Ten miles to the Wylie rail yard and ramp
Head south from Lowry Crossing and the Wylie rail yard shows up 9.9 miles out, according to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles between that yard and Collin County shippers may spend its nights there rather than at home, so tell us which lot it sits on when you get in touch.
Just beyond it, at 10.1 miles, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Wylie intermodal ramp, where containers move between rail and road. If your tractor has been pulling chassis off that ramp, send a photo of the door sticker with the VIN and one of the dash showing the odometer, and we can line up the rest of our questions from there.
A truck parked down at Wylie is about as easy for us to reach as one sitting in a Lowry Crossing driveway, so share the yard’s street address, any gate code, and who will meet us with the keys.
An east run to Caddo Mills and a south run to Dallas
Twenty-two miles east, the Energy Information Administration lists the Sunoco Caddo petroleum product terminal, a fuel stop on the map for tankers that load refined product. If yours is a tank truck or a tractor that has hauled from that rack, keep any loading-site paperwork or safety checks with the truck so its working history travels with it.
To the south, the Dallas IMF rail yard sits 22.8 miles from town on the North American Rail Network, run by the Federal Railroad Administration together with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Sleepers and day cabs that split their week between that Dallas yard and Wylie can be collected at either end; just say where the truck will be on the day.
Whichever direction your routes run, a short list of the loads the truck carried helps us understand it faster than a stack of photos alone.
A lost title gets replaced up the road at a McKinney tax counter
Titles in this state are issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and Collin County owners deal with it through the county tax assessor-collector offices. For Lowry Crossing that means the Collin County Tax Office at 2300 Bloomdale Rd, Ste 2302, McKinney, 75071, which the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists 7.1 miles from town.
If the title has gone missing, a copy from that McKinney counter is the step to take before we collect. Bring your registration and photo ID when you go, and keep the replacement title together with any service records you hold for the truck.
When a lender still appears on the title, have the lien release from that lender in hand as well, so the paperwork is complete on the day we pick the truck up.
Cattle trailers and grain trucks around Lowry Crossing
Around Lowry Crossing, Collin County counts 2,330 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, wheat and corn heading the list of what they raise. Those operations keep livestock haulers, grain trucks and farm-plated straight trucks on the county roads between pastures and fields.
A grain truck that only moves during wheat or corn harvest often waits out the rest of the year in a barn or behind a shop. We collect from the farm itself, so tell us the gate to use and whether the ground there is firm enough for a tow truck after rain.
For a cattle hauler, list the trailer separately from the tractor if both are for sale, and send photos of each with the registration for both.
Lining up a sale from Lowry Crossing
With the McKinney title counter 7.1 miles away by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’ listing, a lost title here is a short errand rather than a long trip. Gather the title, registration and keys in one place, and write down the VIN from the door so it matches the paperwork.
Photos of the cab, frame, tires and fifth wheel, sent in daylight, let us see the truck the way it sits in Collin County today. Mention whether yours is a day cab, sleeper or straight truck, and which Lowry Crossing loads it carried.
The questions we get asked in Lowry Crossing
- Which office near Lowry Crossing issues a copy of a lost Texas title?The Collin County Tax Office at 2300 Bloomdale Rd, Ste 2302 in McKinney, 7.1 miles away according to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, is the office that handles it for the state agency.
- Will you pick up a tractor left at the Wylie rail yard south of Lowry Crossing?The Wylie rail yard is 9.9 miles south of Lowry Crossing on the North American Rail Network, close enough that we can pick the truck up there; send us the lot address and who has the keys.
- Is a grain truck or cattle hauler off a Collin County farm something you take?Collin County’s 2,330 farms, counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture and led by cattle, wheat and corn, run the grain trucks and livestock haulers we buy, and we collect them straight from the farm.