Beltline Pit, Post Oak and the gravel roads toward Dallas
Beltline Pit, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s rolls, lies about 9 miles west of Heartland, and Post Oak No 1 is roughly 11.8 miles out in the same direction. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that loads at either site is usually parked at a yard near the pit or back at the owner’s place in Heartland between shifts; tell us which, and give a gate contact if it sits behind a fence.
East of town the picture changes: the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Wills Point Lester Plant 1655, a crushed-stone quarry, about 22.4 miles away. If your truck splits its week between the Wills Point quarry and the pits to the west, send the VIN, the plate and photos of the bed, frame and cab, so we can identify it without a trip to either site.
Mesquite and Wilmer container ramps to the north-west and west
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Dallas, TX - Mesquite intermodal ramp about 13.8 miles north-west of Heartland and the Wilmer ramp at the Dallas Intermodal Terminal roughly 14.4 miles due west. Day cabs that dray boxes off those two ramps are trucks we buy, and so is a sleeper that starts its longer runs from one of them.
On the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DALLAS TOFC is listed at 14.1 miles and DALLAS INTERMODAL TERM at 14.6 miles from town. If the tractor is dropped at a ramp lot rather than at home, tell us the lot name and who controls access, and keep the cab card and title together so they come with the truck when it is collected.
Heartland’s registered haulers and the freight they list
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 57 active carriers based in Heartland, with 27 running interstate authority, 30 working intrastate only and 5 operating as private fleets. Whoever is named on the title signs it, whether that is an owner-operator or a company; have that person available when we arrange the pickup.
General freight is hauled by 50 of those carriers, according to the FMCSA census, while 13 list metal sheets, coils and rolls, 11 list logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 10 list motor vehicles. That mix covers dry vans, flatbeds and car haulers; tell us the trailer type even if you are selling the tractor alone, and say whether the trailer stays or goes with it.
For fleet size, the FMCSA carrier census shows the biggest Heartland-based operation at 11 power units and 9 drivers, the next at 4 and 4, and a third at 3 and 3. If you are selling several units from a fleet of that size, list each VIN with its title status and we will arrange the pickups as one job.
Local loads and long runs out of Kaufman County
Of the drivers counted by FMCSA, 22 work within a 100-mile radius and 61 run beyond it. A long-haul truck may be somewhere other than Heartland when you decide to sell, so give us the address where it will be standing and a day it will be there.
Eleven Heartland carriers report mileage to FMCSA, and the median among them is 40,000 miles per truck a year. Read the odometer and photograph it, along with the VIN plate on the door jamb, before you contact us; those two pictures answer most of our first questions.
Cattle, horses and deer across Kaufman County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 2,478 farms in Kaufman County, with cattle, equine and deer as the leading kinds. Livestock haulers and flatbeds that serve those operations are often kept on the farm itself, and we collect from the pasture gate as readily as from a paved lot.
If the truck is titled to a farm or ranch business rather than to you personally, have whoever is authorised to sign for that business ready, and bring the registration that matches the name on the title. Should that Heartland title be missing, request a duplicate from the Texas title agency first, then call us.
Fuel and work
PAR Truck Rack and the jobs counted in town
The Energy Information Administration lists PAR TRUCK RACK, a petroleum product terminal, about 21.8 miles west of Heartland. A tank truck or fuel tractor loading there should come with its tank inspection paperwork if you have it; send that alongside the photos.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 351 jobs in Heartland in 2023, and FMCSA’s carrier census shows 8 new carriers registered here in 2024 and 6 in 2025. If you started hauling in one of those years and are now selling, the title and the registration in your own name are what we need from you.
The questions we get asked in Heartland
- Can my dump truck stay where it sits at Beltline Pit west of Heartland?Beltline Pit, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists about 9 miles west of Heartland, is a place we can collect from. Give us the pit contact who can open the gate and tell us where on site the truck stands.
- Will you collect a day cab from the Wilmer ramp lot instead of Heartland?The Wilmer ramp at the Dallas Intermodal Terminal, about 14.4 miles west on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, is a pickup point like any other. Tell us which lot the tractor is in and who signs vehicles out of it.
- Which person signs when a Kaufman County ranch owns the truck title?Kaufman County has 2,478 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and many trucks here are titled to the farm business. The person authorised to sign for that business signs the title, and we need the registration in the same name.