Grain and produce
Hay trailers, produce reefers and the Lyford fields
Of the 42 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census places in Lyford, 23 put grain, feed and hay among their cargo. If your tractor has pulled hopper or flatbed loads of feed out of this end of the valley, tell us what trailer it ran with and whether that trailer goes with the sale, so we plan one collection instead of two.
Fresh produce shows up on 18 of those Lyford carrier filings with FMCSA, the same count as general freight. A reefer unit is part of the truck to us: send a photo of the unit’s plate and its hour meter alongside the cab shots, and have any service log for the refrigeration kept with the title.
Eight carriers in town list commodities dry bulk on their FMCSA registrations. Pneumatic tankers and end dumps that work those loads are on the list of what we buy, so give us the trailer’s make and axle count when you first get in touch.
Lyford’s harvest trucks between cotton and sorghum rows
Around Lyford the farm count is 345 for Willacy County, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cotton, sorghum and corn named as the top crops. A module truck, a grain hauler or a tractor parked at a farm yard between harvests can be collected right where it stands; send us the farm road and a pin, since a rural yard is easier to reach with directions than with a mailing address.
For a farm truck in Lyford, photograph the registration sticker, the cab card and the VIN plate, and send all three with your first message to us.
Willacy tax counter
A certified title copy from Raymondville’s tax office
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Lyford sellers that office is the Willacy County Tax Office at 192 N 3rd St, Rm 202, Raymondville 78580, 4.7 miles from town by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’ own listing. If the title is missing, a certified copy can be requested there before we collect.
Have the title signed by whoever is named on it, and if a lender still shows as lienholder, bring the release letter too. With those two pieces in hand at the Raymondville counter or in your cab, the handover on the day of pickup is a signature and a set of keys.
Harlingen yard and port
Rail, fuel and the port down Harlingen way
Fifteen point two miles south of Lyford, the Harlingen rail yard appears on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Trucks that shuttle loads to and from that yard often end up parked near it; tell us whether yours sits in town or down by the tracks.
South-east of town, the Energy Information Administration lists a Harlingen petroleum product terminal at 18.7 miles and the Titan Fuel Terminal at 18.8 miles, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts the Port of Harlingen Authority at 18.8 miles with Titan Fuel’s liquid bulk terminal at 18.9. A fuel tanker that has loaded at those racks should come with its tank inspection records, and photos of the hose reels and valves help us read the setup.
If your truck is kept at the port rather than in Lyford, that is where we will pick it up. Give us the gate it uses and any access rules the yard has, and the collection gets arranged around them.
Aggregate haulers on Lyford’s western side
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists two crushed-stone quarries west of Lyford: Portable Crusher #2 at 23.1 miles and La Havana Pit at 24.4 miles. Dump trucks and belly dumps that haul aggregate from sites like those are trucks we buy, and a photo of the bed and the tailgate latch tells us the body type at a glance.
A truck still parked at a pit can be collected there once the operator allows access. Let us know who to call at the site gate, and keep the bill of sale details ready for whoever owns the unit.
Thirty-two in-state carriers and ten that cross lines
Of Lyford’s carriers, 32 run intrastate and 10 run interstate on FMCSA’s registrations, and 11 are private fleets hauling their own goods. Either way, the sale needs the same papers: the Texas title, current registration and the cab card; an interstate truck should also have its IFTA decal noted in the photos.
Drivers listed by those carriers split 21 working inside a hundred-mile radius and 56 working past it, per the FMCSA carrier census, and 11 carriers report a median of 65,000 miles a truck each year. A truck that spends most weeks on the road may be away when you contact us, so tell us when it is next home in Lyford.
The biggest local fleet in FMCSA’s census runs 13 power units with 9 drivers, the next 8 units with 8 drivers, and a third 4 units with one driver. A fleet selling several trucks at once can send one list of VINs, and we will set the collection for each truck at its own yard.
The questions we get asked in Lyford
- My Lyford truck’s title is lost - which Willacy County office replaces it?The Willacy County Tax Office at 192 N 3rd St, Rm 202, Raymondville, 4.7 miles away, is the county tax assessor-collector office the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists for this county; request the certified copy there.
- Can a sorghum or cotton hauler be picked up from a field yard near Lyford?Willacy County’s 345 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture include plenty of yards off paved roads, and we collect from them; send a map pin and tell us whether a tow truck can turn around in the yard.
- Is a dump truck working Portable Crusher #2 or La Havana Pit something you buy?Portable Crusher #2 and La Havana Pit, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration west of Lyford, are served by dump trucks we purchase; send photos of the bed, cab and VIN plate to start.