Poles and lumber
Livingston’s pole, log and lumber tractors
Of the 85 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census places in Livingston, 57 list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo. If yours is a log tractor or a truck that has pulled a pole trailer out of Sumter County woods, tell us the trailer setup when you first get in touch, and send a picture of the headache rack and the bunks along with the cab.
General freight is the second listing in the same federal census, at 37 carriers, with 17 hauling machinery and large objects and 13 moving farm supplies. A tractor that has done a little of each is common around here, so list the loads it has pulled and we will ask about anything that matters for the pickup.
Most of these outfits stay inside Alabama: FMCSA counts 71 intrastate carriers in Livingston against 14 that cross state lines, plus 31 private fleets hauling their own goods. Have the Alabama registration and the title in the same folder before we come out, since an in-state truck is collected on paperwork from one state only.
Mine and fuel terminals
The mine south of Livingston and the terminals up the river
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Livingston Plant #1672, an industrial-mineral mine, 2.2 miles south of town. A dump truck or tractor that has worked that site can usually stay parked near it for collection; give us the gate contact and the hours the yard is open.
Boligee Terminal, a petroleum product terminal on the Energy Information Administration’s list, sits 15.3 miles north-east, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places Enterprise Products Partners’ liquid bulk terminal at the same spot. Tank tractors that load there should come with their hazmat inspection paperwork, so the truck’s history is on hand when we look at the photos.
East toward Demopolis, the Energy Information Administration shows a propane terminal 21.1 miles out, while the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Cemex cement plant at 22.6 miles. If your truck runs bulk cement or propane loads on that stretch, send the VIN and a photo of the tank or pneumatic trailer connections first.
Livestock trailers and beehive country around Livingston
Cattle come first on Sumter County’s 346 farms, ahead of horses and honey, in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A farm truck that has hauled livestock trailers or feed between those places is one we collect from the farm itself, so tell us the road the gate is on.
If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a replacement; file for it before we set the collection date.
Livingston trucks stopped at roadside checks from September 2024 to August 2026 number 34 in FMCSA roadside inspection records, which put their median model year at 2015 and count 64.7% as ten or more model years old. Put the model year and the VIN at the top of your message about a Sumter County log tractor, and the rest of our questions follow from those.
Eleven Livingston carriers report yearly mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census, and the middle figure among them is 20,000 miles a truck. Note the odometer reading in a photo of the dash so the figure you give us and the one we see agree.
Small fleets are the rule in Livingston: the three biggest in the federal carrier census run 6, 4 and 4 power units. An owner selling one truck out of a fleet of four can send all the paperwork for that unit alone; nothing about the rest of the fleet is needed.
Drivers, plant jobs and newer carriers
FMCSA’s census lists 173 drivers in Livingston working within 100 miles and 155 going farther. For a driver who is often away on a longer run, the truck can be collected from wherever it sits, as long as someone can hand over the keys and the signed title.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts record 1,978 jobs in Livingston in 2023, 253 of them in manufacturing. If your truck is parked at a plant lot rather than at home, give us the plant name and a contact who can let us in.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 6 new carriers registering here in 2024 and another 6 in 2025. If you started up recently and are now selling, have your USDOT number handy so we can match the truck to its registration.
The questions we get asked in Livingston
- Do you buy tank tractors that haul from the Boligee terminals?Tractors working the Boligee terminals, 15.3 miles north-east on the Energy Information Administration’s and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ lists, are among the trucks we collect. Include the trailer type and the hazmat paperwork with your photos.