Rock south and west
Two crushed-stone quarries within six miles of town
A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has hauled aggregate from either pit is the kind of truck we collect. Tell us which quarry road it last worked and whether it is parked at the pit or back at your place.
If the truck sits inside a quarry gate, give us the site contact and any visitor rules for getting a tow rig in.
Further out, Sunset Quarries works dimension stone 22.6 miles north-east of town, and ROX, Inc. cuts it 24.2 miles to the south, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine list. Flatbeds and tractors that carry cut blocks and slabs from yards like these fit what we take.
Owners with a flatbed tied to one of these yards should send the trailer details along with the tractor’s: deck length, axle count and the plate on each. We come to wherever the truck is parked, at the quarry or at home in Blanco, so a pin or a street address is the first thing to hand us.
Machinery haulers lead the Johnson City carrier list
Of the 33 active carriers based in Johnson City on FMCSA’s carrier census, 14 list machinery and large objects as cargo, 10 list general freight, 5 farm supplies and 4 grain, feed and hay. That puts lowboys, step-decks and the tractors that pull them at the front of the local mix.
For a tractor and lowboy sold together, have the title for each unit and the registration ready, since a trailer often carries its own paperwork. Service records for the tractor and a photo of the trailer’s data plate keep the questions short.
Intrastate work and private fleets around the square
On FMCSA’s carrier census, 31 of the town’s carriers operate intrastate against 2 that cross state lines, and 26 are private carriers moving their own goods. A builder’s dump truck or a ranch’s flatbed is as welcome here as a for-hire tractor.
Private-fleet owners often keep a truck registered in a business name. If the title reads as your company, have someone who can sign for it on hand, along with the registration, so the transfer goes through cleanly.
Census of Agriculture figures from USDA, for 2022, count 776 farms across Blanco County, with cattle, potted flowering plants and horses as the top lines. Stock trailers, hay haulers and nursery box trucks out on those places all qualify.
Driver records filed with FMCSA put 681 drivers for Johnson City carriers within a hundred-mile radius and 78 beyond it. The five carriers that report mileage to FMCSA show a median of 3,845 miles a truck. Expect us to collect most trucks here close to town.
One carrier on FMCSA’s census here registers 1,176 power units and 657 drivers, while the next two run 4 trucks and 2 drivers apiece. Whether you have one truck or a yard full, send a list with VINs and where each unit sits.
Blanco County Tax Office
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Johnson City the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists the Blanco County Tax Office at 101 E. Cypress, Johnson City, 78636, 0.5 miles from the town centre by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles listing. If the title is missing, that is where a replacement is requested.
Start the replacement before the pickup if you can, and keep the receipt with the registration. If a lender’s name still shows on the title, have the lien release with it.
Contractors and construction crews
Construction accounts for 113 of the 1,277 jobs counted in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, an 8.8 percent share.
Contractors here tend to own dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies. Send the VIN, the odometer reading and a few photos from each side, and tell us whether the truck is on a job site or in your yard.
The questions we get asked in Johnson City
- Do you take a lowboy along with the tractor?Fourteen Johnson City carriers on FMCSA’s census list machinery as cargo, so tractor-and-lowboy sets are common here, and we take both units together. Have a title for each.