Sell your semi truck for cash in Lafayette the easy and convenient way

Of the 392 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census lists in Lafayette, 83 mark oilfield equipment as a cargo they carry and 74 mark machinery and large objects. If your tractor has pulled lowboys or float trailers to well sites, tell us the trailer it was coupled to and where the truck sits today, whether that is a yard in town or a lease road in the next parish.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 3,317 jobs in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction across the area, beside 2,750 in transportation and warehousing. A winch truck or a bed truck that has spent its years on that work sells the same way as a highway tractor: we need the title, the registration and clear photos of the cab, frame and deck.

The Energy Information Administration lists the Anse la Butte terminal, a petroleum product terminal about 6.3 miles north-east of the city. If your fuel tractor is parked near that terminal, give us the gate contact and the hours the lot is open when you send the VIN.

About 2.5 miles north-west of downtown, the North American Rail Network shows the Lafayette rail yard, with a second yard at New Iberia 18.7 miles to the south-east. Day cabs that shuttle between those two yards can be collected from either one; just let us know which side of the tracks the truck is on and who holds the keys.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration records the LA 82 / Verot Pit 10.1 miles south of town and Legacy Aggregates 10.9 miles to the south-east, both sand and gravel operations. Dump trucks working those pits can stay at the pit for pickup; send photos of the bed and hoist along with the cab so we see the whole unit.

Further out, at 21.3 miles south-east, sits the New Iberia Plant, a mineral processing plant on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Construction keeps 368 establishments busy in the parish according to County Business Patterns, and a tandem or tri-axle that has served those builders is a truck we purchase; have its service records ready if you kept them.

FMCSA’s carrier census splits the city’s carriers almost evenly: 202 run interstate, 190 stay inside Louisiana and 147 operate private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck that never crossed the state line still needs a clear Louisiana title in the seller’s name, and if that title is lost, Louisiana’s title agency issues the duplicate before we can close.

Registrations kept coming, with 32 new carriers in 2025 and 23 in 2024 per the same FMCSA census. Owner-operators who started in those years and are now selling their first tractor can send the VIN, current registration and a few photos, and we work from there.

Driver counts add another side: carriers here report 1,226 drivers working within 100 miles and 2,563 going beyond it, on FMCSA’s census figures. If the truck is out on a long run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked when it comes back.

Across 490 trucks from Lafayette carriers stopped between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records show a median model year of 2019, with 34.7 percent at ten years or older. Whatever year yours is, the model year on the title and the VIN plate should match; check that before you send them to us.

For 109 carriers that reported mileage, FMCSA’s census gives a median of 28,208 miles per truck each year. Read the odometer and write it down with the date so the figure you give us is the one we see on collection day.

Three carriers here run 177, 169 and 105 power units, according to FMCSA’s census. If you are selling several units at once, list each VIN with where it is parked, and we will collect them yard by yard.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 502 farms in Lafayette Parish, with cattle, soybeans and foliage plants at the top. A grain truck or livestock hauler parked on a farm lane can be picked up there, and the National Bridge Inventory lists 31 load-posted bridges among the 163 in the area, so tell us the route in so we bring the right equipment.

• My winch truck sits at a yard by the Verot Pit south of town; will you pick it up from that spot?The Mine Safety and Health Administration places the LA 82 / Verot Pit 10.1 miles south of Lafayette, and we collect the winch truck right where it is parked; give us the yard’s gate contact.
• I lost the Louisiana title to my oilfield tractor. What do I do first?Apply for a duplicate through Louisiana’s title agency before we close; send us the VIN and registration meanwhile so everything else is ready.
• Do you take dump trucks that haul for parish construction jobs?County Business Patterns counts 368 construction establishments in Lafayette Parish, and dump trucks serving them are among what we purchase; send photos of the bed and the cab.