Beach-town payrolls
Local jobs that keep trucks on Gulf Boulevard
For 2023 the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 1,623 jobs in Indian Rocks Beach, and 123 of them, a 7.6 percent share, sit in wholesale trade. Distribution work like that usually rides on straight trucks and box vans making beach-side deliveries, so if yours is one of those, start by sending the VIN, the body type and a photo of the cargo box from the rear doors.
Transportation and warehousing accounts for 50 of those 1,623 local jobs, or 3.1 percent, on the same LEHD figures from the Census Bureau. A truck tied to that work is often kept at a home driveway or a small shared lot near Gulf Boulevard rather than a terminal, and that is fine: give us the street address and tell us whether a tow truck can reach it without moving other vehicles.
Barrier-island builders
Contractor trucks along the Pinellas beaches
Builders and remodelers along this stretch of Gulf Boulevard number 18 construction establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Builders and remodelers on a barrier island tend to run dump trucks, flatbeds and stake-bed units, and we purchase each of those. If the bed or a dump body was added after the chassis left the factory, note the upfitter and the year it went on.
When a contractor winds down a crew, the truck is frequently parked at a job site or a storage yard on the mainland side of the Intracoastal Waterway. Tell us the yard’s name and a person who can unlock the gate, and keep the title together with any registration card so both can go with the truck when it leaves Pinellas County.
Terminals and plants across Tampa Bay
Port Tampa Blending Terminal lies 18.3 miles east of town and Tampa Terminal 19 miles east, both petroleum product terminals on the Energy Information Administration’s list. A tractor that has pulled fuel trailers out of either one belongs on our list too; mention which terminal it loaded at and keep any tank or hazmat inspection reports with the title.
Further around the bay, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the CITGO Petroleum Corporation liquid bulk terminal at 24.6 miles east, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Tampa Cement Grinding Plant at 24.8 miles east. Mixer trucks and bulk pneumatic haulers working that plant can be collected wherever they are parked in Hillsborough or Pinellas; send photos of the drum or tank, the frame and each axle.
Rail yards and military sites near the beach
Rail yards named in the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics include St. Petersburg, 13.5 miles south-east, and Port Tampa, 24.5 miles east. Drayage tractors and yard trucks that move freight to and from those two yards are trucks we buy, and the odometer reading plus a clear photo of the data plate is the best place for you to begin.
Pinellas Park AFRC is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics 10.9 miles east of Indian Rocks Beach, with MacDill Air Force Base 21.4 miles east. If you hauled on contract to either installation and the truck is now parked off base, give us the exact address; a truck still behind a gate needs a name for whoever can escort the pickup.
Nursery, honey and cattle work in Pinellas County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 115 farms in Pinellas County, with potted flowering plants, honey and cattle at the top of its list. Nursery growers move plants in enclosed box trucks and reefers, while cattle work calls for livestock haulers and farm flatbeds, and each of these trucks can be sold to us.
Farm trucks in the county often sit in a barn or behind a greenhouse for part of the year. Before you contact us, find the title, check that the name on it matches yours, and photograph the truck where it sits so we can judge the access road.
Lienholder and VIN
Checking the title before an Indian Rocks Beach pickup
A Florida truck sells on its title, so check the name, the VIN and any lienholder listed on the front before you reach out. If a lender is still named there after the loan closed, keep the lender’s release letter with the title for the pickup.
A missing title is replaced through the state’s title agency, and a seller in Indian Rocks Beach should start that request before setting a pickup date. Bring the registration card and your ID to the request, since both help the state’s title agency match you to the truck.
The questions we get asked in Indian Rocks Beach
- My box truck is parked at my house on the beach. Must it come over to Tampa?Tampa Terminal sits 19 miles east of Indian Rocks Beach on the Energy Information Administration’s list, but your truck stays put: we collect it from the driveway in town. Tell us whether the street allows a tow truck to stop alongside it.
- I hauled cement out of the plant in Tampa. Do you take mixer trucks?The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Tampa Cement Grinding Plant 24.8 miles east of town, and mixers and bulk haulers from that work are trucks we purchase. Send photos of the drum, the frame and the data plate.
- My title went missing after a move to the beach, so where does a replacement come from?In Pinellas County that request goes to the state’s title agency, and it should be started before any pickup is scheduled. Bring your ID and the registration card when you apply.