Gravel pit country
Sand and gravel on the north side of Livingston Parish
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists two sand and gravel operations, Cross and Plant 3, each about 5.8 miles north of Denham Springs. A dump truck or end-dump trailer that hauls from those pits is often parked near them between loads, so give us the gate location and the name of whoever can let us in.
Construction accounts for 766 of the 8,021 jobs counted in Denham Springs, about 9.5 percent, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. If your truck spent its working life on parish job sites, have the title, the current registration and a few photos of the bed, the frame and the cab ready before you call.
Fuel terminals and rail yards around Baton Rouge
Two petroleum product terminals listed under the name Baton Rouge sit about 11.8 and 12.5 miles west of town on Energy Information Administration records, and a liquid bulk terminal 14.6 miles west appears in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings. Tank tractors that load at those racks are on our list; tell us which terminal the unit ran to and send any inspection paperwork you kept for it.
Rail is close as well: the North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places a KCS yard 12.9 miles west and a second Baton Rouge yard 13.6 miles out. A day cab that shuttles freight off those yards can stay parked in Baton Rouge; we collect it there, so you only need to give us the address and a contact on site.
Freight, lumber and steel haulers on the parish register
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 123 active carriers in Denham Springs: 70 authorised for interstate work, 53 operating only within Louisiana, and 32 that are private fleets moving their own goods. Whichever group you belong to, the USDOT number on the door helps us confirm the truck’s registration, so include it when you get in touch.
General freight is listed by 94 of those carriers, while 23 haul machinery and large objects, 22 move logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 21 carry metal sheets, coils and rolls, per the same federal census. Flatbeds and step-decks that haul steel or timber out of the parish are trucks we buy; photos of the deck, the tie-down points and the tractor together help us see the whole rig.
New registrations add to the list: according to FMCSA, 23 carriers here registered in 2025 and 15 in 2024. If you started a small operation recently and are stepping back from it, a truck still under a lienholder can be sold once you tell us who holds the note.
One-truck owners and parish fleets alike
The three biggest operators on the carrier census for Denham Springs run 80, 26 and 15 power units, with 72, 26 and 14 drivers respectively. A fleet manager selling several units at once can send us one list of VINs and yard locations, and we work through them truck by truck.
For the 23 Livingston Parish carriers in Denham Springs that file mileage with FMCSA, the typical truck covers 13,000 miles in a year, a figure that sits beside the gravel and terminal runs described above. The census also counts 116 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 210 beyond it, so a Denham Springs truck may be parked at home, at a customer’s yard or out of state when you decide to sell; tell us where it is today.
What roadside inspections recorded on local trucks
A 2022 tractor is the midpoint on FMCSA roadside inspection records for this town, drawn from 117 trucks checked at the roadside between September 2024 and August 2026 while hauling for carriers whose home base is Denham Springs in Livingston Parish. Have the model year, the VIN and the engine make written down when you call, since those three facts start every conversation we have about a truck.
On those same FMCSA inspection records, 17.95 percent of the trucks were ten or more model years old. Older units are part of what we purchase here just as newer ones are; service records, if you have them, go in the folder with the title.
Farms, wholesale and warehousing in the parish
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 402 farms in Livingston Parish, with cattle, equine and honey as its leading listings. For a livestock hauler or farm straight truck kept on parish land, send us the road address and a note on how to reach the barn or shed where it is parked.
Wholesale trade holds 174 jobs in the city and transportation and warehousing 103, on the LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau, while County Business Patterns lists 144 construction establishments. Box trucks and straight trucks from those distribution and contracting businesses qualify too, and a business seller should have the company’s registration and an authorised signer ready.
The questions we get asked in Denham Springs
- My dump truck is parked near the gravel pits north of Denham Springs. Can you collect it at the pit itself, north of Denham Springs?The Mine Safety and Health Administration places the Cross and Plant 3 sand and gravel operations about 5.8 miles north of town, and we collect trucks at sites like those. Tell us which pit road it is on and who holds the key to that gate.
- My tractor hauls fuel out of the Baton Rouge terminals. Will you take a tanker tractor from those racks?Energy Information Administration records put two petroleum product terminals 11.8 and 12.5 miles west of Denham Springs, and tank tractors from those runs are on our list. Send the VIN, photos and any terminal inspection paperwork.
- I run a flatbed hauling lumber in Livingston Parish. Which papers should sit on the seat for pickup?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 22 local carriers moving logs, poles, beams and lumber, and we buy their trucks. Have the title, registration, the USDOT number and photos of the deck and tractor ready.