Winch trucks and lease haulers out of Alice
Of the 269 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census lists in Alice, 111 haul oilfield equipment. That makes winch trucks, heavy tractors and the trailers behind them a normal sight here, and those are trucks we buy. Have the title and current registration together before you call, and tell us which leases the truck worked so we know where to look for it.
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction account for 1,176 of the 10,581 jobs counted in Alice for 2023, about 11.1 percent, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. A truck tied to that work is often parked out at a yard or a lease road rather than in town. Send us the gate location and the name of whoever holds the key, and we plan the collection there.
Machinery, steel coils and general freight
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 55 Alice carriers moving machinery and large objects and 23 hauling metal sheets, coils and rolls, alongside 129 carrying general freight. Lowboys, flatbeds and the tractors that pull them fit what we take. Photograph the deck, the tie-down points and the fifth wheel along with the cab, and include the VIN plate in one shot.
Most Alice operators stay inside Texas: the federal carrier census counts 243 intrastate carriers against 26 running interstate, and 93 of the total run private fleets for their own goods. If your tractor carried a company’s own products rather than for-hire loads, tell us which business it served and gather the registration under that name.
Dump trucks from the crushed-stone and gravel sites west and south of Alice
The Hoffman crushed-stone quarry sits 13.3 miles west of town, and Nason Plant #1, a sand and gravel operation, is 19.7 miles to the north-east, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Dump trucks and end-dump trailers from pits like these are on our list. If the truck is still parked at the pit, give us the operator contact so the site lets us in.
Kingsville Materials Corp, another crushed-stone quarry listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 20.4 miles south-west. Aggregate haulers working that corridor often split their time between two or three pits, so tell us which one the truck ends its week at and that is where we meet it.
Model years and miles on the Alice roads
Between September 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 443 trucks belonging to Alice operators, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2015, with 60.95 percent built a decade or more back. Whatever the year on your title, send it with the odometer reading and the VIN, and we start from there.
Among the 46 Alice carriers that report annual mileage, the median truck covers 25,092 miles a year, the federal carrier census shows. Keep any service log or inspection sheet you have in the cab; it saves a round of questions when we review the truck.
In the carrier census FMCSA keeps, one Alice-based fleet runs 803 power units with 672 drivers, and two others run 137 and 102. Selling several units at once from an operation like that is fine; list each VIN and where each truck is parked, and we work through them as one job.
Cattle, sorghum and corn across Jim Wells County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 960 farms in Jim Wells County, with cattle, sorghum and corn at the top of the list. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and the farm tractors that pull trailers out to pens fall within what we purchase. If the truck is parked on a ranch, give us the gate and a phone number for whoever opens it.
Ranch trucks are often titled to a family member or the farm itself rather than the person driving them. Check the name on the title before you contact us, and if it belongs to someone else, have that person ready to sign.
Bridges and installations around town
Across the 51 bridges around Alice in the National Bridge Inventory, not one carries a load posting or sits below 14 feet. Send the street address of the truck along with a note on any locked gate or tight turn into the lot.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places ALF Orange, a military installation, 9.8 miles north of Alice and King Ranch, another installation, 16.1 miles south. If your truck is parked on or near a controlled site, tell us early so access can be arranged with whoever manages the entry.
The questions we get asked in Alice
- My winch truck sits on a lease road outside Alice. Should I haul it in to Alice before you see it?With 111 of Alice’s 269 active carriers hauling oilfield equipment on FMCSA’s carrier census, trucks parked out on leases are routine for us, so leave it there. Share the lease name and a pumper or foreman who can let our driver through.
- Do you buy dump trucks from the quarries near town?Hoffman lies 13.3 miles west and Kingsville Materials Corp 20.4 miles south-west on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and dump trucks from pits like those are among what we buy. Tell us which pit the truck is at.
- The title on our ranch truck is in my father’s name. Is the sale still possible from my end?Many of the 960 farms USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts in Jim Wells County keep trucks titled to the family or the farm. The person named on the title signs it over, so have them ready when we arrange the sale.
- Will you look at a 2014 tractor from an Alice outfit?FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median Alice truck at model year 2015, with 60.95 percent ten or more years old, so older years are common here. Include the VIN, the odometer reading and a few photos of the cab and frame with your first message.