Feed, hay and grain on Farwell’s trailers
Grain, feed or hay turns up on the cargo lists of 38 out of Farwell’s 52 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census. If your tractor has spent its seasons under a hopper or a flatbed of baled hay, tell us which trailer it pulled and whether that trailer goes with the sale, so we plan for the right equipment at pickup.
Livestock appears on the cargo lists of 17 Farwell carriers, and farm supplies on 18, according to the same FMCSA census. A cattle-hauling tractor parked at a feedlot or a ranch gate is easy for us to reach; send the address, a contact who can let us in, and photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel.
Irrigated fields
Cattle, corn and sorghum around town
Around Farwell, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 477 farms across Parmer County, with cattle, corn and sorghum at the top of the list. A truck that has hauled silage, harvested grain or feeder cattle off those places may well be sitting in a shed or a field lot today, and we collect it right there.
Before you call, find the title and the current registration, and note the VIN off the door jamb. A farm truck that has stayed in one family for years often has its papers filed with the farm’s records; checking there first saves a trip to the courthouse.
Older fleet
Between October 2024 and August 2026, officers stopped 41 trucks belonging to Farwell carriers, and those FMCSA roadside inspection records put the middle model year at 2008. Those same FMCSA inspection records show roughly 73 percent of the inspected units were ten or more model years old.
Whatever the year on your tractor, the useful details are the same: the VIN, the engine make, the transmission, and the odometer reading. Keep any inspection reports from those roadside stops with the truck, since they record what an officer saw on a given date.
Feedyard fleets and single tractors
The biggest fleet registered in Farwell runs 10 power units with 10 drivers, and the next two run 9 and 7 power units, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For an outfit of that size, selling one or two tractors at a time is common, and each truck is handled on its own title.
Private fleets account for 29 of Farwell’s carriers in the census, against 30 with intrastate authority and 22 with interstate authority. A farm or feedyard that hauls only its own grain and cattle counts as a private fleet, and its trucks are welcome here just like for-hire tractors.
Across 22 reporting carriers, the census puts the median annual distance per truck at 18,106 miles. FMCSA’s census also records 67 drivers working within a hundred-mile radius of home and 39 going farther afield.
Duplicate titles a block from downtown
In Texas, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and Parmer County’s is the Parmer County Tax Office at 401 3rd St, Farwell, 79325, about 0.2 miles from the center of town. If the title is missing, that office is where a certified copy is requested.
Bring a photo ID and the truck’s VIN when you go, and if a lender ever held the title, a lien release as well. Once the copy is in hand, send us a photo of the front and back so the name on it can be matched to yours.
Heading east from Farwell for 24.7 miles brings you to Copley Pit, a crushed-stone quarry on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that have hauled rock out of a pit like that can be collected at the yard where they are parked, as long as someone can open the gate.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau shows 8 construction establishments in the area, and Farwell’s LEHD job count from the Census Bureau stood at 520 in 2023. If your truck worked road or site jobs alongside the farm season, tell us both uses so we ask the right questions about the body and hydraulics.
The questions we get asked in Farwell
- I run a small cattle-hauling outfit. Is selling a single cattle-pot tractor out of that fleet an option?Farwell’s fleets top out at 10 power units in FMCSA’s carrier census, and selling a single truck from a group that size is routine. Each tractor goes on its own title, so the rest of your fleet stays as it is.