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

Denton Pits, an industrial-mineral mine, sits 7.4 miles south-east of Krum on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and Tri County Materials runs a sand and gravel operation 9.8 miles north. A dump truck or end-dump that shuttles between those two sites is often parked at the pit gate rather than at home, so tell us which gate and who holds the key before we set a collection.

Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration places Denton Sand Farm 13.9 miles east and Mitchell Quarry, a crushed-stone quarry, 20.5 miles north-west. If your aggregate truck is sitting at either one, send a photo of the VIN plate and the cab interior along with a shot of the bed, and keep the Texas title in hand for the day we arrive.

Sixty-eight of the 86 active Krum carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census keep their loads inside Texas, and just 18 are registered to haul across state lines. For most sellers here that means a Texas-plated truck with no interstate apportioned registration to sort out, so the title and the current registration receipt are usually all the paperwork we need to start.

Of those 86 operators, 32 haul only their own goods as private carriers, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. A contractor or farm owner who kept one truck for their own loads can sell it the same way a for-hire carrier would: send the VIN, the odometer reading and a few photos, and name the yard or barn where it sits.

FMCSA’s census also shows small fleet sizes at the top end, with the three biggest Krum operators running 19, 11 and 7 power units. If you are thinning out a handful of tractors from a fleet that size, list each unit’s VIN together in one message so the paperwork for all of them moves as one job.

On their FMCSA filings, 34 Krum outfits tick general freight and 21 tick machinery and large objects, the two cargo boxes checked most often in town. Lowboys and step-deck tractors that moved equipment belong on our list, so tell us whether the trailer goes with the tractor or stays behind.

Seventeen local carriers declare grain, feed and hay and 15 declare farm supplies on FMCSA’s carrier census, while USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,936 farms across Denton County with equine, wheat and sorghum at the top. A grain hopper rig or hay hauler parked in a field off a county road is fine where it is; give us directions to the gate and the name of whoever can let us in.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) put 661 jobs in Krum for 2023, and 208 of them, or 31.5 percent, are in construction. Dump trucks, flatbeds and water trucks tied to that work often sit on a job site between contracts, so let us know the site address and whether a gate code is needed.

Twenty-eight construction businesses show up for Krum in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, and their trucks are often titled to the firm. If the truck is titled to a company rather than to you, have the business name on the title match the signer, and keep a copy of any lien release if a lender was ever listed on it.

Sixty-three Krum-based trucks were pulled in for FMCSA roadside inspections from September 2024 to August 2026, and the middle model year in that group was 2012. Whatever the year on yours, the title, the VIN and a clear photo of the odometer let us identify it without guesswork.

Of that inspected group of 63, FMCSA’s roadside records put 58.7 percent at ten model years or older, a neutral figure about the trucks hauling around Krum. Keep your inspection reports and service invoices together in the cab; they tell us what the truck has done and save a round of questions.

FMCSA’s carrier census lists 111 Krum drivers working within 100 miles of base and 67 driving beyond that. A local truck is usually parked in Krum or nearby when you call us, while a long-run tractor may be out on the road, so tell us where it will be on the day you want it collected.

A typical Krum truck logs 39,833 miles a year, the median among the 28 local carriers that gave FMCSA a mileage figure. Note the current odometer reading when you send photos so the figure on the title transfer matches the dash.

For units working rail freight, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Alliance intermodal ramp 19.6 miles south-west, and the North American Rail Network places the ALLIANCE rail yard 19.8 miles in the same direction. A container chassis tractor left near Alliance can be collected there; send the lot name and a contact on site.

The Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals near Southlake, one 23.7 miles south-east of Krum and one 24.7 miles south. If your tractor pulled fuel tankers from those racks, tell us whether the tank trailer is part of the sale and keep any tank test paperwork with it.

Newer operators are part of the picture as well: FMCSA’s carrier census records 5 new Krum carriers in 2025 and 4 in 2024. If you started up recently and are now selling, the title in your name or your company’s name and the registration you filed are what we ask for first.

• My truck never ran outside Texas. Is a Texas-only truck a problem?Sixty-eight of Krum’s 86 carriers on FMCSA’s census run intrastate, so a Texas-only truck is the usual case here. Keep the Texas title and this year’s registration receipt with the truck.
• My hay truck stays out on a Denton County farm. Will you collect it out at the farm?Denton County holds 2,936 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and a truck on one of them can be collected where it sits. Send directions to the field gate and a contact name.