Four miles inland
Rock Solid Rock and the crushed-stone run
Rock Solid Rock, LLC, a crushed-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 4 miles west of Sharpes, is the closest working site to town. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load aggregate there are trucks we buy, and if yours is parked at the quarry gate or on a job site rather than at home, give us that address and we will collect it there.
Before we talk, take photos of the bed, the hoist, the cab and the VIN plate, and find the registration. A dump truck that only ever ran between the quarry and Brevard job sites is easy to describe in a few lines, and that short history is what we ask for first.
Rail sidings north and south of town
Drive 5.6 miles north from Sharpes and you reach the FRONTENAC rail yard; go 6.9 miles south and you reach COCOA-ROCKLEDGE, both mapped in the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. A seller here is bracketed by rail, and the trucks that shuttle freight off those sidings are the day cabs and flatbed tractors we collect.
Just past the Cocoa-Rockledge yard, the Cocoa rail intermodal ramp appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records at 6.8 miles south. If your tractor has pulled chassis and containers from that ramp, send the VIN, the odometer reading and a note on the trailer types it hauled, and keep the registration in the cab for pickup day.
East across the river
Fuel terminals on the Cape
East of Sharpes, the Energy Information Administration records the CAPE CANAVERAL petroleum product terminal at 8.8 miles, and the VTTI liquid bulk terminal sits 9.2 miles out according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tank tractors that load at those racks are part of what we purchase, and a sleeper or day cab that pulled fuel between them and local stations fits the same list.
Keep whatever inspection or service records the truck carries from terminal work, since those sites ask for them and they show us where the tractor has worked. If the records are missing, say what the truck hauled and where, and we will work out the rest with you.
Cape cargo berths
Cargo piers and the roll-on/roll-off berth
Canaveral Port District sits 6.2 miles north of Sharpes in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and the same federal agency places Port Canaveral - South Cargo Pier 4, a roll-on/roll-off terminal, 9.6 miles east. Drayage tractors working those berths often stay parked near the port between loads, and we can collect from a yard there just as easily as from a driveway in Sharpes.
When you contact us, tell us whether the truck sits inside a gated port lot or outside it, and who can let us in. Add photos of the fifth wheel, the tires and the cab interior so what we see lines up with what you describe.
Construction and hauling payrolls
Builders and haulers along the river road
Of the 637 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in Sharpes for 2023, construction accounts for 88, a 13.8% share, and transportation and warehousing for 76, or 11.9%. Those two lines of work are where the box trucks, dump trucks, flatbeds and tractors around this small Brevard town come from, and each kind is one we buy.
A contractor selling one work truck and a hauler selling a tractor need the same things ready: the title in the owner’s name, the current registration, and a few clear photos. A truck that is still on a job site can be collected there once the work is done.
The Courtenay Parkway service center for Sharpes sellers
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles handles titles through county tax collector service centers and license plate agents, and for Sharpes the nearest is the Brevard County motor vehicle service center - Merritt Island at 1605 North Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island, 32953, which the department lists 5.4 miles from town. If the title is lost or still shows a lienholder, that service center is where to start.
Bring the lender’s lien release if the loan is cleared, along with your ID and the truck’s VIN. Once the title is clear in your name, the sale itself takes only that document and the registration.
Cattle, hives and nurseries
Away from the river, the county’s 584 farms counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture list cattle, honey and potted flowering plants as their leading products. Stock trucks, flatbeds that move hives and box trucks that carry nursery plants across Brevard County are all trucks we purchase.
Farm trucks often sit in a barn or pasture rather than a paved lot, so tell us how the truck can be reached and whether a gate needs opening. A plate that is farm-registered still needs the title in your name for the sale.
The questions we get asked in Sharpes
- Will you pick up a dump truck that works at the quarry west of Sharpes?Rock Solid Rock, LLC, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 4 miles west of town, is close enough that we can collect a truck from its gate or from any Brevard job site. Send the address and photos and we will plan the pickup around where the truck is.
- If my truck’s title went missing, where across the river do I go to sort it out?The Brevard County motor vehicle service center - Merritt Island, at 1605 North Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island, is a county tax collector service center 5.4 miles from Sharpes, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Take your ID, the truck’s VIN and the lender’s release if a lien still shows on the title.
- Can you collect a tractor that stays in a Port Canaveral lot instead of in Sharpes?Canaveral Port District is 6.2 miles north of Sharpes on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and we collect from port-area yards directly. Tell us whether the lot is gated and who can let us in.
- Do you buy tank trucks that haul fuel from the Cape?Tractors working the CAPE CANAVERAL petroleum product terminal, 8.8 miles east on Energy Information Administration records, are trucks we buy. Have the registration and any terminal inspection records ready.