Who Stuart’s carriers are and what they move
Of the 302 active carriers headquartered in Stuart on FMCSA’s carrier census, general freight is the cargo 138 of them name. Box trucks, dry van tractors and straight trucks doing local delivery around Stuart come out of that group. Have the title in hand and a few clear photos of the cab, the body and the VIN plate before you call.
In the same federal census, 48 Stuart carriers haul machinery and large objects, 42 carry motor vehicles and 35 move logs, poles, beams or lumber. Lowboys, car haulers, rollbacks and flatbed tractors with their trailers all come off a list like that. If you are selling the trailer as well, bring its own title or registration so both units can change hands in one visit.
Newly registered outfits keep appearing, too: the census shows 26 Stuart carriers added in 2024 and 19 more in 2025. If you started a small operation in the last couple of years and are closing it out, your registration and the truck’s title are the two papers that matter most to us.
Treasure Coast haulers who stay in-state
Of Stuart’s carriers, 252 are classed as intrastate and only 48 run interstate, according to FMCSA records, while 150 operate private fleets hauling their own goods. A landscaping company’s dump truck or a contractor’s flatbed belongs to that private-fleet group, and we collect those from the yard or job site where they sit.
Drivers tied to these carriers number 1,170 working within 100 miles of base and 534 beyond it, per the FMCSA census. So a Stuart truck being sold is usually parked close to its home base, often near Palm City or in town. Tell us the street address and who holds the gate key.
Stuart carriers reporting annual mileage to FMCSA, 54 of them, put the median truck at 16,821 miles per year. Note your odometer reading when you photograph the dashboard; it is one of the first figures we ask for.
Aggregate pits south-west and west of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Palm City Mine, a sand and gravel operation 9.6 miles south-west of Stuart, and MC320 Mine, another sand and gravel site 14.8 miles out in the same direction. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that cycle between those pits and local job sites are trucks we purchase outright.
West of the city by 16.6 miles, Fort Pierce Mine is a crushed-stone quarry on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, and 1412 Canal Point, an industrial-mineral mine on the same federal list, sits 17.4 miles south-west. If your truck is parked at a quarry rather than at home, we can collect it there once you arrange access with the site office.
Construction accounts for 1,178 of the 31,291 jobs counted in Stuart in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and County Business Patterns records 135 construction establishments locally. Any service invoices you kept from that work help us see the truck’s history; send them along with the photos if you have them.
Rail ramps up the coast at Fort Pierce
Two rail yards, listed as FORT PIERCE and FT PIERCE on the North American Rail Network, sit about 17 miles north of Stuart. Day cabs that shuttle loads between those yards and Martin County warehouses are a fit for us whether the tractor is parked in Fort Pierce or back in Stuart.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Fort Pierce, FL intermodal ramp 17.6 miles north. Container chassis and the tractors that pull them off that ramp each need their own paperwork, so check that the title name matches the registration on every unit you plan to sell.
Nurseries and cattle
Foliage growers, cattle and potted-plant nurseries
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 588 farms in Martin County, with foliage plants, cattle and potted flowering plants leading the list. Reefer box trucks moving plants to market and livestock haulers serving ranches inland both come out of that kind of farm economy, and we take either.
A farm truck is often titled to the farm business rather than to a person. If yours is, have whoever signs for the business ready to sign the title, and if the title has gone missing, a replacement comes through Florida’s title agency before the sale closes.
Roadside checks, fleet sizes and Stuart bridges
FMCSA roadside inspection records for 57 Stuart-based trucks checked between September 2024 and August 2026 show a median model year of 2019, with 24.6 percent of them ten or more model years old. Both newer and older trucks are ones we buy, so state the model year plainly when you first contact us.
One fleet registered here operates 677 power units with 775 drivers, according to the carrier census, while the next two run 37 and 35 power units. Whether you are selling a single tractor or several units from a fleet, a list of VINs and title numbers lets us plan the collection.
The National Bridge Inventory records 11 bridges in Stuart, none load-posted and none with clearance under 14 feet. A tall box truck or a loaded lowboy can leave the city on its normal route when we come for it.
The questions we get asked in Stuart
- Can you collect a dump truck that stays at the Palm City sand pit?Palm City Mine sits 9.6 miles south-west of Stuart on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from pits like it. Arrange gate access with the site and give us the location.
- What should a Stuart owner do about a missing truck title?For a Martin County truck, the duplicate title comes from Florida’s title agency. Apply for the duplicate first, then we finish the sale once it arrives.
- Do you buy trucks from nursery and cattle operations?Martin County has 588 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by foliage plants and cattle, and we buy the box trucks and livestock haulers those farms use. Have the farm’s authorised signer available for the title.
- Can you pick up a tractor at the Fort Pierce rail yards?The Fort Pierce yards sit about 17 miles north of Stuart on the North American Rail Network, and a tractor parked there can be collected on site. Give us the name of whoever runs that yard so pickup can be arranged.