Hoppers and pot trailers
Hay, feed and livestock hauling out of Winner
Of the 51 active carriers based in Winner on FMCSA’s carrier census, 38 list grain, feed or hay among what they haul and 28 list livestock. If your truck pulled a hopper bottom or a pot trailer for one of those outfits, tell us which trailer it ran with and whether the trailer is part of the sale.
Twenty Winner carriers also report hauling farm supplies, and 21 report general freight, according to the federal motor carrier census. A truck that did a bit of everything around the county is welcome here; list the kinds of loads it carried so the questions we send back fit the work it did.
Cattle, corn and soybeans around the town
Around Winner, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 572 farms in Tripp County and names cattle, corn and soybeans as the leading products there. A farm truck often stays parked at the home place or by a grain bin between seasons, so give us the yard or section road where it sits rather than a town address.
If the truck belongs to a ranch or farm operation rather than a for-hire carrier, have the title in the operation’s name ready, along with the registration card. Send daylight photos of the cab, the frame and the bed or fifth wheel with your first message.
Private fleets and interstate authority in a small town
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 32 of Winner’s carriers operating as private fleets, hauling their own goods, while 38 hold interstate operation and 13 run intrastate only. If your truck carried your own cattle or grain, you sell it the same way a for-hire carrier would; the paperwork is the title and registration either way.
The three biggest Winner fleets in the federal census run 25, 15 and 10 power units, and most local carriers are smaller than that. Whether you are selling one pickup-and-trailer rig or several tractors from a yard, send us a list with each VIN and where each unit is parked.
Driver radius in Winner
Winner drivers inside and past the hundred-mile line
Winner carriers report 45 drivers who stay inside a hundred-mile radius and 113 who go farther, per the FMCSA carrier census. A truck from a long-range operation may be parked out of state when you decide to sell, so tell us where it is right now and who can hand over the keys there.
Across 28 Winner carriers that report mileage, the median truck covers 36,667 miles a year on FMCSA’s census figures. Have the current odometer reading written down when you contact us; along with the VIN it answers most of what we need to ask first.
A lost title, one block from the center of Winner
In South Dakota, titles run through the South Dakota Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicles Division, and its county treasurer offices handle the counter work. That Department of Revenue directory lists the Tripp County Treasurer at 200 E 3rd St, Suite #203, Winner, 57580, a county treasurer office about 0.1 miles from the town center.
If the title is missing, misplaced or still shows a lien that has been released, start a replacement at that treasurer’s counter before the sale. Bring the VIN, your identification and any lien release, and let us know where the request stands so the collection can be planned around it.
Job sites in town
Dump trucks and flatbeds on Winner’s building work
Construction made up 5.6 percent of the 1,529 jobs located in Winner during 2023, or 86 positions, on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies that worked those job sites are trucks we buy, as are the farm units around them.
Two new carriers registered in Winner in 2024 and two more in 2025, the FMCSA carrier census shows. If you are winding down a small operation or replacing a truck that no longer fits your work, tell us how many units you have and whether trailers or equipment go with them.
The questions we get asked in Winner
- Which counter in Winner replaces a missing truck title?The South Dakota Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicles Division lists the Tripp County Treasurer at 200 E 3rd St, Suite #203, Winner, about 0.1 miles from the town center, as the county treasurer office for titles here.
- My truck sits at the ranch outside Winner. Can you collect it from the ranch yard itself?Ranch and farm yards are where many Winner-area trucks stay, with 572 farms across Tripp County on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Give us the ranch location and a contact, and we come to where the truck is.
- I only hauled my own cattle and grain with it. Will you take a private-fleet truck from Tripp County?Thirty-two of Winner’s carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census are private fleets hauling their own goods, so that is common here. Send the VIN, the title and registration, and photos of the truck.