The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists Donna, TX - Rio Valley as a rail intermodal ramp just 8.3 miles west of Llano Grande. A day cab or sleeper that shuttles boxes between that ramp and Valley warehouses tends to sit parked close to the ramp road or at a yard near town between loads, and that is where we can collect it.
If your tractor pulls chassis out of Donna, give us the VIN, the odometer reading and a few photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel. Note whether the chassis or container belongs to you or to someone else, so only your own equipment is on the pickup list.
Harlingen yards and the fuel terminals beyond
Seventeen miles east, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows two Harlingen rail yards. A truck that hauls to or from those yards may be parked on the Harlingen side when you decide to sell, and that is fine: send us the street address where it sits and we plan the pickup around that spot.
A little farther out on the same heading, a Harlingen petroleum product terminal appears 22.3 miles away in Energy Information Administration records, and Titan Fuel, a liquid bulk terminal, sits 23.3 miles east according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tank trucks and tractors that pull tankers between those sites are trucks we buy; keep any terminal inspection records or service logs with the cab so they come along at collection.
Aggregate loads on the Edinburg side of Llano Grande
Mine Safety and Health Administration listings put La Havana Pit, a crushed-stone quarry, 16.9 miles north-west of town, and the Texan Pit sand and gravel operation 21.6 miles out on that same bearing. Dump trucks, end-dump tractors and belly-dump rigs that load at pits like these all fit what we purchase.
On that north-west road the Energy Information Administration also records an Edinburg petroleum product terminal at 20.4 miles. If your truck is kept at a pit lot or a terminal yard rather than in Llano Grande, tell us whether a gate code or a site contact is needed so the driver who comes for it can get in.
A factory-heavy payroll
Plant jobs on a small payroll
Llano Grande counted 208 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES), and 57 of them, or 27.4 percent, were in manufacturing. Box trucks, flatbeds and straight trucks that serve a plant floor are as welcome here as a highway tractor.
With a workforce that size, a seller here is often an owner-operator or a small shop with one or two units. Gather the registration, the title and any maintenance receipts in one folder before you call, and the conversation can stay on the truck itself.
Gin yards, feedlots and cornfields near Llano Grande
Across Hidalgo County, 2,045 farms were tallied by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cotton, corn and cattle at the top of the list. Grain trucks, module haulers, livestock rigs and the tractors that pull hopper trailers are all part of what we take on.
A farm truck in this area usually lives at a barn, a field edge or a gin yard rather than on a paved lot. Drop a map pin or describe the gate and the turn-in when you reach us, and tell us if a trailer stays hooked up so we know what is being collected.
A replacement title in this state comes through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and its copies are handled at county tax assessor-collector offices. For a truck registered here, that means the Hidalgo County tax assessor-collector is the place to start if the original has gone missing.
Start that request before you list the truck with us, and keep the receipt the office gives you. If a lender is still shown on the title, have the lien release on hand too, since the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles needs it before ownership can move.
The questions we get asked in Llano Grande
- My day cab sits by the Donna, TX - Rio Valley ramp; can you pick it up there?The Donna, TX - Rio Valley ramp sits 8.3 miles west of Llano Grande in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and we can pick up a truck parked near it, in town or at your yard; send the address with your photos.
- Do you buy dump trucks that work the north-west pits?La Havana Pit at 16.9 miles and Texan Pit at 21.6 miles appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and dump trucks that load at quarries like those are trucks we purchase.
- Who reissues a misplaced title for a Llano Grande truck?The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues title copies through county tax assessor-collector offices, so a Llano Grande owner would begin with the Hidalgo County tax assessor-collector.
- Can I sell a cotton or cattle truck from a farm outside town?Hidalgo County’s 2,045 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture list cotton, corn and cattle first, and a truck kept at a field or barn there can be collected where it stands.