Private fleets and general freight off Jericho Turnpike
Of the 485 Dix Hills carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, 381 are private fleets carrying their own goods for a business here. A private-fleet box truck or dump body is often parked at the owner’s shop or yard, so give us that street address and the name of whoever holds the keys.
Of those 485 carriers, FMCSA’s census marks 453 as intrastate and 31 as interstate, which puts most Dix Hills trucks on New York roads with New York plates. Keep the current registration with the title so the plate and the VIN can be matched before pickup.
General freight is the cargo listed by 241 local carriers in the federal carrier census, ahead of garbage and refuse at 75, machinery and large objects at 49, and logs, poles and lumber at 47. Tell us which of those your truck carried and what body sits on the chassis, whether a roll-off hoist, a lowboy deck or a flatbed with stakes.
Refuse and roll-offs
Garbage trucks and lumber haulers from Suffolk
Seventy-five Dix Hills carriers list garbage, refuse and trash, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, so rear loaders, roll-offs and container trucks are a regular part of the local register. Photograph the packer or hoist from both sides and note the body maker’s plate, since that is a separate unit from the chassis.
The same FMCSA census records 47 carriers here hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber, a trade that ties back to the tree crews and building suppliers across Suffolk County. For a knuckle-boom or grapple truck, send a photo of the crane’s own tag and any annual crane inspection sheet you kept.
Sand, gravel and fuel terminals around town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Broad Hollow Estates Inc, a sand and gravel operation 5.3 miles south-west of Dix Hills, and Coram Materials Corp, another pit 20.7 miles east. A dump truck or tri-axle that works out of either one can be collected at the pit gate; just tell us who on site can let our driver in.
West of town, the Energy Information Administration records the Oyster Bay petroleum product terminal 11.1 miles away, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Global liquid bulk terminal at the same distance. A fuel tractor or straight tanker from those racks should come with its tank test and hazmat paperwork, which tells us what the barrel last carried.
Eastward, North Holtsville Terminal is a petroleum product terminal 14.2 miles out on the Energy Information Administration’s list. If the truck is parked there between loads, a terminal contact and the gate hours are what we need to plan the visit.
Port Jefferson and the Brookhaven yard
Port Jefferson, 16.9 miles north-east, is listed as a port by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the North American Rail Network shows the Brookhaven Rail Terminal 20.9 miles east of Dix Hills. A tractor that shuttles boxes or bulk between the yard and Long Island customers can stay where it sits; give us the yard address and a phone number for the gate.
Drivers based here split their work almost evenly by distance: FMCSA’s carrier census counts 761 drivers who stay inside a 100-mile radius and 540 who go past it. If yours is a sleeper that runs off the island, tell us where it will be parked on the day you want it gone, even if that is a truck stop in another state.
Inspection-lane years and annual mileage on Long Island
Across 399 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year for Dix Hills carriers at 2011, with 65.7 percent at ten or more years old. Whatever the year on your title, the VIN plate, the engine tag and a clear odometer photo are the three things to send first.
Among 88 carriers reporting it, a truck here logs a median of 7,250 miles a year in FMCSA’s carrier census, a figure that fits short local routes around Huntington and the Long Island Expressway. Service invoices from a local shop help us read that history alongside the photos.
One Dix Hills fleet runs 325 power units with 307 drivers, the federal carrier census shows, while the next two hold 25 and 10 units. Owners of several trucks can list every VIN on one message, and we will arrange the collections together.
The Huntington DMV and Albany’s truck rules
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at 1815 E Jericho Tpke in Huntington is 2.3 miles from Dix Hills, and it is where a lost title replacement starts for local owners. Bring your ID and the VIN, and ask for the duplicate before you call us so the sale is not held up.
For a Dix Hills owner, the Advanced Clean Trucks and Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus regulations both show enforcement paused on the Department of Environmental Conservation’s heavy-duty vehicle listing. Those rules cover new heavy-duty sales, so your title and registration are the papers that matter when we take a truck from a Suffolk County driveway.
Builders, wholesalers and growers nearby
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 436 construction jobs in Dix Hills in 2023, 5.7 percent of the 7,703 local total, and County Business Patterns lists 311 construction establishments. Contractors selling a dump, a stake body or a mason truck can have it collected straight from the job yard.
Wholesale trade held 251 jobs and transportation and warehousing 209 in 2023, by the LEHD figures from the Census Bureau. Box trucks and straight trucks from those businesses usually sit at a loading dock, so tell us the dock height and whether the lot is open on weekdays.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 578 farms in Suffolk County, with potted flowering plants, horses and hogs at the top of the list. A nursery truck or horse hauler from an East End farm is collected at the farm itself; send photos of the deck or stock body along with the cab.
The questions we get asked in Dix Hills
- I can’t find the title to my rig. Is the Huntington DMV the office to visit?Huntington’s DMV office at 1815 E Jericho Tpke, 2.3 miles away according to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, handles duplicate titles. Apply there with your ID and the VIN, and tell us once it is on the way.
- Will you collect a dump truck from a Suffolk sand pit?Broad Hollow Estates Inc is 5.3 miles south-west and Coram Materials Corp 20.7 miles east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from pits like those. Give us the site address and a gate contact.
- Do you take refuse trucks from Dix Hills carriers?Garbage and refuse is listed by 75 local carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and rear loaders and roll-offs are trucks we buy. Send photos of the body and the chassis plates.
- Can a tractor at the Brookhaven Rail Terminal be picked up in place?Brookhaven Rail Terminal lies 20.9 miles east of Dix Hills on the North American Rail Network, and the tractor can stay where it is. Give us the yard address and who can open the gate.