A dump truck or end-dump tractor that hauls from that pit can usually be collected right where it is parked between loads, so send us the yard address along with the VIN.
North of town, the 2229 Seven Points sand and gravel site appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records at 10.6 miles out, and Patriot Mining and Materials, LLC, an industrial-mineral mine, is 11.5 miles to the north-west. If your truck hauls aggregate between those sites, send photos of the cab, the bed or trailer and the plate on the door frame with your first message.
Toward the rail line
HILL yard and the Streetman plant to the west
A tractor that shuttles freight to and from that yard can stay at its usual drop point; tell us where it is usually parked and we plan the pickup around that spot.
Farther out, Arcosa Streetman Plant # 1605 is an industrial-mineral mine the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 18.1 miles south-west of town. Trucks that split their week between the Streetman plant and the gravel pits nearer Kerens still need only one set of documents from you: the title, the current registration and whatever service log you keep.
For most sellers here, that means the truck carries Texas plates and Texas paperwork only, which keeps the title transfer simple.
General freight is the cargo listed most often, by 16 carriers in the FMCSA census, with machinery and large objects at 6, motor vehicles at 6 and farm supplies at 5. Flatbeds, lowboys, car haulers and grain or feed trucks all fit what those carriers report, and we buy each of them.
Of those Kerens carriers, 18 are private fleets moving their own goods, according to the same federal census. If your truck belongs to a farm, a contractor or a shop rather than a for-hire outfit, the seller is whoever holds the title, so check whose name is printed on it before you call.
Small outfits, short routes
The three biggest fleets in town run 10, 5 and 3 power units, with a driver for each truck, per FMCSA’s carrier census. An operator selling one tractor out of a handful can keep the rest working; we arrange collection around the trucks that stay in service.
Drivers in the federal census split 41 working inside a hundred-mile radius and 31 going farther. Among the 5 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median truck logged 43,688 miles a year; have the current odometer reading ready when you contact us, since it is one of the first things we ask.
New registrations in Kerens are few: FMCSA’s census shows 2 carriers added in 2024 and 1 in 2025. A newly formed outfit selling its first truck needs the same items as an established one, namely the title in the company’s name and proof of who can sign for it.
Around Kerens the farm count is high: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 2,213 farms in Navarro County, with cattle, corn and cotton as the leading products. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and module trucks that work those fields can be picked up at the farm itself, so give us gate directions if the truck is parked off a county road.
Construction in the county shows 5 establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 329 jobs in Kerens for 2023. Dump trucks and service trucks from those contractors are trucks we purchase, and a list of the equipment mounted on the chassis helps us describe the truck correctly.
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and the one serving Kerens is the Navarro County Tax Office at 601 N. 13th Street, Corsicana, 75110, 14.3 miles from town on the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles listing.
Bring photo ID and the truck’s VIN to the Corsicana office, along with a lien release letter if a lienholder was ever listed on the title. Once the duplicate is in hand, send us a photo of both sides and we schedule the pickup.
The questions we get asked in Kerens
- Where do I get a duplicate Texas title if mine is lost?Duplicates for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles are issued at the Navarro County Tax Office, 601 N. 13th Street in Corsicana, 14.3 miles from Kerens on the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles listing; bring ID and the VIN.