Aggregate trucks from Denton Pits and the gravel operations
Denton Pits, an industrial-mineral mine that the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 6.2 miles west of Shady Shores, sits closer to town than any other site on its roll. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load there tend to be parked near the pit or at a yard along the road home, so tell us which one when you get in touch.
Two sand and gravel operations round out the picture: Denton Sand Farm, 7.3 miles north-east, and B & B Sand & Gravel, 9.6 miles north, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. If your truck hauled out of either, have the title, the current registration and a set of photos of the bed, the cab and the VIN plate ready before we talk.
A truck that worked aggregate around Shady Shores often stays parked on the job. Give us the exact gate or lot, the name of whoever holds the key, and whether a lowboy or a driver is needed to move it, and we arrange collection there.
Fuel haulers serving the Southlake terminals
Heading south from the lake, the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal called SOUTHLAKE at 14.3 miles and a second, SOUTHLAKE TX, at 17.5 miles. Tank tractors and the day cabs that shuttle fuel between those racks and stations across the area are trucks we buy from owners here.
For a tractor that pulled a tanker out of Southlake, gather any inspection or service records you kept along with the title. Send the VIN and a few clear photos of the tractor first; everything else we ask follows from those.
Rails to the south-east
Drayage between Carrollton rails and the Alliance chassis lot
Sixteen-odd miles south-east of Shady Shores, at 16.1 by the count of the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration keeps with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, sits the CARROLLTON rail yard. Further out, Alliance, TX, an intermodal ramp the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places 21.3 miles south-west, is where container work for tractors from this side of the lake begins and ends.
Owners who ran drayage between Alliance, Carrollton and the warehouses in between can leave the tractor wherever it is parked. Tell us the street address, whether it sits inside a fenced yard, and who can let us in, and the pickup gets planned around that.
Horses, wheat and sorghum
Hay, grain and horse rigs near the lake
Around Shady Shores the farm economy is broad: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,936 farms across Denton County, with equine, wheat and sorghum leading. Horse operations keep pickups, gooseneck rigs and flatbeds for hay, while grain growers keep grain trucks and tractor-trailers for harvest.
A farm truck may be titled to a ranch, a family trust or a partnership rather than to one person. Check whose name is printed on the title before you contact us, and if it is a business, have the person able to sign for it ready to sign.
A missing certificate and the East McKinney counter
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Shady Shores it lists the Denton County Tax Office at 1505 E. McKinney, Denton, 76209, about 5.9 miles from town, as the office on the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles roll. If the title has gone missing, a certified copy can be requested there.
Bring a photo ID and the VIN when you visit East McKinney, and if a lender was ever listed, a lien release as well. With a replacement title in hand, the rest of the sale can move forward from your driveway or the truck’s yard.
The questions we get asked in Shady Shores
- My dump truck is still parked at a pit north of Shady Shores. Will you pick it up on site at the gravel operation?B & B Sand & Gravel sits 9.6 miles north of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and a truck parked there or at a nearby pit is collected where it stands. Send the pit’s address along with the name of whoever holds the key to its entrance.
- Which Denton office replaces a Shady Shores truck title that has gone missing?The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles points Shady Shores owners to the Denton County Tax Office at 1505 E. McKinney in Denton, a county tax assessor-collector office about 5.9 miles away by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles listing, for a certified copy of a title.
- I hauled containers from the Alliance ramp but moved out of Denton County. Must I haul the tractor to my new home first?Alliance, TX sits 21.3 miles south-west of Shady Shores per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the tractor can stay parked near there. Send us its location and the name of someone who can meet us at the lot.