Alexandria’s registered carriers and their loads
General freight is the cargo line on 66 of the 125 active Alexandria carriers counted in FMCSA’s carrier census. Box vans, straight trucks and dry-van tractors come out of that mix, so if yours is one of them, have the title and current registration in hand before you call.
Logs, poles, beams and lumber appear on the cargo lists of 27 Alexandria carriers in the FMCSA census, with 24 listing machinery and large objects and 22 hauling metal sheets, coils and rolls. Log trucks, lowboys and flatbed tractors belong to that group; send photos of the deck, the bunks or the tie-down points alongside the cab.
Of those 125 carriers, the federal census records 61 operating interstate, 64 staying inside Louisiana and 56 running private fleets that haul their own goods. A private-fleet truck is often titled to the business rather than a person, so have whoever signs for the company ready to sign the title.
Rail yards, a fuel terminal and the port
The North American Rail Network places the Alexandria rail yard 2.5 miles south-east of town and the Latanier yard 6.8 miles out in the same direction. Trucks that shuttle freight to and from those sidings tend to be parked close by, so give us the yard address and a gate contact and we come to the tractor there.
Three miles north, the Energy Information Administration lists the Alexandria Terminal Co petroleum product terminal, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics names a Placid Refining Company liquid bulk terminal at the same 3.1-mile distance. If your tractor pulled tank trailers between those sites, keep any site inspection sheets with the truck; they tell us where it worked.
Seven and a half miles south-west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the Central Louisiana Regional port. A truck sitting on a lot near the docks can stay there; tell us who controls the lot so the pickup is arranged with them.
England Authority, Camp Beauregard and a gravel pit
England Authority lies 5 miles north-west and NG Camp Beauregard 7.6 miles north-east, both named as military installations by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If you drove contract loads onto either site and the truck is now parked off base, say where; we collect from the address you give.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists a sand and gravel operation 17.9 miles south-west of Alexandria. Dump trucks and end-dump trailers serve pits like that one, so tell us the body type and bed length when you first describe the truck.
Where Alexandria’s builders and makers work
Census Bureau LEHD job counts for 2023 put 34,447 jobs in Alexandria, with 1,611 in construction, 1,192 in manufacturing, 1,088 in wholesale trade and 514 in transportation and warehousing. Each of those trades keeps its own trucks, from dump bodies to delivery boxes, and any of them can be sold to us with a clear title.
Rapides Parish builders work out of 100 construction establishments in Alexandria, by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor’s truck often carries a dump body, crane or flatbed; list the equipment fitted to it and attach a photo of the plate showing the VIN.
Tractor model years and posted spans around Alexandria
Of the 230 Alexandria-based trucks stopped by inspectors from August 2024 to August 2026, the median was a 2020 model and 18.7 percent were ten or more model years back, per FMCSA roadside inspection records. Whatever the year, read us the VIN and the odometer first; most of our other questions follow from those two.
Among 37 local carriers reporting mileage, FMCSA’s census shows a median of 24,081 miles a truck. Drivers here are mostly local, too: the same census counts 2,472 drivers working within 100 miles and 763 going farther.
Around Alexandria, 6 of 132 bridges carry a posted load limit and none clears less than 14 feet, according to the National Bridge Inventory. Tell us the route out from where the truck sits, so the collection vehicle avoids the posted spans.
Rapides Parish farms and their trucks
According to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, Rapides Parish has 754 farms, with soybeans, rice and corn as its top crops. Grain trucks and hopper-bottom tractors that haul harvests to elevators fit what we buy.
A farm truck may be titled in a family member’s name or to the farm itself. Find the title before you contact us, and if the name on it is not yours, have that person ready to sign.
The questions we get asked in Alexandria
- Can you collect a tractor parked beside the Latanier rail yard south-east of Alexandria?The North American Rail Network puts Latanier 6.8 miles south-east of town, and we drive out to the truck rather than asking you to move it. Give us the address and whoever can open the gate.
- Will you buy the log truck I run out of Rapides Parish?Log haulers are on our list; FMCSA’s carrier census shows 27 Alexandria carriers hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber, and their trucks are the kind we buy. Send the VIN, the title and photos of the bunks.
- Can my dump truck be picked up at the gravel pit south-west of Alexandria?Yes, at the pit or your own yard. The Mine Safety and Health Administration places that sand and gravel operation 17.9 miles south-west of Alexandria, and we collect from the pit yard or your own lot, with the title signed over at pickup.