General freight, drinks and chilled loads out of Encinal
If your tractor or box truck has been doing that mixed work, tell us the body type, the axle setup and the VIN when you get in touch, and we can plan around where it is parked.
Three Encinal carriers declare beverages, three declare refrigerated food and three declare dry bulk commodities, according to the same federal census. A reefer unit, a beverage body or a bulk trailer all belong in the description you send us, along with photos of the unit itself so the equipment is clear from the first message.
FMCSA lists ten of the Encinal carriers as intrastate only, with the other three crossing state lines. Whichever kind your operation is, have the Texas registration and the title in the name on the paperwork before pickup day.
Encinal drivers mostly work inside a day’s loop
Carriers in town report 198 drivers who work within a hundred-mile radius and only 18 who go farther, a split filed with FMCSA’s carrier census. With so much of that driving close in, your truck is likely sitting in a yard, a ranch lot or beside a house near Encinal, and that is where we collect it.
FMCSA classes seven Encinal operations as private fleets, moving goods for their own business instead of hauling for hire. If your truck has served a business of that kind, say so, and send the registration along with any service records you keep in the office.
One big operation and several small ones
A single Encinal carrier lists 262 power units and 172 drivers in FMCSA’s census, the next lists 27 units with 27 drivers, and the third lists three trucks and three drivers. Selling one tractor from a large yard or the only truck a family owns follows the same steps: the title, the registration and a few clear photos.
Across the six Encinal carriers that filed mileage with the federal motor carrier census, a typical truck logs 17,148 miles a year at the median. Put the current odometer figure in your first message so the figure on the dash matches what you told us.
Encinal carriers had 116 trucks pulled for checks from September 2024 to August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records give 2015 as their median model year. Look at the year on your Texas title and on the cab card before you call; when the two agree, the paperwork side of the sale stays simple.
Of the Encinal trucks in that inspection file, 62.9 percent carry a model year a decade or more back, FMCSA’s roadside inspection records show. Older or newer, we buy commercial trucks of every year, and a photo of the VIN plate on the door jamb settles the year and the build.
Cattle, deer, horses
Livestock and game trucks from the ranches
Around Encinal, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 344 farms across La Salle County, with cattle, deer and equine listed as the leading categories. Stock trailers’ tow rigs, flatbeds that carry feed and hay, and trucks that move horses all come off operations like these.
A truck that has spent its working life on a ranch outside Encinal can stay right there; give us directions to the gate and note whether the ground near it is dirt or caliche. Send photos taken in daylight from all four corners, plus the cab and the VIN.
When the pink slip for an Encinal truck is gone
For an Encinal owner, a certified copy of a lost title comes from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles by way of a county tax assessor-collector office. If the title for your Encinal truck has gone missing, start the copy request there before we schedule the collection.
Bring the VIN, your identification and any registration renewal you have to the county tax assessor-collector office, as the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles directs. Once the certified copy is in hand, the sale of the truck can go ahead in your name.
The questions we get asked in Encinal
- Can you pick up a truck parked on a La Salle County ranch?La Salle County holds 344 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and we collect from ranch lots and pastures as readily as from a yard in town. Send the gate location and directions with your photos.
- My Encinal truck never leaves Texas; is that a problem for you?Ten of Encinal’s 13 carriers in FMCSA’s census are intrastate only, so local-only trucks are the usual case here. Have the Texas title and registration ready, and tell us where the truck is parked.
- Will you buy a truck from a small operation?Encinal’s carriers in FMCSA’s census include one with three power units and three drivers, and a one-truck owner sells the same way a big yard does. A title in your name, the registration and clear photos are what we need to start.