If your tractor has only ever worked Texas roads, have the Texas registration and title in hand before we talk, since those two papers are what the collection is built around.
A farm or plant that keeps a truck or two for its own loads can sell one of them to us on the same terms as a for-hire operator; send the VIN and a few photos of the cab, the frame and the tires.
If you are one of the newer outfits and are selling a unit you bought recently, keep the bill of sale from that purchase with the title so the chain of ownership is clear when we collect.
Grain, hay and farm supply loads
General freight is listed by 36 of the town’s carriers, grain, feed and hay by 22, farm supplies by 14 and dry bulk commodities by 8, per the cargo classes in FMCSA’s carrier census. Grain hoppers, bulk trailers and the tractors that pull them all fit what we buy, so tell us which trailer the truck was paired with when you get in touch.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,472 farms in Wharton County, with rice, corn and cotton as the leading crops. A truck that spends harvest at a field edge or a farm shop is one we can collect from that spot; give us the road, the gate and a phone number for whoever will be there.
Write down the current odometer reading and take a photo of it; it is one of the first figures we ask for.
Kendleton intermodal, just down the road
Day cabs that shuttle containers between that ramp and nearby yards are tractors we purchase, and a unit parked near the ramp can stay there until we come for it.
Kendleton Intermodal appears as a rail yard 6.7 miles to the south-east in the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, with Eagle Lake Storage 18.1 miles to the west. If the truck sits inside a fenced rail yard, name the yard and the person who can let us through the gate.
Sand, gravel and mineral sites west and east
Garwood, a sand and gravel operation 16.3 miles west, and the Duncan Plant industrial-mineral mine 16.7 miles west are both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that work those pits belong on our list too; note the body type and the axle setup when you write to us.
Richmond Material Co, a sand and gravel operation 21.9 miles east, also appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your truck is parked at a pit rather than at home, tell us so, and give the site contact’s name so the collection is cleared with them first.
Box trucks and tractors that run between plants and customers are part of what we buy; send any service records you kept along with the photos.
Construction holds 63 of those jobs, 4.5 percent of the 2023 total in the LEHD figures, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau lists 10 construction establishments. A contractor selling a dump truck or flatbed can do it from the job site, with the title and the registration ready when we arrive.
Small fleets, older model years, local bridges
The three biggest fleets in East Bernard run 5, 4 and 4 power units under FMCSA’s carrier census, so most sellers here are owner-operators or small outfits. An owner selling one truck out of four needs only that truck’s title and registration, not paperwork for the whole fleet.
Whatever the model year, send the VIN first so we can read the build details before anything else.
Of the 19 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory for the area, 2 are load-posted and none sit under 14 feet. Along with the pickup address, name the roads that reach the truck and say whether either posted span is on that route.
The questions we get asked in East Bernard
- Do you take grain trucks and farm tractors from around Wharton County?Wharton County has 1,472 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and 22 East Bernard carriers list grain, feed and hay in FMCSA’s census. Grain trucks and the tractors that pull hoppers are both trucks we buy, collected from the farm.