Richmond Material Co and the dump trucks it loads
Sand and gravel comes out of Richmond Material Co, a pit the Mine Safety and Health Administration records just 7.4 miles south-west of the Four Corners crossroads. Tandem and tri-axle dump trucks hauling from a pit that close often spend their nights in a driveway or side lot in town, and that is where we collect them.
If your dump truck has hauled aggregate out of Richmond Material Co, write down the body length, the axle setup and whether the bed has a tarp system before you call. Those three details, with the VIN, let us talk about your specific truck from the first conversation.
Fuel racks a short haul east of Fort Bend
The Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals 15.3 and 15.8 miles east of Four Corners. Tractors that pull fuel tankers between those racks and stations across Fort Bend County are part of what we buy, and so are the tankers themselves.
On the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of liquid bulk terminals, one stands 15.9 miles east and Texas Blending & Warehousing stands 20.8 miles east. A tanker that loads at sites like these usually carries a hazmat placard history and tank test certificates; keep that paperwork in the cab folder and photograph the tank plate so the trailer’s details travel with the sale.
Eureka Yard and the port to the north-east
Eureka Yard sits 15.8 miles north-east of Four Corners, and a second yard listed simply as Eureka sits 16.3 miles out, both on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that dray boxes off rail yards like these can be sold from wherever they are parked between loads.
Further out, at 20.6 miles north-east, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places a port authority’s docks. If your tractor works the port and is parked in a gated terminal lot, give us the name of whoever controls the gate, and we arrange the collection with the lot rather than asking you to move the truck home.
Building crews and wholesale routes close to home
Construction held 114 of the 943 Four Corners jobs that the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts tallied for 2023, or 12.1 percent of local work. Flatbeds, dump trucks and service bodies tied to building work are the kind of vehicles that come from that line of work, and each one can be sold with the title in hand and a few clear photos.
Wholesale trade accounted for 71 of those jobs and manufacturing for 56, according to the same LEHD counts from the Census Bureau. Box trucks and straight trucks running wholesale routes out of Fort Bend County fit what we purchase; have the registration and any service records together before you call.
Ranch, rice field and cotton gin trucks
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,233 farms in Fort Bend County, with cattle, rice and cotton at the top of the list. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and the tractors that move module trailers between fields often stay parked on the farm, and a field gate or barn lot works as a pickup address.
Farm trucks are sometimes registered under a ranch or family name rather than the driver’s. Before selling, check whose name is on the Texas title, since that person or business is who signs it over; if the title has gone missing, the owner of record asks the state’s title agency for a certified copy.
The questions we get asked in Four Corners
- Can my tri-axle stay where it sits by the Richmond Material Co gravel pit while you collect it?That pit lies 7.4 miles south-west of Four Corners on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from it or from any lot nearby. Send the address and the name of whoever can let us onto the property.
- I pull a fuel tanker from the racks east of Four Corners; can the tank trailer be sold along with my tractor?Two product terminals on the Energy Information Administration’s list sit 15.3 and 15.8 miles east of Four Corners, and both tractors and tank trailers from that run fit what we buy. List the tank’s capacity and compartments when you get in touch.
- Our farm truck’s title is lost. Where do we get a new one in Fort Bend County?Fort Bend County holds 1,233 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and for any of them the owner named on the Texas title asks the state’s title agency for a certified copy; we can start the sale while it is on its way.