Sell your semi truck for cash in Smithville the easy and convenient way

Smithville’s rail yard is barely a third of a mile from downtown, 0.3 miles to the south-west on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. If your truck shuttles loads to and from that yard, give us the street address where it sits and the name of whoever can let us onto the lot.

About 1.9 miles north, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records the Smithville Plant as a sand and gravel operation. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load there are a kind we buy; send us the VIN, a clear photo of the data plate, and pictures of the bed, the cab and both sides so we can match the truck to its paperwork.

Plum Aggregate Operating Company, another sand and gravel site in the Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, lies 11 miles east of Smithville. If your truck spends its week between that pit and the one north of town, tell us which site it parks at on weekends, and we will arrange collection there rather than in town.

An industrial-mineral mine lies 10.1 miles south-east of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. For a truck parked on a mine site behind a locked gate, tell us whether our driver will need a mine pass or an escort at the entrance.

Farther out, the Flatonia Mines & Plant sits 19.7 miles south, listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration as a second industrial-mineral mine. Owners who run between Smithville and Flatonia should have the title, the current Texas registration and any inspection sheets together in one folder before they reach out to us.

Out to the west, 17.5 miles by the Energy Information Administration’s listing, stands the FLINT HILLS RESOURCES LP-BASTROP petroleum product terminal. Fuel tractors and tank trucks that load at a terminal like that one should be described in your first message to us, along with whether the tank or trailer goes with the sale or stays behind.

NG Camp Swift, a military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places 19.5 miles north-west, is the other large site on that side of the county. If the truck is parked near Camp Swift or anywhere along the road toward Bastrop, a pin on a map and a phone number for the person holding the keys are all we need to plan the pickup.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 57 active carriers based in Smithville, of which 47 run intrastate only, 10 run interstate, and 26 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet selling one unit should bring the title in the business name and a signed letter from whoever is authorised to sell company equipment.

By cargo, the same FMCSA census shows 27 local carriers listing general freight, 15 listing machinery and large objects, 11 listing farm supplies and 9 listing logs, poles, beams and lumber. Lowboys, flatbeds, log trucks and box trucks all fit that mix, and each one sells the same way: title, registration, photos and the VIN.

One Smithville fleet reports 66 power units and 69 drivers to FMCSA, while the next two report 6 power units and 4 power units. Most owners here are selling one or two trucks rather than a yard full, and a single tractor gets the same attention from us as a group of them.

Of the drivers working for Smithville-based carriers, FMCSA’s carrier census puts 109 on runs inside 100 miles and 68 on runs past that line. If your truck runs long routes and is out of town when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked next and we will meet it there.

Among the 17 local carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median is 18,750 miles per truck in a year. Write down the odometer reading when you photograph the dash, so the number in your message matches the number on the gauge.

FMCSA records show 4 new carriers registered in Smithville in 2024 and another 4 in 2025. A newer operation selling its first truck needs the same items as an established one: the Texas title in the registered owner’s name, and a lien release if the truck was financed.

Of the 1,299 Smithville jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts recorded for 2023, manufacturing held 73 and wholesale trade 51. Box trucks and straight trucks that make deliveries for those employers can be collected from a business lot, as long as someone there knows we are coming.

Across Bastrop County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,871 farms, with cattle, horses and milk at the top of the list. Livestock haulers, feed trucks and cattle pots parked on a ranch are fine where they are; just give us gate directions and say whether the road in is gravel or paved.

• Is a Smithville log truck or lumber hauler something you’ll take?Nine Smithville carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, and trucks doing that work are ones we purchase. Send the VIN, photos of the bunks and the cab, and the title details.
• My cattle truck stays on a Bastrop County ranch outside Smithville. Will your driver collect it from the ranch?Bastrop County has 1,871 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle first among them, and ranch pickups are part of collecting trucks around Smithville. Give us the ranch address and a contact who can open the gate.