CSX opened its Central Florida Intermodal Logistics Center in Winter Haven in 2014: a 318-acre terminal with 5 loading tracks of 3,000 feet, 2 arrival and departure tracks of 10,000 feet and room for up to 300,000 containers a year. Containers that arrive by rail leave the terminal on trucks, and the reverse, which makes drayage and warehouse traffic part of Winter Haven’s identity in a way neighboring towns do not share. RDI Power has no shop in Winter Haven. When a tractor, box truck or pickup stops here, a technician comes out from our Brooksville shop with diagnostic software and repair equipment.
Roads that serve Winter Haven’s CSX terminal
The county economic development council says the terminal is served by CSX rail, I-4, State Road 60 and US 27. FDOT calls US 27 a regional freight corridor between I-4 and Miami and expects truck traffic on it to rise significantly with the logistics center operating. For a drayage tractor that stops on one of these routes, the details that matter are the road, the direction, the nearest exit, intersection or mile marker, and whether a loaded container is on the chassis.
Winter Haven truck counts by road
FDOT’s 2025 counts show where the heaviest truck traffic runs within a few miles of downtown:
- Cypress Gardens Boulevard (SR 540): about 5,106 trucks a day, 14.8% of traffic, between Overlook Drive and Cypress Gardens Road. It runs west to Lakeland and the Polk Parkway and east past Legoland Florida to US 27.
- US 92: about 4,268 trucks a day.
- SR 544: about 4,180 trucks a day.
- US 17: about 3,712 trucks a day.
Landmarks help on any of them. Gilbert Airport and Jack Browns Seaplane Base sit about 3 miles northwest of downtown, Citrus Connection’s transit terminal is at 555 Avenue E NW, and Legoland Florida anchors the east end of Cypress Gardens Boulevard.
On-site repairs for Winter Haven drayage and delivery trucks
Drayage means short runs under heavy boxes and long stretches idling in line. When a tractor doing that work stops, the cause may be in the air system, the charging system or a sensor rather than deep inside the engine, and a technician can find and fix an air leak that will not let the brakes release, replace a failed alternator or a set of batteries, repair a damaged chassis light circuit or glad hand seal, and clear a derate once the sensor or wiring fault behind it is repaired.
For box trucks and pickups, the list is similar: no-starts, belts and coolant hoses, fuel filters and the electrical faults that set warning lights. The technician scans the truck and confirms the fault before replacing anything, and every repair is documented as a digital vehicle inspection with photos and notes, ready to forward to a dispatcher or the equipment owner.
Getting a technician into a Winter Haven terminal or warehouse lot
When the truck is inside a fenced lot near the terminal or in the logistics park, access comes first. Tell us which gate to use, whether drivers or visitors check in at a guard post, the slot or door number, and who will meet the technician. If the unit is a tractor coupled to a loaded container, mention it, since it affects where the technician can safely work. Inside the lot, level pavement with room for the service truck beside the unit is all that is needed.
Pickups and light trucks around Winter Haven
Not every Winter Haven call is a tractor. Diesel pickups and Sprinter vans that support warehouses and job sites stop too, and the technician carries Ford IDS for Power Stroke trucks and WiTECH for Ram. Hard starts, charging faults, DEF warnings and fuel filter problems are routine on-site work for those trucks.
Winter Haven jobs that go to the Brooksville bays
Internal engine work, transmission rebuilds, alignments and anything that needs a lift are bay jobs. When a Winter Haven call ends up there, the technician explains the failure, and we plan the move to Brooksville with you, including timing and transport. The on-site diagnosis means the shop starts on the repair rather than the hunt. Work done on site or in the bay carries RDI Power’s 3-year / 36,000-mile labor warranty.
Calling from Winter Haven, day or night
Fleet customers have roadside assistance 24/7. Others in Winter Haven can call (352) 433-3800 during weekday shop hours. We do not promise an arrival time; we tell you straight when a technician can get there based on where the truck is and what is already on the schedule.
The full program, Winter Haven included, is on mobile diesel repair. For planned maintenance instead of breakdown calls, see fleet maintenance in Winter Haven. Trucks working the warehouse cluster to the northwest are covered on our Auburndale mobile diesel repair page.