Dumas carriers that haul grain, feed and hay
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 222 active motor carriers based in Dumas, and 150 of them record grain, feed or hay as a cargo they carry. If your truck is a hopper tractor or a hay hauler, tell us the trailer it usually pulls and whether that trailer is part of the sale.
Moore County holds 218 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, milk and corn as the leading products. A truck that works those farms is often parked at a farmstead or a feedyard rather than in Dumas proper, so give us the road name and the nearest crossroad when you get in touch.
If yours is parked in a shed or behind a bin, a few clear photos of the cab, the frame and the VIN plate let us see it without anyone moving it first.
Cattle country
Livestock trailers and the Moore County dairy and cattle trade
Of the Dumas carriers in the FMCSA census, 43 list livestock as a cargo they move. With cattle and milk heading the Census of Agriculture’s product list for Moore County, a cattle-hauling tractor here may spend most of its time at a feedlot or dairy gate.
When the tractor is kept at a dairy or feedyard you do not own, let us know whose property it is on and who can let our driver in. That one name makes the pickup straightforward.
Keep the registration and the title together with the truck’s service records if you have them. A livestock rig that moves between Texas and neighbouring states may also carry interstate paperwork, and having it in one folder answers most of our questions at once.
Panhandle day cabs and out-of-state sleepers
Intrastate operators outnumber interstate ones in Dumas: FMCSA’s carrier census records 134 intrastate carriers, 87 interstate carriers and 55 private fleets that haul their own goods. Either kind of authority is fine to sell under; just tell us which one your truck ran on.
By driver radius, the same FMCSA records show 435 drivers working within 100 miles of their base and 284 working beyond it. A day cab that stays in the Panhandle and a sleeper that runs out of state are both trucks we collect from where they sit.
Across 91 Dumas carriers that reported mileage, the median truck covered 44,145 miles a year on FMCSA’s census figures. Note your odometer reading when you send photos so the listing matches the truck.
Single hopper tractors and whole Dumas yards
FMCSA’s census shows Dumas fleets with 47, 29 and 28 power units. If you run a fleet of that size, we can look at several trucks in one visit; send a list of units with their VINs.
New authorities keep appearing in town as well, with FMCSA registering 15 new Dumas carriers in 2024 and 12 in 2025. If you are winding down a young operation, the title, the registration and your USDOT number are the three things to have on hand.
For a single owner-operator, the process is the same in smaller form: one truck, one title, photos from four sides and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.
The VIN first, then the roadside report
The median Dumas tractor carries model year 2012, going by FMCSA roadside inspection records on 244 local trucks checked from late August 2024 through late August 2026. In that same inspection set, FMCSA counts about 67.6 percent of the trucks as ten or more model years old.
Whatever the year of yours, start with the VIN, which tells us the make, model and engine. Add the last inspection report if it is in the cab; it confirms details a photo cannot.
Jobs, construction and the Stallwitz Pit
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 4,576 jobs in Dumas in 2023, and 390 of them, 8.5 percent, were in transportation and warehousing. Construction accounted for 236 jobs and agriculture for 186 in the same LEHD figures.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 41 construction establishments in the area, and 26 Dumas carriers in the FMCSA census haul machinery and large objects. A lowboy tractor or a dump truck from that work is something we collect from the job yard where it is kept.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Stallwitz Pit, an industrial-mineral mine, about 5.3 miles south-west of Dumas. If your truck is parked at the pit or a yard near it, tell us the gate arrangements so the driver arrives when someone can open up.
The questions we get asked in Dumas
- Our grain truck stays out at the farm north of Dumas; does it have to be hauled into town first?Moore County has 218 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and we collect from farm roads as readily as from town. Send the road name, the nearest crossroad and a contact who can meet the driver.
- I hauled cattle out of Texas under interstate authority; what extra paperwork should I find?Dumas has 87 interstate carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, alongside 134 intrastate ones. Have the title, the registration and your USDOT number ready, and the rest of the process is the same.
- Will your driver come out to the Stallwitz Pit for a dump truck parked behind the pit gate?The Stallwitz Pit sits about 5.3 miles south-west of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and a truck parked near it can be collected on site. Give us the pit operator’s contact and the hours the Stallwitz gate is unlocked.
- I keep several Moore County hopper and cattle tractors; is one visit enough for all of them?FMCSA’s census shows Dumas fleets of 47, 29 and 28 power units, and a group sale works the same way as a single one. Send a list of the units with their VINs and where each one is parked.