FMCSA’s carrier census lists 122 active motor carriers with a Lewes address, and 71 of them haul general freight. If your tractor or box truck moved mixed loads out of Lewes, it belongs to that group, and we want the VIN, the mileage on the dash and a few clear photos of the cab and chassis to start.
Sixteen Lewes carriers haul machinery and large objects and fifteen move motor vehicles, according to the same federal census. A lowboy tractor, a rollback or a car hauler from one of those outfits is a truck we collect, trailer or no trailer; tell us which pieces are part of the sale so the pickup crew brings the right equipment.
Thirteen carriers in town list farm supplies as their cargo on FMCSA’s census, which fits a county where USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,053 farms. Grain trucks, feed haulers and flatbeds that served those Sussex County farms can stay parked at the farm lane or the shed; we come out to them.
Sixty Lewes carriers are authorised for interstate work and sixty for intrastate work, while 48 run private fleets hauling their own goods, as FMCSA records them. A private-fleet truck from a contractor or a supplier sells the same way as a for-hire rig: the owner on the title signs, and we handle the collection.
Drivers working within 100 miles of home number 196 against 163 who go farther, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For a short-haul day cab that stayed close to Lewes, the paperwork that helps most is the registration card and any service records you kept at the shop.
Three registered fleets in town run 20, 18 and 16 power units under the same federal census, so a seller here may have one truck or a whole yard of them; list every unit and its VIN in one message and we will plan one visit.
Have the model year, engine make and VIN ready from the door sticker or the title before you call.
Whatever year your truck is, keep any recent inspection reports in the glovebox with the title so they go along on the day of collection.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists M L Joseph Sand & Gravel Company Inc, a sand and gravel operation 15.1 miles south-west of Lewes, and PLANT #2, another sand and gravel site 20.1 miles to the west. Dump trucks and tri-axles that hauled aggregate out of those pits can be collected at the pit gate or the contractor’s yard; just tell us who holds the key.
Further out, Wolman is an industrial-mineral mine 20.9 miles south-west and Porter Sand & Gravel, Inc. sits 23.6 miles north-west, both on the MSHA roster. If your truck is parked at one of those sites, send the address and the name of whoever on site can let a driver in, and arrange the sale from home.
A builder’s dump truck, a flatbed or a stake-body from one of those firms is collected wherever it is parked, on a job site or behind the office.
Bridges, jobs and the training site
Tell us the route into the lot where the truck is parked, and the driver can plan a way around the posted span if it lies on that road.
For a truck that delivered to plants or shops in town, a bill of sale from when you bought it and the current registration are the two papers to dig out.
Sixteen and a half miles to the south, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the NG Bethany Beach Training Site, a military installation. If your truck sits near Bethany Beach rather than in Lewes, give us that address instead; we come to the truck, not the other way round.
Titles and newer carriers
Nine carriers registered in Lewes in 2025 and fourteen in 2024, on FMCSA’s census. If you started up in one of those years and are now selling a unit, have the title in the company name and a signer from the company on hand when we arrange the pickup.
A title that has gone missing is replaced through the state’s title agency in Delaware, so put in that request before you set a pickup date. If a lender is still on the title, send us the lienholder’s name and we will tell you what release paper to bring.