Three hundred carriers between the dunes and the bay
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 337 active carriers for East Hampton, and 325 of them operate only inside New York while 12 cross state lines. If your truck has spent its working life on South Fork roads, tell us the address where it is parked; we collect from the yard, the driveway or the job site.
Private fleets account for 286 of those East Hampton carriers on the FMCSA census, meaning businesses hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire. A landscaper’s dump truck or a builder’s flatbed is exactly the kind of vehicle we take; have the title and the registration in the same name before you call.
New registrations climbed from 19 carriers in 2024 to 38 in 2025, according to FMCSA’s carrier census for the town. Owners who set up recently and now want to sell a truck can do so with the title in hand, even if the business itself is still young.
Garbage trucks, lumber rigs and general freight
General freight is the cargo listed by 144 East Hampton carriers in the FMCSA census, ahead of garbage and refuse at 69. If yours is a roll-off or a rear loader, send photos of the body and the hoist along with the cab and the VIN plate.
Lumber, logs, poles and beams show up on 43 carrier filings here, and heavy machinery or large objects on 48, both counted by FMCSA. A log truck or a lowboy tractor is welcome; list any trailer that goes with it so we know whether the sale covers one unit or two.
Five thousand miles a year on the South Fork
Of the drivers tied to East Hampton carriers, 641 stay within a hundred-mile radius and 146 go beyond it, per FMCSA’s census. A truck that works locally is often parked at the owner’s own property between jobs, so tell us whether a gate code or a contact is needed to reach it.
Among the 80 carriers here that report mileage, FMCSA’s census puts the median annual figure at 5,000 miles per truck. A truck that logs that little stays near Montauk Highway, so jot down its odometer figure and VIN from the dash before you message us.
FMCSA records East Hampton’s top fleet at 37 power units with 8 drivers, and the next two at 27 and 21. Owners selling several trucks at once can send one list of VINs and parking addresses, and we will plan the collection around every location.
Westward to the Peconic
Sites to the west along the North and South Forks
Twenty-two miles west, East Coast Mines & Materials is a sand and gravel operation on record with the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks that have hauled aggregate from a pit like that are on our list; say where the truck last worked so we can arrange access.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists United Riverhead Terminal, a liquid bulk terminal about 23 miles west, and the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal at Riverhead roughly the same distance away. If your tanker is parked near those Riverhead tanks rather than back in East Hampton, we come to it there.
Francis S Gabreski Airport, a military installation listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies about 25 miles west of town. Trucks stored at a lot near Westhampton can stay put; give us the location and someone who can meet the driver.
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles handles replacement titles, and its Riverhead office sits at 200 Old Country Rd, Riverhead, about 24 miles from East Hampton. If the original is lost, apply for a replacement there or through the agency’s DMV offices before we schedule pickup.
Bring the registration, a photo ID and the VIN when you visit the Riverhead DMV office. Any lien release from a lender belongs with the title too, since a truck with an open lien cannot change hands until it is cleared.
Nurseries and contractors
Builders, nurseries and horse farms around town
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 2,549 jobs located in East Hampton in 2023, with construction holding 98 of them, or 3.8 percent. A contractor’s box truck or dump body is something we purchase; photos of the cab, the body and the tires help us understand it before we arrive.
Across Suffolk County, 578 farms appear in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by potted flowering plants, horses and hogs. Nursery delivery trucks and livestock haulers from those farms qualify; tell us whether the truck sits in a barn or a field so the collection crew brings the right equipment.
Diesel tractors under the DEC’s two paused programs
New York lists the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation on its Department of Environmental Conservation site, and enforcement of it is paused. East Hampton owners do not need to take any step under that rule to sell a diesel truck to us.
The state also lists the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus (HD Omnibus) Regulation, and enforcement there is on hold as well. A seller on the South Fork only needs the title, the registration and the keys.
The questions we get asked in East Hampton
- My truck is parked near the Riverhead terminals. Should I bring it back to the village before you collect it?Riverhead’s liquid bulk terminal is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics about 23 miles west of East Hampton, and we collect from wherever the truck is. Share the tank-farm address and whoever holds the gate key.
- Which DMV office near the South Fork reissues a lost truck title?The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at 200 Old Country Rd, Riverhead, about 24 miles away, handles title replacements. Bring the registration, ID and VIN.
- Do you take garbage trucks from the East End?Sixty-nine East Hampton outfits file garbage, refuse and trash as cargo with FMCSA’s carrier census, and a packer body from one of them fits what we collect. Photograph the hopper, the cab and the VIN plate, then message us with them.