Ten small carriers on the Seadrift roster
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 10 active trucking carriers based in Seadrift. Six of them list general freight, four list machinery and large objects, and two each list farm supplies and logs, poles, beams and lumber. If you run one of those operations, tell us which loads the truck pulled and send the VIN with a few photos of the cab, the frame and the plate.
Of those ten Seadrift outfits, four cross state lines and six stay inside Texas, according to the same federal census, and four run as private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck kept in the yard behind a home or a shop on the bay road is a normal pickup spot for us; give us the street address and say whether a tow rig can back up to it.
The biggest Seadrift fleet on FMCSA’s roster runs six power units with three drivers; the next has three units and one driver, and a third is a single truck with one driver. Selling one tractor out of a small group like that is routine: tell us which unit it is, and keep the other trucks clear of the gate on the day we arrive.
Yearly miles on Seadrift trucks
Six Seadrift carriers reported mileage to FMCSA, and the median across them is 30,833 miles per truck for the year. Read the odometer before you call and give us that figure with the VIN, since the two together tell us which tractor or straight truck we are looking at.
For a truck that splits its year between short runs to the Port Lavaca docks and occasional longer hauls, a logbook or fuel receipts help us see where it worked. Keep them with the title in the cab, and we can go over them when we come out to the coast.
Long Mott yard and its harbor ramp
Long Mott Harbor, a rail intermodal ramp, sits just beyond it at 6.5 miles in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listing.
Further up the same line, the Bloomington rail yard lies 19.6 miles north-west, per the North American Rail Network. If your day cab has shuttled between these yards and a plant or warehouse, tell us which yard it served; when the truck is parked at a site with gate rules, send us the contact who can let our driver in.
North-east on the bay
Docks and terminals toward Port Comfort
Port Lavaca’s liquid bulk terminal is 14.1 miles north-east of town, and the Calhoun Port Authority port is 16.1 miles out, both in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. Tractors that pull tankers or flatbeds to those docks are trucks we buy, sleepers and day cabs alike.
Past them, the federal transportation statistics bureau lists the NorthStar liquid bulk terminal at 19 miles, the General Cargo Dock intermodal ramp at 18.9 miles, and the Port Lavaca-Port Comfort Multi-Purpose Dock, a roll-on/roll-off terminal, at 19.1 miles. If the truck is sitting at one of those terminals rather than at home in Seadrift, we can collect it there once you clear access with the terminal.
Farm trucks from the Seadrift side of the county
Around Seadrift, cattle, corn and cotton lead the farm output, and the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 257 farms across Calhoun County. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and module trucks from those operations all fit what we purchase; send photos of the bed or trailer as well as the cab.
A dump truck or equipment hauler from a builder here is collected from the job site or the shop, whichever is easier for you to give us directions to.
If the title is lost, apply there for a certified copy before the sale.
Have your photo ID and the truck’s VIN with you at the Port Lavaca counter, and bring any lien release if the truck was financed.