Two yards and a ramp across the Indian River
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places a yard listed as FORT PIERCE 10.6 miles north-west of the island and one listed as FT PIERCE at 10.7 miles. A tractor that shuttles freight to and from those tracks usually parks on the mainland side, so give us the street address where it sits rather than your home address on the island.
About 11.2 miles out in the same direction, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the Fort Pierce, FL intermodal ramp. Day cabs that pull chassis off a ramp like that one are trucks we buy; send a photo of the cab plate with the VIN and one of each side, and note whether the tractor is hooked to a chassis when we arrive.
Pits and quarries west and south-west of the island
Palm City Mine, a sand and gravel operation 17.1 miles south-west, and Fort Pierce Mine, a crushed-stone quarry 17.3 miles west, both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. Dump trucks and tractors pulling end-dump trailers on those runs often stay at the pit between loads, so tell us which gate to use and who can let our driver in.
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists MC320 Mine at 21.8 miles south-west, Capron Trails Mine at 21.9 miles north-west and 1412 Canal Point, an industrial-mineral mine, at 22.9 miles south-west. If your truck hauled for one of these sites, keep any site access cards or haul tickets with the title; they help us confirm where the unit has been working.
Jobs located on Hutchinson Island South
For 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) place 1,436 jobs on Hutchinson Island South itself. Box trucks, service bodies and small flatbeds that support work on a narrow island tend to be parked at a condo lot, a marina or a contractor’s yard, and any of those is a fine place for us to collect from.
Pickups on the island run along a single strip between the ocean and the lagoon, so mention any gate code, guard house or height limit at the parking area. That one line in your message saves a second trip and lets our driver plan the route before setting out.
Cattle, honey and hogs on the mainland
St. Lucie County held 404 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and its leading listings were cattle, honey and hogs. Livestock haulers, flatbeds that move hives, and farm-plated straight trucks from those operations sit on rural parcels west of the lagoon, and we collect from a pasture or barn lot as readily as from pavement.
A truck that carried farm tags still needs a title in the seller’s name before the sale. If the title is missing, the state’s title agency issues a duplicate, and starting that request while you gather photos keeps the two steps running side by side.
Have the title, the current registration and a set of clear photos: front, rear, both sides, the cab interior and the VIN plate. Service or inspection records are welcome too, though a truck without them is still one we will look at.
Tell us where the truck is parked, whether it is on the island, at a Fort Pierce yard or out near one of the quarries, and whether a trailer is attached. With that location and those papers in hand, the rest of the sale is arranged around where the truck already stands.
The questions we get asked in Hutchinson Island South
- My tractor is parked near the Fort Pierce rail yards rather than on the island; will you pick it up there?The Fort Pierce yards listed in the North American Rail Network sit about 10.6 to 10.7 miles north-west of Hutchinson Island South, and we collect from where the truck is parked, so send that address instead of your home one.
- Do you take dump trucks that work the local pits?Sand, gravel and stone sites from Palm City Mine to Capron Trails Mine appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records within about 22 miles of the island, and dump trucks from that work are on our list; tell us which site the truck is at and who can open the gate.
- I used my straight truck on a St. Lucie County cattle operation; do you buy farm trucks like that?Cattle ranks first among St. Lucie County’s farm listings in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and farm trucks from that work are welcome; have the title in your name, and if it is lost, ask the state’s title agency for a duplicate.