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

Head 11.6 miles south-west from Franklin and you reach the HEARNE rail yard, as mapped in the North American Rail Network of the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles loads between that yard and farms around town is often parked at a shed or a gravel lot rather than a terminal, so give us the street address or the gate where it sits and we collect it from there.

Two fuel sites sit just past it: the Energy Information Administration records a HEARNE petroleum product terminal 12.7 miles south-west and the HEARNE BLENDING TERMINAL 13.3 miles due south. If your tractor has pulled tank trailers in and out of either, tell us which one, and send the VIN along with clear photos of the cab, the fifth wheel and the tires.

Calvert Mine, a coal operation listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 11.8 miles north-west. Further up, that same federal agency lists the Kosse Strip coal mine at 17.7 miles and a crushed-stone quarry named Portable Plant #1 at 17.8 miles, both due north. Dump trucks and lowboys that serve sites like these are on the list of what we purchase.

A truck that works a mine site may be kept inside a fenced lease. Let us know who holds the key to that gate and when someone can let a driver in, so the pickup is set up with the site and not just with you.

Of the 56 Franklin carriers active on FMCSA’s carrier census, 51 are intrastate operations and 5 are interstate. Private fleets, hauling their own goods, account for 28 of the 56 on that FMCSA census. If your truck has stayed on Texas roads, its Texas registration and title are the two documents to find first.

By cargo type, that same federal census shows 34 carriers listing general freight, 19 farm supplies, 15 grain, feed and hay, and 15 machinery or large objects. Whatever your rig carried, a flatbed for equipment or a grain trailer behind a tractor, describe the body and the trailer setup when you write to us.

Fleets stay small around Franklin: FMCSA’s census puts the biggest at 24 power units and 36 drivers, with the next two at 7 units and 6 units. An owner selling one tractor out of a handful can list each VIN separately, and we handle them one at a time or together.

Of the drivers counted by FMCSA’s carrier census here, 90 work within 100 miles of base and 48 go beyond it. For 13 local carriers that reported mileage, that census gives a median of 19,168 miles per truck in a year. Have the current odometer reading ready; it is one of the first questions we ask.

Registrations are still arriving: FMCSA’s census records 4 new carriers in 2025 and 2 in 2024. If you are one of those newer operators and your title has not come back from the state yet, say so up front and we will tell you what we need.

Across 28 trucks inspected between August 2024 and July 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2017.5, and 35.7% of those trucks were ten or more model years old. Older or newer, we look at every Franklin truck; open your note with its year, make and model.

A roadside report from a stop on a Robertson County road belongs in the folder with the title. Service records and inspection sheets help us see how the truck has been used.

Around Franklin, cattle, milk and corn lead the farm output, and the 2022 Census of Agriculture from USDA counts 1,351 farms across Robertson County. A cattle hauler, a milk tanker or a grain truck parked at a ranch outside town is fine where it is; send directions to the barn or the pasture gate.

Off the farm, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) put 727 jobs in Franklin in 2023, and County Business Patterns lists 13 construction establishments in the area. A dump truck or flatbed from a building contractor can be collected from the job yard.

Duplicate titles in Texas come from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which works through county tax assessor-collector offices. If yours is missing, start that request before you contact us, and tell us it is in progress.

Keep the registration, any lien release, and your photo ID together with the title. With those in one folder, the paperwork at collection is a signature and a handover.

• My tractor sits by the HEARNE yard, not in Franklin itself, so does it have to come into town first?The HEARNE yard is 11.6 miles south-west of Franklin on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from there or wherever the truck stands. Send the lot’s location and the name of whoever holds its gate key.
• My Texas truck title went missing; which agency issues the replacement copy?The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues duplicate titles through county tax assessor-collector offices. Start the request there and let us know where it stands when you get in touch.
• My dump truck is kept at the Calvert Mine site, so can collection happen right there at the mine?Calvert Mine, listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, is 11.8 miles north-west of Franklin, and we can arrange collection at the site. Tell us who manages access so the visit is cleared with them.