FMCSA’s carrier census lists 14 active motor carriers based in Surfside, nine of them intrastate operators and five running interstate authority. If your tractor or box truck is registered to one of those small outfits, have the title in the name that appears on the registration before we talk, so the paperwork lines up with the operator of record.
Three of the 14 Surfside carriers are private fleets according to the same federal census, meaning they move their own goods rather than freight for hire. A private-fleet straight truck or delivery van is something we collect too; send the VIN, a photo of each side and the plate details, and tell us whether it is kept at a home driveway or a business lot on Harding or Collins.
Among the fleets on file with FMCSA here, one runs 55 power units with 50 drivers, another 8 units with 8 drivers, and a third 3 units with 7 drivers. Whether you are releasing one unit out of fifty-five or your only truck, the process is per vehicle: one title, one set of photos, one pickup address for each.
Reefers, produce and general freight
General freight is the most common cargo line in the federal carrier census for Surfside, claimed by 8 carriers, while refrigerated food, meat and fresh produce are each listed by 4. A reefer tractor or a refrigerated straight truck from that cold-chain work is on our list; include the reefer unit’s make and model plate in your photos alongside the cab and chassis.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,664 farms in Miami-Dade County, with foliage plants, potted flowering plants and cut flowers and cultivated greens at the top. If your truck has run nursery stock or cut greens out of the county’s growing areas, mention the body type, whether it is a curtain side, a box or a reefer, so we know what is behind the cab before we arrange collection.
Dray work south toward the Port of Miami
Seven point eight miles south, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists both the Port of Miami roll-on/roll-off terminal and the POMTOC rail intermodal ramp at Port of Miami Terminal Operating Company. A day cab that has pulled containers off Dodge Island can be collected from wherever it is parked now, on the island side or back in Surfside; give us the street address and the name of whoever controls the gate.
West of town, the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the CSXT yard at Hialeah 8.4 miles away and the FEC yard at Hialeah 12.1 miles out. A separate Miami intermodal ramp sits 11.7 miles west on the BTS listing. Trucks that shuttle boxes between those yards and the port often sit on rented lots in Hialeah or Medley, so tell us the lot’s operating hours when you send the location.
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal on Fisher Island, six miles south of Surfside, and another at Port Everglades, twelve miles north. If your tanker tractor loaded at either, keep the hazmat endorsement paperwork and any tank test certificates with the title; they travel with the truck when we take it.
Norfolk Southern TBT, a liquid bulk terminal, sits 8.7 miles west on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics register. For a tractor that pulled liquid bulk trailers from there, tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays with you, and send photos of the fifth wheel and the wet kit if one is fitted.
Drivers for Surfside carriers split 79 working within 100 miles and 30 going beyond, per FMCSA’s census figures. Most local trucks therefore park within reach of Miami-Dade at the end of a shift, and for a pickup we need only the address, a contact number and confirmation that the keys are with the truck.
Whatever year your truck is, the registration card and the most recent annual inspection report answer the first questions we ask, so photograph both and send them with the VIN.
Jobs and builders behind the trucks
Of 2,735 jobs located in Surfside in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 72 in transportation and warehousing, 69 in construction and 50 in wholesale trade. A wholesale delivery box truck or a contractor’s flatbed from that work is as welcome as a highway tractor; tell us the body length and whether a liftgate is fitted.
If a dump truck, stake bed or crane truck from one of those contractors is parked on a job site rather than a yard, tell us the site’s access rules and who can be there to hand over the keys and the signed title.