Sand, gravel and mineral sites south-west of Crosby
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Swilley Pit & Plant, a sand and gravel operation, 4.8 miles south-west of Crosby, and Houston Mill, an industrial-mineral mine, 5.5 miles in the same direction. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that loads at either site can be collected right where it is parked between shifts; give us the yard address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Two more sites appear on the Mine Safety and Health Administration register: MineralTech Gulf Coast Abrasives, a sand and gravel operation 6.7 miles south, and Houston Plant #2, a mineral processing plant 8 miles south-west. If your truck carries a site access sticker or plant safety card, photograph it with the VIN plate and the cab, and keep the title within reach for the call.
Tractors that shuttle loads to and from that yard often sit in drop lots near it; if yours is in one, tell us the lot and who manages it so a pickup can be arranged there instead of in Crosby.
Pelican Refining Co is listed by the Energy Information Administration as a petroleum product terminal 8.8 miles south, and the same agency places the Mont Belvieu terminal 9.5 miles south-east. For a tractor that pulled tankers to those gates, a copy of its most recent annual inspection report and any hazmat registration paperwork belongs in one folder before you reach us.
K-Solv, a liquid bulk terminal 10.5 miles south of Crosby, is on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of port facilities. A tank-trailer combination that has worked K-Solv can be sold as the tractor alone or with the trailer; say which, and send a photo of each unit’s plate.
Crosby has 298 active carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and 102 of them are authorized for interstate work while 195 stay within Texas. An intrastate truck is still titled through the state’s title agency, so the paperwork we ask for is the same either way: the Texas title, current registration and a photo of the cab card.
Private fleets, meaning companies hauling their own goods rather than for hire, number 63 in the federal carrier census for this town. If your truck belongs to a business like that, have the person who signs for the company on the call, along with the title in the company’s name.
The three biggest fleets in Crosby, by FMCSA’s figures, run 36, 32 and 18 power units. A fleet owner retiring several units at once can list them together with VINs, and we collect them from the same yard in one visit.
Flatbeds, lowboys and freight vans
General freight is listed by 200 local carriers in the FMCSA census, so box trucks, dry vans and their tractors account for much of the fleet here.
If you are selling a tractor that pulled one, tell us whether the trailer goes with it, note any winches, straps or tarp systems mounted on it, and include a photo of the trailer’s VIN plate.
Write down your own odometer reading before you call, since it is one of the first figures we ask for along with the VIN.
New registrations in the carrier census climbed from 14 in 2024 to 30 in 2025 for this town. If you started an authority recently and are now selling the truck, keep your USDOT number handy; we will ask for it to confirm the truck matches the carrier on file.
Harris County has 1,531 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, horses and potted flowering plants at the top of its list. Livestock haulers, nursery box trucks and ranch flatbeds parked out on county property can be collected there; send a pin or gate directions with your photos.
Jobs located in Crosby itself totalled 554 in 2023, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Whether your truck serves a local employer or hauls further afield, the steps are the same: title, registration, photos and the location where it can be picked up.