General freight, car haulers and reefers in north Miami-Dade
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 1,636 active motor carriers based in Miami Gardens, and 1,252 of them are registered for intrastate work against 383 cleared to cross state lines. If your tractor or straight truck has stayed inside Florida, have the Florida registration and title together before you call, since those two papers settle most of what we ask first.
General freight is the cargo listed by 1,100 local carriers in that FMCSA census, with 192 hauling motor vehicles and 133 apiece listing refrigerated food and meat. A car hauler, a reefer unit or a dry van tractor from north Miami-Dade is the kind of truck we buy, so tell us which of those your truck pulled and send photos of the cab, the frame and any trailer coupling.
Another 277 Miami Gardens operators appear in FMCSA’s census as private fleets, moving their own goods rather than hauling for hire. A box truck or flatbed owned by a contractor or a distributor sells the same way a for-hire tractor does: title in the company’s name, a signer with authority, and the truck’s location.
Newer operators
Small fleets, new authorities and a few big ones
Miami Gardens added 127 newly registered carriers in 2024 and 144 in 2025, per FMCSA’s carrier census. If you started an authority in those years and are now selling the one truck you bought for it, you can do that while the authority is still open or after you close it; bring the title and tell us whether a lender is still listed on it.
Fleet sizes vary widely here: per FMCSA’s census, the three biggest local carriers run 2,744, 141 and 94 power units. Whether you are selling one tractor or several units at once, list each VIN and where each truck is parked, and we will set up collection truck by truck.
Driver records filed with FMCSA show 1,891 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 5,773 going beyond that radius. A sleeper that spends weeks away from Miami Gardens can be collected wherever it next stops, so let us know the yard or terminal and who can release it there.
Hialeah rail, the intermodal ramp and fuel terminals
Six miles south of Miami Gardens, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the CSX Hialeah yard, at a distance of 6.2 miles. Day cabs that shuttle loads around that yard are often parked near it between moves, and we can collect one there if you give us the gate contact.
The Miami rail intermodal ramp lies 8.9 miles south-west, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which also lists the Norfolk Southern TBT liquid bulk terminal 8.1 miles south. If your tractor has pulled containers off the ramp or tanks out of that terminal, write down which one it served and keep any site inspection reports with the title.
Port Everglades, 9.4 miles to the north-east across the Broward line, appears in Energy Information Administration records as a petroleum product terminal. A fuel tractor based there can be sold without bringing it back to Miami Gardens; send the address, a contact for the lot, and photos of the tank trailer coupling and the cab.
Quarry and cement trucks west of the Turnpike
Mine Safety and Health Administration listings put the Pennsuco cement plant and the Pennsuco quarry together 9.2 miles south-west of Miami Gardens, with the FEC crushed-stone quarry at 8.8 miles. Dump trucks, mixers and bulk cement tractors from those sites are trucks we buy; photograph the bed or drum along with the cab and chassis plate.
On County Business Patterns figures from the Census Bureau, Miami Gardens holds 155 construction establishments. A contractor selling a dump truck or a crane truck should have the company title, the registration and the name of whoever signs for the business ready, plus the job site or yard where the truck sits.
Military traffic is close by too: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the NG Snake Creek training site at Miramar 3.9 miles west. A truck kept on or near a secured site needs an escort or a pass for collection, so tell us that up front and we will arrange timing with whoever controls access.
Warehouse, wholesale and factory work in Miami Gardens
Of 35,750 jobs located in Miami Gardens in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 6,328, or 17.7 percent, in transportation and warehousing. Straight trucks and tractors that serve those warehouses are usually found at a loading dock or a fenced yard, so give us the dock address and the hours the gate is open.
Manufacturing holds another 3,363 jobs and wholesale trade 3,027 in the same LEHD counts, with construction at 1,258. A wholesale distributor’s reefer or a plant’s flatbed is collected from the business property, so the person who releases it should have the title and a photo ID on hand.
If the title for a Miami Gardens truck has gone missing, ask Florida’s title agency for a duplicate and have it in hand before we schedule the collection.
Roadside inspections and odometer readings in Miami Gardens
Across 1,662 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give Miami Gardens carriers a median model year of 2021, and 21.7 percent of those trucks were ten or more years old. We buy across that whole span of model years, so state the year, make and model in your first message.
Reported annual mileage for 321 local carriers in FMCSA’s census has a median of 29,316 miles per truck. Have the current odometer reading and the VIN written down when you contact us, as those two numbers begin every conversation about a truck.
Nursery haulers
Foliage and flower hauling in Miami-Dade
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 2,664 farms in Miami-Dade County, led by foliage plants, potted flowering plants and cut flowers and greens. Refrigerated box trucks and reefer tractors that move nursery stock out of the county are among the trucks we buy; photograph the reefer unit and the box interior with the cab.
A grower selling a truck kept at the nursery can leave it there for collection. Tell us the farm’s address, whether a lowboy or a rollback can reach the truck, and who will hand over the keys and title.
The questions we get asked in Miami Gardens
- My tractor is parked near the Hialeah yard south of Miami Gardens. Does it need hauling somewhere first?The North American Rail Network lists the CSX Hialeah yard 6.2 miles south of Miami Gardens, and the truck can stay where it sits for collection; give us the address and someone who can open the gate.
- I haul out of Port Everglades. Can I still sell through Miami Gardens?Port Everglades is 9.4 miles north-east on Energy Information Administration records, and selling from there works once you name the lot and its contact.
- Do you take dump trucks from the Pennsuco quarry?The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Pennsuco quarry and cement plant 9.2 miles south-west of Miami Gardens, and dump trucks from it are on our list; send the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the bed and cab.