Local carriers on the lakeshore
Of the 140 active Pahokee carriers on FMCSA’s census, just 9 hold interstate authority while 131 keep their loads inside Florida. So the truck you are selling most likely has a Florida-only operating history and spends its nights somewhere between the lakeshore and the coast. Have the Florida registration in the cab and the title in the name shown on it before we arrive.
Of those carriers, 104 list general freight on their FMCSA census filings, 36 list fresh produce, 22 farm supplies and 20 grain, feed and hay. A reefer unit, a flatbed that carried fertilizer pallets or a day cab pulling a hopper all fit what we collect. Tell us the trailer type and the body on the chassis, and send a photo of each side.
Private fleets account for 18 of Pahokee’s registered carriers in FMCSA’s census, which means plenty of trucks here belong to a farm or a packing operation rather than to a for-hire hauler. If the truck is titled to a business, bring the name of the person allowed to sign for it, and a letter on the company’s letterhead saying so.
Nursery and horse country
Palm Beach County growers and the lakeside jobs
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,368 farms across Palm Beach County, with foliage plants, potted flowering plants and equine operations at the top of the list. Box trucks and reefers that moved nursery stock, and trucks that pulled horse trailers, are both welcome. Say which one yours did when you get in touch, so the questions we ask are the right ones.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting supplied 137 of the 1,059 jobs located in Pahokee in 2023, 12.9 percent, by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. The same LEHD counts put manufacturing at 335 of them, or 31.6 percent. A truck that ran between a grower and a plant often sits in a farm yard or behind a shed off a county road; give us the gate details and a phone number for whoever holds the key.
Stone and gravel pits
Five Stones, Star Quarries and the Canal Point pits
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Five Stones Mine, a crushed-stone quarry 9.8 miles north of Pahokee, and Star Quarries, another crushed-stone site 10.6 miles to the south-west. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors from pits like these can be collected straight from the quarry yard. Ask the site office ahead of time whether a visitor needs an escort, and pass that on to us.
Farther out, MSHA records an industrial-mineral mine called 1412 Canal Point 21 miles north-east, the MC320 sand and gravel operation 21.8 miles north-east, and the Garcia 833 Mine, also sand and gravel, 24.3 miles south-west. If your aggregate truck is parked at one of them, the pit’s name and the gate it sits behind are the first two things we need from you.
Sidings and the coast
Canal Point rail, Clewiston and the Port of Palm Beach
Three miles north-east of town, the North American Rail Network shows the Canal Point rail yard, and 17.6 miles west it shows the Clewiston Refinery yard. Trucks that shuttle between those sidings and the fields may be kept close to the track. Note the nearest crossing or access road when you describe where the truck is; a pin on a map rarely shows the way in.
On the coast, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Port of Palm Beach District 13.7 miles south-east of Pahokee. If your tractor pulled containers or loads off the docks there, you can leave it parked near the port; the sale does not need the truck brought back inland. Send the port yard’s address and tell us whether a visitor needs an escort to reach it, and who can provide one.
Tractors on the inspection rolls
Pahokee tractors and the 2010 midpoint
FMCSA roadside inspection records between October 2024 and August 2026 cover 30 trucks from Pahokee carriers; their median model year falls between 2010 and 2011, and 70 percent were ten or more years old when inspected. Keep the build sheet or the door sticker showing the model year, and photograph the VIN plate so it can be read.
The biggest local operation on FMCSA’s census runs 13 power units with one driver, and the next two run 8 units each with 8 drivers. Selling a handful of tractors from a fleet that size is something we handle one VIN at a time: list each unit with its plate and where it is parked, and keep each title with its truck.
Getting a Pahokee truck ready to hand over
FMCSA’s census shows 8 new carriers registered in Pahokee in 2024 and 4 in 2025, so some owners here are still on their first truck. If yours is still financed, have the lender’s name and the payoff letter ready; the lien has to be released before the title can change hands.
For every truck, gather the title, current registration, any inspection or service records and a set of clear photos: the cab interior, the odometer, each side and the frame. If the title has gone missing, start the replacement with the state title office before you list the truck, and tell us it is under way.
The questions we get asked in Pahokee
- My truck sits on farm ground by the Canal Point yard; will you collect it from the field?Canal Point’s rail yard is three miles north-east of Pahokee on the North American Rail Network, and trucks parked on farm ground around it can be collected where they stand. Send the road name, the gate you use and a contact who can let us in.
- I haul rock out of Five Stones Mine. Can you collect at the quarry?Five Stones Mine is 9.8 miles north of Pahokee on MSHA’s list, and a truck parked in its yard can be picked up there. Check with the site office whether a visitor needs an escort or safety briefing, and tell us before the visit.
- Our Pahokee farm runs its own trucks; can we sell three or four of them together?FMCSA’s census registers 18 private fleets in Pahokee, and selling several units from one of them works the same way as selling one. Give us each VIN, the plate and where the truck is kept, and have someone with signing authority for the company ready to sign each title.
- My tractor stays down at the Port of Palm Beach District; must I drive it back up to the lake first?The Port of Palm Beach District sits 13.7 miles south-east of town by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ figures, and the truck can stay there. Tell us the yard address and who controls access.