A truck from one of those Texas-only outfits is most likely parked at a home place, a farm yard or a shop lot here in Falls County, and that is where we would collect it.
Of those 57 Marlin carriers, 18 run private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, per the same FMCSA carrier census. If your tractor or straight truck belonged to a farm or a business rather than a for-hire outfit, have the title in the business’s name ready, along with a note of who can sign for it.
Marlin’s top three fleets on FMCSA’s carrier census run 9, 6 and 4 power units, with 8, 5 and 3 drivers. Owners of small outfits like these often sell one truck at a time; send the VIN, the cab and frame photos and the registration for the unit you want to let go, and keep the rest of the fleet working.
Grain, hay and cattle on the Brazos bottoms
Grain, feed and hay is carried by 24 Marlin carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, close behind general freight at 27, with farm supplies at 17 and livestock at 14. That mix points to day cabs pulling hopper bottoms, flatbeds stacked with round bales and pots hauling cattle to sale barns.
A grain truck or cattle hauler from one of those operations may sit in a barn lot between harvests; give us the gate location and the name of whoever holds the key.
If your rig hauled livestock, photos of the trailer floor and the gates help us see it as it is; for a grain truck, show the box, the tarp and the hoist. Keep any scale tickets or service records together with the title so the truck’s work history travels with it.
Pits, quarries and mines around town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Mitchell Pit, a sand and gravel operation, just 0.3 miles west of Marlin, and ASA Plant 1588, another sand and gravel site, 11.8 miles north-west. Dump trucks and end dumps that haul from pits like these can be collected right at the pit lot or the yard they return to each night.
Coal is mined nearby too: Calvert Mine sits 19.6 miles south-east and Kosse Strip 23.6 miles east, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, with the crushed-stone quarry Portable Plant #1 at that same 23.6 miles east. If your truck is parked at one of those sites, tell us whose property it is on so the pickup is arranged with the site office.
For a truck that worked aggregate or mine haul routes, the registration and the most recent inspection report answer most of our first questions. Send those with a clear photo of the VIN plate.
Two petroleum product terminals in Waco sit 20.6 and 21.4 miles north-west of Marlin, on the Energy Information Administration’s list. A tank truck or fuel tractor that loads there and delivers back into Falls County does not need to be driven anywhere for us to see it; we come to the address where it sits.
Bellmead’s rail yard is 23.3 miles north-west on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck shuttles loads to or from that yard and is parked up the road near Bellmead, give us that address rather than a Marlin one.
FMCSA roadside inspection records from September 2024 through August 2026 cover 31 trucks from Marlin carriers, with a median model year of 2015 and 61 percent at ten or more years old. Whatever the year on your title, the VIN, the engine make and the odometer reading are what we ask for first.
The median truck at the 13 Marlin carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census covers 20,000 miles a year, and 49 carriers there send drivers within 100 miles while 45 run beyond that radius. If your truck is out on a run when you contact us, tell us when it will be home in Falls County and where it parks.
New carriers keep appearing in Marlin: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 5 registered in 2024 and 3 in 2025. Owners who started recently should have the title or lien release in hand, since a truck still financed needs the lender’s sign-off before it changes hands.
If the title has gone missing, a replacement comes from the state’s title agency, so start that request before we arrange a pickup. Bring the registration, any service records and a set of photos covering the cab, the frame and the tires, and the conversation can start from there.