Ninety carriers and what they load
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 90 active motor carriers based in Fredonia, and 64 of them run as private fleets moving their own goods rather than hiring out. If your tractor or straight truck served a family business, a farm or a contractor in the village, it fits squarely in that group, and we buy trucks from owners like you every week.
General freight is listed by 37 of those carriers, machinery and large objects by 24, farm supplies by 21, and logs, poles, beams and lumber by 14, according to the same FMCSA census. A flatbed or lowboy that moved equipment, or a log truck that worked the county’s woodlots, is exactly the kind of unit to describe to us with its body type and VIN.
Only 15 of the village’s carriers are registered for interstate work while 74 stay intrastate, by the federal carrier census. That usually means your truck is parked in Chautauqua County when you call, which keeps the collection simple: give us the street address and who holds the keys.
The 2021 median on village rigs
Of the 42 Fredonia-based trucks stopped for checks between October 2024 and August 2026, half were built in 2021 or later and one in seven had reached ten model years, per FMCSA roadside inspection records. Whatever the year on your title, send a clear photo of the VIN plate and the door sticker so we match the right truck to the right record.
Among 22 carriers that report mileage to the FMCSA census, the median distance per truck is 9,444 miles a year. Read the odometer before you contact us and include it with the photos of the cab, frame and tires.
The census also counts 146 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 75 driving beyond that radius. If your truck spent its days on short local runs, say so; if it ran longer routes, a logbook or trip record helps us understand where it has been.
Owner-operators to thirty-truck outfits
The FMCSA register lists one Fredonia fleet at 32 power units with 6 drivers, another at 29 power units with 36 drivers, and a third at 12 power units with 7 drivers. Whether you are selling a single tractor or several units from a yard, list each VIN separately so every truck gets its own paperwork.
New registrations stay modest here: FMCSA’s census logged 6 new carriers in 2024 and 4 in 2025. If you started hauling recently and are now stepping back, a truck bought on a loan needs the lender’s lien release before the title can pass to us, so call your lender first.
Dairy, cattle and corn around the village
Milk leads the output of Chautauqua County’s 1,291 farms, ahead of cattle and corn, in the tallies of USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and milk tankers from those operations often sit on the farm itself, and we can collect from a barnyard as easily as from a paved lot.
Farm plates and registrations in New York sometimes differ from commercial ones, so have the current registration on hand along with the title. If the truck has been parked off-season in a shed, tell us whether a tow vehicle can reach the doors.
Rail, gravel and the road south
The North American Rail Network places the Dunkirk rail yard 3.4 miles north of Fredonia. If your truck hauled loads in and out of that yard, give us the name of the lot where it stands now and a phone number for whoever runs the gate.
East of the village, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Collins sand and gravel operation 20.3 miles out, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Gerry USARC installation 17.8 miles to the south. A dump truck that worked the Collins pit can stay where it is parked; send us the gate contact for the site.
Five bridges around Fredonia appear in the Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory, and none carries a posted load limit or clears under 14 feet. That leaves the local roads open to the carrier we send for your truck.
Titles and the DMV on Vineyard
A missing title in Fredonia is replaced through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at 3988 Vineyard Drive in Dunkirk, 1.4 miles from the village. Apply for the duplicate before you contact us; the sale closes only with a title in your name.
Keep the registration, any annual inspection sticker record and service invoices together in one folder. Those papers, plus photos from all four sides, let us confirm details without a second visit.
Jobs and builders in the village
Of the 3,141 jobs located in Fredonia in 2023, just 57 sat in transportation and warehousing, a 1.8 percent slice of the village’s work in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. If you drove for one of those employers and now own the truck outright, the sale is between you and us alone.
Builders keep 22 construction establishments going around the village, as the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tallies them. Dump bodies, utility beds and equipment haulers from those contractors are welcome; note any attached body or crane in your description.
The questions we get asked in Fredonia
- My title went missing; is there a DMV counter a short hop from Fredonia?The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at 3988 Vineyard Drive in Dunkirk, 1.4 miles away, issues duplicate titles. Bring proof of identity and the VIN, and start the duplicate before you sell.
- Must I haul my rig away from the lot by the Dunkirk yard before you collect?The Dunkirk yard is 3.4 miles north of Fredonia on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from there. Name the lot’s operator and we will set the pickup with them directly.
- Do you take farm trucks from dairy operations in Chautauqua County?Milk, cattle and corn lead the county’s 1,291 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and farm trucks of every body type are ones we buy. Send the title, registration and photos taken on the farm.