Container tractors near the New Orleans ramp
A rail intermodal ramp listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics as New Orleans, LA lies about 1 mile south of Bridge City. Day cabs that shuttle boxes off a ramp that close often spend their whole working life inside the parish, so tell us which chassis yard or street lot the tractor sits in and we will plan the collection around that spot.
Two rail yards appear on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: KINDER-MORGAN at 1.6 miles south-east and NEW ORLEANS (SHREWSBURY) at 2.4 miles north-east. If your tractor is parked behind a yard gate, send the name of whoever holds the key along with the VIN, so the pickup is not stuck at the fence.
Tankers serving the terminals south-east of town
Kinder Morgan runs a liquid bulk terminal 1.3 miles south-east, and New Orleans I, another liquid bulk terminal, sits 2.3 miles out in the same direction, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tractors that pull tank trailers between those docks usually carry a stack of terminal paperwork; put the registration and any inspection sheets in the cab before we arrive.
On the Energy Information Administration’s list, the AVONDALE petroleum product terminal stands 2.8 miles south-west of Bridge City. If your truck loaded fuel there, let us know whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays behind, and photograph the tractor and trailer separately so each one is clear.
Gravel haulers between Wood Materials and Bella Rose
Wood Materials - Harahan, a sand and gravel operation, is 1.9 miles west of town in records from the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which also lists Bella Rose 2.6 miles to the south-east. Tandem and tri-axle dumps hauling from pits like these are trucks we buy, and the title plus a few photos of the bed, frame and cab are what we ask for first.
When a dump truck has been sitting at a pit rather than at home, tell us the operation’s name and who on site can let us in. Trucks parked inside a sand and gravel property can be collected where they stand, with no need to move them back to Bridge City.
Two hundred seventy-one building jobs on the west bank
Construction held 271 of Bridge City’s 873 jobs in 2023, a 31 percent share in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES). Contractors who run their own dump trucks, flatbeds or water trucks out of a west bank yard can sell one unit or several, and a list of VINs is the simplest place to begin.
The same 2023 LEHD job counts place 51 jobs in transportation and warehousing and 66 in manufacturing here. Owner-operators and small shops in those trades can reach us with the registration in hand; if the title has gone missing, mention it at the outset so the paperwork is sorted before the day of collection.
Cattle haulers on Jefferson Parish farmland
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 20 farms across Jefferson Parish, with cattle at the top of the list. A stock truck or cattle hauler kept on one of those properties can be picked up from the farm, so give us the road it is on and a gate code if one is needed.
Farm trucks often go years without a full service log, and that is fine; tell us what the truck has hauled and when it was last registered, and send photos of the cab, the frame and the body.
The questions we get asked in Bridge City
- Do you take dump trucks working the Harahan sand and gravel pit?Wood Materials - Harahan is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration 1.9 miles west of town, and dump trucks hauling from it are among the trucks we purchase. For a Harahan pit truck, start with the title, the registration and pictures of the dump bed.
- Can I sell a tanker that runs to the Kinder Morgan terminal?Kinder Morgan’s liquid bulk terminal sits 1.3 miles south-east of Bridge City on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, and tank tractors from there fit what we buy. Tell us whether the trailer is included and have the inspection records ready.