Graham trucks that haul for the oil patch
Of the 206 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census places in Graham, 58 list oilfield equipment as cargo and 47 list machinery or large objects. If your tractor has pulled a lowboy or a float between lease roads, tell us the trailer type and whether it goes with the sale, and send a photo of the hitch along with the cab.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 366 of the 3,653 jobs based in Graham in 2023 in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, a 10 percent share. A winch truck or bed truck parked at a yard outside town can stay there; give us the gate contact and the yard’s road access, and we plan the collection around the site.
Pits south-east and north-west of town
Mayo Pit, a crushed-stone quarry, sits 4 miles south-east of Graham in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and Smith Pit, a sand and gravel operation, is 11.9 miles to the north-west. A dump truck that has worked either one may be sitting on site; let us know which pit and who holds the key.
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Richard’s Pit, another crushed-stone quarry, 24.4 miles east. For a quarry-based tandem or end dump, have the title and the current registration in hand before we arrive, since we collect from the place the truck is kept rather than asking you to haul it into town.
Small outfits and local routes
Only 29 of Graham’s carriers run interstate, against 177 that stay intrastate, according to FMCSA registrations, and 92 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A Texas-only truck with Texas plates keeps the paperwork simple: one title, one state registration, and the inspection record that goes with it.
Drivers here split 269 working within 100 miles and 184 going farther, in the federal carrier census. FMCSA lists the biggest local operation at 24 power units and 10 drivers, the next at 13 units, then 10. Selling one truck or several from a yard that size, a list of VINs with each unit’s location is the best first message to send us.
A 2014 median on Young County highway checks
FMCSA roadside inspection records for 170 Graham-based trucks, checked between September 2024 and August 2026, show a median model year of 2014, with 60 percent ten or more years old. Whatever year your truck is, the VIN and an odometer photo answer most of our questions before anything else.
Across 66 carriers reporting mileage to the federal census, the median truck logs 25,000 miles a year. Service records for a truck on short local hauls tell us how it has been used, so put any shop invoices or maintenance logs in the cab or send pictures of them.
Cattle, wheat and freight around Young County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 873 farms in Young County, led by cattle, wheat and horses, and 36 Graham carriers list farm supplies as cargo with FMCSA. A ranch truck or grain hauler parked in a pasture or by a barn can be collected there; describe the gate and the ground so we bring the right equipment.
General freight is the most common cargo line, named by 92 local carriers in the federal census, while County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 53 construction establishments. For a box truck or flatbed from that kind of work, a clear title in the seller’s name is the one document to locate first; if it is lost, a replacement comes through the state’s title agency.
Plant, jobsite and wholesale trucks in Graham
Manufacturing held 258 Graham jobs in 2023 and construction 195, the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts show, with 103 more in wholesale trade. Delivery straight trucks and service bodies from those employers are trucks we buy; photos of all four sides plus the dash are enough to start.
Ten Graham outfits first registered with FMCSA in 2024, and two followed in 2025, the carrier census shows. If you started hauling recently and are now selling the truck you began with, bring the purchase title and any lien release so the transfer goes through cleanly.
The questions we get asked in Graham
- My truck sits at a lease site outside Graham; will you pick it up on the lease?Some 58 Graham carriers list oilfield equipment in FMCSA’s carrier census, and we collect at the lease site itself. Give us directions and a contact who can let us through.
- Our tandem dump is still at Mayo Pit south-east of Graham; can it be collected on the quarry ground?Mayo Pit is 4 miles south-east of town by Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and the truck can stay right there. Send the pit contact and we arrange access with them.
- My Graham truck never left Texas on intrastate authority; is that a problem for selling?Graham has 177 intrastate carriers in FMCSA registrations, so a Texas-only truck is the usual case; just have the Texas title and registration ready.
- The title to my Young County ranch truck is missing; where do I get a new one?Young County’s 873 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture run plenty of ranch trucks, and for a missing title you request a replacement from the state’s title agency and tell us it is on the way.