Freight rail west of town
A rail yard three miles down the road
San Felipe trucks working rail freight have the Sealy yard just 3.1 miles to the west, a distance the North American Rail Network of the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. A tractor that shuttles to that yard is often parked on a lot in Sealy rather than at a home in town, so give us the street address where it actually sits and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
The North American Rail Network places Eagle Lake Storage 19.7 miles to the south-west. If your day cab or sleeper has spent its time between San Felipe and Eagle Lake, tell us which of the two yards it last left from, and send photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel taken where it stands.
Containers off the ramp to the south
The Kendleton intermodal ramp, listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is 24.3 miles south of San Felipe. Tractors that pull boxes off that ramp and north again to Sealy and San Felipe are among the trucks we buy here.
Before we talk about the truck, have the VIN, the odometer reading and the current Texas registration within reach. If the tractor sits in a drop lot near Kendleton instead of in San Felipe, that is fine; we collect it from the lot once you name a contact there.
Sand, gravel and mineral sites north and east
North of San Felipe by 16.6 miles, the Hempstead Plant appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a sand and gravel operation. The Mine Safety and Health Administration also puts Hockley Mine, an industrial-mineral mine, 19.9 miles to the north-east, with the Hockley Plant for sand and gravel just past it at 20.2 miles. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load at those pits are a regular part of the trucks we collect from this side of the county.
South-west of San Felipe, Mine Safety and Health Administration records list the Duncan Plant, an industrial-mineral mine, 23.5 miles out. If your truck hauled from any of these four sites, write down which ones and keep the service records together with the title, so the history travels with the truck.
Bellville’s tax office on East Wendt Street
A Texas title is issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which lists the county tax assessor-collector office for this county as the Austin County Tax Office at 804 East Wendt Street, Bellville, 77418, 13.4 miles from San Felipe.
If the title is missing, ask that Bellville office for a certified copy before we schedule a pickup, and bring your ID and the VIN when you go. A truck still carrying a lien needs the lender’s release on hand too, so the transfer goes through cleanly.
Clear roads for a heavy pickup
None of the fourteen structures the National Bridge Inventory of the Federal Highway Administration records around San Felipe carries a posted load limit, and none sits below a fourteen-foot clearance. A rollback or a lowboy can reach a tractor in town without planning a detour around a weak or low crossing.
Tell us if the truck stands behind a locked gate, in a barn lot or out along a pasture road, and whether the lane in is gravel or dirt.
Pasture and cornfields
Farm trucks across the Austin County ground
Around San Felipe, the farms counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture total 1,930 in Austin County, and cattle, equine and corn lead that county’s list. Cattle haulers, horse trailers pulled by a heavy pickup or a tractor, and grain trucks at corn harvest all come out of that ground.
A farm truck often has paperwork scattered between the house, the barn and the feed store. Gather the title, the registration and any receipts for service in one place, and photograph the truck where it is parked on the place.
Wholesale trade on the town’s payrolls
Wholesale Trade made up 23.5 percent of the 272 positions the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts placed in San Felipe in 2023, with 64 people in that sector. Box trucks and straight trucks that move goods for distributors are part of what we purchase from town.
If a straight truck or tractor here was used by a distributor, have the business name on the title match the person signing, or bring a letter showing who can sign for the company.
The questions we get asked in San Felipe
- Which office replaces a lost title for a San Felipe owner?The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles points San Felipe owners to the Austin County Tax Office at 804 East Wendt Street, Bellville, 77418, 13.4 miles away. Ask there for a certified copy before the sale.
- Do you buy dump trucks that hauled from the Hempstead or Hockley pits?Sand and gravel trucks from the Hempstead Plant, 16.6 miles north, and the Hockley sites about 20 miles north-east, as listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, are trucks we buy. Begin with the VIN and a few photos of the dump body and cab.