If your tractor or straight truck is one of those general freight units, have the title and current registration in your name before you call, and tell us whether it pulls a van, a flatbed or nothing at all.
Machinery and large objects appear on 9 Carrollton carrier filings in the federal carrier census, motor vehicles on 8 and driveaway or towaway on 7. Lowboys, car haulers and tow trucks from Carrollton are all on our list; send a photo of the deck alongside the cab with your first message.
Of those 42 carriers, 20 are registered for interstate work and 22 for intrastate only, while 19 run private fleets carrying their own goods, according to FMCSA records. A private-fleet truck owned by a business usually needs a company officer to sign the title, so line that person up early.
The three biggest Carrollton fleets in FMCSA’s census run 10, 7 and 5 power units, so this is a town of small operators. Selling one truck out of a five-truck yard is straightforward: give us the VIN, the unit’s location in the yard and a contact who can hand over the keys.
One of those fleets lists 7 power units against 13 drivers, the federal census shows, and another lists 10 units with 6 drivers. If you are cutting a fleet down by a truck or two, send the VINs together and we can plan a single trip to collect them.
New registrations here are few: FMCSA’s census records 3 new carriers in 2024 and 1 in 2025. A carrier that has only just registered can still sell a truck through us, as long as the title matches the name on the sale.
Carrollton carriers report 108 drivers working within 100 miles of home and 33 who go farther, per FMCSA’s carrier census. A short-haul truck is most likely parked in town at the end of its shift, which makes it easy for us to reach.
Across 12 carriers that report mileage, the median truck in Carrollton logged 15,250 miles a year in FMCSA’s census filings. Write the current odometer reading down when you contact us, together with the VIN, since we ask for those two numbers first.
If your truck is out on a longer run and will not be home for a while, tell us where it will be parked next. The pickup can be set for that address rather than for Carrollton.
Quarries, gravel and the rail yard
Lockport Mine, a crushed-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration records 14.7 miles south-east of Carrollton, is the nearest pit to town. A dump truck or tri-axle that has hauled from the Lockport pit can be collected at the quarry gate if the operator allows it, so ask who controls access before we schedule.
Further east, Warsaw Plant is a sand and gravel operation 21.5 miles out and MLC - Verona a crushed-stone quarry 24.7 miles away, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Trucks that have worked those sites can stay where they are parked; send us the address and a phone number for someone on site.
South McCormick, a rail yard 4.8 miles south-east of town, appears on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics keep. If your truck is kept at a lot near that yard, give us the street address and any gate code with the VIN.
Cattle, corn, plants
Farms, factories and building trades
Cattle, soybeans and corn lead Carroll County’s 226 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks and livestock haulers off those farms are welcome; if the truck is registered as farm-plated, bring the registration card so we can see how it is titled.
Of 1,632 jobs in Carrollton in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 269, or 16.5 percent, in manufacturing. A box truck or tractor owned by a plant should come with the company’s title and a letter naming who may sign for it.
Seven construction establishments operate in Carrollton on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns figures. Contractors selling a dump, flatbed or utility truck should gather the title, registration and any service records before we come out.
The questions we get asked in Carrollton
- Will you take a Carrollton car hauler or a tow truck off a driveaway carrier?Eight Carrollton carriers declare motor vehicles and 7 declare driveaway or towaway in FMCSA’s carrier census, and trucks doing that work are ones we buy. Send photos of the deck or tow body as well as the cab.