Ridge Wood Heights sites
Building sites and the trucks parked on them
Of the 869 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in Ridge Wood Heights for 2023, 71 are in construction, a share of 8.2 percent. If your dump truck, flatbed or stake-bed has spent its days on those sites, have the title in your name and the current Florida registration on hand before you call us.
Those 71 construction positions, again from LEHD for 2023, mean a work truck here may be sitting at a contractor’s yard or a finished site rather than in a driveway. Tell us the exact spot and who holds the gate key, and we will arrange the collection with whoever controls access.
Plant stock, cattle and greenhouse loads
Propagative material heads the Sarasota County list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of cattle and foliage plants, across 286 farms. Box trucks and stake-beds that move plant stock between greenhouses fit what we buy, so send photos of the cab, the box and the plate with the VIN visible.
Cattle operations sit second on that county list in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which puts livestock haulers and ranch flatbeds into the mix around Ridge Wood Heights. If the truck is kept out on pasture, give us directions to the gate and a phone number for whoever is there on the day we come.
Northbound rails
The Brandenton yard and Port Manatee rail
Listed on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Brandenton rail yard lies 13.7 miles north of Ridge Wood Heights. A day cab that has run loads to and from that yard can be collected wherever it now stands, so long as you can tell us the address.
A second yard, at Port Manatee, appears in that same rail network 24.5 miles to the north. If your tractor shuttled freight between the two yards, keep its service records and any inspection reports together and send them with your photos.
Containers at Manatee County Port, fuel at Port Manatee
Manatee County Port lies 16.3 miles north-east of Ridge Wood Heights, a distance taken from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics port listing. Sleepers and day cabs that pulled containers or chassis out of that port are trucks we purchase; start by sending us the VIN and the odometer reading.
At 24.3 miles to the north, Port Manatee carries a petroleum product terminal on the Energy Information Administration’s list. Tank tractors that loaded there belong on the list of what we collect, and any site paperwork you kept from the terminal helps us understand where the truck has worked.
From Sarasota County lot to sale
Getting a truck sold from Ridge Wood Heights
Whether the truck lives in a Sarasota County nursery lot or near the Port Manatee docks 24.5 miles north by the rail network’s measure, you do not need to drive it anywhere. Give us the location, the VIN and a contact who can meet us, and we plan the pickup around that spot.
Before we arrive, find the Florida title and the registration, gather any service or inspection records, and take clear photos of each side, the cab interior and the frame. With those ready, the rest of the sale is paperwork we walk you through.
The questions we get asked in Ridge Wood Heights
- My truck sits at a job site in Ridge Wood Heights. Will you collect it from the site?Construction accounts for 71 of the 869 local jobs on the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts for 2023, and plenty of trucks stay parked at those sites. We collect from the site itself; just tell us who can let us in.
- I hauled nursery stock around Sarasota County. Will you take a nursery box truck?Propagative material and foliage plants rank among the top farm products of Sarasota County’s 286 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the box trucks that carry them are part of what we purchase. Photos of the box and the VIN plate are the first thing to send us.