Lease roads
Logansport’s paychecks lean on the oilfield
Of the 262 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in Logansport for 2023, 127 sit in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. If your truck has hauled pipe, equipment or water to well sites around town, tell us which leases it served and whether it is parked on one now. A gated lease needs a contact who can let us in on collection day.
That oilfield share comes to 48.5 percent of local jobs on the LEHD figures, close to half. Winch trucks, flatbeds and tractors that moved rigs and tanks all belong on the list of trucks we collect. Have the title, the current registration and any site inspection sheets together, and send photos of the cab, the deck and the VIN plate.
Seven Logansport carriers move machinery and freight
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 11 active carriers based in Logansport, and seven of them mark machinery and large objects as cargo, the same seven count as hauling general freight. A lowboy tractor or a step-deck rig fits that mix. Tell us the trailer type along with the tractor, and whether you are selling one or both.
Seven of those carriers run interstate and four stay inside Louisiana, according to the same federal carrier census. If your rig ran out of state on a regular route, keep its registration records with the title so the states it was plated in are easy to follow.
Private fleets that haul their own goods
Seven Logansport operations register as private fleets in FMCSA’s carrier census, carrying their own materials rather than freight for hire. A contractor’s dump truck or a ranch’s tractor falls in this group. If the truck is titled to a business, the person signing should be an officer named on the company’s records, so check that before we schedule anything.
The biggest outfit in town runs 21 power units and 34 drivers on the federal carrier census, while the next two each list a single truck. Whether you are clearing one unit from a yard of twenty or selling the only truck you own, send the VIN and odometer reading first and we will work out the rest from there.
Cattle and timber
Ranch country and lumber loads around Logansport
Around Logansport, De Soto Parish counts 632 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, horses and potted flowering plants topping the list. Livestock haulers, stock trailers pulled by a single-axle tractor and feed trucks come out of that work. Tell us the farm road and gate where the truck is parked, since we come to it.
Four local carriers list farm supplies and three list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo in FMCSA’s census of motor carriers. A log truck that has sat in a pasture since the last cut is still one we will look at. Photos of the bunks, the frame and the cab, plus the title, are what we need to begin.
Most Logansport drivers finish the day near town
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 39 Logansport drivers working within a hundred-mile radius against 11 who go farther. Most trucks here end their day near town, so the likeliest pickup spot is a yard, a lease road or a driveway in the parish. Give us that address when you first reach out.
For the eleven long-range drivers on the same census, the truck may be parked out of state or at a terminal away from Logansport. That is fine; name the location and who holds the keys, and the collection gets planned around wherever it sits.
A lost title goes through the OMV in Mansfield
Titles in this state are issued by the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, and its OMV Mansfield Office at 619 Franklin Street, Mansfield, 71052, is 17.4 miles from Logansport. If the title is missing, that office handles a duplicate, so start the request there before you list the truck with us.
Bring your ID and the registration to Franklin Street, and if a lender once held a lien, carry its release too. With a clean title in hand from the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, the sale itself is a signature and a handover.
The questions we get asked in Logansport
- My truck is on an oil lease outside Logansport. Will you come out to the lease for it?With 127 of Logansport’s 262 jobs in oil and gas extraction on the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts for 2023, lease pickups are routine here. Give us the lease name, the gate and a contact who can open it.
- My Logansport truck’s title went missing; is Mansfield the place to fix that?The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles runs the OMV Mansfield Office at 619 Franklin Street, Mansfield, 71052, 17.4 miles from town. Ask the Franklin Street counter for a duplicate, then text us a picture of the new title.
- Will you take a De Soto Parish log truck or cattle hauler?Three Logansport carriers list lumber and logs and four list farm supplies in FMCSA’s carrier census, so timber and ranch trucks are part of what we look at. Photos of the bunks or the stock trailer, with the title, open the conversation.