Three rail sites up the road toward Jacksonville
Going north out of Clay County, a driver reaches the West Jacksonville yard after 10.4 miles, while Bowden lies 8.9 miles off to the north-east, on figures from the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your tractor has been shuttling to either yard, it can stay parked near the tracks when you sell it; give us the lot address and the name of whoever controls the gate.
Fowden Intermodal Terminal, a rail intermodal ramp the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 9 miles north-east of town, is where container chassis work starts for many Clay County drivers. For a day cab that has pulled boxes off that ramp, send the VIN, the current odometer reading and a clear shot of the title before anything else, and the remaining questions follow from those.
Liquid bulk, petroleum and the port, ten-odd miles up
Ten miles due north, Transflo CSXT appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings as a liquid bulk terminal, and the Energy Information Administration lists the Jacksonville South petroleum product terminal 11.6 miles north-east. A tractor that has pulled tank trailers between those two sites should come with its registration and any terminal-access paperwork you kept, so the history travels with the photos.
Jacksonville’s port lies 11.8 miles north-east of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck is sitting near the docks rather than at home in Clay County, leave it where it is; tell us the exact spot and who can let us onto the property, and we arrange the pickup there.
Selling before a Navy transfer out of Clay County
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics locates DLA - DRMS just 2 miles north-east of town and NAS Jacksonville 4.1 miles in the same direction. Anyone who lives here on orders and is about to transfer can sign over a truck before the move; have the title in your name and a photo ID ready, and we can collect from your driveway or a storage lot outside the gate.
If the move happens first, the truck does not need to follow you to the next duty station. A neighbour or family member with a key can meet us at the truck in Clay County while you finish the paperwork from wherever the Navy has sent you.
Construction and manufacturing jobs here
Of the 10,690 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts recorded here for 2023, construction held 481, or 4.5 percent, and manufacturing 355, or 3.3 percent. Dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks from those trades are all vehicles we buy; photograph the body or bed as well as the cab so we can see the whole unit.
Builders far outnumber storage operators here: County Business Patterns, published by the Census Bureau, puts construction establishments at 115 against 3 for warehousing. A small contractor selling a single work truck needs the same things as a larger outfit selling several: the title, current registration and any service records you have on hand. Wholesale trade, at 89 jobs or 0.8 percent in the LEHD figures, adds a few delivery trucks to that mix.
Cattle, nursery stock and horses in Clay County
Clay County had 326 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, propagative material and equine listed as its top categories. Livestock haulers, nursery stake-bed trucks and rigs that tow horse trailers all qualify, and a truck kept out on a pasture or in a barn can be collected right there.
For a farm truck, make sure the title matches the name on the farm’s registration, or bring a note explaining any difference. Send pictures from all four sides and of whatever body is fitted, whether a stock rack, a flatbed or a gooseneck hitch.
A median 2016 tractor near NAS Jacksonville
FMCSA roadside inspection records from 2024-09-17 to 2026-08-22 cover 119 trucks based around Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, with a median model year of 2016. Just over half, 50.4 percent of those 119 inspected trucks, carried a model year ten or more years back, by the same FMCSA roadside records.
Whichever model year yours is, the steps are the same: read us the VIN from the door jamb or dash, confirm the name on the title, and mention whether it sits at a home, a yard or a job site. Older and newer units alike are welcome.
The questions we get asked in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
- Could you collect a tractor I left beside the Fowden ramp off Jacksonville’s west side?Fowden sits 9 miles north-east of town on Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and we collect there directly. Name the company or person who runs that lot, and the collection gets planned with them.
- I’m stationed at NAS Jacksonville with a PCS move coming; does the truck sale have to wait?NAS Jacksonville is 4.1 miles from town per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and sellers on orders can finish before or after leaving. Leave a key with someone local and keep the title in your name until the paperwork is signed.
- Do you take cattle or horse trucks from Clay County farms?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists cattle and equine among the top categories on Clay County’s 326 farms, and trucks hauling for those farms are ones we buy. Send photos of the body and the hitch along with the cab.
- Which documents should a Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace owner gather for the collection?Around Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, have the title, current registration, a photo ID and any service records together. Note where the truck is parked, whether a driveway, a farm or a yard near the Bowden rail yard, and who can open the gate.