Twenty-four Carrabelle carriers, seventeen of them private fleets
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 24 active carriers based in Carrabelle, and 17 of them are private fleets moving their own business’s goods rather than freight for hire. If your truck has served a shop, a builder or a seafood business here, tell us what it carried and which body or trailer it worked with, so we know the truck you are describing.
Of those 24 Carrabelle carriers, the federal carrier census counts 20 as intrastate and only 4 as authorized for interstate work. A truck that has stayed inside Florida usually has a simpler record to trace, so have the Florida registration and the title in the owner’s name ready when you reach out.
Cargo classes in town
General freight leads, with machinery and reefer work behind it
General freight is the most common cargo class among Carrabelle carriers, listed by 9 of them in FMCSA’s census, while 3 list machinery and large objects. Box trucks, flatbeds and lowboys used for that kind of hauling are all trucks we buy; send a few clear photos of the cab, the frame and the deck with your first message.
Refrigerated food appears for 2 carriers in town, and driveaway or towaway work for another 2, according to the federal motor carrier census. If yours is a reefer unit, send the reefer’s make and hours along with the truck’s VIN, since the two are often recorded separately.
Small operations, one owner and a handful of trucks
The biggest operations registered in Carrabelle are small: FMCSA lists two with 3 power units each and one with 2. At that size, the person who answers the phone is usually the one who signs the title, which keeps a sale here between two people instead of a chain of approvals.
When a fleet this size sells one truck, the others often stay parked on the same lot. Tell us which unit is going, give us its VIN and where on the property it sits, and we will collect that one without disturbing the rest.
Carrabelle drivers on regional runs near the Gulf
Carriers in town report 33 drivers working within a hundred-mile radius and 9 who go further, per FMCSA’s carrier census, so roughly four in five stay on regional runs. A truck used that way is likely parked at home or at the business when you decide to sell, and that is where we come to pick it up.
If the truck is sitting somewhere else in Franklin County, at a job site or a relative’s property, give us the address and a name to call. You do not have to move it into Carrabelle first.
Construction firms, cattle farms and a small job base
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 record 465 jobs located in Carrabelle, and County Business Patterns lists 3 construction establishments. Dump trucks and flatbeds that served local building jobs fit what we buy; tell us the body type and the axle setup when you write.
Across Franklin County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 32 farms, with cattle the leading product. A truck that has pulled a livestock trailer or hauled feed for one of those operations is welcome, and the title and registration are what we ask for first.
Avenue A annex
A lost Florida title can be replaced a few blocks from downtown
In Franklin County, Florida titles are issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles through county tax collector service centers and license plate agents, and Carrabelle has one of its own. For Carrabelle, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists an office just 0.2 miles from the center of town: the Franklin County motor vehicle service center - Carrabelle, in the Carrabelle Courthouse Annex at 912 N.W. Avenue A.
If the title is missing or still shows a lien that has been satisfied, start the duplicate or the lien release at that annex before we arrange collection. Bring your ID and the registration, and let us know once the new title is in hand.
The questions we get asked in Carrabelle
- My truck is parked on a lot outside Carrabelle - does it have to come into town first?Most Carrabelle drivers work regional runs, 33 of 42 on FMCSA’s census staying within a hundred miles, so trucks often sit at a home or yard elsewhere in Franklin County. We come to that address; tell us who can give access.
- My Carrabelle business hauls only its own goods - will you take a truck from that fleet?Private fleets make up 17 of the 24 active carriers FMCSA lists in Carrabelle, and their trucks are ones we buy. Start with the VIN, a set of photos and the name printed on the Florida title.