Dry vans, log trailers and lowboys based around Crockett
General freight is the cargo declared by 35 of the 75 Crockett carriers still active in FMCSA’s carrier census. If your tractor pulled dry vans or flatbeds for one of those outfits, note the trailer type it ran with when you write to us, along with the VIN and the plate.
Twenty of the Crockett carriers in the same federal census declare logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 22 declare machinery and large objects. A log truck or a lowboy tractor often sits at a woodlot, a landing or a contractor’s yard rather than at a home address; give us the gate location and the name of whoever holds the key.
Farm supplies appear on 18 local carrier registrations, according to FMCSA. Feed, seed and fertilizer haulers tend to keep their trucks on the farm itself, so a photo set of the cab, frame, tires and fifth wheel taken right where the truck is parked is the most useful thing you can send.
Texas-only routes and short driver radius
Of the Crockett carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 60 operate intrastate only and 15 cross state lines, while 30 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A tractor that never left Texas may carry only state registration; bring that registration card and the title, and we work from those.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 144 drivers here who stay within 100 miles and 75 who range farther. Wherever a short-radius truck sits between jobs, whether a yard in town or a shop out on the county roads, we come to that spot to collect it.
A typical Crockett tractor logs about 48,000 miles a year, the median that 17 carriers here reported to FMCSA’s carrier census. Read the odometer before you call and give us that figure with the VIN, so the first conversation is about your exact truck.
Crockett’s biggest yards and its newest owner-operators
The three biggest fleets in the Crockett carrier census run 43, 27 and 22 power units, with 55, 20 and 11 drivers respectively. If you manage one of those yards and are thinning several trucks at once, send a list of VINs and the lot address; we can collect more than one unit from a single location.
Federal registration records show five new carriers started in Crockett in 2025 and four in 2024. An owner-operator who bought a truck to start out and has now changed plans can sell it to us directly; have the title in your own name, or the lienholder’s release if the truck was financed.
Houston County trucks stopped by state inspectors
Across 56 Crockett trucks stopped from September 2024 through August 2026, the median model year in FMCSA roadside inspection records sits at 2017.5. That is a neutral figure; we buy trucks of every model year, and the year goes on the title you already hold.
Forty-one percent of that Crockett group carried a model year a decade or more back, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records. If yours is one of them, the paperwork is the same as for a newer unit: title, current registration, and any service or inspection records you kept, which help us see the truck’s working history.
Manufacturing, construction and wholesale jobs in town
Manufacturing holds 218 of Crockett’s 2,535 jobs in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, beside 107 in construction and 101 in wholesale trade. Box trucks and straight trucks from plant floors and wholesale docks are welcome here, not only tractors; tell us the body type and the gross vehicle weight rating on the door sticker.
Transportation and warehousing accounts for 58 local jobs on LEHD figures for 2023. County Business Patterns counts 19 construction establishments, and dump trucks or flatbeds from those firms are often parked on job sites; send the site address and say whether the truck can be reached without moving other equipment.
Cattle, cotton, gravel and the rail line north
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 1,411 farms in Houston County, with cattle, cotton and horses as the leading products. A livestock hauler or a cotton module truck is collected at the farm itself; give us the road name and a landmark at the turnoff.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Knox Plant, a sand and gravel operation, about 10 miles west of Crockett. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that work a pit like that should come with whatever site access details you have, so the pickup is arranged with the operator.
Twenty-two miles north, the North American Rail Network records a rail yard at Elkhart. A tractor that shuttled freight to that yard and is now parked there, or anywhere between, can be collected where it stands once you tell us who controls the lot.
The questions we get asked in Crockett
- My log truck sits at a landing in the Houston County woods, so must I haul it into Crockett before you collect?Twenty Crockett carriers in FMCSA’s census haul logs and lumber, and their trucks are often parked out in the woods, so we come to the landing. Send the location, a photo of the access road, and the name of whoever controls the gate.
- After misplacing my Crockett tractor’s title, which agency do I go to for a duplicate?A Texas truck’s title comes from the state’s title agency, and a replacement must be issued in the registered owner’s name before the sale. Tell us when you first contact us, and we can talk through the rest of the paperwork while the new title is on its way.
- My dump truck is parked by the Knox Plant west of Crockett, so would you collect it at the gravel pit?The Knox Plant sits about 10 miles west of Crockett, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from sites like that. Give us the plant contact so access is arranged before the pickup.
- I keep an idle cattle truck on my Houston County farm. Is a livestock hauler something you purchase?Cattle lead the county’s 1,411 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and livestock trucks are on the list of what we buy. Send photos of the truck and the title details, and we pick it up at the farm.