Gravel and stone off the north-west edge
Aggregate hauling north-west of Groesbeck
Groesbeck Quarry, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a sand and gravel operation, lies 4.1 miles out of town toward the north-west. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has worked the pit floor there is often still parked near the scale house or a yard on that side of town, so give us the exact spot and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Two more crushed-stone sites sit a little farther along the same bearing: Skyhigh Pit at 6.1 miles and Cedar Creek Stone Co Ltd at 6.7 miles, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. If your truck hauled rock out of either one, photograph the bed, the tailgate and the data plate on the door jamb, and send those pictures with the VIN.
Strip mine and siding
From the Kosse Strip south to Teague’s yard north-east
Seventeen miles south of Groesbeck, the Kosse Strip coal mine appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Haul tractors and support trucks from a mine site usually stay on the lease, so tell us whether a mine pass or escort is needed before anyone can reach the vehicle.
To the north-east, the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the TEAGUE rail yard 15.9 miles out. A tractor that shuttled loads to that siding can be collected right where it sits near Teague; you only need the title and a phone number for the person on site.
Intrastate haulers, farm fleets and three-truck shops
Of the 49 Groesbeck carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, just 8 hold interstate authority while 41 keep their loads inside Texas. For an intrastate truck, the Texas registration papers and the cab card are the documents to pull out of the glovebox before you call us.
Private fleets make up 22 of those 49 registrations in FMCSA’s census, which means many Groesbeck trucks belong to a farm, a feed store or a contractor rather than a for-hire outfit. If the title is in a business name, have the person authorised to sign for that business available when we arrange collection.
None of the fleets here is big: the three with the most equipment field 4, 3 and 3 power units according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Selling one tractor out of a three-truck operation is routine for us, and the paperwork is the same as for a single owner-operator.
Freight lines on file
General freight, farm supplies and steel coil
General freight is the cargo line most often listed, by 28 Groesbeck carriers in FMCSA’s census, followed by farm supplies at 10 and grain, feed and hay at 8. Van trailers, flatbeds and hay-hauling rigs are all trucks we collect, so list every trailer you want to sell alongside the tractor.
Six local carriers also tell FMCSA they move metal sheets, coils and rolls. If your flatbed or coil-rack trailer carries chains, binders or coil racks, note which of those go with it so the listing you send us is complete.
Groesbeck mileage and driving radius
A Groesbeck truck covers a median 36,904 miles a year, going by the 12 local carriers whose mileage FMCSA has on file. Read the odometer before you contact us and include the figure with your photos; it is one of the first things we ask.
Driver radius splits evenly in that FMCSA census: 39 Groesbeck drivers stay inside 100 miles and 39 range past it. Whether your truck stays around Limestone County or ends a long run somewhere else, tell us its current location, since we pick up wherever it is parked.
Ranches and work
Cattle country and the local job base
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 1,263 farms in Limestone County, with cattle, equine and sheep as the leading livestock. Cattle haulers and ranch trucks often sit at a pasture gate or barn rather than a yard, so share directions to the gate and say whether the ground is passable after rain.
Wholesale trade accounts for 211 of the 1,558 jobs located in Groesbeck in 2023 under the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and manufacturing for another 54. Delivery trucks from those employers can be sold by the company that owns them; we need the signed title and a contact at the business.
The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns puts Groesbeck’s construction trade at 12 establishments. A dump truck, flatbed or service body from one of those contractors can be picked up at the job site or the shop yard, wherever it last stopped.
The questions we get asked in Groesbeck
- Can you collect my dump truck from the gravel pit up the road from Groesbeck instead of me hauling it in?Groesbeck Quarry is 4.1 miles north-west and Skyhigh Pit 6.1 miles out, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from either site. Send the location and the name of the person who can open the gate.
- My title went missing somewhere on the ranch near Groesbeck; which office issues the replacement?Groesbeck titles are issued by the state’s title agency, and a replacement comes from that office. Ask for the duplicate before we schedule pickup, and keep the registration receipt to show the truck’s details meanwhile.
- Can a ranch in Limestone County sell a cattle truck that is titled to the ranch?Limestone County’s 1,263 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture include many titled as businesses, and a ranch-owned truck sells the same way. The person authorised to sign for the ranch signs the title.