Working the Port of Palm Beach from Lake Park
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Port of Palm Beach roll-on/roll-off terminal and the Palm Beach Terminal intermodal ramp both 2.2 miles south of Lake Park. Tractors that shuttle boxes and trailers off that waterfront often stay parked close to it between moves. If yours is sitting in a lot near the port, send us the street address and the name of whoever controls the gate, and the collection gets planned around that access.
A rail yard listed as Port of Palm Beach sits 2.3 miles south on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and a second yard under the West Palm Beach name appears 4.8 miles out in the same direction. Day cabs that drayed between those yards and the docks rack up short, repeated runs. Have the title and current registration in hand, plus photos of the cab, frame, fifth wheel and tires, so we can see the tractor before anyone travels to it.
Fuel terminal, base gate and site paperwork
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal under the West Palm Beach name 2.4 miles south of town. Tankers and fuel-delivery straight trucks that loaded there usually carry site entry records and inspection sheets from the terminal. Keep those with the truck and include them when you reach out; they tell us where the unit has worked without guesswork.
Roughly 7.5 miles south, NAVRESCEN W Palm Beach is recorded by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics as a military installation. If your truck has been hauling to or from a gated government site, make sure it is parked somewhere we can actually reach on collection day. A yard behind a base fence needs an escort or a move to an open lot first, so tell us which applies.
Quarry runs
Dump trucks tied to Palm Beach Aggregates and Palm City
Palm Beach Aggregates LLC, a crushed-stone quarry on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, lies 19.5 miles west of Lake Park. Dump trucks and end-dump trailers that hauled rock from that pit are trucks we purchase, and the owner does not have to bring one back toward the coast. Give us the pit-side or yard location and we will route the pickup there.
To the north-west, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Palm City Mine, a sand and gravel operation, 24.4 miles away. For an aggregate hauler, the body type, axle setup and any service records matter as much as the cab. Photograph the bed, the hoist and the tag, and note the VIN on the first message.
Of the 94 active Lake Park carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, 79 stay intrastate, 15 cross state lines and 41 are private fleets moving their own goods. Tell us the county it sits in and whether it has a Florida tag.
By cargo on that same federal census, 39 Lake Park carriers haul general freight, 17 move motor vehicles, 13 carry machinery and large objects, and 9 handle garbage, refuse and trash. Car haulers, lowboys, roll-offs and box trucks all fit that list. Name the body and trailer type in your first message, whether it is a rollback, a packer or a lowboy.
Fleet sizes vary widely here: one carrier registered in town reports 641 power units and 398 drivers, while others list 27 and 13 units, according to FMCSA’s census. FMCSA’s census also shows 600 drivers working within 100 miles and 105 going beyond that. A small operator selling a single tractor and a fleet manager clearing several units can both contact us; list each VIN separately.
Whatever year yours is, have the registration and title showing the exact model year, since that is one of the first things we confirm.
Among 15 Lake Park carriers reporting mileage on FMCSA’s carrier census, the median per truck is 10,000 miles. Read the odometer and photograph the dash when you gather your pictures, and send it together with the VIN.
Builders, wholesalers and foliage growers around the town
Construction accounts for 1,390 of the 5,744 jobs counted in Lake Park for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, a 24.2 percent share, with manufacturing at 313 and wholesale trade at 218. Lake Park has 83 construction establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally. Flatbeds, dumps and mixers serving job sites tend to sit on a contractor’s yard rather than a truck lot, so give us that yard’s address.
Palm Beach County had 1,368 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with foliage plants, potted flowering plants and equine at the top of the list. Box trucks and reefers that move nursery stock, and rigs hauling horses or feed, can be sold to us from the farm where they are parked. Bring the title, registration and a few clear photos of the body.
The questions we get asked in Lake Park
- My tractor sits near the Palm Beach Terminal intermodal ramp south of town; will you collect it there instead of in Lake Park?The Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts that ramp 2.2 miles south of Lake Park, and we collect from there directly. Tell us whose lot it is in so access can be arranged.
- My dump truck hauls stone out of Palm Beach Aggregates west of town; will you meet it at the quarry?Palm Beach Aggregates LLC is 19.5 miles west on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we come to the truck at the pit or your yard. Send the location and photos of the bed and hoist.
- Is a Lake Park roll-off used for trash hauling something you purchase?Nine Lake Park carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census haul garbage, refuse and trash, and roll-off trucks like theirs are on our list. Share the VIN, the title and pictures of the hoist and the frame rails.
- Which papers should a Lake Park owner gather before contacting you?With 79 of the 94 Lake Park carriers on FMCSA’s census running intrastate, the title and current registration are the two papers we ask for first. Add any service records and the odometer reading.