Sell your semi truck for cash in Lauderdale Lakes the easy and convenient way

The Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals within seven miles of Lauderdale Lakes: Port Everglades East Terminal at 5.8 miles and the FT LAUDERDALE terminal at 6.7 miles, both south-east. If your tanker tractor is parked at a rack lot rather than in your driveway, tell us the lot address and who can let us through the gate.

Northport sits 6.9 miles south-east and Midport 7.6 miles, two roll-on/roll-off terminals at Port Everglades on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list. A car hauler or lowboy that shuttled vehicles off those berths is a truck we buy; photograph the VIN plate, the deck and the cab, and keep the title and current registration in the same folder.

Transflo CSXT, a liquid bulk terminal, is 4.3 miles south-east of Lauderdale Lakes according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and RSI Logistics handles bulk liquid 6.7 miles out in the same direction. Tractors that pull tank trailers between those transload sites and the port belong on our list; any tank test sheets or service records you kept help us match the unit to its history.

Because both terminals sit toward the port, a tank truck that finished its last load there may still be on a terminal yard. You do not need to move it home first; give us the yard name and a contact, and we arrange collection where it stands.

On the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the FORT LAUDERDALE rail yard lies 6.6 miles south-east of the city. Day cabs that drayed boxcar or container freight from that yard are trucks we collect, and the VIN plus the odometer reading are the first two things we ask for.

A tenth of a mile further, at 6.8 miles, the Fort Lauderdale, FL rail intermodal ramp appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. If your tractor pulled containers off that ramp under a lease, have the lease release or payoff letter alongside the title so ownership is clear when we meet.

Of the 155 Lauderdale Lakes carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, 104 stay intrastate while 51 cross state lines, and 34 haul their own goods as private fleets. A truck that never left Florida still needs only its title and registration to sell; an interstate unit should come with its IRP cab card as well.

General freight is the cargo listed by 111 of those carriers, household goods by 27, and refrigerated food and meat by 19 each, per the same FMCSA census. Box trucks, moving vans and reefer units all fit what we buy, so send photos of the box or reefer unit along with the cab.

No carrier here lists more than six power units in FMCSA’s census, and the three biggest run six, five and four. If you run one of those small fleets, sell one truck or several at once; a phone call with the title holder on the line is where it starts.

Drivers registered with Lauderdale Lakes carriers split 196 working within 100 miles and 144 beyond it, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. For a local truck, the place we collect is likely the yard or street where it is kept between jobs; for a long-run unit, tell us which state it is sitting in now.

Twenty Lauderdale Lakes carriers filed annual mileage with FMCSA, and the middle figure among them was 37,500 miles per truck. Have the current odometer figure written down before you call, along with the year, make and model from the registration.

Of 6,682 jobs in Lauderdale Lakes in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 199 in wholesale trade, 118 in manufacturing, 106 in transportation and warehousing and 71 in construction. Straight trucks from wholesale delivery and dump or flatbed units from construction sites are both trucks we take; the title in the seller’s name is what matters.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture tallied 658 farms across the county around Lauderdale Lakes, where nursery stock in pots, foliage growers and equine operations lead the count. Nursery box trucks and horse-trailer tow rigs from those operations qualify too, and photos of the cab, frame and any liftgate let us see the unit before pickup.

Within city limits sit six bridges on the National Bridge Inventory, with load postings on two and no clearance below 14 feet on any. If the truck is parked behind one of the posted crossings, mention it so we plan a collection route that suits it.

• My tanker sits by Port Everglades East Terminal; must I drive it back to Lauderdale Lakes first?There is no need: the Energy Information Administration places that terminal 5.8 miles south-east of the city, and we collect the truck there; tell us whose lot it is on and who can open it.
• I run one reefer truck for a Lauderdale Lakes food carrier; would you take a refrigerated unit?Refrigerated units qualify: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 19 carriers here hauling refrigerated food, and reefer straight trucks and tractors are both on our list; have the title, registration and photos of the reefer unit ready.
• My truck only ever worked inside Florida. Does that change what I need?The paperwork stays short, since FMCSA’s census shows 104 of the 155 carriers here running intrastate, and for those trucks the title and Florida registration are the core documents.