If your tractor pulled dry vans or flatbeds for one of those outfits, send the VIN, the cab type and a few photos from each side, and we can start from there.
Eleven carriers here mark machinery and large objects, and eleven more mark metal sheets, coils and rolls, according to the same federal census. A tractor set up for oversize loads or coil work often carries extra equipment such as a heavy-haul fifth wheel or a coil rack; list it when you write to us so it is counted with the truck.
Seven Ben Wheeler carriers haul farm supplies on FMCSA’s records. If yours is a straight truck or a tractor that moved feed, seed or fencing between farms, tell us the body type and where it usually parks.
Small fleets, private trucks and in-state routes
Of those 47 carriers, 33 operate intrastate and 13 cross state lines, the FMCSA census shows, while 21 run private fleets that carry their own goods. A private-fleet truck belongs to the business itself, so the business name on the title is the name that signs it over.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows the three largest fleets registered here running 12, 9 and 4 power units. If you are selling several units from one yard, give us the count and the VINs together and we will look at them as one collection.
For 17 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 43,583 miles per truck in a year. Have the current odometer reading ready when you call, alongside the registration.
Tell us the year, make and engine of yours and we can match it to the right questions.
Ten or more years old describes 31.25 percent of those inspected units, by the same federal inspection records. Whatever the year, service records and the last annual inspection report help us see the truck’s history, so keep them with the title.
Plant jobs, building crews and the Grand Saline salt operation
Box trucks and tractors that shuttle between plant docks are part of what we collect, so tell us which loading dock or lot the truck sits at.
The same LEHD figures put 95 local jobs, 21 percent, in construction, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 15 construction establishments. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from those crews often sit at a job site; give us the address and whether a tow truck can reach it.
Fourteen and a half miles north, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Grand Saline Operations, an industrial-mineral mine. A truck that has worked a mine haul road may have site inspection paperwork; send it with your photos if you have it.
Mineola, Tyler and the cattle country around them
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places a rail yard at Mineola 18.6 miles north-east and another at Tyler 24.8 miles east. If your truck is parked near either yard rather than in town, we can collect it there.
Van Zandt County has 3,206 farms, and cattle, milk and propagative material lead its sales in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Livestock haulers, milk tankers and nursery trucks kept on a farm can be picked up at the farm gate. Tell us about the lane up to the truck, including any gate or low crossing on it.
In Texas, titles come from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Ben Wheeler that is the Van Zandt County Tax Office at 24632 State Highway 64 in Canton, 10.8 miles away. Ask there for a certified copy of title if the original is missing.
Bring photo ID and the VIN to the Canton office, and if a lender held a lien, bring the release as well. Once the copy is in hand, the title, registration and your ID are the documents we need at collection.
The questions we get asked in Ben Wheeler
- Will you come to Ben Wheeler to collect a truck?Ben Wheeler sits between the Mineola and Tyler rail yards on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from town, from those areas or from a farm in Van Zandt County; send the address where the truck is parked.
- Where do I get a copy of a lost title?The Van Zandt County Tax Office at 24632 State Highway 64 in Canton, 10.8 miles from Ben Wheeler, issues certified copies for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Do you buy coil and machinery haulers?FMCSA’s census lists eleven Ben Wheeler carriers hauling metal coil and eleven hauling machinery, and we buy those tractors and trailers; list any racks or heavy-haul equipment on the truck.
- Can a business sell a private-fleet truck?Twenty-one carriers here run private fleets on FMCSA’s records, and an authorized person from the business named on the title can sign the truck over to us.