Sell your semi truck for cash in Kirby the easy and convenient way

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, puts the KIRBY rail yard 0.7 miles north of town and SAN ANTONIO TOFC, a trailer-on-flatcar yard, 1.5 miles to the north-west. A day cab that shuttles trailers between those two sites can stay parked near either one while you sell it; send us the street address or the gate it sits behind.

For a drayage tractor that has worked the TOFC ramp, the fifth wheel and the chassis are what we look at first. Take photos of the fifth wheel, the frame rails and the cab, note the VIN off the door jamb, and have the Texas title in hand so the paperwork matches the tractor we see.

Both SAN ANTONIO EAST and SAN ANTONIO BLENDING TERMINAL sit 1.3 miles from Kirby, one south-west and one west, according to the Energy Information Administration’s list of petroleum product terminals. Tractors that pull tank trailers out of those racks are trucks we buy, with or without the trailer.

If the tractor loaded at either rack, keep its terminal access records and any hazmat-related inspection sheets together with the registration. Tell us whether the tank trailer is part of the sale or stays behind, so we plan the pickup for one unit or two.

North of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Capitol Cement Plant & Quarry at 6.2 miles, 1604 Quarry, a crushed-stone pit, at 9.4 miles, and 1604 QUARRY & PLANT, another cement plant, at 10.3 miles. Dump trucks, end-dumps and bulk pneumatic tractors that haul out of those gates fit what we collect.

A truck parked inside a plant or quarry yard can be picked up there. Give us the site name, a contact who can let a driver through the gate, and any site safety rules a visiting driver should know before arriving.

Ten active carriers are registered in Kirby in FMCSA’s carrier census, nine of them running intrastate only, one crossing state lines and three operating as private fleets. A Texas-only operator selling a single tractor needs the title, the cab card and the USDOT number it ran under; nothing about interstate authority has to be sorted out first.

Of those ten, six haul general freight, two carry machinery and large objects, one moves dry bulk and one hauls farm supplies, per the same FMCSA census. FMCSA lists the three biggest fleets on file there at 2, 1 and 1 power units. Whoever’s name is on the title signs it at pickup, whether that is a company officer or the owner who drove the truck.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 1,504 jobs in Kirby, with construction holding 306 of them, a 20.3 percent share. Contractors who keep a dump truck, a flatbed or a stake-bed for site work can sell it from the jobsite or the shop lot where it stays between jobs.

Transportation and warehousing accounted for 131 jobs, or 8.7 percent, in that same 2023 LEHD release. For a box truck or a straight truck coming off warehouse routes, have the registration, recent service records and a set of photos of the cargo box and lift gate, if it has one, ready to send.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,107 farms in Bexar County, with cattle, equine and corn listed as its top products. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and farm flatbeds kept at a ranch outside Kirby can be collected where they are parked, behind a pasture gate or beside a barn.

A ranch truck on farm plates is sold on its Texas title, signed by the person named there. If that title has gone missing, start a replacement through the state’s title agency before we schedule the pickup, and tell us which farm road the truck is parked on.

• My tractor sits by the rail yard north of Kirby. Must it come to you first?The KIRBY rail yard sits 0.7 miles north of town on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from lots like that one. Send the address and the name of whoever controls the lot so the driver can get in.
• My bulk tractor ran loads from Capitol Cement Plant & Quarry; which papers go with it?Capitol Cement Plant & Quarry lies 6.2 miles north of Kirby on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, so many local bulk trucks have run there. Gather the Texas title, the registration, any site inspection sheets and photos of the trailer coupling and the cab.
• My Kirby truck never left Texas under its USDOT number; is a Texas-only operation a problem?Nine of Kirby’s ten active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census run intrastate only, so it is the usual case here. The title, the cab card and your USDOT number are what we need to see.