Lumber and leases
Timber, oilfield and general freight carriers in Mansfield
Logs, poles, beams and lumber appear as cargo for 34 of the 70 Mansfield carriers that FMCSA’s carrier census counts as active. A tractor that has pulled a log trailer around De Soto Parish is exactly the kind of truck we collect, so send the VIN, a cab photo and a shot of the headache rack and bunks with your first message.
Thirteen of those Mansfield carriers mark oilfield equipment on their FMCSA registrations, and 14 mark machinery and large objects. If your winch truck, gin pole rig or lowboy tractor spent its days on well pads around the parish, tell us what it hauled and include any site inspection sheets you kept from those leases.
General freight is the cargo class 37 Mansfield carriers list in the federal carrier census, which puts dry van and flatbed tractors alongside the timber and oilfield equipment in town. Whatever the trailer behind it, the title in your name and a current registration card are the two papers to find before you call.
Mansfield split
Short hauls, interstate lanes and private fleets
The split is even in Mansfield: FMCSA’s carrier census counts 35 carriers authorised for interstate work and 35 that stay inside Louisiana, with 30 operating as private fleets that haul their own goods. A private-fleet truck often carries company decals and a company title, so tell us whose name is on the certificate of title before we plan the pickup.
Drivers working for Mansfield carriers are mostly local on the federal census, with 107 recorded as running within 100 miles of home and 84 running beyond that radius. A truck that comes home to a yard on the edge of town each night is simple for us to reach; give us that yard address and a time someone can open the gate.
Across the 16 Mansfield carriers that reported annual mileage to FMCSA, the median truck logged 40,000 miles a year. Read the odometer off the dash and photograph it; that figure and the VIN are the first two things we ask for on every truck.
What the inspected trucks in De Soto Parish look like
Between September 2024 and July 2026, 36 trucks belonging to Mansfield-based outfits went through a roadside check, and FMCSA’s roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2014.5. Whatever year your tractor is, put that year and the engine make in your first message so we know which truck we are talking about.
Of those 36 inspected Mansfield trucks, 55.6 percent were ten or more model years old, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records. Keep the inspection report from your truck’s most recent roadside stop or annual inspection with the title, since it lists the VIN and the unit details in one place.
Fleets here are small, according to FMCSA’s carrier census: one Mansfield operation runs nine power units with seven drivers, another runs five with six, and a third runs four with four. If you are selling several units from a small fleet like these, list each VIN separately and note which ones share a yard.
North and east of town
Shreveport terminals, the Port of Caddo-Bossier and gravel to the east
Up the road at Shreveport, 22.4 miles north of Mansfield, sits a petroleum product terminal on the Energy Information Administration’s list. A fuel tractor that loads there and delivers back down into De Soto Parish can be collected from either end of that run; just tell us where it will be parked.
North of town, 23 miles off, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the General Cargo Dock at the Port of Caddo-Bossier as both a roll-on/roll-off terminal and a rail intermodal ramp. If your day cab has been shuttling containers or heavy cargo from that dock, photos of the fifth wheel and frame rails help us match the truck to your description.
East of Mansfield, 22.5 miles out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Geaux Prop, a sand and gravel operation. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that haul aggregate from a pit like that are on our list, and a parked truck at a pit can stay there while we arrange the collection with whoever runs the site.
De Soto payrolls
Jobs, farms and builders around Mansfield
Of 3,194 jobs counted in Mansfield in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 191 in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, 188 in transportation and warehousing, and 74 in construction. A service truck or hauler from any of those employers is one we can take; have the bill of sale or title transfer from the company ready if the truck was bought out of a fleet.
De Soto Parish has 632 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, equine and potted flowering plants leading its farm sales. A straight truck or tractor that pulls cattle trailers or nursery loads across the parish qualifies too, and it can be collected right at the farm gate.
Mansfield holds 5 construction establishments, a count taken from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If a contractor’s truck is being sold off, the person whose name is on the title signs it over, so line up that signature before the pickup day.
Parish bridges
Bridges, title papers and getting the truck out
The National Bridge Inventory lists 18 bridges around Mansfield, with none posted for load limits and none under 14 feet of clearance. For pickup we need the address and a clear spot for the tow or the driver.
If the title for your Mansfield truck is lost, the state’s title agency issues a duplicate, and you can start that request before you contact us. Bring the duplicate application receipt, the registration and a photo ID to the pickup, and we will tell you if anything else is needed.
The questions we get asked in Mansfield
- My log truck is parked on a woods road south of Mansfield. Will your recovery truck reach that spot?Mansfield’s 18 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory carry no load postings, and none sits under 14 feet. Send us the location or a map pin and say whether the ground is firm enough to reach the truck.
- The truck is titled to my small Mansfield fleet rather than to me personally. Does the company officer sign the Mansfield title, or do I?Most fleets in Mansfield are small on FMCSA’s carrier census, with three of them running nine, five and four power units. Whoever is named on the certificate of title signs it, so if that is the company, an officer of the company signs on its behalf.
- With the paper title for my Mansfield tractor misplaced, can the sale still go ahead?For a truck registered in De Soto Parish, the duplicate comes from the state’s title agency. Start that request first, and tell us when you contact us that a replacement is on the way.
- My truck runs loads up to the Port of Caddo-Bossier. Can you collect it at the dock instead of back in Mansfield?The General Cargo Dock at the Port of Caddo-Bossier sits 23 miles north of Mansfield on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listing, and we can collect there or back in town. Tell us which yard it will be in and who has the keys.