If your tractor pulled dry vans or flatbeds for one of those outfits, have the title and current registration in the same folder before you call us, along with a few photos of the cab and the plates.
Nine Crandall carriers declare machinery and large objects as cargo and eight declare logs, poles, beams and lumber, according to the same FMCSA census. Lowboys, step-decks and log trailers pulled by those tractors are trucks we buy, so tell us what the rig was set up to carry and whether the trailer goes with it.
Seven local carriers move household goods, the federal census of motor carriers shows. A box truck or moving tractor from that line of work can be collected from a driveway or a yard in town; just give us the street address and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.
Intrastate work, interstate authority
Of the 96 Crandall carriers, 64 operate intrastate only and 32 hold interstate authority, per FMCSA’s registration records. If yours ran only inside Texas, the Texas title and registration are what we will ask for; if it crossed state lines, have the USDOT number handy as well.
Twenty of the town’s carriers are private fleets hauling their own goods, FMCSA’s census records. A contractor or farm operation selling a truck it used for its own work sells it the same way a for-hire carrier does: title in the business name, a signer who can act for the business, and the VIN.
New registrations have held steady here: FMCSA counts 12 new Crandall carriers in 2024 and another 12 in 2025. If you started a one-truck authority in that stretch and are now closing it, the truck can be sold while the paperwork on the authority is wound down separately.
Model years and miles from roadside stops
Whatever year yours is, read the model year off the title rather than the door sticker when you describe it to us.
Photograph any inspection reports or service records you kept and send them with the pictures of the truck itself.
Among 29 Crandall carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA, the median was 50,000 miles per truck a year. Note the odometer reading when you photograph the dash, and send it with the VIN in the first message.
Wilmer and Mesquite ramps to the west
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Dallas Intermodal Terminal ramp at Wilmer 15.5 miles west of Crandall and the Mesquite ramp 16.9 miles to the north-west. A day cab that has drayed containers between those ramps and the town can stay where it is parked; give us the location and we plan the collection around it.
On the North American Rail Network, compiled by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Dallas TOFC yard lies 17.2 miles north-west. If the tractor is sitting in a lot near the yard rather than at home, tell us whose lot it is so the pickup is arranged with them.
To the south-west, the Energy Information Administration lists the Ennis Plant petroleum product terminal 22.6 miles from town. Tankers and fuel trucks that loaded there are on our list; name the terminal it served and say whether the tank trailer is part of the sale.
Dump trucks and end-dumps that hauled aggregate from pits like these are trucks we purchase, and a gated pit site is a fine place for us to collect one if someone can let us in.
East toward Wills Point, the Lester Plant 1655 crushed-stone quarry sits 21.8 miles out, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck is parked at a quarry rather than in Crandall, send us the site name and a contact for the gate.
With County Business Patterns listing 24 construction establishments, a builder clearing out a dump truck or a flatbed should have the title in the company’s name and an officer ready to sign.
Cattle country and county roads
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,478 farms in Kaufman County, with cattle, horses and deer as the leading lines. A cattle hauler or a ranch flatbed parked out on a pasture can be collected there; tell us the gate, the road and whether a truck can get onto the ground.
None of the 25 bridges around Crandall in the National Bridge Inventory carries a posted load limit, and none clears under 14 feet. Even so, give us the route into the property so the collection truck reaches yours by the right road.