Hoppers and hay flatbeds on Dallam County grain routes
Of the 232 active carriers based in Dalhart on FMCSA’s carrier census, 172 list grain, feed or hay among the cargo they carry. A hopper-bottom tractor or a flatbed rig that has spent its seasons moving harvest and hay bales is exactly the sort of truck we collect here. Tell us which trailer it has been pulling and whether the trailer goes with it.
Farm supplies show up on 55 Dalhart carrier registrations in that same federal census. If your truck has delivered seed, fertilizer or feed out to Dallam County farms, have the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the cab, the frame and the tires ready before you call.
Cattle, corn and sorghum in Dallam County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 323 farms in Dallam County and names cattle, corn and sorghum as its leading products. A truck that has worked those operations may be parked on a ranch or at a farm shop well outside Dalhart, and that is fine: give us the road and gate directions and we plan the pickup around them.
Livestock appears as a cargo on 46 local carrier filings, according to FMCSA’s census. For a tractor that has pulled cattle trailers, note whether the trailer is part of the sale, and send us the VIN along with any service records you kept during the hauling seasons.
Intrastate outfits, private fleets and one big operator
FMCSA’s carrier census splits Dalhart’s operators into 156 intrastate and 76 interstate carriers, and 99 of them are private fleets moving their own goods. A farm or business that owns a single truck for its own loads can sell it to us the same way a for-hire carrier can; the title in the owner’s name is what matters.
Fleet sizes run from one truck up to an operator with 461 power units and 420 drivers on the federal census, with others at 101 and 41 power units. Whether you are letting go of one unit or several from a yard in Dalhart, list each VIN and where each truck is parked so we can arrange every collection.
Drivers near home and drivers far from Dalhart
Drivers working for Dalhart carriers are split almost evenly, with 604 operating within 100 miles and 556 going farther, per FMCSA registrations. A truck that went out on a long haul may still be away from Dallam County when you decide to sell; tell us its current location and we will work from there.
Among 80 local carriers that report mileage on FMCSA’s census, the median is 20,000 miles per truck a year. Have the odometer reading handy when you contact us, along with the VIN, since those two details shape every other question we ask.
A 2021 median on Dallam County-registered rigs, per FMCSA
Dalhart haulers had 571 of their trucks pulled aside for checks from late summer 2024 to late summer 2026, and on FMCSA’s roadside inspection records that group’s middle model year lands at 2021. Newer or older, send us the year, make and model first, then photos of the cab interior and the sides of the truck.
Those same FMCSA roadside records show 29.8 percent of the inspected trucks were ten or more model years old. If your tractor falls in that group, bring along whatever inspection reports you kept, since they give us the truck’s working record on paper.
Contractors, wholesalers and their work trucks
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 2,525 jobs in Dalhart in 2023, with construction at 268 of them and wholesale trade at 141. Dump trucks, flatbeds and delivery units from those trades can be collected from a jobsite or a shop lot in town, as long as someone can give us access.
Dalhart’s builders run 38 construction establishments, a figure the Census Bureau publishes in County Business Patterns. If your truck belongs to one of those contractors and sits on a company lot, tell us who signs for the title and who can open the gate on collection day.
Newer carriers and changing plans
FMCSA’s census shows 18 carriers registering in Dalhart during 2025, up from 6 in 2024. If you started hauling recently and your plans have changed, a truck bought for that venture can be sold with its title and registration in hand.
Agriculture accounts for 112 jobs and manufacturing for 94 in Dalhart’s 2023 figures from the LEHD program at the Census Bureau. Trucks tied to those employers often carry the owner’s company name on the title, so check whose name is printed there before you reach out.
The questions we get asked in Dalhart
- The sorghum truck sits out on our Dallam County place. Must I haul it to town before you pick it up?Dallam County has 323 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and many trucks stay parked on them; we collect from the farm itself. Send the address or directions to the gate and the name of someone who can meet us.
- I own a cattle trailer rig. Can the trailer be included?Livestock is listed by 46 Dalhart carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, so tractor-and-trailer combinations are common here, and you can include the trailer or keep it. Tell us which you prefer and send the trailer’s paperwork if it is part of the sale.
- For a hay truck titled in Dallam County, what goes in the folder?Dalhart has 232 active carriers on FMCSA’s census, and for any of their trucks the title in the seller’s name is the key document. Have it ready with the registration, the VIN, the odometer reading and any service or inspection records you have kept.
- Our farm keeps three trucks for its own loads around Dalhart. Can you take the trio off our hands in one go?Private fleets make up 99 of Dalhart’s carriers on the federal census, and selling several trucks at once works the same as selling one. List each VIN and where each truck sits, and we arrange collection for all of them.