Stone pits a few miles out of Buchanan Dam
Just 3.1 miles north-west of Buchanan Dam, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Bluffton Quarry, where crushed stone is cut and loaded. A dump truck or tractor that works its benches may well be parked at the pit itself when you call us, and we can collect it there once you tell us the gate and who holds the key.
South-east of town, Eagle’s Nest Mine digs sand and gravel 5.7 miles away, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck shuttles between that pit and local job sites, send photos of the cab, the frame and the bed, plus the VIN plate, and tell us where it is parked.
Screening plants and cut stone further along the highway
Burnet Screening Plant, another crushed-stone site, stands 12.7 miles east by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, and Sunset Quarries, a dimension-stone operation, is 19.6 miles to the south-east. Flatbeds that move cut blocks and dumps that move screened rock both fit what we buy, so tell us which yard the truck works out of.
A truck stationed at either site does not need to come back into Buchanan Dam to be sold. Give us the yard address, whether a loader or another truck blocks it in, and the name of the person on site, and we will plan the pickup around those details.
Seventeen haulers
Seventeen outfits, all hauling inside Texas
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 17 active carriers based in Buchanan Dam, and every one of the 17 is listed as intrastate and none as interstate. Of that group, nine haul their own goods as private fleets rather than for hire. If your truck has only ever carried Texas registration and intrastate paperwork, that is the normal file for a truck from here; have the registration receipt with the title.
On cargo, the same federal census records four carriers here hauling general freight, three moving machinery and large objects, two carrying metal sheets, coils and rolls, and one handling farm supplies. A lowboy or a flatbed with chains and binders is as welcome as a box truck; list the trailer or body with the photos.
Small yards and owner-drivers in Buchanan Dam
The largest fleet registered in Buchanan Dam with FMCSA has eight power units and nine drivers, and the next two have two power units each. When the owner of a small outfit sells, the title holder should be ready to sign at pickup, or name who signs for the business.
Drivers in the federal carrier census split 23 working within 100 miles of base and 13 going beyond that radius. If your truck is out on a longer route when you contact us, tell us where it will be parked next and when you expect it home, and we will arrange collection for that spot.
FMCSA’s census also logs one new carrier registered here in 2025 and none in 2024. If you started your authority recently and are now selling the truck, keep the USDOT number handy when you call.
Llano County ranches: herds, horses and deer
Around Buchanan Dam, Llano County holds 798 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, horses and deer as the leading operations. Livestock haulers, feed trucks and flatbeds that carry hay or fencing all belong on our list.
A ranch truck often sits in a pasture or a barn rather than on a paved lot. Tell us the gate code or the turn off the county road, and whether a trailer stays hitched, so whoever comes to collect it finds the right truck.
For anyone in Buchanan Dam, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles routes titles through its county tax assessor-collector offices, here the Llano County Tax Office at 100 W Sandstone, Llano, 78643, some 14 miles off. Apply there for a certified copy if your title is lost, ideally before we come for the truck.
Bring photo identification and the VIN to Llano, and if a lender held a lien, bring the release too. Building contractors are part of the local picture as well: County Business Patterns lists seven construction establishments, and a contractor’s truck titled to a business needs the signature of someone authorized to sign for it.
The questions we get asked in Buchanan Dam
- My truck has only ever hauled inside Texas; is that a problem for selling it here?All 17 active carriers based in Buchanan Dam are intrastate on FMCSA’s carrier census, so an intrastate-only truck is the usual case here; send the Texas registration with the title.
- Do you take livestock trailers and ranch trucks?Llano County’s 798 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lead with cattle, horses and deer, and the trucks that serve those ranches are among those we buy.