Building crews north of Harlingen
Construction accounts for 122 of the 366 jobs counted inside Combes for 2023, a 33.3 percent share on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Dump trucks, flatbeds and water trucks that serve those crews tend to sit at a job site or a contractor’s yard between projects, so tell us which one when you get in touch.
If your truck is parked on an active site in Combes, name the person who controls the gate and the hours the site is open. We collect from where the truck stands, and a site contact on the first call keeps the pickup from waiting on a locked fence.
For a construction truck, a clear photo of the VIN plate, the title in hand and any body or equipment paperwork for a dump bed, crane or tank let us identify exactly what is mounted on the chassis.
Cameron County cotton and sorghum farms
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,248 farms in Cameron County and lists cotton, sorghum and corn as its leading crops. Grain trucks, module haulers and farm tractors used on those fields are trucks we purchase, whether they sit at a barn outside Combes or at the edge of a field.
A farm truck often carries farm plates or has gone a season without being moved. Have the title and the current registration together before you call, and tell us whether the truck is parked off a paved road so the pickup equipment matches the ground.
If the truck is titled to a farm partnership or a family member, let us know at the start who signs. Getting the right signature on the title is usually the one step a farm sale depends on.
Terminals east of town
The Energy Information Administration lists a Harlingen petroleum product terminal 7.8 miles south-east of Combes and the KEY PETROL LLC terminal 8.3 miles east. Tankers and bobtails that load at racks like these are on the list of trucks we buy.
Another 8.5 miles east, Titan Fuel appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records as a liquid bulk terminal. If your tractor pulled tank trailers between these sites, tell us whether the trailer goes with it, and gather the tank inspection paperwork you have for both units.
Photos help us here: the cab, the frame, the fifth wheel and the tires on the tractor, plus the tank’s data plate if a trailer is part of the sale.
Harlingen yards and the ports
Two Harlingen rail yards sit about 2.9 and 3 miles south-east of Combes on the North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles between those yards can be collected in town or wherever it is staged.
The Port of Harlingen Authority lies 12.5 miles east, and the Port of Brownsville 24.6 miles south-east, on Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings; the same agency puts the Rio Valley intermodal ramp at Donna 23 miles west. If your truck is parked at a port lot or a ramp, give us the gate name and who manages access.
Container and port trucks often carry gate credentials and registration from a past carrier. Bring the title in your name and the latest registration, and we will sort out the rest of the collection details with you by phone.
The questions we get asked in Combes
- Can a dump truck parked on a Combes building site be collected right where the crew left it?Construction holds 122 of the 366 jobs in Combes on the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts, so plenty of trucks here sit on job sites, and we collect from the site itself. Name the person with the gate key and the hours the site is open.
- Can you pick up a grain truck parked out at a Cameron County farm?Cameron County has 1,248 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and we collect from the farm where the truck is parked. Let us know if it sits off a paved road.
- Who replaces a lost title for a truck kept in Combes, with no paper copy left in the cab or the files?A truck registered in Combes gets its duplicate title through the state’s title agency, and that title needs to be in hand before the sale closes. Mention the missing title on the first call and the pickup gets scheduled once the duplicate arrives.
- Will you pick up a tanker staged by the Harlingen fuel racks south-east of Combes?The Harlingen petroleum product terminal is 7.8 miles south-east of Combes on Energy Information Administration listings, and we pick up at the terminal or wherever the truck is staged. Send the terminal’s street address and the name of whoever can walk us to the tanker.