Lopez Ready Mix Pit, a short run north-west of Las Lomas
Lopez Ready Mix Pit, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, lies 3.3 miles north-west of Las Lomas. Dump trucks and mixers loading there tend to be parked at the pit or at a yard in town between shifts, so tell us which one when you call and we will arrange collection at that spot.
A truck that hauls aggregate out of a local pit often carries its own service log in the cab. Gather that log with the registration and a set of photos of the body, the bed and the cab, and you have most of what we ask about before a pickup is set.
Hauling between Alto Bonito and the Lopez pit
South-east of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Alto Bonito Gravel Pit, another sand and gravel operation, at 9.9 miles out. End dumps and tandem dumps that shuttle between the two pits share the same roads, and either pit gate or a driveway in Las Lomas works as a meeting point for us.
If the truck stays at a contractor’s yard rather than at your house, send the yard’s address and the name of whoever holds the keys. That one message saves a second call and lets the driver we send go straight to the right gate.
Crushers to the east
Frontera Materials and the mobile crushers east of town
Mobile Crusher #3 Frontera Materials, a crushed-stone quarry, is set 19.3 miles east of Las Lomas according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and Mobile Crusher #1 stands 24 miles in the same direction on that agency’s list. Both are mobile units, so a truck that feeds them may be parked at a different site from one month to the next.
Give us the current location of the truck, even if it is a lease road or a stockpile lot with no street number. A pin dropped on a phone map is enough for us to find it, and photos of the tractor and trailer from all four sides help us confirm it is the right unit when we arrive.
Cattle pots and grain trucks off the Las Lomas ranches
Out past the last houses of Las Lomas lie working ranches, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,126 farms in Starr County, with cattle, sorghum and corn leading the list. Cattle pots, grain trucks and flatbeds that work those operations are welcome here as much as any dump truck.
A ranch truck often sits in a pasture or behind a barn for weeks between seasons. Tell us which gate to use and whether the ground is soft after rain, and have the title and the registration in one folder so the handover at the ranch goes smoothly.
A certified title copy from the Rio Grande City tax office
Titles in Texas are handled by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles through its county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Las Lomas that is the Starr County Tax Office at 100 N FM 3167, Suite 201, Rio Grande City, 78582, which the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles places 5.4 miles from town. Bring your ID and the truck’s VIN there to request a certified copy of the title.
If a lender is still shown on the title, ask that lender for a lien release before you visit the tax office. Having the release in hand along with the certified copy means the title is clear for the sale.
The questions we get asked in Las Lomas
- Can you collect a dump truck that is parked at a pit outside Las Lomas?Lopez Ready Mix Pit, 3.3 miles north-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, is the kind of place we collect from; send the pit name and the truck’s spot inside it.
- Where do I go in Starr County if I have lost my truck title?The Starr County Tax Office at 100 N FM 3167, Suite 201, Rio Grande City, 5.4 miles from Las Lomas by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’ listing, is the county tax assessor-collector office that issues certified copies.
- Do you buy cattle trucks and grain trucks from ranches near Las Lomas?Starr County’s 1,126 farms, with cattle, sorghum and corn at the top of USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, use cattle pots and grain trucks, and we buy those along with flatbeds from ranches here.