Quarry trucks on the western edge of West Miami
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Epic Stoneworks, Inc., a dimension-stone quarry, just 1.5 miles west of West Miami. A dump truck or flatbed that has carried cut stone from a site that close is often still parked at the yard rather than at home, so send us the yard’s address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Miami Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 6.2 miles north-west, and the Miami Cement Plant, 8 miles west, both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records too. If your mixer or aggregate hauler has been working between those plants and job sites, have the Florida title and current registration in hand before we talk, and photograph the body, the chassis plate and the cab.
Hialeah yards and the Miami intermodal ramps
Two Hialeah rail yards sit north of the city on the North American Rail Network, which the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain: the FEC yard 4.4 miles away and the CSXT yard at 7.4 miles. A day cab that shuttles boxes to those yards can be collected at the drop lot where it waits between moves, provided you tell us whose lot it is.
For container work, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Miami, FL intermodal ramp 5.3 miles north and the POMTOC ramp at the Port of Miami 8.4 miles east. Tractors pulling chassis out of the port should come with the VIN, the odometer reading and any service records you kept; those three answer most of what we would otherwise ask by phone.
Norfolk Southern TBT, a liquid bulk terminal 5.8 miles north-east, is also on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list. If your tractor pulled tank trailers there, mention which trailer it was paired with and whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays behind.
Box trucks, roll-offs and lumber flatbeds from West Miami carriers
General freight shows up on 21 of the 24 West Miami operating authorities in FMCSA’s carrier census, alongside a handful of specialised haulers. Three each list garbage and refuse, household goods, and logs, poles, beams and lumber, so the trucks we see from this city range from box trucks and roll-offs to flatbeds.
Of those carriers, 21 operate intrastate and 3 interstate, with 2 running private fleets, again per the federal carrier census. A truck that has stayed inside Florida needs only its state title and registration from you; one that crossed state lines should also come with whatever apportioned plate paperwork it carried.
On driver range, the same FMCSA census counts 9 drivers working within 100 miles and 18 working beyond it. Long-haul tractors from here may be away when you call us, so tell us where the truck will be parked when it is back and we will plan around that address.
Recent carriers and small fleets
Five carriers registered in West Miami during 2024 and two more in 2025, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If you started a one-truck operation recently and are now closing it, keep the title, the registration and your USDOT number together; it helps to know whether the authority will stay active after the sale.
Fleets here are small on FMCSA’s figures, with a listed operation running one power unit and one driver. An owner-operator selling the single truck they run can send photos, the title and a pickup address, and handle everything else with us by phone.
Builders’ trucks, warehouse vans and foliage loads
Construction holds 176 of West Miami’s 1,269 jobs, 13.9 percent, in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. Dump trucks, stake beds and flatbeds from builders in town are often kept on a job site or at a contractor’s yard; tell us which, and whether a loader or forklift is on hand.
Transportation and warehousing accounted for 61 jobs, 4.8 percent, in that same LEHD series. Box trucks and straight trucks from local warehouses are often titled to a business, so have the person authorised to sign for the company ready when we arrange collection.
Foliage plants top the list for Miami-Dade County’s 2,664 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, followed by potted flowering plants and cut flowers and greens. A refrigerated box truck or nursery hauler from that trade should come with its reefer unit hours and the unit’s make and model.
Getting a carrier truck to and from West Miami
West Miami has just 5 bridges on the National Bridge Inventory, and not one of them carries a load posting or sits below 14 feet. A tow truck or lowboy sent to collect your truck can reach a residential street here without a detour around a weight or height limit, so a home driveway address works fine.
If the truck is parked off-site, at the Hialeah yards, near the quarries to the west or by the port, give us that location instead of your home address. We collect from wherever the vehicle sits in Miami-Dade County.
The questions we get asked in West Miami
- My dump truck is still at a quarry yard west of West Miami. Can it stay at the quarry yard for pickup instead of my West Miami driveway?Epic Stoneworks sits 1.5 miles west and the Miami Cement Plant 8 miles west on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect at yards like those. Send the yard address and a contact who can let our driver in.
- Which documents should I gather for a truck that never left Florida?Most of the 24 carriers on FMCSA’s census here run intrastate, so for them the Florida title and registration are the core documents. Add service records and clear photos of the truck if you have them.
- My tractor sits by the POMTOC ramp at the port. Can your driver load it at the port lot itself?The POMTOC intermodal ramp lies 8.4 miles east of West Miami on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, and a tractor left near it can be collected there. Tell us who controls the lot so access is arranged in advance.
- Is there any low bridge in West Miami that would stop a lowboy?None of the 5 bridges the National Bridge Inventory lists in West Miami is under 14 feet or load-posted, so a lowboy can reach a street address in town.