Stone pits south-east and north of the courthouse
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Kathleen Mine, a crushed-stone quarry, 8.8 miles south-east of Dade City, and West Florida Aggregate 11.1 miles north. Dump trucks and end-dumps that haul stone out of either pit can be collected at the quarry gate or at your yard; tell us which, and who holds the key.
Further out, the Brooksville South Cement Plant sits 21.4 miles to the north-west, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A mixer or bulk tractor that has worked the plant road needs only its title, the registration and a few clear photos of the drum or tank, the cab and the frame rails to get started.
Mine Safety and Health Administration records place County Line Mine, an industrial-mineral site, 23.5 miles west, and the Van Fleet sand and gravel operation 24.6 miles east. If your truck is parked at one of those sites rather than in town, give us the site name and a phone number for whoever runs the gate.
A carrier base that mostly hauls inside the state line
Of the 304 active Dade City carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, 252 keep to Florida roads, 48 hold interstate authority and 134 move their own company’s goods as private fleets. A private-fleet truck often has its maintenance log kept in the company office, so ask for a copy before you send us the VIN.
Driver counts in FMCSA’s carrier census show 1,430 drivers working within 100 miles of home and 657 going further. Among the 59 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median truck covers 21,624 miles a year; put the odometer reading in your first message and we will not need to ask for it again.
Three fleets registered in town run 292, 143 and 140 power units, by the same FMCSA census, and 15 new carriers registered here in each of 2024 and 2025. Whether you are selling one tractor or several from a fleet that size, list each VIN with its title status so every unit is handled on its own paperwork.
Dry vans, lowboys, feed trucks and log rigs
In FMCSA’s carrier census, 152 Dade City carriers declare dry goods and mixed loads as their cargo. Box trucks and dry-van tractors from that work are welcome; photos of the cargo box interior and the liftgate, if it has one, answer most of our questions.
Machinery and large objects are listed by 64 carriers on the FMCSA census, so lowboys, step-decks and the tractors that pull them are common around Dade City. Tell us whether the trailer is sold with the tractor or on its own, and have the trailer’s separate title to hand.
FMCSA’s carrier census also has 51 local carriers hauling farm supplies and 50 haul logs, poles, beams and lumber. A log truck or knuckle-boom rig parked out at a tract can stay there; send us a dropped pin, since a rural address may not show the gate.
Pasture and greenhouses
Hauling for herds, horse barns and potted-plant growers
Pasco County’s 1,190 farms, tallied in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, list cattle first, then equine, then potted flowering plants. Livestock haulers, horse-trailer tractors and nursery delivery trucks all fit what we buy, and a truck that lives in a pasture barn is collected from that barn.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting account for 52 jobs in Dade City in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. A farm-plated truck still needs its title in the owner’s name; if the title sits with a family member or a ranch partnership, tell us early so the right person signs.
Contractors, plants and distributors in town
Of 4,842 jobs located in Dade City in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts place 152 in construction, 105 in manufacturing and 86 in wholesale trade. Dump trucks, flatbeds and straight trucks from contractors and distributors in town are all trucks we collect.
Before we come out, gather the title, current registration and any service invoices the shop gave you, then take photos of both sides, the dash and the data plate. With those in hand, the sale of a Dade City truck can be arranged without you leaving the jobsite.
The Heniff liquid bulk terminal
Heniff Transportation’s liquid bulk terminal, listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is 22.6 miles south-east of Dade City. Tank tractors that have shuttled to that terminal can be sold from wherever they are parked, in Pasco County or beyond it.
For a tractor that pulled tankers, tell us what the trailers carried and whether the tractor has a wet kit fitted. Keep any terminal access paperwork with the truck so its working history goes along with it.
The questions we get asked in Dade City
- My end-dump sits on the Kathleen Mine stockpile lot south-east of town. Will your driver go in for it?Kathleen Mine is 8.8 miles south-east of Dade City on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from quarry sites like it. Tell us which scale-house attendant or pit foreman signs visitors in at Kathleen.
- I run a farm truck that hauls cattle around Pasco County. Is a cattle pot trailer rig something you take?Cattle lead the 1,190 Pasco County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and livestock haulers are among the trucks we buy here. Send the title, the registration and photos of the tractor and trailer.
- Our company has several tractors registered in Dade City. Is one sale for the whole group possible from Dade City?Fleets registered in Dade City with FMCSA run as many as 292 power units, so several tractors in one sale is ordinary here. List each VIN and the name on each title, and we will work through them unit by unit.