Two junction yards
Prairie Junction and the yards beside town
Just under half a mile north of Mulberry’s centre, Prairie Jct West shares the edge of town with Prairie Jct, 0.5 miles north-east, both mapped on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration maintains with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that shuttles loads to those sidings is often parked within a mile of downtown, so give us the street address or the yard gate it sits behind and we will route the pickup there.
Eighteen miles east, the Winter Haven intermodal ramp appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings as a rail container terminal. Owners of a day cab that has pulled containers off that ramp should have the title in hand and a couple of clear photos of the cab, the fifth wheel and the VIN plate before calling.
Mines to the south
Mineral Grow, Four Corners and Van Fleet
Mine Safety and Health Administration records show two industrial-mineral mines close by: Mineral Grow 8.9 miles south-east and Four Corners 9.9 miles south. If your dump truck or tractor is kept on one of those mine properties, tell us who controls the gate so the collection can be set up with the site rather than with you alone.
Farther out, the Van Fleet sand and gravel operation sits 23.1 miles north-east according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A truck that hauled aggregate from Van Fleet can stay where it is parked; send the location, the registration and any service records you kept, and the rest is handled at the truck.
Coils and car carriers
General freight, cars and steel coil
Of the 211 Mulberry-based carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, general freight is the declared cargo for 123. The same FMCSA census shows 37 carrying motor vehicles, 35 hauling machinery and large objects, and 33 moving metal sheets, coils and rolls; tell us whether your tractor pulled a flatbed, a car hauler or a van.
Of those carriers, 180 run intrastate and 28 cross state lines, with 67 operating as private fleets, per the federal registration census. For an in-state truck, the Florida registration and the title are the two documents to locate first; if the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues the replacement.
Drivers within 100 miles of base number 859 against 310 working beyond that radius, the FMCSA census shows, and among 38 carriers reporting mileage the median truck covered 28,924 miles. Write down the odometer reading when you photograph the dash, since it is one of the first things we ask.
A 2015 median on Polk County roads
Across 391 trucks checked between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year at 2015, with 55.75 percent of units ten or more model years old. Whatever the year on your title, include it with the VIN when you get in touch so we are looking at the right truck from the start.
Fleet sizes vary widely in town: one Mulberry-based operation runs 380 power units with 431 drivers, another 164 units with 162 drivers, and a third 50 units with 60 drivers, all from FMCSA’s carrier census. If you are clearing several trucks from a yard at once, list each VIN and where each one stands so the pickups can be grouped.
Plants, building sites and new operators
LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau put 2,748 jobs in Mulberry in 2023, with 541 in manufacturing, 377 in wholesale trade, 323 in construction and 113 in transportation and warehousing. A straight truck that delivered to plants or job sites is usually parked at the business it served, so name the business and the yard entrance.
Polk County holds 76 construction establishments in County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau. Meanwhile, the FMCSA census records 15 carriers registering in Mulberry in 2024 and 12 in 2025; a newer operator selling a first truck needs the same short list as anyone else: title, registration and photos.
Groves, herds and the bay
Cattle country and the Tampa docks
Cattle lead the Polk County farm list, followed by honey and foliage plants, across the 2,197 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A livestock hauler or a nursery delivery truck kept out on farmland can be collected from the property; just give us directions past the last paved turn.
West of town, the Tampa Port Authority lies 21.9 miles away, and Heniff Transportation’s liquid bulk terminal is 12 miles north, both per Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings. Tank-trailer tractors working that corridor should come with whatever terminal paperwork the owner still holds.
The questions we get asked in Mulberry
- My tractor sits beside the Prairie Junction sidings. Can it be fetched from beside those Polk County tracks?Prairie Jct West sits 0.4 miles north of Mulberry on the North American Rail Network, so the truck can stay right there; send the address and someone who can open the gate.
- I hauled from the Four Corners mine. Can the truck be collected on site?Four Corners lies 9.9 miles south of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and collection from the mine property works once the site operator agrees to let us in.
- My Polk County rig was registered in Mulberry and its paper title is lost somewhere in the shop. Which office can reissue it?With 180 of Mulberry’s 211 FMCSA-registered carriers running intrastate, most local trucks are titled in Florida, and the state’s title agency issues a duplicate; start that request before the pickup is scheduled.
- Three of my Mulberry trucks need selling together. Is a group pickup possible?Mulberry has fleets of 50, 164 and 380 power units in FMCSA’s carrier census, and a batch from any size yard works the same way: list each VIN, its title and where it is parked.