Intrastate haulers between the rail yard and the reserve center
Of the 36 Lealman carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, 30 haul only within Florida and just 6 take loads across a state line. If your tractor or straight truck has spent its working life on Florida roads, have the Florida title and current registration together before you call, and we can start from there.
The FMCSA census marks 13 Lealman outfits as private fleets, moving their own stock on their own trucks. A box truck or flatbed from a business like that often sits in the company yard on weekdays, so tell us the yard address and who holds the keys.
The same federal census lists 9 new carriers registered here in 2025 and 5 in 2024. An owner-operator who started recently and now wants to sell the tractor should send the VIN, the registration and a few photos of the cab, the frame and the tires.
General freight, machinery and vehicles on the road from Lealman
Sixteen local carriers haul general freight according to FMCSA’s census, 6 carry machinery and large objects, 5 move motor vehicles and 4 run driveaway or towaway work. Lowboys, car haulers and dry vans are all trucks we collect around Pinellas County; tell us which trailer setup yours pulled.
If your rig hauled heavy equipment, write down the axle configuration and the trailer type alongside the VIN. For a car hauler, a photo of the ramps and deck in the set you send saves a second round of questions.
Mileage and fleet age
Short runs and a 2015 median model year
Among 5 Lealman carriers reporting mileage to the FMCSA census, the median is 25,000 miles per truck a year. Read the odometer and send that figure with the VIN, since those two numbers let us look the truck up before we talk.
In FMCSA roadside inspection records from October 2024 to August 2026, 30 trucks from local carriers were inspected, with a median model year of 2015.5 and half of them ten or more years old. Whatever the model year on your title, we ask for the same things: title, registration, and any service records you kept.
Drivers registered here are split in the FMCSA census, 53 working within 100 miles of base and 68 going beyond it. If your truck is out on a longer run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked when it gets back and we arrange the pickup there.
From one-truck operators to the biggest local fleet
The biggest carrier on file in Lealman, per FMCSA, runs 32 power units with 25 drivers; the next runs 7 units with 10 drivers, and a third has 3 units and 4 drivers. If you are letting several trucks go at once, list each VIN and where each one is parked, and we plan the collection as one job.
A smaller operator with a single truck needs only the title in the owner’s name, the registration and a contact who can show us the truck. If the title is lost, Florida’s state title agency issues the duplicate, so start that request before you call.
The rail yard, the reserve center and the bay terminals
Just 2.6 miles south-east of Lealman lies the St Petersburg rail yard, per the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts Pinellas Park AFRC 2.4 miles north. A truck parked near either one can be collected where it stands; give us the street address and any gate instructions.
Across Old Tampa Bay, the Energy Information Administration lists the Port Tampa Blending Terminal 8.7 miles east and the Tampa Terminal at 9.5 miles. A tanker or tractor parked at either terminal stays there; we collect it from the terminal lot.
Further out, Hooker’s Point Container Terminal is an intermodal ramp 16.8 miles east in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and the CITGO Petroleum Corporation liquid bulk terminal is 16.6 miles north-east. Port Manatee’s rail yard sits 15.5 miles south-east on the North American Rail Network. Tell us which of these your truck serves, and send its location if it is parked there now.
Wholesale, construction and manufacturing jobs in Lealman
Lealman counted 7,331 jobs in 2023 in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts: 575 in wholesale trade, 529 in construction, 484 in manufacturing and 123 in transportation and warehousing. Delivery trucks, dump trucks and flatbeds working for those employers are all trucks we collect here.
Sixty construction firms have premises around Lealman in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A dump truck or stake bed coming off a job site should come with its title and registration; photos taken on site are fine.
Pinellas County had 115 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with potted flowering plants, honey and cattle at the top of the list. A nursery box truck or a livestock hauler from one of those farms can be picked up at the farm itself.
The questions we get asked in Lealman
- Can you pick up a truck sitting by the St Petersburg rail yard off Lealman?The St Petersburg rail yard is 2.6 miles south-east of Lealman on the North American Rail Network, and we collect the truck where it is parked. Send the address and who can open the lot.
- My tractor runs fuel out of the Tampa terminals. Can you collect it across the bay?The Energy Information Administration lists the Tampa Terminal 9.5 miles east of Lealman, and a truck parked there or at the Port Tampa Blending Terminal is collected on site. Tell us which terminal and whether a gate pass is needed.
- The title for my Pinellas County tractor went missing; what now before selling?Florida’s state title agency issues a duplicate for a truck registered in Lealman. Start that request and mention it when you contact us, so we know the title is on its way.
- Does a Lealman car hauler or driveaway rig qualify for a pickup?Five Lealman carriers haul motor vehicles in FMCSA’s carrier census, and car haulers are among the trucks we collect here. Send the VIN, the registration and photos of the deck and ramps.