Murillo dump trucks between La Havana, Texan and Perales pits
La Havana Pit, a crushed-stone quarry on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, lies 3.6 miles north-west of Murillo. A tandem dump or end-dump that has run loads out of La Havana can be collected right where it is parked, whether that is a yard near the pit or a driveway in town; send us the address and a photo of the bed and the tailgate.
West of town, Texan Pit is a sand and gravel operation 9.5 miles out according to Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and the same agency lists Perales Pit, also sand and gravel, 17.7 miles to the north. If your dump truck has split its time between those two, tell us which one it last worked from and keep the title and current Texas registration together in the cab folder.
Portable Crusher #2 appears in the Mine Safety and Health Administration listing as a crushed-stone quarry 14 miles north of Murillo. Trucks that follow a portable crusher from site to site can end up parked well away from the owner’s home, so give us the location and a name for whoever holds the gate key.
Day cabs on the Donna rail ramp run
At 6.2 miles south by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ measure, the Donna, TX - Rio Valley rail intermodal ramp is where containers come off the train. Day cabs and sleepers that shuttle boxes between that ramp and Valley warehouses are part of what we purchase; start by sending the VIN and the odometer reading.
A chassis tractor that works the Donna ramp is often left at a drop yard rather than at home. Tell us whose lot holds it and whether a gate pass is needed, and include your service records if you kept them, so the truck’s history travels with it.
Tankers serving the Edinburg terminal
Up the road at Edinburg, 8.1 miles north of Murillo, the Energy Information Administration places a petroleum product terminal. A fuel tanker or a tractor that has pulled tank trailers out of that terminal is a truck we buy, and any inspection paperwork from the loading rack should come along with photos of the cab and frame.
If the tanker is parked at a yard on the Edinburg side, you do not need to move it toward Murillo first. Share the street address and a phone contact for the site, and the pickup gets planned around where the truck already sits.
Valley cropland
Module, grain and cattle trucks off Hidalgo County land
Hidalgo County counts 2,045 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cotton, corn and cattle as its leading products. Module trucks, grain trucks and cattle pots that serve those farms are trucks we take, and a farm-plated truck needs its title in the owner’s name just like any other.
Farm trucks around Murillo often sit in a barn or at the edge of a field between seasons. Let us know the road it is on, whether the ground is dry enough for a tow truck to reach it, and whether a trailer stays hooked up, and send photos taken in daylight.
Title and records for a Murillo sale
Workplaces in Murillo accounted for 864 jobs in 2023, per the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Whatever the truck did among them, the person named on the Texas title is the one who signs, so check that name before you call.
If the Texas title has gone missing, request a replacement from the state’s title agency before the sale starts. Keep the registration receipt and any lien release in the same envelope, so the paperwork for a Murillo truck arrives in one piece.
The questions we get asked in Murillo
- Can you pick up a dump truck still sitting at a Murillo-area pit instead of in town?La Havana Pit is 3.6 miles north-west and Perales Pit 17.7 miles north on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from either. Give us the pit name and who can let us in.
- Do you buy tractors that pull containers from the Donna ramp?The Rio Valley ramp at Donna, 6.2 miles south per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, sends out day cabs and sleepers we purchase. Send the VIN, the odometer reading and where the tractor is parked.
- Does a cotton module or cattle truck from a Hidalgo County farm qualify?With 2,045 farms counted in Hidalgo County by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, farm trucks are a regular part of what we buy around Murillo. Have the title ready and tell us which field or barn holds it.