CSX and FEC track south of Opa-locka
The North American Rail Network places the HIALEAH (CSXT) rail yard 2.8 miles south of Opa-locka and the HIALEAH (FEC) yard 6.4 miles to the south-west. If your tractor has shuttled boxes or flatbeds between those two yards, it may be parked on a lot near either one when you call; give us the street address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
About 5.6 miles south-west, the Miami intermodal ramp is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that drayed containers off that ramp are trucks we buy, and the VIN, the title and a set of photos showing the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel let us start without a visit.
Norfolk Southern TBT, a liquid bulk terminal the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 4.7 miles south of town, rounds out the rail-side sites close by. A tractor that pulled tankers to and from it should come with whatever load logs or terminal paperwork you kept, since that shows us where it worked.
Pennsuco and the FEC quarry, seven miles west
Records from the Mine Safety and Health Administration show FEC QUARRY, a crushed-stone operation, 6.8 miles west of Opa-locka, with PENNSUCO QUARRY and the PENNSUCO CEMENT PLANT both 7.2 miles out in the same direction. Dump trucks, mixers and bulk tractors that haul from those gates are part of what we purchase.
A truck that spends its days at Pennsuco is often left at a yard close to the pit rather than in town. We collect from where it stands, so tell us whether it is inside a quarry gate, who can let a driver in, and what hours the site is open.
For a mixer or a dump body, list the body maker and any service records you hold for the hydraulics or drum alongside the title; that keeps our questions about the chassis and not about the equipment on it.
Cars, coils, refuse and general loads
General freight is the cargo listed by 354 local carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, followed by motor vehicles at 80, metal sheets, coils and rolls at 51, and garbage and refuse at 49. Box trucks, car haulers, flatbeds and roll-off or packer trucks all fit those lines of work, and we buy each of them.
Of the 573 active carriers, 476 run intrastate and 96 interstate, while 158 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods, according to the same FMCSA census. If your truck carries a Florida-only operating authority, that changes nothing for us; bring the registration with the title.
Drivers working within 100 miles number 1,477 across those carriers, against 1,319 working beyond it, on FMCSA’s figures. A long-haul sleeper might be out of state when you decide to sell, so tell us where it will be parked next and we can plan the pickup there.
A 2020 median on the roadside checks
FMCSA roadside inspection records from August 2024 to August 2026 cover 549 trucks from carriers based here, with a median model year of 2020 and 36.6 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the model year on yours, have the title, the current registration and an odometer photo ready when you get in touch.
Among 89 carriers reporting it to FMCSA, the median truck covered 17,650 miles a year. A truck that mostly circles between Hialeah, the quarries and the intermodal ramp will show a short annual run, and a log or fuel record helps us see that pattern.
Fleet sizes in the FMCSA census reach 200 power units with 220 drivers, 105 units with 192 drivers and 65 units with 135 drivers. We buy a single truck or several from one yard, so if you are clearing a group, send a list of VINs and where each unit is parked.
Factories, wholesale and new carriers
Manufacturing accounts for 1,831 of the 6,812 jobs located in Opa-locka in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, or 26.9 percent, with transportation and warehousing at 869, wholesale trade at 786 and construction at 552. Straight trucks and tractors serving plants and wholesale docks in town are the kind we collect from a loading bay or a fenced lot.
Opa-locka’s area holds 80 construction firms and just 3 warehousing sites, per the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor selling a dump truck or a flatbed between jobs can leave it at the site office; we need the address and the title holder’s name.
New registrations add to the mix: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 56 carriers starting in Opa-locka in 2025 and 40 in 2024. If your company is newly registered and the truck still carries a lien, tell us the lender at the start so the payoff and title release can be lined up.
Foliage, potted blooms and cut greens
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,664 farms in Miami-Dade County, with foliage plants, potted flowering plants and cut flowers and greens leading the list. Reefer straight trucks and refrigerated trailers moving nursery stock fall within what we buy.
If your reefer truck is kept at a nursery, send photos of the refrigeration unit with its hour reading next to the cab and frame shots, and tell us whether the property has room for a tow truck to turn.
The questions we get asked in Opa-locka
- The dump truck stays at a yard by Pennsuco Quarry; must it come to Opa-locka first?Pennsuco sits about 7.2 miles west of Opa-locka on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect the truck from there. Tell us who controls the gate and the hours a driver can get in.
- Which documents does an Opa-locka owner gather first?Opa-locka owners usually hold a Florida title and registration; have both, the VIN, an odometer photo and pictures of the cab, frame and tires. Add hydraulic or engine service logs too, if they survived.
- Do you buy a single truck from a small Opa-locka carrier?Most of the 573 carriers in FMCSA’s census here run intrastate, many of them small, and we buy one truck as readily as a group from a larger fleet.
- Do you take garbage and roll-off trucks?Garbage and refuse is listed by 49 Opa-locka carriers in FMCSA’s census, and packer and roll-off trucks are among the trucks we buy; send photos of the body and the lift equipment with the title.