Fifty-four carriers, most of them working in-state
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 54 active carriers based in West Melbourne, and 49 of them are listed as intrastate operators against just 5 running interstate. If your tractor or straight truck has only ever carried Florida paperwork, that is the usual pattern here, so have the Florida title and current registration in the cab or in your hand when we arrive.
Of those 54, the same federal census marks 34 as private fleets, hauling their own company’s goods rather than freight for hire. A box truck or flatbed owned by a Brevard contractor or supplier qualifies just as much as a for-hire tractor; send the VIN, a photo of each side and the plate number, and tell us whose yard it is parked in.
Driver records filed with the FMCSA put 201 drivers on runs within 100 miles of base and 38 going farther. A truck kept on short Space Coast routes is usually parked close to home, so give us the street address where it sits and say whether a gate code or key holder is needed.
General freight, machinery and vehicle haulers
General freight is the leading cargo label in the federal carrier census for this city, claimed by 19 carriers, while 8 list machinery and large objects. Lowboys, step-decks and the tractors that pull them fall into that second group; photograph the deck, the ramps or gooseneck, and the tractor’s data plate so we can identify both units.
Six West Melbourne carriers haul motor vehicles and five do driveaway or towaway work, according to FMCSA’s census. Car carriers, tow trucks and rollbacks are all trucks we buy. If the carrier is coupled to a tractor, tell us whether you are selling the pair or one piece, and have a separate title for each titled unit.
The largest fleet registered here runs 108 power units with 113 drivers, per the FMCSA filings, and the next two run 10 and 8 trucks. Whether you are retiring one unit from a fleet that size or selling the only truck you own, the paperwork is the same: title, registration, and any service records you kept.
How old the trucks stopped near West Melbourne run
Across 67 trucks checked between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2020. Those inspection reports travel with the truck’s history, so if you have copies from a stop, keep them with the title.
Roadside inspection records for the same period put 20.9 percent of those trucks at ten or more model years old. Older or newer, we need the same few things: the VIN, the odometer reading and clear photos of the cab, the frame and the tires.
Annual mileage filed with FMCSA by eight West Melbourne carriers puts the typical truck at 27,500 miles a year. Write the current odometer figure down before you contact us, since it is one of the first questions we ask.
Sand, gravel and mineral sites around the city
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Brisbane Pit 14.3 miles south and Buck Hammock 14.8 miles west, both industrial-mineral mines. Dump trucks and tractors pulling end-dumps that worked those sites can stay where they are parked; give us the pit or yard address and a contact on site.
Two sand and gravel operations, Sunshine Mine at 15.4 miles and Corrigan Ranch Division at 19.7 miles, both lie south of town in MSHA’s listings. A truck parked at a pit gate is collected there, so let us know the site’s hours and whether a visitor needs to sign in at the scale house.
North toward Cocoa and Cape Canaveral
Twenty-one miles north, the North American Rail Network maps the COCOA-ROCKLEDGE rail yard, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Cocoa intermodal ramp at 21.1 miles. Day cabs and chassis that shuttle between those ramps and Brevard warehouses are trucks we buy; note whether a container chassis is part of the sale.
Up the coast at Cape Canaveral, 24.7 miles from West Melbourne, sits a petroleum product terminal named by the Energy Information Administration. Fuel tankers and the tractors that pull them often carry tank test and inspection paperwork, so gather those sheets along with the title before we collect.
Patrick Space Force Base is 13 miles north on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list of military installations. If your truck is parked on or near base property, tell us so we can sort out access before the pickup is booked.
Contractors, plants, cattle and honey
Construction accounts for 1,183 of the 11,558 jobs counted here in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and manufacturing for 1,043. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from those trades are welcome; have the title in the company’s name ready, along with a signature from whoever is authorized to sell it.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 137 construction establishments, and wholesale trade adds 370 jobs under the LEHD figures. Delivery straight trucks from a supply house or wholesaler can be collected from the loading dock where they sit.
Cattle lead the Brevard County farm list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of honey and potted flowering plants, across 584 farms. A livestock hauler, a nursery delivery truck or a farm-plated straight truck sells the same way: title, registration, and photos taken where it is parked.
The questions we get asked in West Melbourne
- Can you pick up an end-dump sitting at Sunshine Mine or Corrigan Ranch without me hauling it home first?Sunshine Mine and Corrigan Ranch Division sit 15.4 and 19.7 miles south on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from pit yards like those. Give us the site address and the name of someone who can let us in.
- Will you take a Brevard truck that never left Florida on its runs?Forty-nine of West Melbourne’s 54 active carriers in FMCSA’s census are intrastate operators, so a Florida-only truck is the norm here and we buy it. Bring the Florida title and registration.
- Besides the title, what goes in the folder for a Space Coast truck pickup?FMCSA roadside inspection records for 67 local trucks show a median model year of 2020, and whatever the year, we ask for the same things: title, registration, the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the cab, frame and tires.
- Do you buy car carriers and tow trucks?Six carriers here haul motor vehicles and five do driveaway or towaway work in FMCSA’s census, and we buy car carriers, tow trucks and rollbacks. Tell us whether the trailer or bed comes with the truck.