Bales on the trailer
Forty carriers, most of them hauling for the farm
Of the 40 active De Leon carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, a clear majority, 24, write grain, feed and hay on their cargo declarations. If your tractor or straight truck has pulled hay trailers or feed loads around the area, tell us what trailer it ran with and send photos of the fifth wheel or the bed along with the cab.
Farm supplies come next on FMCSA’s list at 21 carriers, tied with general freight, while 13 De Leon outfits carry machinery and large objects. A truck that has moved implements on a lowboy is one we collect from the yard or pasture where it sits; give us the gate details and a phone number for whoever can let us in.
Dairy routes and cattle hauls around De Leon
Around De Leon, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,500 farms in Comanche County, with milk, cattle and cotton topping the county’s sales list. Bulk milk tractors, cattle pots and module haulers all fit what we purchase, so name the trailer type when you first contact us.
If your truck is parked at a dairy barn or a sale barn rather than at your house, that is where we pick it up. Have the title, the registration card and any service invoices together in the cab or ready to photograph, and the collection can be scheduled around milking or feeding hours.
Intrastate authority, private fleets and short fleets
Of the De Leon carriers on FMCSA’s census, 33 run intrastate and only 7 hold interstate authority, while 25 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck carrying a farm or business name on the doors is fine to sell; just tell us which entity holds the title so the signature matches.
Fleets in town stay small: the federal carrier census shows the biggest at 14 power units with 4 drivers, and the next two at 4 trucks each. Selling one unit out of a handful is routine for us, so list the VIN of each truck you want gone and we will handle them one at a time or together.
Odometer pace
Miles logged by a typical De Leon rig
The median De Leon truck logs 24,750 miles a year, figured across 15 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census. State the odometer reading and the model year when you send photos; those two figures frame every other question we ask.
That same census lists 60 drivers working past the hundred-mile radius and 34 staying inside it. If your truck is out on a long run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked once it comes home, and we will plan the pickup there.
Rock pits nearby
Two crushed-stone pits on either side of town
Proctor Quarry, a crushed-stone operation listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 11.6 miles south-east of De Leon. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that have hauled rock out of that pit are trucks we collect, so mention the bed or trailer and send a photo of the hoist.
Up the other way, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Impact Rover #1, another crushed-stone quarry, 22.7 miles north-west of town. Comanche County also holds 13 construction businesses according to the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns; a truck that worked their jobsites can be picked up from the contractor’s lot if you give us the address.
Comanche courthouse town
The county tax office on Central Avenue
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues title copies through county tax assessor-collector offices, and the one serving De Leon is the Comanche County Tax Office at 101 W Central Ave, Ste 109, Comanche, 76442, about 15.3 miles away. If your title is missing, start the replacement there before we schedule the pickup.
Bring a photo ID and the VIN when you visit the Comanche office, and if a lender’s lien is still shown on the title, bring the release letter too. Once you hold the replacement, send us a picture of the front and back so the names can be checked against the registration.
Wholesale trade and new hauling outfits
For 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 858 jobs in De Leon, with 54 of them, or 6.3 percent, in wholesale trade. Delivery trucks and box trucks used by those wholesale businesses qualify too, so tell us the body length and the liftgate if it has one.
New outfits keep registering here: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 2 De Leon carriers starting in 2025 and 1 in 2024. If you started a hauling business recently and are now selling its truck, have your DOT number and the bill of sale from when you bought it ready to share.
The questions we get asked in De Leon
- Our cattle pot sits on the home place south of De Leon; does it have to come into Comanche or De Leon for pickup?Comanche County has 1,500 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and plenty of trucks here sit on them, so we come to the ranch. Send the ranch address and gate instructions with your photos.
- The title for my De Leon truck went missing in a move; which Comanche County office reissues it?The Comanche County Tax Office at 101 W Central Ave, Ste 109, Comanche, about 15.3 miles away, handles title copies for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. Once the reissued certificate is in your hands, photograph both sides and send them along with the VIN.
- My end dump hauls stone out of Proctor Quarry and stays parked by the scale house; will you pick it up at the pit?Proctor Quarry sits 11.6 miles south-east of De Leon according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect dump trucks that work it. Tell us whether the truck is at the quarry or at home.