Salt at Grand Saline, stone near Wills Point
Grand Saline Operations, an industrial-mineral mine on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, lies 10.2 miles east of Edgewood along the road toward Grand Saline. A dump truck or tractor that has run loads out of that site can be sold from wherever it is parked, whether that is a yard in Grand Saline or a driveway on the edge of Edgewood. Send us the address and the name of whoever holds the keys.
Heading the other way, Wills Point Lester Plant 1655 is a crushed-stone quarry 12.6 miles west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. Aggregate haulers that work between the quarry and local jobs usually have a fuel log or a service file in the cab; photograph those pages along with the frame, the tires and the cab interior so we see the whole truck in one message.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 45 active carriers in Edgewood, and 21 of them list general freight among their cargo. Ten list machinery and large objects, eight farm supplies, and seven logs, poles, beams or lumber. If your tractor pulled a lowboy for equipment moves or a log trailer, tell us the trailer type too, so we know how the truck was set up.
The same federal census splits the town’s carriers into 16 interstate and 28 intrastate operations, with 23 running private fleets that carry their own goods. A private fleet truck often has its registration in a business name, so have the company’s title and an officer’s signature ready before collection day.
Four new carriers registered here in 2025, against two the year before, according to FMCSA. A newer outfit that is downsizing can sell a single power unit; the VIN, the title and a few clear photos are all we need to begin.
Short hauls, local drivers and fleet size
Of the 250 drivers recorded for Edgewood carriers in the federal carrier census, 189 work inside a hundred-mile radius and 61 travel farther. Most local trucks therefore end their day near home, which makes collection simple: the truck is usually parked within reach of town when you call us.
Across the nine Edgewood carriers that file yearly mileage with FMCSA, a typical truck logs 29,233 miles. Write the current odometer reading down before you contact us, alongside the VIN from the door jamb.
Fleet sizes in the FMCSA filings range from 127 power units with 100 drivers down to a 13-truck operation with three drivers, so a seller here could be an owner-operator or a dispatcher clearing a lot. We take one truck or several.
Edgewood rigs seen at Texas roadside stops
Thirty-four Edgewood-based trucks were stopped for inspection between September 2024 and August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records give their median model year as 2018.5. The same inspection records put about 35 percent of those units at ten or more model years old.
Whatever the year of your truck, the steps are the same: the model year, make and model, the VIN, and the name exactly as it appears on the title. If an inspection report is in the glovebox, a photo of it is useful to include.
County seat paperwork
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Edgewood that is the Van Zandt County Tax Office at 24632 State Highway 64 in Canton, 10.3 miles from town. Ask there for a certified copy of the title if the original is missing.
If a lender is still shown on the title, bring the lien release with you to Canton so the county office can issue a clear copy. Once the title is in your name and free of liens, we can arrange collection wherever the truck sits.
Pastures and contractors
Cattle, dairy and building trades nearby
Across Van Zandt County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 3,206 farms, with cattle, milk and propagative material listed first. Livestock haulers, feed trucks and dairy tankers from those farms are trucks we purchase; tell us whether the truck is at a barn or a pasture gate so we can plan the route in.
Edgewood had 457 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and County Business Patterns lists 15 construction establishments in the area. Dump trucks and flatbeds from building contractors can be sold with or without the equipment that rides on them; just tell us what is attached.
The questions we get asked in Edgewood
- Is a Van Zandt log hauler with bunks something you take from Edgewood sellers?Seven Edgewood carriers list logs, poles, beams or lumber on FMCSA’s carrier census, and log trucks are among the trucks we purchase. Send photos of the truck and its bunks along with the VIN.