Milk, cattle and the haulers that serve them
Erath County holds 2,400 farms according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk at the top of its product list ahead of cattle and horses. A tractor or straight truck that has spent its working life on dairy routes is often parked at a barn or feed lot rather than in town, so tell us the farm road and whether a gate needs opening on the day we collect.
Of Dublin’s motor carriers, 56 list grain, feed and hay as a cargo and 46 list farm supplies, per FMCSA’s carrier census. If yours is a feed hauler or a hay rig, photograph the bed or trailer along with the cab and the VIN plate, and say which dairies or ranches it served.
A farm or a feed business selling one unit from its own yard is the common case in Dublin, so have the title in the business name ready and the name of whoever signs for the company.
Intrastate work dominates: the same federal census records 88 carriers operating only inside Texas against 26 that cross state lines. For a Texas-only truck, the Texas registration and the cab card are the papers to dig out before we talk; an interstate unit should also have its apportioned plate records to hand.
General freight is the most common cargo listing, with 61 carriers, and 36 local outfits list machinery and large objects, again from FMCSA. Lowboys and heavy-haul tractors that moved equipment around the county fit what we collect, and a photo of the deck and the tractor together helps.
The three biggest Dublin-based fleets run 15, 11 and 10 power units, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, which means most operators here own a handful of trucks at most. Selling one tractor out of three takes no special arrangement; send us the VIN and the odometer reading and the rest of the questions follow from there.
Note the current odometer reading and the most recent service records when you contact us, since those two items answer most of what we ask about a truck that stays close to home.
New registrations stay modest in this town: FMCSA’s census shows 6 carriers starting up in 2024 and 5 in 2025. If you started hauling recently and are now winding down, the USDOT number and the operating authority papers belong in the same folder as the title.
Roadside inspections of 67 trucks from Dublin carriers, recorded between September 2024 and August 2026 in FMCSA roadside inspection records, show a median model year of 2020. Keep any of those inspection reports with the truck’s papers; they document where it has been checked and when.
Whatever the year on your title, the steps are the same: VIN, registration, photos from all four sides and the interior, and a note of where the truck is parked.
Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that hauled rock from Proctor can be picked up wherever they sit, including a yard near the pit, as long as someone can give us access.
Farther out, SRM Hamilton Quarry, a sand and gravel operation, sits 23.1 miles south-east in the Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. If your aggregate truck is kept at the Hamilton end of that run, give us the site address and a phone contact for the gate rather than driving it back toward Dublin.
Tell us the route from your yard to the highway when you send photos, so the carrier we send can plan around a posted crossing.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 523 jobs in Dublin in 2023, with wholesale trade providing 64 of them, a 12.2 percent share. A delivery truck or box truck from a local distributor counts as a commercial vehicle we buy; the company’s title and a contact at the business are what we need.
Contractors selling a dump truck, a flatbed or a service body truck should gather the title, the registration and any maintenance logs before reaching out.