Abrasives and gravel
Barrett’s abrasive, gravel and mill haulers
Two sand and gravel operations sit just below Barrett on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list: MineralTech Gulf Coast Abrasives, 3.2 miles south, and Right Way, 3.4 miles to the south-east. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that hauls out of either pit is often parked at the pit itself between loads, so tell us which gate it sits behind and who holds the key.
West of town, Houston Mill is an industrial-mineral mine 4.3 miles out, and Houston Plant #2, a mineral processing plant, lies 7 miles in the same direction; the Mine Safety and Health Administration records both. If your truck ran between those plants and the pits to the south, send us the VIN, the title and a few clear photos of the cab and the body, and we can plan the collection from wherever it stands.
Racks to the south-west
The Energy Information Administration lists Pelican Refining Co as a petroleum product terminal 5.6 miles south-west of Barrett, with the Channelview terminal 7.2 miles away on the same bearing. Tractors that pull fuel trailers to those racks are among the trucks we purchase; if yours did, have its registration and any terminal access paperwork ready when you call.
A little further along, K-Solv appears as a liquid bulk terminal 7.4 miles south-west in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. Should your tanker or tractor be parked at a yard near that terminal rather than at home in Barrett, give us the street address and a contact on site who can let a driver in.
Day cabs on the Coady rail run
Drive 5.4 miles south-east from Barrett and you reach Coady, a rail yard that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics chart in their North American Rail Network. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from a yard like that tend to stay close to it, so let us know whether your tractor is at the yard, at a nearby lot or in your driveway.
For a truck that worked rail freight, the useful things to gather are the title, the current registration and any service records you kept. With those in hand, the questions we ask after that are short ones about where to pick it up.
Barrett contractors with a dump truck or mixer to sell
Barrett and its surroundings hold 68 construction establishments, a tally the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns keeps. Dump trucks, flatbeds, water trucks and mixers from contractors like these fit what we take, whether a business has one truck or several.
If you are selling more than one unit from a construction yard, list each VIN and where each truck is parked. Separate locations are fine; we arrange each pickup on its own.
Cattle, horses, nursery
Harris County livestock and nursery haulers
Harris County had 1,531 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and cattle, equine and potted flowering plants top its list. Livestock haulers, horse-trailer tractors and box trucks that carry nursery stock are all trucks we will look at.
A farm truck sometimes carries farm plates or has been titled in a ranch or family name. Tell us whose name is on the title before we start, so the paperwork at collection matches the person signing it.
Across 299 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2014, with about 60 percent of them ten or more years old. Trucks from every one of those model years are welcome here.
Whatever the year on your truck, the steps are the same: the VIN, the title, the registration and photos of the cab, the frame and the tires. If a title has gone missing, the state’s title agency handles a replacement, and we can tell you what to ask for.
The questions we get asked in Barrett
- Where does a Barrett owner without a title get a replacement?A Barrett truck carrying Texas paperwork gets its replacement title from the state’s title agency. Tell us the truck is missing its title when you first contact us and we will explain what to request.
- Will you buy a tractor that pulled fuel from the Channelview terminal?Channelview, 7.2 miles south-west of Barrett in Energy Information Administration listings, is the kind of terminal whose tractors we purchase. Send the VIN, the registration and photos to get started.