Feed haulers on the roads between Hilmar and Irwin
Hay, grain and feed is the declared load for 35 of the 183 Hilmar-Irwin carriers still active in FMCSA’s carrier census. If your tractor has pulled hopper or flatbed loads of feed to dairies around here, tell us the trailer type it usually ran with and whether you are selling the tractor alone or both.
General freight is the cargo 58 of those carriers name in the federal carrier census, with 23 hauling dry bulk commodities and 13 moving farm supplies. A truck that switched between bagged supplies and loose bulk is still one listing for us; send the VIN, a photo of the door plate and a few shots of the cab interior.
Of the 183 operators on the FMCSA roll, 165 stay intrastate and 18 cross state lines, while 37 run as private fleets carrying their own goods. For a truck that never left California, your California registration card and the title are the two papers we ask to see first.
What Merced County trucks look like at roadside checks
Sixty-four Hilmar-Irwin trucks stopped for FMCSA roadside inspections from late August 2024 to late August 2026 show 2019 as their median model year, per those inspection records. Have the model year, engine make and odometer reading written down before you call, since those three answer most of our early questions.
On the same FMCSA roadside sheets, a 26.6 percent slice of the 64 Hilmar-Irwin units carried a model year ten or more years back. Whatever the year on your title, photograph the dash with the ignition on so the odometer is readable in the picture.
Per the federal carrier census, the three biggest local operations field 35, 18 and 12 power units. If you are letting go of several units from a farm fleet at once, list each VIN separately and note which yard each one is parked in.
Gravel pits and rail yards within reach of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Knife River Newman Aggregate 14 miles west and the Winton Pit & Mill 14.4 miles east as sand and gravel operations. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that work either pit can be collected where they are parked; give us the gate contact and the hours the site is open.
Kearney Yard, a rail yard 6.4 miles north-west, and Rogers Yard, 14.8 miles out in the same direction, both appear on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your day cab shuttles loads to either yard, tell us the street address where it is usually parked so pickup is planned around that spot.
Farm jobs, construction and the trucks behind them
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 place 547 of Hilmar-Irwin’s 1,420 local jobs, 38.5 percent, in the farm, forestry, fishing and hunting sector. A truck kept on a dairy or ranch is welcome as it stands; we come to the farm, so just tell us which gate to use and whether the ground is soft after irrigation.
The same Census Bureau LEHD figures show 79 construction jobs here, 5.6 percent of the local total, and County Business Patterns counts 14 construction establishments. Contractors selling a dump or water truck should gather the title, the current registration and any service invoices in one folder before we arrange collection.
Dairy herds, cattle and cotton fields near Hilmar
Merced County holds 2,047 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and its top three products there are milk, then cattle, then cotton. Livestock haulers, milk tankers and module trucks from those operations are all trucks we buy, so describe the body or trailer in your first message.
Where a title for a ranch or dairy truck has gone missing, the California Department of Motor Vehicles is the office that issues a duplicate. Start that request early and let us know it is underway when you contact us.
Thirty-three Hilmar-Irwin carriers give FMCSA a yearly mileage, and their median works out to 33,333 miles for each truck. That figure helps you describe how the truck was used, so note whether yours ran local farm loops or longer valley routes.
In the carrier census, Hilmar-Irwin operators list 152 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 206 going beyond that radius. If the truck is out on a run when you reach us, tell us where it will be parked when it gets back and we will plan around that address.
New registrations stay modest, with FMCSA recording 6 new carriers in 2024 and 3 in 2025. Owners closing a small operation can sell the truck first and settle their authority paperwork on their own schedule afterward.
The questions we get asked in Hilmar-Irwin
- Our dump truck loads gravel at Winton Pit & Mill most weeks. Is that gate a workable collection point?Winton Pit & Mill, 14.4 miles east of Hilmar-Irwin on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list, is a fine pickup spot. Confirm the site hours and a contact with the operator so our driver can get in.