Spicewood, Cordova and the hill-country pits
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Spicewood Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 8.1 miles west of town. If your dump truck or tractor has been hauling out of Spicewood, it may still be parked near the pit when you decide to sell; give us the gate location and a phone number for whoever holds the key, and we arrange collection there.
North of the lake, Armadillo Pit is a crushed-stone quarry 12.3 miles out, while Cordova Quarry at 11.8 miles and Rock Quarry at 12.9 miles north-east both cut dimension stone, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A flatbed that moved cut blocks from Cordova or Rock Quarry is a truck we buy; photograph the deck, the headache rack and the cab, and tell us which site it worked.
Quarry sites often sit behind locked gates on private roads. Before pickup, tell us whether a lowboy or a standard tow can reach the spot where the truck is parked, so the collection is planned for that ground rather than for a paved lot in town.
Forty carriers, mostly small and local
Forty active carriers list a Lago Vista base address in FMCSA’s carrier census in a lakeside town the Census Bureau counts at 9,650 people. The same federal census shows 31 of them operating intrastate only and 9 crossing state lines, with 12 running private fleets moving their own goods. If your truck has only ever worked inside Texas, have the Texas registration and title in your name ready; that is the paperwork we ask for first.
General freight is listed by 28 of these carriers in the federal carrier census, with 7 hauling machinery and large objects, 6 carrying logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 5 moving household goods. Whatever body is on the chassis, whether a box, a flatbed, a lowboy or a moving van, tell us its make and length along with the VIN.
Fleets here are small: the three largest registered with FMCSA run 6, 5 and 4 power units, each with 4 drivers. An owner with one or two trucks can sell a single unit; there is no minimum, and you can keep the rest of the fleet working while one goes.
Local runs and long hauls from the lake
Carriers in town report 18 drivers working within 100 miles and 48 working beyond that radius, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If your truck is out on a long run when you contact us, tell us where it will finish; we can collect it at the end of the trip instead of waiting for it to come back up the hill.
Ten Lago Vista carriers gave FMCSA annual mileage, and their median truck logged 16,943 miles in a year. Have the current odometer reading written down when you call, together with the VIN from the door jamb.
FMCSA added 4 new carriers in Lago Vista in 2024 and another 4 in 2025. If your operating authority is recent and you are selling the truck that started it, keep your USDOT number to hand so the registration history lines up with the title.
Lago Vista trucks at federal roadside checks
Between September 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 42 trucks belonging to carriers from this town, according to FMCSA roadside inspection records. In those FMCSA inspection records the median model year is 2018.5, and 38.1 percent of the trucks were ten or more years old.
A 2008 tractor and a 2022 box truck from Lago Vista are both trucks we purchase. Send a clear photo of the data plate or the VIN sticker so the model year is confirmed, plus any inspection reports you kept from those roadside stops.
Building crews, plants and Travis County ranches
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 1,425 jobs in Lago Vista in 2023, with 179 in construction, a 12.6 percent share, and 132 in manufacturing, a 9.3 percent share. Seventy construction establishments operate in the area under the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If your dump truck, water truck or flatbed has served building sites around the lake, list the equipment mounted on it when you describe it.
Travis County holds 870 farms, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture names cattle, corn and horses as its leading products. A livestock hauler or a grain truck from a county ranch is welcome; tell us the trailer or body type and whether the truck is parked out on the property.
Fuel terminals and bases to the east
Sixteen miles east, the Energy Information Administration lists the Austin Plant petroleum product terminal, with a second terminal, Flint Hills Resources Austin, 23.3 miles out. If your tanker or fuel truck has loaded at either one, keep any terminal paperwork with the title so the truck’s work history comes with it.
To the south-east, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places NG Camp Mabry 16.5 miles from Lago Vista and Army Futures Command at 17.1 miles. A truck parked on the Austin side of the county, near either installation, does not need to be driven back to the lake; give us the street address and we come to it there.
The questions we get asked in Lago Vista
- My dump truck is parked at a quarry north of the lake. Must I haul it back to Lago Vista before you pick it up?Armadillo Pit, Cordova Quarry and Rock Quarry all sit between 11.8 and 12.9 miles north of Lago Vista on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect from the site. Name the quarry operator or landowner holding the key, and the pickup is booked through them.
- I run a single truck intrastate. Is that too small to sell?Thirty-one of the 40 Lago Vista carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census work inside Texas only, and the largest fleet in town runs 6 power units; one-truck owners are a common seller here. Have the title in your name and the registration on hand.
- My truck is more than ten years old. Should I still send you the VIN and photos?FMCSA roadside inspection records show 38.1 percent of the 42 Lago Vista trucks inspected were ten or more years old, and we buy trucks of any model year. Send the VIN and photos of the cab and chassis.