General freight leads Quitman’s operators
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 41 active motor carriers based around Quitman, and 17 of them list general freight as a cargo they carry. If your tractor or box truck has spent its working life on general freight runs out of town, have the title, the current registration and the VIN together before you call, and we can talk about the truck itself from the first minute.
Eight Quitman carriers in the same federal census list machinery and large objects, which points to lowboys, step-decks and the tractors that pull them. When a heavy-haul combination is part of the sale, tell us whether the trailer goes with the tractor and send a photo of each.
Of those 41 operators, FMCSA counts 30 running intrastate only and 10 crossing state lines, while 25 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck often carries a company name on the door and a title in a business name, so have whoever signs for that business ready to sign the title as well.
Cattle, milk and horses across Wood County
Around Quitman, cattle lead the farm list, followed by milk and horses, across 1,357 Wood County farms counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Cattle pots, milk tankers and horse-trailer pickups are the trucks that kind of farming keeps on the road, and every one of them is something we buy.
Six Quitman carriers registered with FMCSA haul farm supplies, and another five carry grain, feed and hay. A feed truck or hay hauler usually sits at a barn or a lot off a county road, not in town, so give us the road name or a pin drop and tell us whether the gate is locked.
Gravel pits and salt
Dump trucks bound for the sand plant and the salt mine
North Pit and Plant, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, sits 14.8 miles south-east of Quitman. Dump trucks and end-dumps that haul from a pit like that often stay parked at the operation between jobs; we can collect from the yard if you tell us who holds the keys and the gate code.
Grand Saline Operations, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists as an industrial-mineral mine, lies 18.1 miles to the south-west. A truck that has worked that site may have mine-site inspection sheets or safety checks in the cab, and those records belong with the title when you send us the paperwork.
Railhead south-west
Day cabs that shuttle to Mineola’s rails
Mineola’s rail yard, shown on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics keep, is 9.7 miles south-west of Quitman. Tractors and day cabs that shuttle loads to and from a yard that close may be parked in Mineola rather than at home, and that is fine: give us the address where the truck sits.
If the truck is on a lot you do not own near Mineola, tell us whose lot it is and who can open it. We arrange collection with whoever controls the gate, so you can handle the sale from Quitman or from anywhere else.
Close-in drivers outnumber the long-haul ones
Sixty drivers working for Quitman carriers stay inside a hundred-mile radius, against 43 who drive farther, on the figures FMCSA’s carrier census records. A truck that stays close to home is usually easy to reach; one on longer routes may be parked out of state when you decide to sell, so tell us where it will be on the day.
Fifteen carriers in town give FMCSA their annual mileage, and the midpoint across them is 16,667 miles a truck. Read the odometer and photograph it with the VIN plate, so the numbers we see match the numbers on your title.
The single biggest operation in town runs 72 power units with 37 drivers, the federal carrier census shows, while the next two run six and four. Whether you are selling one pickup-and-trailer rig or several tractors from a yard, list each VIN and where each truck is parked.
Ninety-eight construction jobs and their dump trucks
Of Quitman’s 1,280 jobs in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 98 in construction, or 7.7 percent. Contractors here keep dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies busy, and a truck that has finished a job can be collected from the site or the shop.
Twenty-three construction establishments appear in County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau for the Quitman area. If yours is one of them and the truck is titled to the business, bring a copy of the business registration along with the title so the signature matches the name on it.
FMCSA recorded three new carriers starting up around Quitman in 2025 and three in 2024. A newer outfit may still have a lender on the title; if there is a lien, have the lender’s name and the payoff contact ready when you reach us.
Quitman’s own tax office, a short walk downtown
In Texas, titles run through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and its county tax assessor-collector offices. For Quitman sellers the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists the Wood County Tax Office at 220 S. Stephens, Quitman, 75783, half a mile from the center of town on the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’ office list.
A lost title is replaced at that tax office before the truck changes hands, and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles explains on its website how to request the copy. Start that early, and keep the receipt with the truck’s registration so both are in hand when we collect.
The questions we get asked in Quitman
- My dump truck sits at a yard near North Pit and Plant, so does it have to come into Quitman first?North Pit and Plant sits 14.8 miles south-east of Quitman on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from the yard. Tell us who controls the gate and where the keys will be.
- My truck’s title went missing, so where in Quitman do I get a replacement copy?Half a mile from downtown on the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’ list, the Wood County Tax Office handles Quitman titles as a county tax assessor-collector office at 220 S. Stephens, per the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. Request the replacement there and send us a photo once you have it.
- Do you buy cattle haulers and milk trucks from farms outside town?Wood County’s 1,357 farms lead with cattle, milk and horses in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks those farms run are ones we buy. Give us the farm road and the gate details.
- My tractor is sitting at the rail yard in Mineola, so can it be collected right where it is parked?Mineola’s yard is 9.7 miles south-west of Quitman on the North American Rail Network, and we collect wherever the truck is parked. Name the lot’s owner so we can set the Mineola collection up with them directly.