Dump rigs off the gravel pit and the mineral plant
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the South Liberty Plant, a sand and gravel operation, 2.6 miles south of town. A dump truck or end-dump trailer rig that has hauled aggregate out of that pit is a truck we buy, and if it sits on a yard near the plant, give us the yard address and a name at the gate so the collection can be set up there.
Further out, Liberty Materials’ Moss Hill Plant is a mineral processing plant 12.4 miles west, again on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Owners who ran material between Moss Hill and job sites in town should have the title, current registration and any scale or load tickets that show where the truck worked; photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab round out what we need to see.
Hull tankers
Petroleum terminals north-east toward Hull
Three energy sites cluster north-east of Liberty: the Energy Information Administration records the KEI Hull Terminal at 11.7 miles and Hull UG Storage at 12 miles, both petroleum product terminals, and Keyera Energy’s liquid bulk terminal sits 11.9 miles out per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tractors that pulled tank trailers into that cluster are part of what we purchase, and a note of which of the three terminals the truck served helps us ask the right questions.
South-west of town, Targa Resources runs a liquid bulk terminal 15.3 miles away, a site the Bureau of Transportation Statistics includes in its terminal listings. If your tanker tractor is still parked on a lot near Targa or Hull, it can stay there; send the street address, a contact who controls access, and any site safety or inspection paperwork you kept for the truck.
Rail yards at Dayton and the IDS transload
Seven miles west in Dayton, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows Dayton Plastic Storage as a rail yard at 7.3 miles from Liberty. Day cabs that shuttle plastics and bulk loads off that siding are trucks we take, and for one of those, start by sending the VIN and the odometer reading.
IDS Transload, 19.6 miles south on the same North American Rail Network listing, is the other rail yard within reach. A tractor that worked transload moves there may be parked at the yard rather than at your house; tell us which, and whether a trailer stays hooked to it, so the pickup is planned around where it actually is.
Freight, oilfield and log haulers registered in town
Of the 115 active Liberty carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, 76 stay inside Texas, 37 cross state lines and 48 haul their own goods as private fleets. A private fleet truck is sold the same way as a for-hire one: the title in the company’s name, a signature from someone authorised to sign for it, and the registration.
By cargo, the same FMCSA census lists 65 Liberty carriers hauling general freight, 30 hauling machinery and large objects, 28 hauling oilfield equipment and 17 hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber. Lowboys, winch trucks, log trucks and flatbeds all fit what we buy, so tell us the body or trailer setup up front along with the make and model.
Six carriers registered new in 2025 and seven in 2024, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and the three biggest local fleets run 97, 61 and 58 power units. An owner-operator with one tractor and a fleet manager clearing several units both start the same way: a list of VINs and where each truck is parked.
Range and fleet age
Driving radius and the model years on Liberty’s roads
Drivers at Liberty carriers split nearly evenly by range: FMCSA’s carrier census records 303 working within 100 miles and 296 beyond it. Among 32 carriers reporting mileage to that census, the median is 22,750 miles per truck a year, so have the current odometer figure written down before you get in touch.
Liberty-based trucks stopped at roadside between August 2024 and August 2026 numbered 173 in FMCSA roadside inspection records, with a 2015 median model year and 54.9 percent of them at least ten years old. Whatever the year on your title, the paperwork we ask for is the same: title, registration and any service records you have.
Bridges, gates and the Liberty job base
None of Liberty’s 18 bridges carries a load posting or sits below 14 feet, per the National Bridge Inventory kept by the Federal Highway Administration. For a tall or heavy unit, that means the address you give us is the main thing we plan around; mention a locked gate, soft ground or a tight lot entrance if there is one.
In 2023 the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 3,551 jobs in Liberty, including 366 in manufacturing, 321 in construction, 171 in transportation and warehousing, 75 in mining, quarrying and oil and gas, and 64 in wholesale trade. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 22 construction establishments; if your truck belongs to one of those outfits, the person who signs the title should be the one we talk to.
Cattle, rice and horses in Liberty County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,321 farms in Liberty County, with cattle, rice and equine operations at the top of the list. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and the tractors that pull cattle trailers are all trucks we buy from farm owners here.
Around Liberty County, a grain or cattle truck may carry a ranch name or a relative’s name on its Texas title instead of the seller’s. Check whose name is on the title before you call, and if the truck sits out in a pasture or a barn lot, describe the gate and the ground so we know how to reach it.
The questions we get asked in Liberty
- My end-dump sits on a gravel yard by the South Liberty Plant; do you collect from there?The South Liberty Plant is 2.6 miles south of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from yards out there. Pass along the pit-side yard’s address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
- Do you take the winch trucks and lowboys Liberty outfits use for oilfield hauling?Oilfield equipment is the cargo for 28 Liberty carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and winch trucks, lowboys and the tractors that pull them are on our list. Send the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the truck and any bed or winch.
- Our cattle truck’s title is in the ranch’s name; how does that sale work?Many of the 1,321 Liberty County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture hold trucks in a farm or family name. Whoever is named on the title signs it over, so bring them into the sale or have their signature ready.
- My tank tractor is parked at a terminal near Hull; will you collect it on site?The Energy Information Administration places the KEI Hull Terminal 11.7 miles north-east of Liberty, and a truck parked there can be collected where it sits. Tell us the gate procedure and who on site can release it.