Two rail sites under three miles south-east
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Cocoa rail intermodal ramp 2.7 miles south-east of the city centre. A day cab that shuttles boxes between that ramp and Brevard warehouses is the kind of tractor we collect, and it can stay parked near the ramp for pickup; just send us the street address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Just past the ramp, at 2.8 miles south-east, the North American Rail Network maps the COCOA-ROCKLEDGE rail yard, with the FRONTENAC yard 10.1 miles to the north. If your tractor has spent its working life between those two yards, keep the title and current registration together in the cab before you call; we ask about those two papers first.
Out toward the cape
Fuel racks, liquid bulk and a ro-ro pier east of town
Nine to ten miles east, the Energy Information Administration lists two CAPE CANAVERAL petroleum product terminals, at 9.2 and 9.9 miles. Tank-trailer tractors that load at those racks are on the list of trucks we purchase. Send a copy of the tank or hazmat inspection sheet along with the photos.
VTTI’s liquid bulk terminal sits 9.5 miles east and Port Canaveral’s South Cargo Pier 4, a roll-on/roll-off terminal, sits 9.6 miles east, both according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. For a car hauler or lowboy that has run vehicles and machinery off that pier, photograph the deck, the ramps and the cab, and tell us whether it is parked inside a port gate so we can arrange entry.
Rock Solid Rock and the quarry run
Rock Solid Rock, LLC, a crushed-stone quarry recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 7.2 miles north-west of Cocoa. Dump trucks and end-dump trailers hauling aggregate from a pit like that one are trucks we buy, and we can pick one up from a yard near the quarry as easily as from your driveway.
Have the VIN, an odometer reading and any service log ready for a quarry truck. Tell us the body length and whether the dump bed and hoist come with the chassis, so the paperwork we draw up matches the equipment on the ground.
Car haulers, log trailers and dry vans registered in Cocoa
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 246 active carriers in Cocoa; 106 list general freight, 45 machinery and large objects, 36 motor vehicles and 31 logs, poles, beams and lumber. So the trucks we see from here range from box trucks and dry vans to flatbeds, car carriers and log trailers, and each one gets the same title-and-photos start.
Of those carriers, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 214 operating intrastate, 31 interstate and 106 running private fleets. A private-fleet truck titled to a business needs a signature from someone authorised to sell for that business, so line up that person before the paperwork reaches you.
According to FMCSA, the biggest fleets based here run 162, 72 and 43 power units, and 41 carriers reporting mileage show a median of 21,473 miles a truck. Owners selling several units at once can send one list of VINs, and we work through the whole group together.
What inspectors saw on Cocoa tractors
FMCSA roadside inspection records for Cocoa-based carriers, covering 85 trucks checked from late August 2024 to the end of July 2026, show 2016 as the middle model year and 43.5 percent at ten years or older. Both newer and older model years are trucks we buy; tell us the year, make and model when you first get in touch.
If a past roadside inspection report sits in your glovebox, include it with the title. The National Bridge Inventory lists 20 bridges in Cocoa with none load-posted and none under 14 feet, so a tall trailer can usually come out over local roads without a detour plan.
Jobsites, plant lots and cattle country
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 11,382 jobs in Cocoa, with 1,618 in construction, 1,606 in manufacturing, 1,032 in transportation and warehousing and 249 in wholesale trade. Dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks attached to that work can be collected from a jobsite or a plant lot.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 151 construction establishments here, while USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 584 farms across Brevard County, led by cattle, honey and potted flowering plants. A livestock trailer or farm straight truck from out in the county is something we take too, wherever it is parked.
The questions we get asked in Cocoa
- Will you pick up a day cab left near the rail ramp south-east of Cocoa?The Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts that ramp 2.7 miles south-east of Cocoa, and we come to the truck where it stands. Send the address and a contact who can let us onto the lot.
- The title for my Brevard County box truck is missing; where do I get another?A duplicate comes from Florida’s title agency, the same office that titled the truck when it was registered in Cocoa. Mention the pending duplicate in your first message so we can plan the sale around its arrival.
- Do you take car haulers that work Port Canaveral’s ro-ro pier?South Cargo Pier 4, a roll-on/roll-off terminal 9.6 miles east on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, is served by exactly that kind of rig, and we buy them. Send photos of the deck and ramps with the title.