Krome Quarry, Miami Quarry and the cement plant to the north
Head 8.4 miles north-west of Palmetto Estates and you reach Krome Quarry, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists as a crushed-stone pit. If your dump truck or end-dump trailer has hauled aggregate from that pit, tell us the axle setup and the bed length when you first get in touch, and send a photo of the body raised so we can see the hoist.
Three more sites appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings to the north: Epic Stoneworks, a dimension-stone quarry 10.3 miles out, the Miami Cement Plant at 11.9 miles, and Miami Quarry at 12.1 miles. Mixer trucks and bulk cement haulers that cycle between those gates can be collected from a yard near any of them; give us the street address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Have the title in your name and the current registration together before we schedule anything. A flatbed that moved cut stone from Epic Stoneworks and a pneumatic tanker that loaded at the cement plant both go through the same simple steps once those two papers are in hand.
General Cement and Hialeah rail yards
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the General Cement rail yard 9.9 miles north-west of town and the Hialeah yard on the FEC line 14.1 miles north. Trucks that shuttle loads between rail sidings and job sites tend to be short-haul day cabs, and those are a regular part of what we purchase.
If your tractor worked transload runs out of Hialeah, gather any service records you kept, even a folder of shop receipts. Send them with photos of the cab, the frame rails and the fifth wheel, and we can talk about the truck you actually have rather than a general description of one.
Drayage at PortMiami, contract runs to Homestead ARB
PortMiami is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics as a port 8.7 miles from Palmetto Estates. Container chassis tractors and drayage day cabs that ran port moves can be picked up wherever they sit now, whether that is a home driveway or a rented lot; just confirm the truck can be reached by a tow or a driver.
Homestead ARB, a military installation 8.4 miles south according to Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, is the other large site near town. If your truck did contract hauling onto the base, keep any gate pass or access paperwork with the title so the vehicle’s work history is easy to follow.
Construction jobs and nursery farms in Miami-Dade
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 1,206 jobs located in Palmetto Estates, with 102 of them, or 8.5 percent, in construction. Contractors here who run a single dump truck, a stake bed or a crew-cab hauler can sell it straight from the job yard or the home lot.
Miami-Dade County had 2,664 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and foliage plants, potted flowering plants and cut flowers with cultivated greens led the county’s list. Box trucks and refrigerated straight trucks that deliver nursery stock fit what we take; photograph the box interior, the liftgate and the reefer unit along with the cab.
For a farm or nursery truck, the registration may be in a business name rather than yours. Have whoever signs for the business ready to sign the title, and send us the VIN early so the paperwork lines up before collection.
The questions we get asked in Palmetto Estates
- Our quarry dump truck stays in a lot near Krome Quarry. Must it be moved back into Palmetto Estates for collection?Krome Quarry sits 8.4 miles north-west of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect the truck where it is parked. Tell us whose yard it is in and who can open the gate.
- Will you buy a drayage tractor that worked PortMiami?PortMiami, 8.7 miles away according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is close to town, and day cab tractors that worked its terminals are among the trucks we purchase. Send the VIN, photos of the cab and frame, and the title details to get started.
- What should I have ready for a nursery delivery truck registered to my business?With 2,664 farms counted in Miami-Dade County by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, a delivery truck here may be titled to a nursery or farm business rather than a person. Have the title, the registration and the person authorized to sign for the business available when we arrange collection.