for weeks. Pre-season check in June: coils, drains and door seals, which take the wear.
Jul to Nov
Pomegranates and persimmons
A shorter run into the holidays. Pre-season check in August, with the table-grape rooms.
Sep to Dec
Citrus: navels and mandarins
The longest run, with rooms loaded and unloaded for months. Pre-season check in October, defrost cycles first.
Nov to Apr
Our pre-season checks
Booked from February. Tell us your loading dates and we hold the week before each one.
Mar-Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct
Slow season: bigger jobs
Coil replacement, new rooms, controls upgrades and anything that needs a room empty for a week.
Jan to Feb
What we service
Every room between the field and the truck
Cold rooms and walk-ins
Compressors, condensers, evaporators, defrost and door seals, from one walk-in to a packing house's whole line.
Pre-cooling and holding
Forced-air tunnels, fans and airflow, so fruit that arrives warm reaches temperature on the first load.
Controls and alarms
Sensors in each room, set points agreed with your shed manager, and alarms that text the phones you pick.
Dock, floor and office air
Rooftop units, ventilation and dock curtains, serviced by the crew that knows the building.
The pre-season check
What we look at before the first load
The same walk in every room, in the order you load. Here it is on a refrigeration line.
- 1
Line insulation
Wet or torn insulation drips on product and hides leaks. We walk every run.
- 2
Supports and clamps
A season of vibration loosens them. Loose pipe fatigues and cracks.
- 3
Valves and service ports
Caps, seals and labels checked, and a leak search at every joint we can reach.
- 4
Floor, pans and drains
Ice and standing water show where a room has been struggling.
The 24-hour line
A person answers at 2 a.m.
The emergency line rings through to the on-call refrigeration technician's phone, not a message service. Product at risk goes first.
We ask what is in the room, what it reads and whether the door is open
You hear which pallets to move first while we drive
Alarms from your sensors can ring the same line
Nights and weekends follow your service agreement, written down before the season
From the sheds
What shed managers say
“They called me before the check and asked which rooms load first. Nobody in this trade had asked me that before.”
Kaye C.Peach and plum grower
“The alarm texted at one in the morning and a person who knew our rooms picked up. We moved two pallets and kept the rest.”
John G.Operations, citrus packing house
Sample reviews.
Our territory
Packing houses from Orange Cove to Corcoran
Our technicians start from the Fresno shop and cover the packing-house belt along Highway 99 and the foothill orchards. Type a ZIP code to check your shed.
- Fresno County: Selma, Orange Cove, Sultana, Tranquillity, Laton, Firebaugh, Huron, Biola, Fresno · Home base: most calls start here
- Tulare County: Orosi, Cutler, Exeter, Lindsay, Ivanhoe, Farmersville, Strathmore · Citrus and stone fruit sheds along the foothills
- Kings County: Armona, Corcoran
- Madera County: Coarsegold, Raymond
We don't cover Merced or Stanislaus counties, or the west side past Coalinga. Call anyway and we will say who we would call in your place.
ZIP codes: 93706, 93721, 93725, 93727, 93662, 93646, 93666, 93668, 93242, 93622, 93234, 93606, 93647, 93615, 93221, 93247, 93235, 93223, 93267, 93202, 93212, 93614, 93653
Questions
What growers and packers ask
When should we book the pre-season check?
Four to six weeks before your first load of the crop. For stone fruit that is March or April, for table grapes June, for citrus October. Rooms that sat empty need the most time, because a part that fails on the check can still be ordered.
What does the check cover, and does it stop the rooms?
We go room by room with your shed manager, in the order you load. We test pull-down, defrost, door seals, fans, drains and alarms, then hand you a written list: fix before loading, and can wait. Most rooms stay in service; a short shutdown is agreed ahead.
A room is not pulling down. What do we do first?
Close the doors, check that nothing blocks the evaporator fans, and call the line. Tell us what is in the room and what the thermometer reads. If product is at risk, we will say which pallets to move first while we are on the way.
Who answers the 24-hour line, and do nights cost more?
A refrigeration technician on call answers, not a message service. Nights, weekends and holidays are billed under the service agreement you sign before the season, and we put that rate in writing then, not at 2 a.m.
How do you quote work?
Every job is quoted per room or per line, in writing, before work starts. The quote lists the scope, the equipment, who pulls the permit and how long the number holds. There is no price list because a pre-cool tunnel and a single walk-in are different jobs.
Do you work on ammonia systems?
We service halocarbon (Freon-type) and CO2 systems. Large ammonia plants have their own operators and rules; we work beside your plant operator on the air side and the controls, and we say plainly what we leave to them.
Book a check
Tell us which rooms load first
A shed manager or an owner reads this, and calls back the same working day. If product is at risk right now, call the line instead.