Liquid bulk, south of town
Tank work along the Mississippi below Killian
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places two liquid bulk terminals, MPLX and Marathon Dock, a little over twenty miles south of Killian. If your tractor has pulled tank trailers to those docks, tell us which ones and what it hauled, and send photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel so the description and the pictures line up.
Garyville’s petroleum product terminal, listed by the Energy Information Administration at 19.3 miles to the south, is closer still. A day cab or sleeper that shuttles between Garyville and the docks can stay wherever it is parked between loads; give us that address and a phone number for whoever holds the keys, and we plan collection there.
Southwest at Sorrento
Sorrento Dome and the rail yard at the port
Sorrento Dome, a petroleum product terminal the Energy Information Administration puts 17.7 miles south-west of town, is the nearest fuel stop of its kind on the list. Trucks that load there often sit at a yard in Ascension Parish rather than at home in Killian, so tell us which side of the parish line the truck is on when you reach out.
Per the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration together with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a rail yard for the Port of South Louisiana lies 19.8 miles south. A tractor that pulls freight off that yard should come with its registration and the VIN written down, since those two items answer most of what we ask first.
Aggregate haulers working the pits north of Killian
Two sand and gravel operations, Candiotto and Barriere West, are each 18.1 miles north of Killian according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls aggregate out of those pits is the kind of vehicle we buy, and a photo of the bed and the hoist alongside the cab tells us what it is.
If the truck is parked at the pit rather than in town, that is fine. Let us know whether a gate or a site contact controls access, and list any service records you keep, so the visit to the operation goes smoothly.
Builders in the parish
Sixteen builders and the flatbeds they keep
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau counts 16 construction establishments in the area that includes Killian. Flatbeds, dump trucks and service bodies from contractors like these are welcome here, whether you own one unit or several.
When a contractor is selling more than one truck, a short list with each VIN, the body type and where each one is parked lets us plan the collection as one trip. The title for each truck should be in the business’s name, matching the registration.
Livestock and hives
Farm haulers in Livingston Parish
Around Killian, the 402 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records for Livingston Parish list cattle, equine and honey as their leading products. Livestock haulers, horse-trailer tractors and straight trucks that move hives all fit what we purchase.
A farm truck often sits in a barn or pasture off a gravel lane. Tell us how a tow rig reaches it and whether the ground is firm, and send a picture of the title page along with the photos of the truck.
A duplicate from the Springfield tag office
Crossroad Tag Agency, at 31623 Hwy 22 Suite 1 in Springfield, is listed by the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles among its OMV offices and sits 5.6 miles from Killian. A seller who cannot find the title can apply for a duplicate there before we collect the truck.
Bring your driver’s license and the registration to the Springfield office, and check that the name on the duplicate matches the person or company selling. If a lienholder is still listed, a lien release from the lender belongs with the title when we arrive.
The questions we get asked in Killian
- Do you pick up trucks parked near the Garyville or Marathon Dock terminals?Garyville’s terminal and Marathon Dock both lie south of Killian on the Energy Information Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and we collect a truck from wherever it is parked, at a terminal lot or at home.
- If my title went missing, can a Springfield tag agency reissue it?Crossroad Tag Agency on Hwy 22 in Springfield, one of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles’ OMV offices and 5.6 miles away, handles duplicate titles for sellers here.
- Is a tri-axle that loads gravel at Barriere West something you take?Candiotto and Barriere West are sand and gravel operations north of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and dump trucks from pits like those are among the trucks we buy.
- Do you buy livestock trucks from parish farms?Cattle and equine rank first and second among Livingston Parish farm products in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and livestock haulers from those farms are trucks we purchase.