Carriers registered in the capital
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 877 active carriers based in Tallahassee, and 451 of them haul general freight. If your tractor or box truck pulled general freight around Leon County, gather the title, the current registration and the cab card before you call us, so the paperwork is settled from the first conversation.
Of those 877 Tallahassee carriers, FMCSA records 596 as intrastate only, 279 as interstate, and 399 as private operations moving their own goods. A private-fleet truck often carries the owning business’s name on the title, so check whose name is printed there and who in the business can sign it over.
New entrants keep arriving: FMCSA’s census shows 69 Tallahassee carriers registered in 2025 and 54 in 2024. If your authority is recent and you are selling a truck you financed, ask your lender for the payoff letter and lien release paperwork and send it with your photos.
Lumber, machinery and vehicle haulers
Logs, poles, beams and lumber appear on 111 Tallahassee carrier registrations in FMCSA’s census. Log trucks and lumber flatbeds usually sit at a yard or a landing outside town, so give us the exact location and a gate contact, and we come to the truck where it is parked.
Machinery and large objects show up on 141 local registrations, and car haulers on 123, again per the FMCSA census. For a lowboy tractor or a car hauler, photograph the trailer coupling, the deck and the cab, and note whether the trailer is part of the sale or staying with you.
Sand, gravel and clay west of town
Silver Lake 1, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, sits about 10.1 miles west of Tallahassee. Dump trucks working that pit can be picked up at the site; tell us who controls access so the visit can be arranged with them.
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Quincy Plant and Mines 21.6 miles north-west and the Active Minerals Attapulgite Division 21.7 miles west, with the A-Mining Group II sand and gravel operation at 23.7 miles. A truck parked out near Quincy does not need to be driven back into Tallahassee before you sell it.
Construction counts 699 establishments in Leon County under the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, and its LEHD job counts put 4,020 construction jobs in the area for 2023. If a dump body, mixer or flatbed is mounted on the chassis, include its make and any body serial plate in the photos you send.
The rail yard and the military site
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Tallahassee rail yard 4.3 miles west of the city centre. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from that yard are trucks we buy; send the VIN and the odometer reading first.
NRC-MCRC Tallahassee, a military installation, is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics 5.4 miles west of town. If your truck is stored somewhere with restricted entry, tell us in advance who can escort a visitor in, so pickup is arranged around their rules.
Leon County driving radius and truck model years
Driver records in FMCSA’s carrier census count 2,236 Tallahassee drivers working within 100 miles of home and 1,154 going beyond that. Where a long-haul tractor ends its last trip away from Leon County, leave it there and send us the address; the sale can be finished from wherever you are.
Among 148 local carriers reporting mileage, the median truck covered 17,000 miles a year on FMCSA’s figures. Write the current odometer reading down when you photograph the dash, so the number you give us matches the one we see.
Across 974 trucks inspected at roadside between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA inspection records give a median model year of 2019, with 29.6 percent ten or more years old. Have the model year from the title on hand when you contact us, alongside any service records you keep.
Bridges, jobs and farms around the capital
Of the 96 Tallahassee bridges on the National Bridge Inventory, three carry posted load limits and six clear less than 14 feet. The National Bridge Inventory puts the lowest, a pedestrian and vehicle overpass over Bronough Street, at 6ft 11in, so if your truck is parked downtown, tell us the street and we will plan a route in that avoids it.
In Leon County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 372 farms, with corn, cattle and horses at the top. A grain truck or livestock hauler kept on a farm can be collected from the farm itself; give us directions to the barn or gate where it sits.
Transportation and warehousing accounted for 3,370 local jobs in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD count, with wholesale trade at 2,458 and manufacturing at 1,938. Whatever line of work your truck served, a clear title in your name and a few photos of the cab, frame and tires are what we ask for first.
The questions we get asked in Tallahassee
- Can my dump truck stay at the Quincy pit where it works, or must it come into Tallahassee first?Leave it at the pit near Quincy. The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Quincy Plant and Mines 21.6 miles north-west of Tallahassee, and we collect trucks where they are parked. Tell us who runs the gate so the pickup is arranged with them.
- My truck is stored downtown near Bronough Street. Can a truck get to it?The National Bridge Inventory puts the Bronough Street overpass at 6ft 11in, the lowest in Tallahassee. Send us the street address and we will plan the approach around that clearance.
- I run my own goods with my own truck, not for hire. Do you buy that kind of truck?Private-carrier trucks are ones we buy. FMCSA’s carrier census lists 399 private operations in Tallahassee hauling their own goods. Have the title, the registration and the name of whoever can sign for the business ready.