Sand and gravel around Seaford
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Seaford-DE Sand & Gravel 3.1 miles north-east of town and a second sand and gravel operation, Plant #2, 6.7 miles to the east. A dump truck or tri-axle that has loaded at either pit is the kind of Seaford truck we buy. If it is still parked at the pit, send us the site name and a contact who can let us onto the property.
Further east, Wolman appears in MSHA’s mine listings as an industrial-mineral mine 8.4 miles from Seaford, and Porter Sand & Gravel, Inc. sits 21.7 miles north. A truck that has split its work between these sites can be collected wherever it was last parked. Tell us which yard holds it and have the title and current Delaware registration in hand when you call.
Of Seaford’s 192 active carriers, 92 name general freight among their loads on FMCSA’s carrier census. The same census shows 29 carrying machinery and large objects, 28 hauling grain, feed and hay, and 23 moving refrigerated food. Whichever of those your tractor or straight truck pulled, tell us the trailer type it ran with so we know what we are looking at.
On the same federal census, 124 Seaford carriers run interstate and 68 stay intrastate, while 104 are private fleets moving their own goods. A private-fleet box truck or a for-hire sleeper both qualify. Have the USDOT number on the cab doors ready, along with the VIN, and we can look the truck up from there.
New authorities keep appearing: FMCSA records 18 Seaford carriers registered in 2025 against 9 in 2024. If you started up recently and are now selling one of your first trucks, the paperwork we need is the same short list of title, registration and a few photos.
Model years, mileage and driving radius
Across 186 trucks stopped between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year at 2019, with 39.8 percent of those trucks ten or more model years old. Both newer and older units are trucks we buy, so give us the year, make and model up front.
Drivers working for Seaford carriers mostly stay close to home: the carrier census lists 448 who operate inside a 100-mile radius and 185 who go beyond it. A local hauler is often parked at a home yard on the edge of town, and a long-haul sleeper may be sitting out of state when you decide to sell. Either way we come to the truck, so just give us its address.
The median Seaford truck covers 15,429 miles a year, a figure FMCSA’s census reports across 78 carriers that filed mileage. The three Seaford fleets with the most power units on that census run 39, 38 and 19. If you are selling several trucks from one operation, send us a list with each VIN and odometer reading and we will work through them together.
Manufacturing and warehouse work
Of the 6,819 jobs located in Seaford in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 1,100 in manufacturing and 678 in transportation and warehousing. Trucks serving plant docks and distribution floors around town include day cabs, reefers and straight trucks, all of which we purchase. Keep any service records you have with the truck so the history comes with it.
Wholesale trade accounts for 251 local jobs and construction for 84 under LEHD, and County Business Patterns lists 51 construction establishments and 3 warehousing establishments in the area. A contractor’s dump truck or flatbed parked at a job site can be collected there; tell us the site address and when the gate is open.
Corn, soybean and wheat country
Sussex County holds 1,053 farms, and corn, soybeans and wheat top its crop list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks and hopper-pulling tractors from those farms are part of what Seaford sellers bring us. A farm truck parked in a barn lot or field edge is fine where it stands; send directions to the spot.
A truck from a Sussex County farm still needs a title in the seller’s name before the sale. If the title went missing in a farmhouse drawer, ask Delaware’s title agency for a duplicate before we schedule the pickup, and send us photos of the truck and its VIN plate in the meantime.
Clearances in town
A tractor and lowboy can reach a yard anywhere in town without a detour around a posted span.
Even so, tell us how the truck sits: whether it is backed into a shed, boxed in by other equipment or out in an open lot. Send photos of the approach as well as the cab, frame and tires, and mention any soft ground near a field or pit.
The questions we get asked in Seaford
- Our tri-axle sits at a sand pit east of Seaford; does it have to come into town first?Plant #2 sits 6.7 miles east and Wolman 8.4 miles east on MSHA’s mine listings, and we collect from sites like those. Name the operator’s yard and someone on site who can let our driver through.
- Will you take a hopper truck off a Sussex County corn farm?Sussex County has 1,053 farms growing corn, soybeans and wheat according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and grain trucks from them are trucks we buy. Send the VIN, the title holder’s name and a few photos.
- Is a Seaford tractor ten-plus model years old still something you purchase?FMCSA roadside inspection records show 39.8 percent of trucks inspected from Seaford carriers are ten or more model years old, and we buy trucks across that range. Send the year, make, model and VIN with your first message.
- Our Seaford company hauls its own product with several trucks; could we sell three or four together?Private fleets make up 104 of Seaford’s 192 active carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and we handle multi-truck sales from operations like these. List each VIN beside the yard or dock where that unit is parked.