Pine and flatbeds
Logs, lumber and heavy loads out of Hilliard
Pine logs, poles, beams and lumber appear on the filings of 41 Hilliard carriers, out of 105 active ones in FMCSA’s carrier census. If your truck is a log tractor or a pole trailer rig, send photos of the bunks, standards and the tractor’s frame with the cab shots, and tell us which woods or mill yards it last worked so we know where to look for it.
General freight shows up on 37 Hilliard carrier filings and machinery or large objects on 31, again per the federal carrier census. A lowboy or step-deck tractor that moves equipment between job sites is a truck we collect; give us the VIN, the odometer reading and the address where it is parked, whether that is a contractor’s yard or a gravel lot behind a house.
Sixteen carriers in town haul farm supplies, the same FMCSA census records. Feed and fertilizer haulers often sit at a barn or a pasture gate between runs, so mention the gate, the ground and any turn our rollback driver should know about before we set the pickup.
Short runs, small fleets
Local runs and private fleets around Hilliard
Intrastate operations outnumber interstate ones 63 to 40 among Hilliard carriers in the FMCSA census, and 55 of them run private fleets that carry their own goods. A private-fleet truck may be titled to a farm, a sawmill or a contractor rather than a trucking company, so check that the name on the title matches the business or person selling it.
Drivers tell the same story: 158 work within 100 miles of home and 74 travel past that line, according to the carrier census. A truck on local runs is usually parked in town at night, which is where we would rather pick it up; tell us the hours it is free.
Hilliard’s median truck covers 47,048 miles a year, a figure FMCSA’s census draws from the 33 local carriers that reported mileage. Read the odometer before you call and have the registration in hand; with those two details we can match your truck to its record.
Hilliard outfits are modest in size. The three biggest in the FMCSA register field 15, 13 and 13 power units, and the census adds nine new carriers in 2025 after six in 2024. If you are selling one truck from a two- or three-truck outfit, list each unit by VIN and we will handle them one at a time or together.
A 2015 median on Hilliard rigs pulled over for inspection
Inspectors stopped 87 trucks belonging to Hilliard carriers over the two years to August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2015. Bring the model year and engine details to the first call; a 2015 tractor and a 2005 tractor get different questions about specifications.
Among those 87 Hilliard trucks, a 54.02 percent share carried a model year ten or more years back, by FMCSA roadside inspection records. Older or newer, we buy the truck, so send the inspection reports or service records you have kept; they answer questions photos cannot.
Jacksonville rail ramps and yards to the south-east
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists a Jacksonville rail intermodal ramp 22.7 miles south-east of Hilliard and a second one 24.7 miles out in the same direction. A day cab that pulls containers off those ramps may be parked near the river rather than at home, so give us the exact lot and gate when you contact us.
Pritchard rail yard, on the North American Rail Network of the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, sits 22.7 miles south-east of town as well. If your tractor shuttles between Pritchard and the ramps, note whether it is dropped at the yard or brought back to Hilliard at the end of a shift.
Due south, 23.1 miles away, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places OLF Whitehouse, a military installation. Trucks that run near a base cannot always be collected on its grounds, so plan to have the truck at an address off the installation when we come for it.
Builders and barns
Hilliard contractors, goats, horses and hogs
Construction filled 83 of Hilliard’s 746 jobs in 2023, or 11.1 percent, on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from building work are on our list, so photograph the body or bed along with the chassis and tell us what it carried.
A contractor retiring a truck should have the title signed by whoever is named on it, whether that is the company or its owner.
Hilliard’s county holds 346 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and goats, equine and hogs lead its listings. A livestock hauler or a horse-trailer tractor kept on a farm can be picked up right there; tell us the farm road and whether the truck is reachable from it.
Half a mile away
A lost Florida title, sorted at the Hilliard service center
Florida titles are issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and its duplicates are handled through county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. For a Hilliard seller, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists the Nassau County motor vehicle service center - Hilliard, at 15885 County Road 108, Hilliard, 32046, 0.5 miles from the middle of town.
If the title is lost or still shows a lienholder, start at that service center on the county road before you call us, and bring your registration and identification. Tell us where the title stands when you contact us, and we will tell you what we need to complete the purchase.
The questions we get asked in Hilliard
- Do you collect log trucks around Hilliard?Log, pole and lumber haulers are on 41 of Hilliard’s 105 active carrier filings in FMCSA’s carrier census, and we collect them; send photos of the bunks and frame with the VIN.
- Which office near Hilliard replaces a missing Florida truck title?The Nassau County motor vehicle service center - Hilliard, at 15885 County Road 108, half a mile from town, handles titles for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
- What model year do Hilliard trucks usually carry?FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year of 87 Hilliard trucks at 2015; whatever year yours is, send the model year, VIN and odometer reading.