Grapeland’s timber and equipment haulers
Of the 46 active trucking companies FMCSA’s carrier census places in Grapeland, 17 list logs, poles, beams or lumber among their cargo, and 15 list machinery or large objects. If your truck is a log tractor, a lowboy puller or a winch truck, send us photos of the bunks, the deck or the gooseneck along with the cab, so we know exactly what is coming off the property.
General freight is the cargo listed most often here: 25 of those 46 companies carry it, by the federal carrier census. A day cab or sleeper that pulls a van or flatbed out of Grapeland is the kind of tractor we collect, and the VIN plus a clear shot of the odometer is the first thing to send us.
Mostly in-state routes out of town
FMCSA records show 38 local carriers staying inside Texas and 8 crossing state lines, and 17 of them haul only their own goods. A truck that has stayed inside Texas still carries a Texas title, so have that certificate in hand before we arrange the pickup.
FMCSA also lists 26 drivers here who work inside a hundred-mile radius and 48 who go farther. Whichever kind your driver was, tell us where the truck parks between loads; we come to the yard, the farm or the roadside lot rather than asking you to bring it in.
Grapeland fleets you can count on one hand
The biggest fleet registered in Grapeland runs 8 power units with 6 drivers, and the next two run 3 tractors each, according to FMCSA’s census of carriers. For an owner with a single truck or a handful, we buy one at a time, so you can sell the spare tractor and keep the rest working.
New operators keep arriving: the carrier census shows 4 companies registered in Grapeland in 2025 and 3 in 2024. If you set up recently and are now letting a truck go, gather your registration papers and any service invoices from the first months along with the title.
Five Grapeland outfits file yearly mileage with FMCSA, and the middle figure among them sits at 23,333 per tractor. Note the current reading in your first message, since it is one of the first things we ask.
Houston County Tax Office, twelve miles down to Crockett
Texas titles are issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles through the county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Grapeland that is the Houston County Tax Office at 401 E Goliad Avenue, Suite 101, Crockett, 75835, about 12.2 miles from town. If the title has gone missing, apply for a certified copy there before we schedule the collection.
When the name on the title differs from yours, or a lender is still listed, take the lien release or the bill of sale with you to Crockett. The clerks at the tax office can tell you what the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles needs to put the truck in your name.
A manufacturing workforce in a small town
Grapeland’s plants hold 537 of its 971 jobs, a 55.3 percent manufacturing share in the 2023 LEHD tallies the Census Bureau publishes. Box trucks, flatbeds and tractors that shuttle between plants and suppliers are all trucks we take, so tell us the body type and the axle setup when you get in touch.
The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns puts 8 construction firms on Grapeland’s books. A dump truck or a stake bed that has worked those job sites can be collected from the yard where it sits, as long as we have the address and a way to reach it.
Pasture gates south of the rail line
Around Grapeland, ranching leads: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,411 farms across Houston County, with cattle first, then cotton and horses. A cattle hauler, a hay truck or a horse-trailer tractor parked in a pasture can be picked up where it is, so send a pin or directions to the gate.
Ten Grapeland carriers list grain, feed or hay as cargo in the FMCSA census. If your truck hauled bales or feed, a few photos showing the bed, the hoist or the trailer hookup help us plan the load before we arrive.
Grapeland between two rail yards and a gravel pit
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the Elkhart rail yard 10.3 miles north-west of Grapeland and the Palestine yard 20.5 miles in that same direction. If your tractor has worked loads to or from those yards, it may be parked up the road rather than in town; give us whichever address is current.
South-west of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Knox Plant, a sand and gravel operation 14.2 miles out. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors from that run are welcome, and we collect them from the pit road or the home yard.
The questions we get asked in Grapeland
- Where do I get a copy of my truck’s title if I live in Grapeland?Grapeland’s county tax assessor-collector office is the Houston County Tax Office at 401 E Goliad Avenue, Suite 101, Crockett, 12.2 miles away; it handles certified copies for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Will you collect a log truck from a timber lot outside Grapeland?Seventeen Grapeland carriers haul logs, poles or lumber, per FMCSA’s carrier census, and we pick those trucks up wherever they are parked, timber lot included; send directions and photos.
- I run two tractors out of Grapeland; will you take just one?Grapeland’s biggest registered fleet runs 8 power units, according to FMCSA, and most are far smaller; we buy one truck at a time from owners of any size.
- Will you load my cattle hauler where it sits on a ranch past Grapeland?Cattle top the list of the 1,411 Houston County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and ranch trucks are collected right from the pasture or barn lot once you give us the gate location.