Hereford’s carriers haul grain, feed and hay
Of the 464 active carriers that FMCSA’s carrier census places in Hereford, 324 list grain, feed and hay among their cargo. If your tractor has pulled a hopper or a flatbed of baled hay out of Deaf Smith County, tell us the trailer type it was coupled to and whether that trailer is part of the sale.
Livestock appears on the cargo lines of 69 Hereford carriers in the federal motor carrier census, and dry bulk commodities on 63. A cattle pot tractor or a pneumatic bulk rig is welcome here; send a photo of the trailer plate and the tractor’s VIN plate so both units are identified from the first message.
General freight is listed by 155 carriers registered in town, according to the same FMCSA records. Those vans and reefers often sit at a shop or a yard on the edge of Hereford rather than at the owner’s house, so give us the yard’s address and a name we can call there.
Feedyards and dairies
Cattle, milk and corn on Deaf Smith County farms
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 663 farms in Deaf Smith County and ranks cattle, milk and corn as its top products. A farm truck that works a feedyard or a dairy is usually parked on that property, and we collect it from the farm; tell us which gate to use and who will meet us.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting account for 221 jobs located in Hereford, 5.8 percent of the 3,800 total for 2023 in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. If the truck is titled to a farm partnership or a family operation rather than to you personally, have the person who signs for that entity ready to sign the title at pickup.
If a farm truck’s registration has lapsed between harvests, bring the old registration anyway with the title, so the paperwork lines up with the VIN on the cab.
Local and long runs
Short loops around town, longer runs out of state
Intrastate operation is marked by 351 Hereford carriers in FMCSA’s census, interstate by 108, and 131 run private fleets that carry their own goods. A private-fleet truck may be titled to the business it serves; check whose name is on the title before you contact us.
Drivers working within 100 miles number 1,185 for carriers based here, against 673 who go beyond that radius, the FMCSA figures show. If your tractor ran the longer lanes, its logbook device and permits may still be fitted; tell us what is installed so we know what stays with the truck.
Hereford’s 162 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA put a median of 27,083 miles on each truck a year. Read the odometer before you call and give it to us with the VIN; those two numbers start every conversation about a Hereford truck.
Model years among inspected Deaf Smith County rigs
Between 30 August 2024 and 25 August 2026, inspectors stopped 692 Hereford-based trucks, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2015. Whatever year your truck is, give us the model year and the engine make, and send the last inspection report if you kept one.
In those same FMCSA inspections, 56.8 percent of the trucks checked were ten or more model years old. An older Hereford truck is one we buy like any other; photos of the cab, the frame and the tires, plus any service records, tell us what we need to know.
Contractors, plants and distributors around Hereford
Construction accounts for 179 of Hereford’s jobs in the LEHD figures for 2023, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 28 construction establishments in Deaf Smith County. Dump trucks and flatbeds from a contractor’s yard can be collected from the job site or the yard; tell us which and when the gate is open.
Manufacturing and wholesale trade each hold 161 jobs in town, 4.2 percent of the total, by the Census Bureau’s LEHD count. A box truck or tractor used by a plant or a distributor is often titled to the company, so have the authorised signer and a copy of the registration ready.
Single owners and multi-truck fleets
New registrations in Hereford reached 26 carriers in 2025 and 23 in 2024 on FMCSA’s census. If you started hauling recently and are selling the truck you began with, have the title and any lien release from the lender together before we talk.
One fleet based in Hereford runs 102 power units and 59 drivers, and two others run 52 and 50 units, per the FMCSA carrier census. Selling several trucks at once works the same way as selling one: send a list of VINs, where each unit sits and the title holder for each.
The questions we get asked in Hereford
- My tractor hauled grain and feed around Deaf Smith County. Will you take a Hereford grain tractor?Grain, feed and hay are listed by 324 of the 464 Hereford carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and trucks from that work are what we buy. Start with the VIN and odometer, then photos showing the tractor beside its hopper or hay trailer.
- The truck is parked at a feedyard or dairy outside Hereford. Must I haul it from the feedyard into Hereford before you collect?Deaf Smith County has 663 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle and milk at the top, and we collect from the farm where the truck sits. Name the feedyard or dairy, its road, and the hand who will open the gate.
- Will a 2012 tractor from Hereford still sell?Hereford trucks seen in FMCSA roadside inspections have a median model year of 2015, and 56.8 percent were ten or more years old. A 2012 is a truck we buy; send the title, photos and any service records.
- Our Deaf Smith County farm holds the title, not me personally, so whose signature goes on it?Hereford’s FMCSA census lists 131 private fleets hauling their own goods, and a truck titled to a farm or company is signed over by the person authorised to sign for it, and we need the registration with it.