Sell your semi truck for cash in Sarasota Springs the easy and convenient way

Up at Port Manatee, 23.1 miles north of Sarasota Springs, the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal that fuel tankers load from. If your tractor or straight truck has pulled fuel loads out of that terminal, write down the trailer types it hitched to and keep its inspection sheets in the cab, so we can see where it worked before we come out.

Port Manatee also has a rail yard, which the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places 23.2 miles north, practically beside the terminal. A truck that shuttled between the docks and the rail sidings there can stay parked on the Manatee side; send us the lot address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.

Northwest of town, 12.8 miles out, sits a rail yard that the North American Rail Network records under the name Brandenton. Day cabs that drayed freight to and from that yard are trucks we buy; photograph the cab, the frame rails and the fifth wheel, and have the VIN on hand when you contact us.

Manatee County Port, FL appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics port listings at 13.7 miles to the north-east of Sarasota Springs. Should your truck be sitting near that port rather than at your house, tell us exactly where, because we collect from the spot it is parked and you do not need to move it into town first.

Of the 2,758 jobs counted in Sarasota Springs for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, 458 sit in construction, a 16.6 percent share. Dump trucks, flatbeds, mixers and service bodies that support that work all fit what we purchase, so list the body type and any mounted equipment when you write to us.

Contractors who keep a few work trucks on a yard off the residential streets can sell one unit or several at once. For each, gather the Florida title, the current registration and whatever service records you kept, and note which ones carry a lien so the payoff can be arranged.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 286 farms in Sarasota County, and it names propagative material, cattle and foliage plants as the leading products there. Box trucks and stake beds that move nursery flats and potted foliage are welcome, as are livestock haulers and farm flatbeds.

A farm truck often sits out by a barn or a greenhouse instead of a paved lot. Give us directions to the gate, a phone number for whoever will be on site, and a few clear photos taken in daylight, and we will plan the collection around the property.

Florida titles are handled through the state’s title agency, and a Sarasota County seller who has lost one should request a duplicate there before the sale. Keep the registration, the keys and any lien release together with it, since the name on the title must match the person signing it over.

If the title shows a business as the owner, have an officer of that business sign, and bring a document showing that person can act for it. We confirm the VIN on the title against the plate on the truck when we arrive.

• My truck hauled fuel out of Port Manatee. Must it come back south to Sarasota Springs before you collect it?The Energy Information Administration places the Port Manatee petroleum terminal 23.1 miles north of town, and we collect trucks from right where they sit up there, so leave it parked and send us the address.
• I run a small construction crew here. Can my dump trucks and flatbeds go together in one sale?Construction accounts for 458 of the 2,758 local jobs in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, and we take single trucks or a whole yard of them; list each VIN and body type when you get in touch.
• Do you buy trucks from the nurseries and cattle farms in the county?Sarasota County has 286 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by propagative material, cattle and foliage plants, and box trucks, stake beds and livestock haulers from those farms are all trucks we purchase.