Quarry and cement trucks along the Balcones edge
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists BRAUNTEX MATERIALS, a crushed-stone quarry 3.5 miles west of New Braunfels, and the New Braunfels Plant, another crushed-stone quarry 4 miles west. If your dump truck or end-dump tractor hauls rock out of either one, tell us which pit it works and send photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab so we know the body type before we ask anything else.
Cement comes out of the Balcones Plant, which sits 4.5 miles west according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and out of 1604 QUARRY & PLANT at 16.7 miles. Bulk pneumatic trailers and the tractors that pull them off those two kilns are on our list; give us the VIN, the odometer reading and whether the trailer is part of the sale.
Gravel is the third trade out here: Solms Operation, 6 miles west, and Smithson Valley Quarry, 17.1 miles west, both appear as sand and gravel operations in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. A truck parked inside a quarry gate can stay there; name the site contact who can let us in and we plan the collection around that gate.
Dimension stone and the Kirby rail yard
ROX, Inc., a dimension-stone quarry, lies 19.4 miles north-west of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. Flatbeds and step-decks that move cut blocks out of there are trucks we buy, and so are the tractors pulling them; note any winches, chains or rack mounts that stay with the truck.
To the south-west, the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the KIRBY rail yard 22.8 miles away. If your day cab shuttles between that yard and Comal County, it does not need to come home first; send the yard address and we meet it there.
Freight, machinery, coil and lumber carriers in New Braunfels
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 793 active carriers based in New Braunfels: 446 list general freight, 119 list machinery and large objects, 76 list metal sheets, coils and rolls, and 73 list logs, poles, beams and lumber. Whichever of those your truck did, describe the trailer it pulled and the loads it carried when you first contact us.
Of those carriers, the same FMCSA census puts 653 as intrastate and 136 as interstate, with 231 running private fleets for their own goods. An in-state operator selling one tractor and a business closing out a private fleet both start the same way: a list of VINs, the title for each unit and the address where each one is parked.
Newcomers keep registering: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 67 new carriers here in 2025 and 49 in 2024. A first-year owner selling the tractor that started the business needs the title in their own name and current Texas registration in hand when they reach us.
Short runs, long runs and fleet sizes
Drivers working within 100 miles number 2,347 and those going beyond 100 miles number 1,822 in FMCSA’s carrier census for local carriers. A local truck is usually parked at a yard or a home in Comal County when we collect it; a long-haul unit may be out on a run, so tell us when it will be back.
For the 197 New Braunfels carriers that report annual mileage, the median is 30,000 miles per truck, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Three fleets in that census run 600, 429 and 153 power units. For a multi-unit sale, send a spreadsheet of units with VINs, odometer readings and locations so each truck can be scheduled.
How old New Braunfels tractors run at inspection stops
FMCSA roadside inspection records from 2024-09-04 to 2026-08-25 cover 503 trucks from here, with a median model year of 2018 and 42.15 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the model year of yours, put it in the first message along with the make, the engine and the VIN.
Keep the service records from the cab or the shop with the title. Inspection reports from those roadside checks belong in the same folder, since they show where the truck has worked and when.
Construction, farms and the county’s jobs
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts list 47,734 jobs in New Braunfels in 2023, including 2,318 in construction, 1,861 in transportation and warehousing, 1,508 in manufacturing and 831 in wholesale trade. Dump trucks, water trucks and flatbeds working job sites in and around town can be collected from the site itself; send the address and the name of whoever runs the gate.
Comal County’s 255 construction establishments and 5 warehousing establishments come from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 888 farms in Comal County, with goats, horses and sheep leading. A livestock hauler or ranch truck parked on rural land can stay there; give us directions to the gate and tell us if a trailer goes with it.
The National Bridge Inventory lists 93 bridges around New Braunfels, with 1 load-posted and none under 14 feet. Tell us which road reaches the truck so the collection route is planned before we arrive.
The questions we get asked in New Braunfels
- Will you collect my dump truck from inside the BRAUNTEX MATERIALS quarry gate?We do: Mine Safety and Health Administration listings place crushed-stone quarries 3.5 and 4 miles west of town, and we collect from the quarry once you give us the site contact for the gate.
- I hauled cement from the Balcones Plant. Will you take the bulk trailer too?Tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale. The Mine Safety and Health Administration puts the Balcones Plant 4.5 miles west of town, and we can collect tractor and trailer together from there or from your yard.
- Can you reach a goat ranch out in Comal County to collect my truck and stock trailer?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 888 farms in Comal County, and rural addresses there are ones we collect from; send directions to the gate and the title for each unit.
- Could you collect my day cab at the KIRBY rail yard instead of in New Braunfels?That works: the North American Rail Network places the KIRBY yard 22.8 miles south-west of New Braunfels; send the yard address and who can release the truck.