The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the KMAC/Madden Plant, a sand and gravel operation, 3.6 miles north-east of Amite City, and Plant 1341-Amite West 4.3 miles to the south-west. A dump truck or tandem that loads at either pit is often parked at the pit itself or at the owner’s yard in between, and we can collect it from whichever spot you give us.
Twelve point eight miles north, toward Kentwood, the same federal agency records U.S. Sports Field Sand’s Kentwood Plant as a mineral processing plant. If your truck runs loads out of Kentwood, tell us which gate it uses and who on site can let a driver in, so the pickup is arranged with the plant rather than around it.
For any truck that has hauled aggregate, photos of the bed, the hoist, the frame rails and the tires help as much as photos of the cab. Send the VIN plate and the odometer with them, and the description you give us lines up with what we see.
Freight, lowboys, hay and logs from Amite City
Fifty-one active carriers list an Amite City address in FMCSA’s carrier census. Thirty-four of them name general freight among their cargo, thirteen name machinery and large objects, nine haul grain, feed and hay, and another nine carry logs, poles, beams and lumber. That spread covers day cabs and sleepers, lowboys and step decks, hopper-bottom tractors and log trucks, and we buy each of those.
New registrations keep arriving: the federal census records five carriers starting up in Amite City during 2025 and three during 2024. If you are one of those newer outfits and the truck is still financed, have the lender’s name and the account number ready, since the lien has to be released before the title can move.
A machinery hauler’s tractor usually travels with its trailer. Tell us whether you are selling the tractor alone or the tractor and the lowboy together, and give us the VIN of each one; a trailer carries a title of its own.
Small fleets, short and long routes
Of the 51 carriers in town, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 29 authorised for interstate work and 22 that stay inside Louisiana, while 17 run private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck often carries the business’s name rather than a for-hire number, so bring the registration that shows which entity owns it.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows the three biggest fleets based here running 10, 7 and 6 power units, with 5, 7 and 4 drivers. When a small operation sells one tractor out of a handful, list which unit it is by its VIN and door number so nothing gets mixed up with the trucks staying behind.
Per-truck mileage reported by sixteen Amite City carriers to FMCSA has a median of 47,596 miles a year. Note the current odometer reading from the dash when you first contact us, and we will ask about the rest.
Thirty-two trucks
FMCSA roadside inspection records hold 32 Amite City carrier trucks checked from September 17, 2024 to July 31, 2026. Those same inspection records give a median model year of 2015.5, with 53 percent of the trucks ten or more model years old.
Whatever the year on your title, keep any inspection reports from those roadside stops with the truck. Alongside service invoices and the registration, they give us the truck’s history in writing, and if you have none, simply tell us what the truck has done.
Milk, beef cattle and corn on Tangipahoa farms
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 816 farms in Tangipahoa Parish, with milk, cattle and corn at the top of the parish’s farm output. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and the tractors that pull feed trailers are all trucks we collect from a farm lot as readily as from a yard in town.
A farm truck is frequently titled to the farm rather than to a person. Check whose name sits on the title before you call, and if it belongs to a family partnership or an estate, have the paperwork that lets you sign for it.
Log and lumber haulers, nine of them by FMCSA’s carrier census, work the same parish roads. If your log truck is parked out at a woodlot, give us directions and the nearest paved turn-off so the collection driver can reach it.
Jobs, builders and the title office
LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau put 6,134 jobs in Amite City in 2023, and County Business Patterns records 17 construction establishments. A contractor selling a dump truck or flatbed out of that work should have the title, the current registration and any lien release together before the sale.
If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a duplicate, and the application asks for the VIN and proof that you own the truck. Start that request early and tell us it is underway, so the paperwork and the collection can be lined up.
Out at NG Hammond Airport, 15.6 miles south-east and listed as a military installation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, access is controlled. A truck parked anywhere with a gate, guard or badge check needs a named contact who can let our driver through.
The questions we get asked in Amite City
- The title for my Amite City truck has gone missing somewhere. How do I get a duplicate issued?For a truck registered in Amite City, the state’s title agency issues the duplicate, and it will ask for the VIN and proof of ownership. Let us know once the application is in.