Freight, lowboys and produce reefers from Sebring yards
Of the 496 active carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census with a Sebring address, general freight is the cargo 301 of them put on file. If your tractor or box truck spent its working life on mixed loads out of Highlands County, it fits squarely in what we buy; send the VIN, a few photos of each side and the cab, and the title holder’s name.
Machinery and large objects are declared by 84 Sebring carriers in the same federal census, while 79 list motor vehicles. Lowboys, flatbed tractors and car haulers from those outfits are welcome, and with a trailer still attached, tell us whether it is part of the sale or stays behind.
Eighty local carriers register fresh produce with FMCSA. A reefer unit or produce straight truck can be collected at the farm, the packing shed or your home, whichever is where it now stands.
Mostly in-state work, some across state lines
Of Sebring’s carriers, 386 run intrastate only and 106 cross state lines, according to the federal motor carrier census, with 158 operating as private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck that never left Florida still needs only its title and registration in hand for us to start.
A median of 33,667 miles per truck comes from the 98 Sebring outfits that gave FMCSA their mileage. Have the current odometer reading ready when you call, since it is one of the first things we write down alongside the VIN.
The biggest local operation runs 56 power units with 66 drivers, per the carrier census, and the next two hold 47 and 36 trucks. If you manage a fleet of that size and are letting several units go, list each VIN and where each one is parked, and we will plan collection unit by unit.
Median 2017: Sebring trucks at roadside stops
Across 177 Sebring trucks pulled over for inspection from late August 2024 to late August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give 2017 as the middle model year. Any model year is fine to bring to us; the year, make and model from the registration card are enough to open the conversation.
FMCSA roadside inspection records show about 40.7 percent of those inspected trucks were ten or more model years old. If yours is among them, gather whatever service or inspection paperwork you kept and send it with the photos.
Cattle, foliage and bulbs in Highlands County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 836 farms in Highlands County, with cattle, foliage plants and bulbs, corms and tubers leading the list. Livestock haulers, nursery box trucks and flatbeds that served those operations can stay on the ranch or the growing grounds while we arrange pickup there.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting account for 264 jobs located in Sebring, a 2.6 percent share of 10,062, on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. If a farm truck carries ag tags or was titled to the ranch instead of to you, tell us whose name is on the title so the paperwork matches the signer.
Dump trucks, stake beds and plant delivery units
Construction holds 338 jobs in Sebring in 2023, 3.4 percent of the total, according to LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau, and County Business Patterns lists 121 construction establishments in the area. Dump trucks, stake beds and equipment haulers from those contractors are trucks we collect from the job yard or the shop lot.
Manufacturing adds 228 jobs and wholesale trade 95 on the same 2023 Census Bureau LEHD figures. Delivery straight trucks and tractors from plants and distributors can be sold with the lift gate, reefer unit or body still fitted; just describe what is mounted on the chassis.
Avon Park range and the Fort Meade mine
Arbuckle Airfield lies 14 miles north-east of Sebring and Avon Park AF Range 16.2 miles out in the same direction, as the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records them. A truck parked near either installation is collected where it sits; if the lot sits behind a gate, give us a contact who can let the crew in.
South Fort Meade Mine, an industrial-mineral operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, is 22.3 miles north-west of town. For a truck that hauled from the mine and now waits on site or nearby, send the exact location and any site access rules before we schedule.
Carriers started here in the last two years
Forty new carriers registered in Sebring during 2025 and 33 in 2024, on FMCSA’s census. If you opened an authority recently and are now selling the truck you started with, have the title and the payoff letter from any lender ready, since a lien must be cleared at the sale.
Lost the title on a Highlands County truck? Request a duplicate through the state’s title agency before pickup, then send us a photo of it so the name and VIN can be checked against the truck.
The questions we get asked in Sebring
- My produce truck is parked at a Highlands County farm. Can the pickup happen among the cattle pens or nursery rows?Highlands County has 836 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and we pick up from them the same as from a yard in town. Send the farm address and a contact who can meet the driver.
- My truck sits near Avon Park AF Range, outside Sebring. Is the range gate a workable place for you to collect it?Avon Park AF Range is 16.2 miles north-east of Sebring by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ figures, and the truck stays where it is. Name whoever holds the gate key at that site so the crew can get in.
- I run a 2017 tractor out of Sebring. Where does that sit among local trucks?Sebring trucks inspected at the roadside had a median model year of 2017, per FMCSA records, so a tractor from that year sits right in the middle. Have its registration and any service records ready.