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Horizon City sits on the east side of El Paso County with stone pits, sand plants and two fuel terminals inside a dozen miles, so the trucks that work it haul rock, gravel, fuel and general freight across the desert edge of town.

Selling a truck in Horizon City? Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

Quarries and sand plants just east of Horizon City

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Rock Dimension Pit 3.6 miles east of Horizon City, with Pipeline Quarry and the MTI Sandpit Cascade Division both 3.7 miles out in that same direction. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has cycled between those pits and job sites is often parked on a gravel lot out there rather than in town, so give us the lot’s location and the name of whoever holds the gate key.

To the north-west, Soto’s Rock is a dimension-stone quarry 4.1 miles away and the East Loop 375 sand plant sits 5.9 miles off, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. If your truck hauled cut stone or washed sand from either one, write down which site it served and roughly how long; that history, plus a clear photo of the VIN plate, lets us start on the right questions.

Ned Finney Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 11.3 miles north-east according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, rounds out the aggregate sites near town. A truck that finished its last load there can stay where it was parked; we collect from the yard, so tell us the address and whether a lowboy can reach it.

Two El Paso fuel terminals north and south of town

Two petroleum product terminals named El Paso appear in Energy Information Administration records, one 7.3 miles south of Horizon City and the other 9.4 miles north. Tractors that pulled fuel trailers between those terminals and stations around the county are trucks we buy; have the title and current registration in hand before you call.

If the tractor still carries hazmat placard holders or tank-related equipment from terminal work, list those items in your first message. Photos of the cab, the frame rails and the fifth wheel taken in daylight let us see what you describe without a trip to the terminal lot.

The Horizon City carriers on federal record

Horizon City has 195 active motor carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 123 of them run interstate while 69 stay within Texas. That same census shows 25 private fleets, meaning companies hauling their own goods, so a box truck or tractor sold here may come from a contractor or supplier rather than a for-hire outfit, and either kind is welcome.

General freight is listed by 155 of the local carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, beverages by 42, paper products by 41 and metal sheets, coils and rolls by 39. Flatbeds that hauled coil, van tractors on beverage routes and dry vans on general freight all fit; tell us which trailer the tractor usually pulled.

For fleet scale, FMCSA’s carrier census shows one Horizon City operation with 53 power units and 55 drivers, another with 42 units and 57 drivers, and a third at 40 units and 40 drivers. A fleet manager retiring several units at once can send a single list of VINs and yard addresses, and we work through them together.

Route length and fleet model years for Horizon City carriers

Among the 76 Horizon City carriers that report mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census, the median is 65,280 miles per truck in a year. Have the odometer reading ready along with the VIN when you contact us, since those two figures anchor everything else we ask.

FMCSA’s carrier census also records 103 drivers here working within 100 miles and 625 working beyond that radius. A long-haul tractor may be parked anywhere along its route when you decide to sell, so tell us where it is now rather than where it is based.

In FMCSA roadside inspection records covering August 2024 to August 2026, 3,163 trucks tied to Horizon City carriers were inspected, with a median model year of 2020 and 24.7% of them ten or more model years old. Bring whatever inspection reports or service records you kept, as they show the truck’s history alongside the photos.

Construction, warehousing and growth

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 5,752 jobs in Horizon City, including 368 in construction, 360 in transportation and warehousing, 311 in manufacturing and 184 in wholesale trade. Dump trucks, flatbeds, box trucks and day cabs all turn up across that mix of work.

Horizon City’s builders account for 92 establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, beside just 3 warehousing sites. A contractor selling a single truck should have the title in the business name or a signed authorisation ready, so the paperwork matches the owner on record.

New entrants keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census logs 17 carriers registered in Horizon City in 2024 and 12 in 2025. An owner-operator who started recently and now wants out can still sell a truck that has a lien on it; tell us the lender’s name when you first get in touch.

Farm trucks from El Paso County’s cotton fields and ranches

Cotton leads the list for the 581 El Paso County farms tallied in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, followed by cattle and then honey. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and farm flatbeds from those operations are trucks we collect, often straight from the farm gate.

Farm trucks are sometimes registered under a farm plate or a family member’s name. Check whose name is on the Texas title before you reach out, and if the title was lost, start a replacement with the state’s title agency so the sale is not held up.

The questions we get asked in Horizon City

  • Does a dump truck sitting at Pipeline Quarry or a nearby pit have to be hauled into Horizon City first?Rock Dimension Pit, Pipeline Quarry and the MTI Sandpit Cascade Division all sit 3.6 to 3.7 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from yards like those. Send the site name and who can open the gate.
  • Will you buy a tractor that pulled fuel from the El Paso product terminals near Horizon City?The Energy Information Administration places El Paso product terminals 7.3 miles south and 9.4 miles north of Horizon City, and tractors that served them are on our list. Tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale and send photos of both.
  • Can a fleet here sell several trucks together?Horizon City has fleets of 53, 42 and 40 power units in FMCSA’s carrier census, and multi-truck sales from operations that size are handled as one list. Send every VIN with the address where each unit is parked.
  • Which Texas papers should a Horizon City owner pull together first?With 195 active carriers in Horizon City on FMCSA’s carrier census, most sellers here have a Texas title and current registration in a business or personal name. Have the title, registration, odometer reading and any service or inspection records ready, plus photos.

Sell your truck in Horizon City

Horizon City trucks work the quarries and sand plants to the east and north-west, the El Paso fuel terminals north and south, and the farms of El Paso County, and we collect from all of them.