Sorghum, cotton and corn on the trailer deck
Grain, feed and hay show up on the cargo lists of 41 Floydada carriers, farm supplies on 25, out of a total of 58 active outfits that FMCSA’s carrier census places in town. If your truck has spent its seasons on that work, it is probably a tractor with a hopper or flatbed behind it, and it may be sitting at a farm yard or gin lot outside town when you contact us. Give us the road and the nearest crossroad so we can find it.
FMCSA’s carrier census also counts 20 Floydada carriers hauling dry bulk commodities and 27 carrying general freight. A truck that has switched between grain trailers and general loads is one we look at the same way as any other; send the VIN, a photo of the door plate and pictures of each side, and tell us which trailer, if any, goes with it.
Trucks that stay on Texas roads
Intrastate operators make up 47 of the town’s carriers, against 11 that cross state lines, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and 30 run as private fleets hauling their own goods. Most trucks we collect around Floydada are therefore registered and parked in Texas, which keeps the paperwork simple: have the Texas title and current registration ready.
Across 21 carriers that reported it to FMCSA’s carrier census, the median distance per truck was 9,000 miles a year. A figure like that fits short farm-to-elevator runs. Write down the odometer reading before you call, along with any service records you kept, and we will work from those.
Model years seen at inspection stops
Between August 2024 and August 2026, 46 trucks from Floydada carriers came through checks logged in FMCSA roadside inspection records, and the middle of their model-year spread fell at 2010.5. Whatever year your truck is, the details we ask for stay the same: year, make, model, engine and VIN.
Roughly two in three of those Floydada trucks, 65 percent by FMCSA roadside inspection records, carried a model year at least a decade back. Bring any inspection reports you still have for your truck; they show where it has worked and what has been looked at, and they save you answering the same questions twice.
A lost certificate, fixed two blocks away
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and the one serving this town is the Floyd County Tax Office at 105 S Main St, in Room 116 of the Courthouse, about 0.2 miles from the centre of Floydada. If the certificate for your truck has gone missing, that office is where you apply for a copy.
Start that request before we arrange the pickup if you can. A copy title in hand, matched to the VIN on the door plate, lets the sale close at the truck without a second visit.
Cotton country with a quarry on the edge of town
Floydada lies in a county where USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 457 farms, with cotton, corn and sorghum as the leading crops. Trucks that serve those farms often sit in a shed or a field corner between harvests; tell us whether a loaded trailer is still coupled and whether a gate needs opening.
Ross Pit, a crushed-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 1.7 miles south-west of town, is the nearest mine site. If your dump truck or tractor has hauled stone out of there, tell us whether it is parked at the pit or back in your yard.
Six construction businesses operate around Floydada, a count taken from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A truck that has worked between those sites and the quarry can be collected wherever it is parked once the job is done.
Farm payrolls
A tenth of Floydada’s jobs are on the land
Farming, forestry, fishing and hunting account for close to a tenth of the local workforce, which the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put at 813 positions in 2023. If a farm truck has come free after a change on the operation, the owner of record should be the one who signs; have their ID ready alongside the title.
The three biggest carriers in town run 15, 12 and 11 power units, by FMCSA’s carrier census. If you are selling several trucks from a fleet that size, list each VIN and where each one is parked, and we can plan one trip that covers them.
The questions we get asked in Floydada
- Will you collect a grain truck sitting on a farm road outside the Floydada city limits?Floydada’s carriers are mostly farm haulers, with 41 of the 58 on FMCSA’s carrier census carrying grain, feed or hay, so trucks out on farm roads are normal for us. We collect it where it sits; send the location and who can let us in.
- Will you take an older tractor that has spent years on Floyd County farm work?Floydada’s trucks stopped at roadside inspections had a median model year of 2010.5, per FMCSA roadside inspection records, and we buy trucks of any model year. Floyd County trucks of every year are collected at the yard, with the title and keys handed over there.