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

Half of the 36 active carriers in Sour Lake, 18 of them, list general freight as a cargo they carry, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If your tractor pulled dry vans or flatbeds for one of those outfits, send us the VIN, the registration and a few photos of the cab and the frame, and we will start from there.

Eight Sour Lake carriers tell FMCSA’s carrier census they move oilfield equipment, and five more list machinery and large objects. Winch trucks, heavy-haul tractors and lowboy units from that kind of work are trucks we collect; tell us what the truck was rigged for and whether any attachments go with it.

Three local companies haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, by FMCSA’s carrier census count. A log truck or pole trailer parked on a lease road outside town can stay there; give us directions to the gate and a phone number for whoever holds the key.

Thirteen miles west of town, the Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals, HULL UG STORAGE at 13.2 miles and KEI HULL TERMINAL at 13.7 miles. Tank trucks and tractors that shuttle product to and from Hull can be sold without moving them back to Sour Lake; we come out to the yard.

Keyera Energy’s liquid bulk terminal sits 13.5 miles west as well, on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of port facilities. If your truck is parked inside a terminal fence, tell us whose property it is on and who signs visitors in, so the pickup is arranged with the site in advance.

Keep any site access records, inspection reports or service logs from terminal work with the truck. They let us read its working history alongside the photos you send.

Ten and a half miles east, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the AMELIA rail yard, with the SUNNYSIDE yard 16.4 miles out in the same direction. Drayage tractors working those yards are part of what we buy, wherever they happen to be parked.

Beaumont’s port lies 16.9 miles east of Sour Lake, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics also lists the Port of Beaumont’s Harbor Island Marine Terminal, a roll-on/roll-off facility, at 19.2 miles. A container chassis tractor or a day cab that runs the docks can be collected near the water; give us the street address and a contact on site.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics also names Beaumont a strategic seaport, 19.4 miles from town. Port credentials and gate passes stay with you, but tell us if the truck sits behind a secured gate so we can plan the visit.

Of the 36 carriers, 26 run intrastate only and 10 cross state lines, per FMCSA’s carrier census. A truck registered only for Texas work is one we buy all the same; have the Texas registration and the title in the owner’s name ready when you call.

Sixteen of the town’s carriers operate private fleets hauling their own goods, the federal carrier census shows. A contractor or oilfield service company selling a pickup-pulled trailer rig or a single tractor from its own fleet goes through the same steps as a for-hire carrier.

Among a dozen Sour Lake carriers reporting mileage, FMCSA’s carrier census puts the median at 19,145 miles a truck per year. State the odometer reading when you contact us; it is one of the first things we ask for.

One carrier based in Sour Lake runs 312 power units with 282 drivers, while the next two run 22 and 20 trucks, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. We buy one truck from an owner-operator or several units at once from a fleet; send a list of VINs if you are selling more than one.

New companies keep registering here: FMCSA’s carrier census shows three new carriers in 2024 and three more in 2025. If you started hauling recently and are now selling the truck, have the title and any lien release from the lender ready.

Drivers at Sour Lake carriers split 87 inside a hundred-mile radius and 329 beyond it, the federal carrier census reports. A truck that is out on a long run can be sold once it is back; tell us where it will be parked when it returns.

Titles in Texas are handled by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles through county tax assessor-collector offices. For Sour Lake owners, that office is the Hardin County Tax Office at 300 W Monroe Street, Kountze, 77625, which the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists 16.8 miles from town.

If the title is missing, request a certified copy at the Kountze office before we collect the truck. Bring your ID and the VIN, plus any lien release you hold; a title in the seller’s name is what we need at pickup.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts recorded 1,029 jobs in Sour Lake in 2023, with 71 of them, or 6.9 percent, in construction. Dump trucks, flatbeds and equipment haulers from construction work are trucks we collect from the job yard or the owner’s lot.

Around Sour Lake, Hardin County holds 606 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, honey and equine listed as its top products. Livestock haulers, horse trailer rigs and ranch flatbeds parked out on a property are collected there; give us the road and the gate.

• Do you buy oilfield equipment trucks?Eight Sour Lake carriers list oilfield equipment as a cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, and trucks from that work are ones we buy. Send the VIN, photos and a note on what the truck was rigged for.