The Energy Information Administration places the VENICE petroleum product terminal 2.8 miles east of Estelle and the HARVEY terminal 4.8 miles to the north. A tractor that loads at either rack is often parked within a few miles of both, so give us the street address or the yard gate where it sits and a contact who can let us in.
Retif Oil and Fuel, a liquid bulk terminal 4.4 miles north of town on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, is close enough that a local fuel hauler may spend its whole shift between these three sites. If your tank truck or tractor did that work, tell us which product it carried and whether the tank stays with the sale or goes back to its owner.
Liquid bulk on the river and containers at Napoleon Avenue
North of Estelle by 4.3 miles, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records a New Orleans liquid bulk terminal on the river. Drivers who pulled tank trailers across to the east bank can leave the tractor on this side of the river; we collect it from whichever parish lot it is parked in.
According to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the NAPOLEON AVE ICTF rail yard lies 5.2 miles north. Day cabs that dray boxes off that yard should come with the VIN, the current registration and a few photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel taken in daylight.
If the chassis under your container belongs to a leasing pool rather than to you, say so up front, since only the tractor you hold title to can be part of the sale.
Pit dumps hauling out of the Beverly and Bella Rose sandpits
Two sand and gravel operations appear on Mine Safety and Health Administration records near Estelle: Beverly Sandpit #3, 4.4 miles north, and Bella Rose, 5.2 miles to the north-west. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump tractors that worked those pits are trucks we buy, and a pit truck can stay at the pit until collection if the operator agrees.
Before we come, ask the site office whether a visitor needs an escort or a check-in at the scale house, and pass that name and number along with the photos and title.
Estelle payrolls in building and wholesale trade
Of the 861 jobs based in Estelle in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 102 in construction, an 11.8 percent share. Flatbeds, stake beds and small dumps from building work around the parish are welcome, and service records kept by a contractor’s shop help us read a truck’s history.
Wholesale trade held 76 of those jobs, or 8.8 percent, in the same LEHD figures for 2023. Box trucks and straight trucks that run wholesale deliveries around Jefferson Parish fit what we purchase, so send the body length, liftgate details and the plate registration with your first message.
Cattle and the air base
Cattle trucks and the base nearby
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 20 farms in Jefferson Parish, and cattle is the leading line it lists there. A livestock hauler or a farm flatbed from one of those operations can be sold from the pasture gate; just tell us how a tractor-trailer reaches it.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans sits 4.5 miles east of Estelle, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics notes. If your truck is parked anywhere on or near the base, check the access rules for a civilian collection before we set a date, and have the title signed only once we arrive.
Getting the title and records in order
Locate the Louisiana title before anything else. If it is lost, request a duplicate from Louisiana’s title agency before we schedule a pickup. The name on that document has to match the seller.
Next, gather the registration, any inspection reports from terminal or pit work, and service invoices. Photos of all four sides, the dash and the VIN plate round out what we need to make a decision about the truck.
The questions we get asked in Estelle
- Do you buy dump trucks from the sandpits north of Estelle?Beverly Sandpit #3 and Bella Rose, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration within 5.2 miles, run the kind of dumps we purchase. Send the title, photos and the pit’s check-in rules.
- My Jefferson Parish truck has no title in hand. How do I sort that out before selling?A truck registered in Jefferson Parish needs a duplicate from Louisiana’s title agency before the sale, and the name on it must match yours. Start that request first, then contact us with the VIN.