Nine miles to the gravel
Sand and gravel hauling off the Richmond pit
Richmond Material Co, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine list, lies 9.3 miles west of Fifth Street. Tandem dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load at a pit like that are trucks we purchase, and a seller can leave the truck parked at the yard or the house while we arrange collection there.
If your dump truck has hauled aggregate out of the Richmond operation, gather the title, the current registration and any service log you keep in the cab. Photos of the bed, the hoist, the frame and the tires, taken in daylight from each side, belong in the first message you send us.
Two EIA racks, one ExxonMobil tank farm
Fuel tractors loading at the HOUSTON and SOUTH HOUSTON racks east of Fifth Street
East of town, the Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal called HOUSTON at 9.3 miles and another, SOUTH HOUSTON, 10.5 miles to the north-east. Fuel tractors and tank trailers working those racks belong on our list, so tell us which terminal the rig loaded at and whether the trailer is part of the sale.
An ExxonMobil liquid bulk terminal sits 10.5 miles north-east, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the same agency places Texas Blending & Warehousing 18.4 miles out in that direction. A tractor that pulled liquid bulk between those sites may carry hazmat endorsements on file or tank test reports; keep those papers with the title so the history travels with the truck.
Dray tractors between the Eureka yards and the Pearland chassis ramp
Two rail yards named Eureka appear in the North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, at 14.8 and 15 miles north-east of Fifth Street. Day cabs that drayed freight in and out of those yards are a good fit for us, and a short note on the axle setup and fifth wheel helps us picture the tractor.
Containers move through the Pearland intermodal ramp, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 15.8 miles east. If your tractor pulled chassis off that ramp, send the VIN first, then the odometer reading and cab photos; most of what we ask afterwards follows from those.
Eugene Heimann Circle
A Richmond counter on Eugene Heimann Circle for a missing Fifth Street title
Texas titles come from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which hands counter work to county tax assessor-collector offices; for Fifth Street that means the Fort Bend County Tax Office at 1317 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, 77469, about 12.3 miles from town by the agency’s listing. A missing title is replaced there before the sale closes.
Bring photo identification and the VIN to the Richmond counter when you apply for a certified copy, and mention any lien so the lender’s release can be filed alongside it. With the title in hand, the truck can be signed over at the spot where it is parked, whether that is a driveway on Fifth Street or a lot out by the terminals.
Cattle, rice and cotton
Cattle trailers, rice hauls and cotton modules near Fifth Street
Around Fifth Street the farm economy is wide: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,233 farms in Fort Bend County, with cattle, rice and cotton leading the list. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and flatbeds that work those fields and pens are trucks we take on.
A farm truck is often parked at a barn or a field gate rather than a paved yard. Give us directions to it and say whether a tow truck can reach it after a wet spell, and send the farm-plate registration if the truck carries one along with the title.
Keys, plates and sleeper cleared out before the Fifth Street handover
Whether the truck spent its years at the Richmond gravel pit, the fuel racks to the east or a cotton field, the same few things settle a sale: the title in your name, the registration, keys for every lock, and photos from all four corners plus the dash.
Clear personal items out of the sleeper and the toolboxes, and note any permits or decals tied to your operating authority so you can cancel them after the handover. We collect from the address you give us, so a pin on the map is enough to plan the visit.
The questions we get asked in Fifth Street
- Will you collect a tandem dump that loads at Richmond Material Co?Richmond Material Co, 9.3 miles west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, loads the kind of dump trucks we purchase, and we collect them wherever they are parked.
- Which Fort Bend counter reissues a Texas truck title I cannot find?The Fort Bend County Tax Office at 1317 Eugene Heimann Circle in Richmond, a county tax assessor-collector office about 12.3 miles away according to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, issues the certified copy.
- Will you buy a fuel tanker that works the fuel terminals east of town?Tractors and tank trailers serving the HOUSTON and SOUTH HOUSTON petroleum product terminals, which the Energy Information Administration places 9.3 and 10.5 miles off, are on our list; send the title and any tank test reports.
- Is a cattle or rice truck kept on a Fort Bend farm something you collect?Fort Bend County’s 1,233 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture and led by cattle, rice and cotton, keep livestock and grain trucks working, and we buy them straight from the farm.