North to the cape
Fuel terminals and cargo piers fifteen miles up the coast
Two Cape Canaveral petroleum product terminals appear in Energy Information Administration listings, one 15.1 miles north of Palm Shores and the other 15.9 miles out. A tanker tractor that has hauled from those racks to stations across Brevard County is a truck we will look at; send the VIN, the plate number and a few clear photos of the cab and the tank.
Port Canaveral’s South Cargo Pier 4, a roll-on/roll-off terminal, shares that 15.1-mile mark with the closer fuel terminal, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the VTTI liquid bulk terminal is listed by the same agency at 15.8 miles. If your rig parks near the port rather than at home in town, give us the yard address so the pickup is planned at the gate it actually sits behind.
Cocoa intermodal and yard
The Cocoa ramp and the Rockledge yard to the north-west
Just under twelve miles north-west, the Cocoa intermodal ramp is recorded by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at 11.7 miles from town. Day cabs that shuttle containers between that ramp and warehouses nearby fit what we buy, and a seller should have the registration and the title in hand before we schedule collection.
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the COCOA-ROCKLEDGE rail yard 11.6 miles away in that same direction. Chassis haulers and flatbeds working the yard can be collected where they are parked; tell us whether the truck is on a public street, a gated lot or inside the yard fence.
Space coast deliveries
Box trucks and flatbeds bound for Patrick
Bureau of Transportation Statistics records put Patrick Space Force Base 4.3 miles north-east of Palm Shores. Box trucks, flatbeds and service bodies that make deliveries there are welcome; keep any service records in the cab and photograph the body as well as the chassis.
If your truck is kept on or beside base property, mention access rules when you contact us. Knowing about gate passes or escort requirements up front lets us arrange collection at an address our driver can reach.
Crews and a mineral pit
Construction crews and Buck Hammock
Construction accounts for 11.2 percent of the 519 jobs counted in Palm Shores in 2023, a share drawn from the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Dump trucks, stake beds and pickups with utility bodies from those crews are trucks we purchase, and the title should be signed only after we agree on the sale.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Buck Hammock, an industrial-mineral mine, 16.1 miles south-west of town. Haul trucks and tri-axle dumps that load there can be photographed at the pit or at home; include the plate and the door sticker showing the VIN.
Beekeepers and cattlemen
Cattle, honey and nursery stock on Brevard ranches
Brevard County holds 584 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and cattle, honey and potted flowering plants top its list of products. Livestock haulers, stake trucks and reefer box trucks that move those goods off ranches and nurseries around Palm Shores are trucks we take.
Farm trucks are often parked in a barn or pasture rather than a paved lot. Send a photo of the spot along with the truck so we know what kind of approach the tow or driver will face.
Sarno Road
A Palm Shores owner’s duplicate title, from the Melbourne center
Palm Shores truck owners get titles from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which works through county tax collector service centers and license plate agents rather than its own counters. For Palm Shores owners the nearest is the Brevard County motor vehicle service center - Melbourne, at 1515 Sarno Road, Melbourne, 32935, which the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists 4.9 miles from town.
Bring photo ID and the VIN to that Sarno Road counter if the paper title is missing or still shows a lienholder. Once a duplicate or a lien-free title is in hand, sign nothing until our driver is with you and the truck.
The questions we get asked in Palm Shores
- Will you collect a truck parked near Port Canaveral instead of in Palm Shores?Port Canaveral’s South Cargo Pier 4 is 15.1 miles north per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and we collect from yards near it just as we would from a driveway in town; send the exact address.
- My Palm Shores truck title went missing; which Melbourne office replaces it?The Brevard County motor vehicle service center - Melbourne, 1515 Sarno Road, sits 4.9 miles from Palm Shores and handles duplicate titles for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
- Do you buy dump trucks used on construction jobs around town?Palm Shores construction work makes up 11.2 percent of local employment in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and the dump trucks and stake beds from that work are ones we purchase.
- Will you fetch a cattle trailer rig or honey truck from a Brevard farm?Cattle leads the products listed for Brevard County’s 584 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and we collect livestock haulers from the ranch itself; a photo of the access road helps.