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Thibodaux · Lafourche Parish · Louisiana

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

Thibodaux sits in Lafourche Parish with bulk liquid terminals to its south-west and the Mississippi River port belt to its north-east, and the tractors registered here split their time between those two directions.

Selling a truck in Thibodaux? Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

Bayou terminals

Shell and Amelia, south-west of town

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places a Shell liquid bulk terminal 13.5 miles south-west of Thibodaux. A tractor that has pulled tankers in and out of that gate may still be parked near it between loads, so give us the street address of the yard rather than your home address, and we will arrange collection there.

Another 19.4 miles out in the same direction, the AMELIA petroleum product terminal appears in Energy Information Administration listings. If your truck served Amelia, keep the site entry paperwork and any inspection sheets from those runs together with the title; they let us follow the truck’s history before anyone travels to see it.

River parishes

East bank plants, terminals and the river port

Up toward the river, 20.5 miles north-east, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records the Gramercy Operation, a mineral processing plant, and the Energy Information Administration lists the MT AIRY petroleum product terminal just beyond it at 20.6 miles. Trucks hauling to Gramercy or Mt Airy often stay parked on the east bank, and we can pick up there without the truck crossing back to Lafourche.

An MPLX liquid bulk terminal sits 21.3 miles north-east on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and the same agency puts the Port of South Louisiana at 24.1 miles. For a tractor that has worked those docks, send clear photos of the cab, frame, fifth wheel and tires, plus the VIN, so the details line up when we arrive.

Rail traffic there runs through the PT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA yard, which the North American Rail Network locates 23.6 miles north-east of Thibodaux. If your truck shuttled loads between that rail yard and the port, tell us which gates it used, and name someone with a key or gate pass at the lot where it now sits.

Fill and aggregate

Sand and gravel to the north-west

South Louisiana Fill Materials, LLC runs a sand and gravel operation 23.8 miles north-west of town, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors from fill work are on our list; tell us the body type and bed length when you first get in touch.

Construction employed 304 people in the city in 2023, about 2.5 percent of its 11,974 jobs, by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. If your truck came off a site job, have its registration and any service records in one folder so the paperwork is ready on pickup day.

Flatbed, log and coil haulers on Bayou Lafourche

Thibodaux’s 59 active motor carriers split 34 interstate to 25 intrastate in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 16 of the 59 operate as private fleets moving their own goods. Whichever group you belong to, we buy the tractor or straight truck itself; bring your USDOT number to the first call so we can match the unit to its registration.

General freight is listed by 44 of those carriers on the federal census, machinery and large objects by 15, logs, poles, beams and lumber by 12, and metal sheets, coils and rolls by 9. Flatbeds, lowboys, log trailers and step-decks from this kind of work are welcome, and we will ask whether the trailer goes with the tractor or stays behind.

New registrations added 9 carriers in 2025 and 7 in 2024, as FMCSA records show. If you are an owner-operator who registered recently and is stepping out, a single truck with a clean title is a straightforward sale for us.

Route patterns

Short hauls, long hauls and bridges

Among drivers on carriers here, 145 stay within 100 miles and 92 work beyond that radius, according to FMCSA’s census. The median truck logged 27,250 miles a year across the 14 carriers that reported it to FMCSA. A truck on long runs may be out of state when you call; tell us where it will be parked when it is free.

Of the 10 bridges the National Bridge Inventory counts in Thibodaux, 6 carry load postings, and none sits under 14 feet. When we plan the route to your yard, mention any posted bridge on the way in so the recovery truck comes by another road.

Lafourche livestock

Cattle, goats and hogs in Lafourche Parish

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 339 farms in Lafourche Parish, with cattle, goats and hogs at the top of the list. A livestock hauler or farm truck parked on parish land can be collected from the field gate; send directions if the farm has no street number.

Wholesale trade accounts for 177 jobs, or 1.5 percent of the city’s work, in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD figures. Box trucks and reefers that delivered for those businesses are part of what we purchase, with the title in the seller’s name.

The questions we get asked in Thibodaux

  • My tanker tractor is parked near the Shell terminal south-west of Thibodaux. Does it have to leave the Shell yard before you take it?The Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts that Shell terminal 13.5 miles from town, and we pick trucks up where they are parked. Send the yard address off Shell’s route and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
  • I haul from the Port of South Louisiana. Does the truck need to come back to Lafourche Parish?That port lies 24.1 miles north-east of Thibodaux on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and the truck can stay on the river side. Tell us the lot and the hours someone is there.
  • I run one of the larger fleets here. Is selling a handful of tractors at once possible?FMCSA’s census lists the three biggest Thibodaux fleets at 91, 47 and 20 power units. Send a list of VINs and where each truck is parked, and we will work through them one by one.

Sell your truck in Thibodaux

From the Shell and Amelia terminals south-west of Thibodaux to Gramercy and the Port of South Louisiana on the river, we collect trucks across Lafourche Parish where they are parked.