South toward the inlet town
The New Smyrna Beach rail yard down the coast
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the NEW SMYRNA BEACH rail yard 11.5 miles south of Daytona Beach Shores. A day cab or straight truck that has hauled freight to or from that yard is one we buy, and it can stay parked wherever it sits near the tracks while the sale is arranged.
For a tractor kept in a lot by the New Smyrna Beach yard, send the street address of that lot, the name of whoever unlocks it, and a photo of the VIN plate. With those three things the collection can be planned around the yard rather than around your own address on the Shores.
Shores employers
Trucks behind the beachside businesses
Daytona Beach Shores was the workplace for 1,849 jobs in 2023, a figure from the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Box trucks, service trucks and flatbeds that keep those employers supplied are all trucks we purchase, whether they belong to a one-truck owner or sit in a small fleet yard.
If a work truck from one of those 1,849 positions, as the LEHD figures from the Census Bureau put them, is parked behind a shop or condo building on the Shores, tell us which entrance a tow rig should use. Add the title, the registration card and photos of the cab and the cargo area, and the questions that follow will be short ones.
Volusia ferneries
Cut greens and fern trucks inland
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,374 farms in Volusia County and puts cut flowers and cut cultivated greens at the head of the county’s commodity list. Reefer box trucks and stake beds that carry boxed greens from those growers to packing sheds belong on the list of what we buy.
A fern truck often spends its days on a grower’s own property, away from any paved road. Drop a map pin on the shed where it sits, say whether the lane in is firm enough for a tow vehicle, and include the title signed by the owner named on it.
Greenhouse stock
Foliage plant growers and their delivery trucks
Foliage plants rank second among Volusia County’s top commodities in the Census of Agriculture that USDA released for 2022. Insulated straight trucks and lift-gate box trucks that move potted foliage from greenhouse benches to garden centres are a good fit for us.
When you contact us about a nursery delivery truck, list the body type, the lift-gate make if it has one, and any service records you keep for the refrigeration unit. Photos of the body interior help just as much as photos of the cab.
Volusia herds
Cattle haulers in Volusia County
Cattle round out the three top commodities that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture names for Volusia County. Livestock trailers’ tractors, ranch flatbeds and feed trucks that serve those pastures are trucks we purchase from their owners.
A ranch truck may be registered to a farm business rather than a person, so check whose name is on the title before you reach out. If the title has gone missing, tell us at the start and we will go through what a replacement needs before the pickup is set.
Shores paperwork
Paperwork for a truck sold from the Shores
Every sale here starts with the same short set of papers: the title in the seller’s name, the current registration and a valid photo ID. If a lender is still listed on the title, have the lien release or the lender’s contact details ready to send.
Photos do much of the early work, so take the cab, both sides, the frame rails, the tires and the odometer in daylight. Send them with the address where the truck is parked, whether that is on the Shores, beside the New Smyrna Beach yard or on a farm inland in Volusia County.
The questions we get asked in Daytona Beach Shores
- My day cab is parked near the New Smyrna Beach rail yard. Can it be collected there instead of on the Shores?That yard lies 11.5 miles south of Daytona Beach Shores on the North American Rail Network, and the truck can be collected right where it stands near it. Give us the lot’s address and the person who opens the gate.
- Do you buy box trucks used by fern and cut-greens growers in Volusia County?Cut flowers and cut cultivated greens lead the commodity list for Volusia County’s 1,374 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the box trucks and stake beds serving them are trucks we buy. Send the title, a map pin for the farm and a few photos.
- What should I have ready before selling a work truck from a business on the Shores?Daytona Beach Shores held 1,849 jobs in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts, and for a truck from any of those employers we ask for the title, registration, VIN and daylight photos of the cab, body and odometer.