South-east toward the tanks
Fuel and bulk liquid terminals off Southside Place’s south-east edge
The Energy Information Administration places the SOUTH HOUSTON petroleum product terminal 3.6 miles south-east of Southside Place, with its HOUSTON terminal 4.7 miles out on the same bearing. A tractor that loads at either rack, or a straight truck that delivers from them, is the kind we buy here. Tell us which rack it pulled from and whether it still carries hazmat placards, so we know what hookup it needs on pickup.
ExxonMobil’s liquid bulk terminal sits 3.7 miles south-east of town on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and that agency also lists Texas Blending & Warehousing 8.1 miles to the north-east. If your tractor shuttles tank trailers between those two sites, send us the VIN, a photo of the door plate and a note on whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays behind.
Switching cars near the Eureka yards
Two yards named EUREKA YARD and EUREKA appear on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, at 5.2 and 5.3 miles north of Southside Place. Trucks that serve rail customers around a yard like this are often day cabs and flatbeds parked close to the track rather than at home. Give us the street address where it sits and any gate code or yard contact, and we arrange the collection there.
If the truck is in a yard you no longer have access to, say so at the start. We can work with a site manager’s name and phone number, and the title in your name is what lets the paperwork go through on the day.
Englewood and Pearland ramps for container hauls
Bureau of Transportation Statistics records put the Englewood rail intermodal ramp on Wallisville Road 8.9 miles north-east of town and the Pearland ramp 9.9 miles to the south-east. Sleepers and day cabs that dray boxes off those ramps fit what we purchase from Southside Place owners.
For a drayage tractor, photograph the cab, both sides, the fifth wheel and the dash with the ignition on, and keep any annual inspection report with the title. If it is parked at a chassis yard near either ramp rather than at your house, the address of that yard is all we need to plan the pickup.
A lost Southside Place title goes downtown to Preston Street
A Southside Place owner missing a title deals with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, whose copies are handed out at county tax assessor-collector offices. The nearest such counter, per the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, is the Harris County Tax Office downtown at 1001 Preston, Houston, 77002, a 5.8-mile drive from the enclave’s streets.
Bring photo ID and the VIN to that downtown counter when requesting a certified copy, and check whether a lender is still on record before you go. If a lien has been released, keep the lender’s release letter in the folder with the replacement title for the pickup.
Inside the enclave
A small job base inside the Loop
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) put 1,062 jobs inside Southside Place’s small grid of streets in 2023. A truck registered to an address here may be parked somewhere else in Houston, so tell us exactly where it sits when you contact us.
If the truck belongs to a small business that operates out of a home address in town, have the business name on the title match the one on your registration. A mismatch is easy to sort out before the visit and slow to sort out during it.
Pastures and nurseries
Livestock and nursery hauling across Harris County
Beyond the city streets, Harris County counted 1,531 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and its top lines were cattle, equine, and potted flowering plants. Stock trucks, horse haulers and box trucks running nursery loads all come from that kind of farming, and we buy them from owners around Southside Place too.
A livestock or nursery truck may sit on a farm lot rather than in town. Give us directions to the gate, a note on whether a trailer is attached, and photos taken in daylight, and keep the registration with the title so both match the VIN on the frame.
The questions we get asked in Southside Place
- Will you collect a tanker tractor that loads near the South Houston terminal?The SOUTH HOUSTON petroleum product terminal sits 3.6 miles south-east of Southside Place on Energy Information Administration records, and a tractor working that rack is one we buy. Send the VIN and photos, and tell us whether it is at the terminal, a yard, or your home.
- My Southside Place truck title has gone missing - which downtown office reissues it?Harris County Tax Office at 1001 Preston, Houston, 77002 is the county tax assessor-collector office the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists for this area, 5.8 miles from Southside Place. Request a certified copy there before we schedule the pickup.
- Can you pick up a drayage tractor left at a chassis yard by the Englewood or Pearland ramp?Englewood and Pearland, the two rail intermodal ramps the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists near Southside Place, are 8.9 and 9.9 miles out, and a truck parked by either one can be collected there. Send the chassis yard’s street address plus the name of whoever holds its gate key.
- Do you buy farm trucks from Harris County, not just city trucks?Cattle, equine and potted flowering plants led Harris County’s 1,531 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and stock trucks, horse haulers and nursery box trucks from those operations are ones we buy. Share the farm address and the title details to get started.