Two rock pits nearby
Rock trucks from the pits off the Benavides road
Barely five miles out of Benavides toward the east, Kingsville Materials Corp works crushed stone at a site the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 4.8 miles from town. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that cycle between a quarry face and a job site are trucks we buy, and if yours is parked at the pit, give us the gate contact so the collection can be set up with whoever holds the key.
A second crushed-stone site, listed as Hoffman, lies 11.7 miles to the north-east in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine records. Before you call about a rock truck from either quarry, photograph the body, the hoist, the cab and the VIN plate, and note the axle setup; those details let us ask the right questions from the start.
South-west and east
Toward Realitos, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists REALITOS PIT Plant# 2, a sand and gravel operation 15.8 miles south-west of Benavides. A belly-dump or tandem that has worked that pit can stay where it sits; send us the location and whether a tow truck can reach it on the plant road.
King Ranch appears 19.3 miles east of town as a military installation in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings. If a truck is stored on ranch ground or behind a controlled gate out that way, tell us who can let a driver in and what identification the gate asks for, so pickup is planned around access.
Winch, lowboy, van
Oilfield gear and heavy machinery from Benavides carriers
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 11 active carriers based in Benavides, and six of them list oilfield equipment as cargo while six list machinery and large objects. Winch trucks, lowboy tractors and heavy-haul rigs from that work are all welcome, and a list of the trailers or bed equipment that comes with the truck helps us describe the sale back to you accurately.
General freight shows up for five of those carriers and farm supplies for two, again by FMCSA’s carrier census. A day cab or straight truck from that side of the business sells the same way: registration, the title in your name, and recent service receipts if you kept them.
Benavides outfits with Texas-only authority
Ten of the town’s carriers run intrastate and only one runs interstate, while three operate as private fleets hauling their own goods, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If your authority is Texas-only, have the USDOT number and the Texas registration receipt handy when you reach out, since those confirm where the truck is plated.
The biggest outfit registered in Benavides runs 11 power units with six drivers, the next two power units and two drivers, and the third a single truck with one driver, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Whether you are selling one tractor or several from a yard that size, a list of VINs and where each unit is parked lets us arrange the collections together.
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction account for 8.7 percent of work located in Benavides in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. Service trucks and pickups with beds built for that work count as commercial trucks to us, so mention the upfit when you describe yours.
Stock and game
Cattle, deer and horses around Benavides
Around Benavides, Duval County holds 1,044 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, deer and equine listed as the leading categories. Cattle haulers, flatbeds that carry hay and feed, and trucks that pull stock or horse trailers on those ranches are part of what we purchase.
A ranch truck often sits in a barn or pasture rather than a paved lot. Give us directions to the gate, the name of whoever will meet the driver, and a note on whether the ground is passable after rain, and we will plan the pickup there instead of asking you to move it.
Replacing a certificate
South Bexar Street and the tax assessor-collector
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles handles certificates of title through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Benavides that is the Duval County Tax Office at 100 S Bexar, San Diego, 78384, which the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles places 15.8 miles from town. If the title is missing or still shows a lienholder, start a certified copy request there before you contact us.
Bring your driver’s license and the VIN to the San Diego counter, along with a release letter from any lienholder still named on the old title. Once the replacement is in your name, send us a photo of the front of it with the rest of the truck’s paperwork.
The questions we get asked in Benavides
- My dump truck sits at the Kingsville Materials pit outside Benavides - can it be picked up there?Kingsville Materials Corp’s crushed-stone quarry is 4.8 miles east of town per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from sites like that. Name the person at the pit office who can open up, and which stockpile or shed the truck is beside.
- My Benavides tractor’s certificate went missing in a move - who prints a fresh copy?The Duval County Tax Office at 100 S Bexar in San Diego, 15.8 miles away by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’ listing, is the county tax assessor-collector office that issues certified copies for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
- I run a Benavides winch truck on oilfield moves - is that something you take?Oilfield equipment is listed as cargo by six of the 11 Benavides carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and those winch trucks and lowboy tractors are trucks we buy. Send the VIN, photos and a list of the equipment mounted on the truck.