Rail and the port
A rail yard at the edge of town, a port just past it
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, puts the Angleton yard 1.7 miles south-west of town and the Hoskins yard 11.4 miles south. A tractor that shuttles between those yards and Brazoria County shippers is often parked within sight of the tracks, so give us the street or the yard gate where it sits rather than a home address.
Port Freeport lies 4.7 miles south-west on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list of ports, and the same agency places the Horizon roll-on/roll-off terminal at South Gate 4 about 16.9 miles south. If your rig is waiting inside a port gate, tell us who controls access to that lot and who can let a driver in, and we plan the collection there instead of asking you to move it into Angleton.
Liquids and containers
Tank work from Clemens Caverns to the Velasco ramp
Clemens Caverns near Brazoria is a petroleum product terminal 15 miles south-west on the Energy Information Administration’s map, and a second Freeport product terminal sits 20.2 miles west. Tractors pulling tankers between those sites belong on our list; send the gate passes, inspection sheets and service logs you kept along with the photos.
Containers come off the Velasco Container Terminal, an intermodal ramp the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists 16.6 miles south, and the Freeport liquid bulk terminal is 17.2 miles to the south-east. For a day cab or sleeper that has worked that ramp, start with the VIN and the plate number, then the title, and we will ask about the rest once we know which truck it is.
Local carriers, and most of them stay in Texas
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 154 active motor carriers in Angleton: 123 run intrastate, 30 cross state lines, and 42 are private fleets hauling their own goods. For a tractor that only ever held Texas authority, have the Texas title in your name and the current registration to hand when you contact us.
General freight is the cargo 87 of those carriers list in the census, with 31 hauling machinery and large objects, 18 carrying farm supplies and 17 moving motor vehicles. A lowboy tractor, a car hauler or a dry van unit are all trucks we collect, and a photo of the setup it ran with saves a round of questions.
Registrations kept coming: the federal census records 18 carriers new to Angleton in 2025 and 14 in 2024. On that same FMCSA register, one fleet based here runs 356 power units with 278 drivers, while the next two run 25 and 17. Whether you are selling one unit or retiring several, list each VIN so every truck gets its own pickup plan.
Local radius, long haul and 2022 model years
Carriers in town report 257 drivers working within 100 miles and 435 going farther, according to FMCSA’s census, and among the 34 carriers that gave mileage the median truck covered 27,949 miles a year. A long-haul unit may be out on a run when you decide to sell, so tell us where it will finish its last load and we arrange the pickup at that spot.
Roadside inspection records from FMCSA cover 235 trucks stopped between August 2024 and August 2026; their median model year is 2022, and 34 percent were ten or more model years old. Either way, the model year goes on the title, so read it off the paperwork and give it to us with the VIN.
Fifty-two spans and four weight postings
Angleton has 52 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory kept by the Federal Highway Administration, 4 of them posted for load and none under 14 feet of clearance. If the route to your lot crosses one of the posted spans, mention it so the driver sent for a heavy tractor picks a road that carries the weight.
With no low-clearance bridge on that federal list, height is rarely the question here; access is. Note any locked gate, soft shoulder or narrow entrance at the property, and name a contact who can meet our driver on site.
Plant jobs, building crews and rice fields
Of 4,852 jobs counted in Angleton for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD program, 257 are in manufacturing, 248 in construction, 179 in wholesale trade and 132 in transportation and warehousing. Dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks from those trades are all welcome, and a set of service records shows us how the unit was used on the job.
The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns lists 41 construction establishments in town. Brazoria County held 2,538 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with rice, cattle and corn at the top, so grain haulers and cattle-pot tractors parked out in the field are trucks we come to; send a pin or directions to the barn or the field gate.
The questions we get asked in Angleton
- The rig sits by the Port Freeport gates, 4.7 miles out of Angleton. Will your driver go to it?Port Freeport sits 4.7 miles south-west of Angleton on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list, and we collect from the lot where the truck is parked. Tell us who runs the lot so the pickup is cleared with them.
- Do you buy trucks that only ever hauled inside Texas?Intrastate carriers make up 123 of the 154 in Angleton on FMCSA’s carrier census, and their trucks are part of what we buy. A Texas title in your name and the current registration are what we need to start.
- Will you pick up a farm truck out in the county?Brazoria County counted 2,538 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by rice, cattle and corn, and we drive out to the field or barn where a farm truck is kept. Send the location and a phone number for whoever can meet the driver.