Thirty-three small carriers, most of them general freight
If your tractor or box truck spent its years on those mixed loads, a clear photo of the cab, the frame rails and the VIN plate tells us most of what we need before we call you back.
Small outfits are the rule here: the three biggest fleets in that same FMCSA census run 4, 3 and 3 power units. A one- or two-truck owner can sell a single unit without winding the business down, so tell us which truck is going and whether the USDOT number stays active for the others.
New registrations keep arriving, with FMCSA recording 7 new Howe carriers in 2024 and 3 more in 2025. Anyone who bought a rig recently and has decided the work is not for them can still sell it; have the title in the name on the registration, or a lien release if a lender is still listed.
Cattle, wheat and horse country around Grayson County
We collect livestock haulers, grain trucks and horse-trailer tow pickups right on the property. Tell us whether the gate is locked and how wide the entrance is.
Of the Howe carriers in FMCSA’s census, 10 list farm supplies and 7 list grain, feed or hay. If your truck went between a feed store and a pasture rather than down the interstate, say what it hauled and which body or bed is on it. A flatbed, a dump body and a grain box are each described differently on the paperwork.
Farm trucks are often titled to a person while the ranch uses them, so check whose name is on the Texas title before you call. If the name differs from yours, the state’s title agency handles transfers and duplicate titles, and we can tell you which signatures the sale will need.
Iron and heavy loads
Machinery haulers and the sand plants to the north-east
Nine Howe carriers in FMCSA’s census list machinery and large objects among their loads. Photograph a lowboy tractor and the trailer that moved the equipment together, noting the axle count and deck length; we can collect both on one trip.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists two sand and gravel operations out past Howe: Ambrose, 17.5 miles north-east, and the Amrize Ambrose Sand Plant, 18.3 miles north-east. A dump truck or end-dump trailer that worked those pits can be parked at the yard it runs from; give us the address and the name of whoever can let our driver in.
Trucks from those contractors may sit on a job site rather than at home, so tell us where the unit is now, and bring the registration and any service records you kept to the call.
Sherman’s yards nine miles up the road
A drayage tractor that shuttled to those yards can be picked up wherever it is parked between runs, in Howe or in Sherman.
If the truck is parked near either Sherman yard rather than at your house, let us know which lot and who controls access. That keeps the collection to one visit, and you do not need to be there if the keys and the signed title are arranged ahead of time.
Short local runs and trips past a hundred miles
Howe carriers split almost evenly in FMCSA’s census, with 18 operating interstate and 15 intrastate, and 10 run private fleets that carry their own goods. Interstate units should come with the most recent IRP cab card and the annual inspection sticker record, and intrastate trucks with the Texas registration.
A median of 25,044 miles per truck, reported by 16 of those carriers to FMCSA, is a neutral yearly figure; note your own odometer reading when you get in touch so the listing matches the dash.
When you tell us where the truck is, mention any posted bridge on the way in, so the tow rig is sized for the route.
Whether your truck served one of those employers or a business out of town, the steps are the same: photos, the VIN, the title and a pickup address.