A rail siding twenty miles north-west of Lamar
Drive 20.8 miles north-west of Lamar and you reach Refugio Sit, a siding that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics carry in their North American Rail Network. A tractor or flatbed that has shuttled loads between the coast and that siding may still be parked out near the tracks rather than at your house.
If so, give us the street or gate where it sits and the name of whoever controls access. We collect from the yard, the ranch gate or the driveway, and knowing the spot ahead of time lets the pickup be planned around it.
South-west on the bay
Bay Ltd. and the Ingleside petroleum terminal
Heading south-west across the bay, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists Bay Ltd., a liquid bulk terminal 21.2 miles from Lamar. A little farther along the same heading, the Ingleside Facility appears in Energy Information Administration records as a petroleum product terminal 22.3 miles out.
Tank tractors and the day cabs that pull liquid trailers between sites like these are trucks we buy. Send the VIN, a clear photo of each side of the cab and the trailer hookup, and a note on which of the two terminals it ran to, so we understand where it has worked.
Keep any site records the tractor collected over the years, such as inspection sheets or gate logs. They travel with the truck and answer questions before we have to ask them.
Pasture and bay shore
Cattle, horses and sheep around the bay shore
Around Lamar, cattle lead the list of what the 79 farms counted in Aransas County by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture raise, followed by horses and sheep. Stock trailers, gooseneck rigs and the medium-duty trucks that move feed and animals are the usual working trucks on places like that.
A ranch truck often lives in a barn or a pasture lot rather than on paved ground. Tell us whether a vehicle can reach it on a dry day and whether a gate has to be opened, and have the keys and the title together on the day we arrive.
Lamar’s nearest title counter sits up the shore on Church Street
In Texas, titles come through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Department lists county tax assessor-collector offices as the place to handle them. For Lamar, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles list points to the Aransas County Tax Office, 8.9 miles away in Rockport, 78382, at 319 N. Church Street.
If the title has gone missing, start the replacement at that Rockport office before you call us, and bring your identification and the VIN. A truck with its title in hand, plus its registration and any service records you kept, is ready to sell from the first conversation.
Peninsula pickups
What to send before we come to the Lamar peninsula
Start with the make, model and year, the VIN and the odometer reading, then add photos of the cab, the frame, the tires and any body or trailer equipment. Those few details let us ask the right questions about your truck straight away.
Tell us where on the Lamar peninsula the truck is parked, and who will be there to hand over keys. We come to the truck, so it never has to be driven into Rockport first.
The questions we get asked in Lamar
- Can you collect a tank tractor left beside the Ingleside petroleum terminal instead of in Lamar?The Ingleside Facility, a petroleum product terminal in Energy Information Administration records, is 22.3 miles south-west of Lamar, and we collect the truck where it is parked there. Tell us whose lot it sits on so the visit can be arranged with them.
- Is there a place on the Aransas shore where a Lamar seller can get a duplicate title?The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles routes titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Lamar the Department lists the Aransas County Tax Office, 8.9 miles off in Rockport at number 319 on the town’s Church Street. Apply there, then mention the pending Aransas County title when you first contact us about the truck.
- Do you buy stock trailers and ranch trucks from around Lamar?Cattle, horses and sheep are the leading livestock on the 79 Aransas County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks and stock trailers that serve them are ones we buy. A VIN and a few photos of the rig, taken where it stands on the ranch, are enough to open the conversation.