Sell your semi truck for cash in Ferris the easy and convenient way

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Dallas Intermodal Terminal ramp at Wilmer 5.5 miles north of Ferris, and the North American Rail Network records the matching rail yard at 5.8 miles. We collect day cabs that shuttle boxes off that ramp to Ellis County yards. Send the VIN, a cab photo and a shot of the fifth wheel with your first message.

Further up the line, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists a second ramp at Mesquite, 17 miles north, and the North American Rail Network shows the Miller yard 12.8 miles to the north-west. If your tractor is dropped at a drayage lot near either one rather than at home in Ferris, give us that lot’s address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.

Two sand and gravel operations sit close by, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration: Post Oak No 1, 6.1 miles north, and Beltline Pit, 8.5 miles north-east. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors parked at a pit can be collected from the pit itself, provided the site lets a driver in; ask the operator for access before you contact us.

West of town, the Amrize Midlothian Plant is a cement plant 17.5 miles out on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, while the Energy Information Administration records the Ennis Plant petroleum product terminal 12.6 miles south. For a pneumatic tanker tractor or a fuel hauler that worked either site, keep the registration card and any loading-rack or plant gate paperwork together with the title.

Ferris is home to 192 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, with general freight claimed by 104 of those outfits. Machinery and large objects appear for 24, metal sheets, coils and rolls for 18, and dry bulk commodities for 16 in the same census, so a flatbed tractor or a bulk hopper unit here is as ordinary as a van tractor.

Of those carriers, 149 are marked intrastate, 42 interstate and 36 as private fleets in FMCSA’s census. FMCSA’s census also lists one Ferris fleet with 27 power units and 10 drivers, and two more with 16 and 14; whether you own one tractor or a yard of them, list each unit by VIN and we will arrange collection unit by unit.

New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 18 new Ferris carriers in 2025 after 12 in 2024. If you started a company recently and are now selling the tractor, have your USDOT number and the title in the company’s name on hand, since the name on the title has to match the seller.

Ferris carriers had 166 trucks stopped at roadside between August 2024 and August 2026; on FMCSA roadside inspection records their median model year is 2012, and 64.5% were built at least ten years earlier. Whatever the model year, a clear photo of the data plate and the odometer lets us confirm the exact truck.

Across the 57 carriers reporting it, FMCSA’s carrier census puts median annual miles per truck at 38,000. The same census counts 202 drivers working within 100 miles and 172 beyond it, so a Ferris truck may be parked at home or several states away when you decide to sell; tell us where it sits today.

Ellis County carries 2,563 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by cattle, then corn, then wheat. A grain truck or a cattle-hauling tractor that sits on a farm can be collected from the field gate; give us directions to the barn or pad where it is parked, not only the mailing address.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts record 1,302 jobs in Ferris for 2023, 131 of them in manufacturing, which is 10.1%. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau lists 12 construction establishments here; for a dump or a flatbed coming off one of those job sites, bring the title, the current registration and any service records you kept.

When the title for a Ferris truck has gone missing, a replacement comes from the state’s title agency, and that request is best started before the sale rather than after. Photos of the frame, tires and cab, plus the registration, let us line up the paperwork while the replacement title is on its way.

• Will you pick up a tractor left at a drayage lot by the Wilmer ramp instead of at my Ferris address?The Dallas Intermodal Terminal ramp at Wilmer is 5.5 miles north of Ferris on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list, and we collect from wherever the tractor is parked. Send the lot address and a contact who can let a driver in.
• Where does a Ferris owner get a duplicate title for a dump truck whose title has gone missing?For a truck registered in Ferris, the duplicate comes from the state’s title agency in Texas. Request one there, and send us the VIN and registration in the meantime so the rest of the sale is ready.
• Do you buy bulk and flatbed units, or only van tractors?FMCSA’s carrier census shows 16 Ferris carriers hauling dry bulk and 18 hauling metal sheets, coils and rolls, alongside 104 in general freight. We buy tractors from all of that work, so describe the equipment and send photos.