Scott County fields
Grain, cotton and farm supply hauling around Sikeston
Corn leads, then soybeans and cotton, across the 389 Scott County farms tallied in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A hopper-bottom or end-dump that spends harvest moving grain off those farms may sit idle in a machine shed the rest of the year, and that shed is a fine place for us to collect it from.
Of the 128 active carriers based in Sikeston on FMCSA’s carrier census, 33 list grain, feed and hay as a cargo and 28 list farm supplies. If your tractor pulled seed, fertilizer or bulk feed out to the fields, tell us which trailer it ran with and whether that trailer is part of the sale, so we send the right crew for one unit or two.
Farm trucks are often titled to a family member or a farm partnership rather than the person selling. Before you call, check that the name on the Missouri title matches whoever will sign it, and line up that person’s signature and photo ID.
Dump trucks from the pits west and north of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Brenda Kay Sand LLC 16.3 miles north of Sikeston and Dexter Sand & Gravel 18.7 miles west, with the Bloomfield Plant, an industrial-mineral mine, 16.2 miles west. A tri-axle or tandem dump that worked those pits can stay at the yard where it last loaded; give us the gate contact and the hours the site is open.
Grays Point Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, sits 23.7 miles north on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s roster. For a truck that hauled stone out of there for road jobs, gather any service invoices you kept and send photos of the bed, the hoist and the VIN plate along with the cab.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 43 construction establishments in the area, and the LEHD job counts put 160 construction jobs here in 2023. Contractors closing out a season with a spare dump or a lowboy tractor can sell it to us straight off the job yard.
Port, rail, terminals
New Madrid County Port, Scott City yard and the fuel terminals
Twenty miles south, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists New Madrid County Port, and HEARTLAND ASPHALT MATERIALS, a petroleum product terminal, sits 21.2 miles south on Energy Information Administration records. Trucks that shuttle grain to the river or haul asphalt from that terminal can be collected at either site if the operator lets us through the gate.
To the north, the SCOTT CITY rail yard appears on the North American Rail Network 22.8 miles from town. West, the DEXTER petroleum product terminal is 19.3 miles out per the Energy Information Administration. If your tanker or day cab is parked at one of those, send the street address and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.
For tank trucks, have the most recent tank test paperwork in the cab with the title. It is not required for us to buy the truck, but it answers questions that would otherwise take a phone call.
Interstate, in-state and private haulers
FMCSA’s carrier census splits Sikeston’s 128 active carriers almost evenly: 65 run interstate and 63 stay inside Missouri, and 52 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet unit usually has its registration and service history in one office file, so ask the office for it before you list the truck with us.
General freight is the most common cargo, listed by 68 carriers, and 30 haul machinery and large objects according to FMCSA. The three biggest local fleets on that census run 32, 30 and 22 power units, so a fleet retiring several tractors at once can hand us a list of VINs and we will work through them together.
Thirty-seven Sikeston carriers report mileage to FMCSA, and their median comes to 25,000 miles a truck a year. Give us the odometer reading as it stands today; it is one of the first numbers we ask for.
How old the Scott County tractors are
Between August 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 139 Sikeston-based trucks, and the middle model year among them was 2022, per FMCSA roadside inspection records. Have the model year, engine make and transmission type ready when you first contact us.
On those same inspection records, 25.9 percent of the trucks were ten or more model years old. Whatever the year on your title, we buy it; send the registration card and any service log along with the photos.
Title office and the paperwork for a Sikeston sale
Sikeston’s own Department of Revenue license office stands on South Main Street at number 1213, a 1.3-mile drive from downtown, according to the Missouri Department of Revenue. If the title has gone missing, apply for a duplicate there and do it before we schedule the collection.
Bring the title, current registration and a photo ID for each person named on the title. If a lien is shown, a lien release from the lender lets the sale close without a second trip to that Main Street office.
The questions we get asked in Sikeston
- Can you pick up my dump truck at the Dexter gravel pit instead of in town?Dexter Sand & Gravel is 18.7 miles west of Sikeston on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect from the pit itself. Let us know who manages the gate so the pickup is arranged with them.
- I can’t find the title to my Scott County truck. Which office issues a replacement?The Missouri Department of Revenue license office at 1213 S Main St, 1.3 miles from town, handles duplicate titles. Apply there first and keep the receipt to show us while the new title is on its way.
- Do you buy grain trucks that only run at harvest?Scott County’s 389 farms, counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, keep plenty of seasonal grain trucks in sheds, and we buy those too. Send photos and the VIN from wherever the truck is stored.