Sell your semi truck for cash in Abernathy the easy and convenient way

FMCSA’s carrier census lists 28 active carriers based in Abernathy, and 16 of them declare grain, feed and hay as a cargo they haul. If your truck is a grain hopper tractor or a hay hauler that spends harvest between fields and elevators, send us the VIN, the title and a few photos of the cab and the trailer hookup, and tell us which farm it usually sits on.

Ten Abernathy carriers name farm supplies and another ten name general freight, by the same federal census, while 8 list dry bulk commodities. A tractor that has switched between seed, fertilizer and boxed loads is one we buy; list the trailers it has pulled so we know how it was set up when it left the yard.

Among the 28 carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 23 operate intrastate, just 5 cross state lines, and 17 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A farm or co-op truck that never carried for hire still sells to us the same way: the title in the owner’s name and a current registration are what we need first.

The carrier census counts 130 drivers working within 100 miles of their base here and 28 working beyond it. Across the 5 carriers that reported annual mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 5,000 miles per truck, so a Hale County farm tractor with a modest odometer is a normal sight to us, and we collect it from the barn or the field gate where it is parked.

Federal carrier census filings show one Abernathy fleet running 9 power units with 9 drivers, another with 4 trucks and 4 drivers, and a third with 3 trucks and 5 drivers. Whether you are selling one tractor or several from a yard that size, give us a list of VINs and where each truck is kept, and we will arrange to come to them.

For an owner-operator with a single tractor, the paperwork is short: the title, the registration card and any service records kept in the cab. A Hale County owner missing that title applies to the state’s title agency for a copy, and having the application in hand lets us plan the collection around it.

The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal named Abernathy 12.6 miles west of town and a Lubbock terminal 15 miles south. A fuel or tank truck that loads at either one fits what we purchase; tell us which terminal it worked and include photos of the tank and its fittings.

Two rail yards appear on the North American Rail Network just south of here: Lubbock at 16.3 miles and Lubbock (BNSF) at 16.6 miles. If your truck drays between the farms and those yards, we can collect it at your place or at a lot near the rail line, whichever is easier to reach.

Damron Sand, a sand and gravel operation, sits 24.1 miles south-east of Abernathy in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine listings, and the Lubbock County IRock Crusher, a crushed-stone quarry, is 24.6 miles south-west. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that haul aggregate from either site are on our list; send the body type and the axle setup along with the VIN.

Construction accounts for 50 of the 724 jobs counted in Abernathy for 2023, a 6.9% share in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and County Business Patterns records 8 construction establishments. A contractor’s dump truck or flatbed parked at a job site can be picked up there, as long as someone can open the gate.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 779 farms in Hale County, with cattle, milk and cotton at the top of the county’s list. Livestock haulers, milk tankers and module trucks that serve those farms are trucks we buy, and photos of the cab, frame and trailer let us understand the setup before we arrive.

A tall livestock trailer or a loaded hopper can be brought out to the road for collection without a detour, so tell us the address and the best entrance to use.

• Do you buy grain and hay trucks from Abernathy?Grain, feed and hay is the cargo 16 of Abernathy’s 28 active carriers declare in FMCSA’s carrier census, and those tractors are trucks we buy. A hopper tractor’s VIN, its title and cab photos are enough to open the conversation.
• My truck only ever hauled for our own farm. Will you take a farm-only tractor from Abernathy?Seventeen of the carriers based here are private fleets in the federal carrier census, so a farm-only truck is common in Abernathy. A title in your name and the registration are what we ask for first.
• Will you come out to the farm to collect the truck?None of the 8 bridges the National Bridge Inventory lists around Abernathy is load-posted or under 14 feet, so we collect at the farm, the yard or the field gate. Give us the address and where the truck is parked.