FMCSA’s carrier census shows 59 active carriers based in Leesville, 25 of them authorised for interstate work and 34 working only inside Louisiana. If your tractor or straight truck has stayed on in-state routes, have the Louisiana registration and the title in your name ready before we talk, since those two papers settle most of the first conversation.
A count of 20 private fleets, hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, also turns up among Leesville’s registrations in FMCSA’s census. A truck that belonged to a contractor or a business rather than a for-hire outfit can still be sold to us; tell us whose name is on the title and who can sign for it, so the paperwork matches the owner of record.
Logs, lumber, machinery and household goods
Seventeen Leesville carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo in the FMCSA census, beside 24 that list general freight. Log trucks and flatbed tractors from the timber trade are among what we collect; send photos of the bunks, the stakes or the deck along with the cab and the VIN plate.
Machinery and large objects appear on the cargo lists of 15 local carriers, the FMCSA census shows, and household goods on 9. For a lowboy tractor, a heavy-haul unit or a moving van, tell us what trailer it last pulled and whether the trailer is part of the sale, so we plan the collection for one unit or two.
Ages of trucks stopped at the roadside
Seventy-two Leesville-based trucks went through roadside checks from December 2024 to August 2026 by FMCSA’s inspection records, with 2017 as their median model year and 45.8 percent at ten years or older. Whatever the year on your title, the VIN, the engine make and an odometer photo are what we ask for first.
For the 17 Leesville carriers reporting both trucks and miles, the median works out to about 10,000 miles per truck in a year, by FMCSA’s carrier census. Keep the service invoices you have in one folder; a log of oil changes and tire work shows how a truck was looked after better than a description can.
Pickup spots
Rail yards, Fort Johnson and the gravel plants
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, puts the Leesville rail yard 1.3 miles south-east of town and the DeRidder yard 20.9 miles south. If your truck is parked near either yard, send the street address or a map pin and we will come to it there.
Fort Johnson, a military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics locates 9.7 miles east of Leesville, is the other landmark on this side of town. A truck kept on a lot near the post or at a home along the way is collected where it stands, provided someone can let our driver in.
Two sand and gravel operations registered with the Mine Safety and Health Administration lie south-west of town: Plant 1343-Emerald Rock/Cooper at 18.2 miles and Plant 1328-Eaves Loop at 25 miles. Dump trucks and tractors parked at a pit can be picked up on site; tell us who controls the gate and the hours it is open.
Load-posted bridges and farm roads near Leesville
Just 3 of Leesville’s 22 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory are load-posted, and the same federal list shows no span clearing less than 14 feet. Mention any posted bridge on the road to your yard when you contact us, so the truck we send to collect yours is routed around it.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 429 farms in Vernon Parish, with cattle, equine and sheep the leading operations. A livestock hauler or ranch truck parked on one of those properties can be collected from the farm itself; give us directions from the nearest paved road.
Construction, factory and freight jobs on the Leesville map
Construction holds 155 of Leesville’s 5,518 jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, beside 98 in manufacturing and 75 in transportation and warehousing. Contractors selling a dump truck, flatbed or service body truck should bring the title, the current registration and any equipment manuals to the sale.
Twenty-eight construction firms keep an establishment here according to the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If a crew truck or tractor is being retired from one of those businesses, an officer of the company signs the title; have that person available when the paperwork is done, and tell us if a lender still holds a lien.