Heniff and the fuel run
Tank work along the road toward Orlando
Leave Eatonville heading toward Orlando and the Heniff liquid bulk terminal comes up 4.5 miles down, a distance the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records for it. If your tractor has been pulling tank trailers in and out of a site like that, write down the trailer types it hauled and keep any terminal entry or loading records with the cab.
Further down the same line, the Energy Information Administration places the ORLANDO petroleum product terminal 13.4 miles south of town. A fuel tractor or straight tanker that shuttles between those two sites is usually parked at a yard in Eatonville or just inside Orlando, so give us the street address and gate hours so the pickup can be planned around them.
Have the title, the current registration and a set of photos ready before you call: cab, frame, fifth wheel, tank shell and the plate on the tank if the trailer is included. With those in hand, the questions we ask are about the truck, not about missing papers.
Sidings below Eatonville
Freight off the ORLANDO and TAFT sidings
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the ORLANDO rail yard 6.3 miles south of Eatonville and the TAFT yard 11.7 miles south. A day cab that moves freight from rail sidings to local warehouses may be parked at one of those yards or at the warehouse dock; tell us which.
Transflo CSXT, a liquid bulk transload site 14.6 miles north-east by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is another stop for tankers working the rail side. If your truck has run between rail cars and customers, tell us which yards it worked from and roughly where it sits today; we come to the truck rather than asking you to bring it to us.
For a tractor tied to a transload contract, a copy of the most recent service records and the odometer reading from the dash are the two items that save the most back-and-forth once we start talking.
Builders, wholesalers and the trucks behind them
Of 3,110 jobs located in Eatonville in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) put 177 in construction, 5.7 percent of the total. Dump trucks, flatbeds and crew trucks that serve building sites around north Orlando fit what we buy; send a photo of the body as well as the chassis so we know what is mounted on it.
Wholesale trade adds 155 jobs, a 5 percent share, by the same LEHD figures, and manufacturing another 78. Box trucks and reefer units that make local deliveries for distributors are welcome too: list the body length, the liftgate if there is one, and whether the reefer unit comes with the truck.
Out to the west, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Center Sand Company, a sand and gravel operation 19.5 miles from Eatonville. Dump trucks and end-dump trailers that haul from pits like that one can be collected from the pit lot or a contractor’s yard, wherever the truck is parked.
Nurseries in the county
Foliage, potted plants and the box trucks that move them
Around Eatonville, Orange County had 600 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and its leading products were foliage plants, propagative material and potted flowering plants. Nursery growers move that stock in box trucks and refrigerated straight trucks, and we buy both.
If yours carried plants for a grower, mention whether it has shelving or racking installed and whether the cooling unit is part of the sale. A photo inside the box tells us more than a description, so include one with the cab and frame shots.
Orange County service center
A duplicate title from the Clarcona Ocoee Road center
For an Eatonville seller, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles handles the title, and its counter work is done by county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists the Orange County motor vehicle service center - Orlando, at 4101 Clarcona Ocoee Road, Orlando, 32810, 2.1 miles from Eatonville.
If the title is lost, that service center is where a duplicate is requested; bring your ID and the VIN. If a lender still holds a lien, have the payoff letter or lien release on hand so the title can change hands cleanly when we collect the truck.
Trucks near the Orlando military sites
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Army Research Lab’s Orlando Simulations and Training Technology Center 12 miles east of Eatonville, with Naval Logistics Support Annex Orlando at 12.1 miles in the same direction. Contractors serving installations like these run flatbeds, box trucks and service bodies.
If your truck has worked on a base contract, it may sit in a yard with controlled access; tell us who can open the gate and when, and have the registration in the cab on the day we arrive.
The questions we get asked in Eatonville
- Where in Eatonville do you pick trucks up?Anywhere the truck sits, from a yard near the Heniff terminal 4.5 miles south, as the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places it, to a driveway in town. Give us the address and any gate details and we plan around them.
- My title went missing; which Orange County counter in reach of Eatonville can reissue it?The Orange County motor vehicle service center - Orlando, at 4101 Clarcona Ocoee Road, is 2.1 miles away according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Ask for the duplicate at that counter, with the VIN in hand, ahead of collection day.
- Do you buy dump trucks that haul sand and gravel?Center Sand Company, 19.5 miles west in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, is the sort of pit those trucks serve, and dump trucks are on our list. Send photos of the bed and the hoist with the cab.
- Which details about my Eatonville truck help you most at the start?For an Eatonville truck, the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the cab, frame and body come first; the title and registration follow when we collect it.