Sell your semi truck for cash in Childress the easy and convenient way

On that federal census, farm supplies top their cargo list with 20 carriers, so a cab-and-chassis or tractor that has moved seed, fertilizer or fencing around Childress County is exactly the kind of unit to tell us about; start with the VIN and a photo of the door sticker.

General freight is close behind, at 19 carriers on the same federal census, with grain, feed and hay at 18 and livestock at 14. If your truck pulled a hopper, a flatbed of round bales or a cattle pot, say which trailer it ran with, and send pictures of the fifth wheel and the deck so we know how it was set up.

FMCSA’s carrier census shows three new carriers registering here in 2025 and three more in 2024. A small outfit closing down or trimming back after a year or two can sell one unit at a time; have the title and the current Texas registration together before you call.

The three biggest operations in town run 8, 6 and 5 power units, according to FMCSA’s census, so even the larger yards in town hold a handful of vehicles. Selling one from a yard that size is simple: give us the address, a phone number for whoever holds the keys, and the title in the owner’s name.

Of the Childress carriers, 26 run as private fleets hauling their own goods, 27 are listed for intrastate work and 16 for interstate, on the federal carrier census. A ranch or farm truck registered as a private fleet sells the same way a for-hire tractor does; bring the registration and any service log you keep in the cab.

Eleven carriers report mileage to the census, and their median is 12,500 miles per truck a year by FMCSA’s figures. A low-use farm truck parked between harvests is a normal find here; photograph the odometer and the VIN plate so we can match the paperwork.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 334 farms in Childress County, with cotton, cattle and equine as the leading commodities. A module truck, grain hauler or horse-hauling pickup parked on one of those farms is collected at the farm gate; there is no need to bring it into town.

For a truck that stays out on a section road or behind a barn, send directions from the nearest paved highway and say whether the gate is locked. If the title was lost somewhere along the way, the state’s title agency issues a certified copy, and getting that started early keeps the sale moving.

Three and a half miles east of town lies the Childress rail yard, mapped on the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that has shuttled freight between the yard and local shippers can be picked up wherever it is parked, on a lot near the tracks or at your shop.

Of 1,792 jobs located in Childress in 2023, transportation and warehousing held 294, or 16.4 percent, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. If the truck belongs to an employer rather than to you, ask whoever signs the title to be available when we arrange collection.

Construction accounted for 53 of those jobs, 3 percent, in the same LEHD figures, and County Business Patterns lists 8 construction establishments in the county. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from those crews qualify; list the body type and any attached equipment when you write to us.

• My truck is parked at a farm outside Childress. Does it need to come into Childress first?Childress County has 334 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and trucks on those places are collected where they sit. Send directions from the closest highway and a contact who can open the gate.
• I ran a cattle pot and a hay trailer. Do you take trucks that pulled livestock or feed?Livestock haulers make up 14 of Childress’s carriers and grain, feed and hay haulers 18, on FMCSA’s carrier census, and tractors from that work are on our list. Tell us which trailers it pulled and send photos of the fifth wheel.