Small fleets based in Pine Hills
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 478 active motor carriers based in Pine Hills, and the three biggest run 9, 5 and 4 power units. With operators that size, the person selling is usually the person who drove the truck, so have the title in your own name and the registration card in the cab before you call.
Of those carriers, 356 are registered for intrastate work and 120 for interstate work, according to the same FMCSA census, and 88 run private fleets hauling their own goods. If your tractor carried a USDOT number for interstate loads, keep that number handy; it lets us match the truck to its registration in one step.
New authorities keep appearing here: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 39 carriers registered in Pine Hills in 2025 after 36 in 2024. A newer operator selling a first truck should gather the bill of sale from the original purchase alongside the title, since that paper often answers questions before we ask them.
General freight, cars, produce and reefer work
General freight is the most common cargo class among Pine Hills carriers, with 309 listing it in FMCSA’s census, while 51 haul motor vehicles. For a car hauler, photograph the ramps and deck in the up and down positions so we can see the whole rig, not only the tractor.
In the FMCSA census, 48 local carriers list fresh produce and 47 list refrigerated food. If you are selling a reefer unit or the tractor that pulled one, write down the refrigeration unit’s make and its hour meter reading and send it with your photos.
Orange County counted 600 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with foliage plants, propagative material and potted flowering plants leading the list. Nursery stock moves in box trucks and reefers, so if yours ran plants to garden centres, tell us whether the body is insulated and how it is loaded.
Local routes and long hauls from Pine Hills
FMCSA’s carrier census records 319 drivers from Pine Hills carriers working within a 100-mile radius and 417 driving beyond it. A local day cab is usually parked at home or a yard nearby when we collect it; a long-haul sleeper may be out on a run, so give us the date it will be back.
Among the 64 local carriers that report mileage to FMCSA’s census, the median is 39,856 miles per truck a year. Read the odometer off the dash and photograph it, then send that picture first, as it sets up the rest of the conversation.
Model years at Pine Hills inspections
Between August 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 284 trucks belonging to Pine Hills operators, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their middle model year at 2018. Put the model year and the VIN in your first message so we can confirm the exact build.
Roughly 35 percent of those 284 inspected rigs carried a model year a decade or more back, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records. Whatever the year of yours, photograph any recent inspection report or service log from the glovebox and send it along.
Terminals, rail yards and sand pits
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Heniff liquid bulk terminal 5 miles south-east of Pine Hills. The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the ORLANDO rail yard 6.6 miles away and the TAFT yard at 11.3 miles. If your truck sits at one of these sites, tell us who controls the gate so pickup can be arranged with them.
Out west, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Center Sand Company 14.3 miles away and Independent Mine at 14.7 miles, both sand and gravel operations. A dump truck parked at a pit is fine to sell from there; send the site address and the name of whoever can let us onto the property.
South-east of town, the Energy Information Administration lists the ORLANDO petroleum product terminal 12.5 miles away. Fuel tankers that load there need their tank and hazmat paperwork with them, so keep those certificates together with the title when you reach out.
Bridges, building work and the paperwork
Pine Hills has 8 bridges on the Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory, and not one carries a load posting or sits below 14 feet. A tall or heavy truck can usually be reached right where it is parked, so give us the street address rather than moving it.
Construction made up 418 of the 4,880 jobs counted in Pine Hills by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, and transportation and warehousing 93. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 220 construction establishments and 8 warehousing ones; a contractor selling a dump or flatbed should have the title and any company registration showing who owns it.
If the title has gone missing, ask Florida’s state title agency for a duplicate in the owner’s name. Start that request before you list the truck so the paperwork is ready when we arrive.
The questions we get asked in Pine Hills
- Can you collect a dump truck straight from the Center Sand Company pit outside Pine Hills?Yes, leave it at the pit. The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Center Sand Company about 14.3 miles west of town, and we can collect from a pit like that. Send the address and a contact who can open the site.
- Which photos help with a reefer that hauled Orange County foliage and potted plants?Photos of the tractor, the body and the refrigeration unit, plus the unit’s hour reading. USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists foliage and potted flowering plants among the county’s top farm products, so tell us how the body was set up for them.