Two fuel terminals on either side of San Elizario
The Energy Information Administration places the EL PASO petroleum product terminal 4 miles east of San Elizario, close enough that a tank truck based here can be back in the yard between loads. If your tractor or straight truck hauled from that rack, tell us whether it pulled tankers or carried product itself, and send the VIN with your first message.
A second terminal, EL PASO TX, lies 15.2 miles north-west by the Energy Information Administration’s listing. If your fuel truck is kept on a lot rather than at home, give us that lot’s address and the name of whoever holds the gate key, and the collection gets planned around it.
Stone and sand haulers north of the valley
Pipeline Quarry, a crushed-stone site, and the MTI Sandpit Cascade Division, a sand and gravel operation, both sit 9.3 miles north-east of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that cycle out of those two pits are the kind of equipment we purchase from San Elizario owners, and a truck parked at a pit scale house can be collected right there.
Further north, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists two dimension-stone quarries, Soto’s Rock and JDF Materials LLC, at 9.9 miles, with Roadrunner Sand Pit 10 miles to the north-west. If your dump body or flatbed worked those sites, photograph the body, the hoist and the cab, and keep the title and the latest registration together so nothing holds up the paperwork.
Freight, paper, beverages and bulk from the valley
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 99 active carriers based in San Elizario; 64 of them list general freight, 17 paper products, 16 beverages and 16 dry bulk commodities. That spread means the trucks we hear about here range from van tractors to bulk hoppers, and each one gets the same questions: VIN, title holder, and where it sits today.
Of those 99 carriers, the federal motor carrier census shows 59 run intrastate only, 40 cross state lines and 10 are private fleets hauling their own goods. An intrastate truck that never left Texas still sells the same way; have its Texas title and current registration ready, plus any service records you kept.
Model years and miles on valley trucks
FMCSA roadside inspection records from late August 2024 through late August 2026 cover 172 San Elizario trucks, whose median model year is 2015 and of which 57 percent are a decade or more past their model year. A truck of any model year in that range is one we will look at; list the year, make and model when you first get in touch.
For the 35 local carriers that report mileage, the median stands at 41,482 miles per truck a year in FMCSA’s carrier census. Write down the odometer reading before you call, and photograph the dash so the figure in your message matches what we see.
Multi-truck valley fleets and first-year carriers
The three biggest fleets registered here run 26, 16 and 13 power units according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and we buy whole fleets as readily as single trucks. If you are selling more than one unit, send a list with each VIN and where each truck is parked, and we can collect them together.
New operators keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census records 10 carriers registering in 2025 against 3 in 2024. If you started an authority recently and the truck no longer fits your plans, a lien or a loan on the title is something to mention up front, along with the lender’s name.
Farm country and the rail yard to the north-west
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 581 farms in El Paso County, with cotton, cattle and honey at the top of the list. A cattle hauler or cotton module truck parked on a ranch can be collected from that ranch; tell us the road, the gate to use and who will meet us there.
The North American Rail Network maps the ALFALFA rail yard 13.9 miles north-west of town. Drayage tractors that shuttle between that yard and the valley are welcome too; bring the cab card and any trailer interchange paperwork to the sale so the tractor’s history is clear.
Construction and jobs around San Elizario
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 14 construction establishments in the San Elizario area, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 945 jobs located here in 2023. Contractors’ dump trucks, water trucks and flatbeds from those firms often sit on job sites; tell us the site and the contact on it.
FMCSA’s carrier census also reports 108 drivers working within 100 miles and 140 driving beyond that radius. A long-haul tractor that is away on the road when you decide to sell can be picked up wherever it ends up; send the city and the lot where it will be parked.
The questions we get asked in San Elizario
- Our end-dump sits at a sand pit up toward Pipeline Quarry; will you pick it up from the pit?The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists sand, gravel and stone sites 9.3 to 10 miles north of town, and we come to the truck at any of them. Give us the pit’s name and someone who can let us in.
- I pull tankers off the EL PASO rack east of San Elizario; which details does my first message need?The EL PASO terminal is 4 miles east of San Elizario by the Energy Information Administration’s listing, and tank haulers from it should send the VIN, photos of the tractor and tank, and the name on the title.
- Is a 2015 model-year tractor from the valley something you buy?FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year of trucks inspected from San Elizario at 2015, so that year is right in the middle of what works here. Include the VIN and a dash photo with that model year when you write.
- Our cattle truck stays on a cotton farm in El Paso County; does it have to be hauled into San Elizario first?USDA’s Census of Agriculture counts 581 farms across El Paso County, and trucks on them stay put for collection. Tell us the ranch road and the gate to use.