Itasca carrier census
Fifty-six carriers working out of a town of two thousand
Two dozen of the 56 active Itasca carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census name general freight in their cargo list. If yours is one of those tractors, tell us the make, the VIN and whether it runs with a sleeper or a day cab, and we can plan the collection from your yard or driveway.
Farm loads come next: nine Itasca carriers on the federal register carry grain, feed or hay, another nine haul farm supplies, and seven move machinery and large objects, according to the same FMCSA census. A grain truck or a lowboy tractor parked out on a field road is still collectable; send us the road name and a photo of the access so the pickup truck and trailer can reach it.
Most of the town’s carriers stay inside Texas. FMCSA’s carrier census lists 47 as intrastate and 9 as interstate, and 18 run as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck that belonged to a farm or a business sells the same way: the name on the title signs it over, so have that person available on collection day.
Quarries west of Itasca, sand pits north and east
Blum Quarry, a dimension-stone site, lies 17.2 miles west of town, and Canfield Materials runs a crushed-stone quarry 18.3 miles out in the same direction, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that cycle to those pits are among what we buy; if yours is parked at a quarry rather than at home, give us the site contact who can open the gate.
To the north, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records a sand and gravel operation 16.9 miles away and the Midlothian Quarry and Plant, a cement plant, at 22.2 miles; Bowles Sand & Gravel sits 19.7 miles east. For a truck that has worked those runs, scale tickets or a service log help us understand its history, but photos of the bed, the frame and the cab are what we ask for first.
Greenwade, a crushed-stone quarry 23.6 miles to the south-west on MSHA’s list, rounds out the ring of pits around Itasca. Wherever the truck last unloaded, give us that address and we will collect it from there; it does not need to come back into town first.
Yard and tank farm
Between the Cleburne yard and the Frost terminal
The Cleburne rail yard sits 19.9 miles north-west of Itasca on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles freight to and from that yard can be picked up at the yard lot or your home; tell us which, and who holds the keys.
East of town, the Energy Information Administration lists the Frost petroleum product terminal 16.6 miles away. If you own a tractor that pulled fuel tankers from Frost, say whether the tank trailer is part of the sale or stays behind, and send photos of both so we know exactly what we are collecting.
Short runs and long ones from the same small base
Drivers working for Itasca carriers split between local and long work: FMCSA’s carrier census counts 88 who stay within 100 miles and 51 who go beyond that radius. Wherever the driver ended the last trip, the truck can be collected there, so you do not need to bring it home first.
For the 15 local carriers whose mileage appears in FMCSA’s carrier census, the median was 32,000 miles per truck in a year. Have the current odometer reading ready when you contact us, along with the VIN; those two numbers answer most of our first questions.
Fleet sizes run small here. The three biggest Itasca operations on FMCSA’s register field 27, 15 and 9 power units, and nine new carriers registered in 2025 against three in 2024. If you are winding down a small fleet, list every unit with its VIN and we can collect them together or one at a time.
Twenty-nine Itasca rigs at the inspection station
Twenty-nine trucks based in Itasca went through checks between September 2024 and August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2009. Older model years are welcome; tell us the year, make and engine so we can match the truck to the right parts of our process.
Some 58.6 percent of those 29 Itasca trucks, in the FMCSA roadside inspection records, carried a model year ten or more years back. Whatever the year, a copy of the latest inspection report, if you have one, travels well alongside the photos you send us.
Hill County Tax Office on Covington Street, Hillsboro
An Itasca owner whose title is missing deals with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles through its county tax assessor-collector offices. Per the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Itasca owners go to the Hill County Tax Office at 126 S. Covington Street, Hillsboro, 76645, which the agency’s office list places about 10.3 miles from town under the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; start a duplicate title there before you contact us if the original is missing.
Check that the name on the title matches the owner who will sign it, and that any lien shown has a release letter from the lender. With the title, the registration and your ID in hand, the sale can be completed when we arrive for the truck.
Hill County acres
Corn, cattle and wheat around the town
Itasca lies in farm country: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,011 farms across Hill County, with corn, cattle and wheat the top products. A cattle hauler or a grain truck kept on a farm is collected from the farm itself; tell us whether the gate is locked and whether the ground is firm enough for a trailer after rain.
For load limits on the way out, the National Bridge Inventory records 31 bridges around Itasca, three of them load-posted. Let us know the route the truck normally takes off the property so we can plan a way around those posted spans.
The questions we get asked in Itasca
- The dump truck is still at a stone quarry out west of Itasca - will you pick it up from the pit?Blum Quarry and Canfield Materials both sit 17 to 18 miles west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from sites like those. Name the quarry, the person who can let a trailer through, and where in the yard the truck stands.
- I lost my title and live in Itasca - which office replaces it?For the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, titles from Itasca go through the Hill County Tax Office at 126 S. Covington Street in Hillsboro, which the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles places 10.3 miles from town. Apply for the copy in Hillsboro, and once it arrives, send us the VIN with a few photos.
- Do you buy grain and hay trucks from farms around Itasca?Nine Itasca carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census haul grain, feed or hay, and those trucks are part of what we buy. Tell us whether it sits by the barn, in a field or at the grain bins, and attach pictures of the bed and cab.