Two crushed-stone quarries and a sand pit nearby
Three miles west of town, MARTIN QUARRY works crushed stone, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration records. A dump truck or end-dump that cycles between that pit and local job sites may well be parked at the quarry gate or a yard nearby when you contact us, so tell us exactly where it sits and who can let us in.
Mitchell Quarry, another crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, lies 14 miles south-east. If your truck hauls from it, gather the title, the current registration and whatever service log you keep before we talk, and send a few photos of the bed, cab and VIN plate so we know the truck you are describing.
North-east of town, B&B Sand appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a sand and gravel operation about 22.9 miles away. Aggregate trucks that split their week between the two places can be collected from either end; just name the address that suits you.
Twenty-three active carriers based around town
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 23 active carriers here, and 17 of them list general freight among the cargo they carry. For a small owner-operator selling a tractor or straight truck, the papers that matter are the title in your name and a registration that matches the VIN on the door.
According to that same federal census, five local carriers haul farm supplies, five move machinery and large objects, and four carry dry bulk commodities. A lowboy tractor, a hopper outfit or a feed truck from one of those operations is the kind of equipment we pick up; list the trailer separately if it goes with the sale.
Sixteen of those carriers run intrastate only, seven cross state lines and four are private fleets, the FMCSA census shows. If your authority was interstate, have your USDOT number handy, since it helps us match the truck to the record you filed.
One-truck outfits and drivers who head out of the county
The biggest fleet in town on the FMCSA census runs seven power units with four drivers; the next two have three units and two units, each with three drivers. Operations this size often sell one truck at a time, and we are glad to collect a single unit from a home driveway or a shop lot.
Local drivers split 10 working a short radius against 26 who run farther out, by FMCSA’s carrier census. A long-haul tractor may be parked away from Montague County when you decide to sell, so give us its current location rather than your home address.
Across 14 carriers reporting it, FMCSA records a median of 36,667 miles per truck each year. Write the odometer reading down when you first reach out; with the VIN, it lets us look at the right truck from the start.
Cattle, horses and sheep across Montague ranchland
Ranching shapes the hauling here: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,644 farms in Montague County, with cattle, equine and sheep as the top lines. Stock trailers, gooseneck rigs and hay trucks often sit in a pasture or barn lot, and we can collect from a ranch road if you describe the access.
Livestock and feed haulers here frequently keep the truck titled to the ranch rather than to a person. If that is your situation, have whoever signs for the ranch ready to sign the title, and keep the registration with it.
Gainesville rail and the building trade
Twenty-two miles east, the GAINESVILLE rail yard is recorded on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Trucks that shuttle freight to that yard can be picked up in Gainesville or back home, wherever the truck is when you call.
Contractors retiring a dump truck, a flatbed or a service body can send photos of the truck and its equipment so we know what is mounted on it before we arrive.
North up the state highway to the Montague tax office
In this state the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles hands titling to county tax assessor-collector offices, and the one serving this town sits at SH 59 N in Montague. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists it as the Montague County Tax Office, 11339 SH 59 N, Montague, 76251, about 11.4 miles from town, and that is where a missing title is replaced.
If the title still shows a lienholder from an old loan, bring the lien release to the Montague office with you. A clear title in the seller’s name, with the registration that matches, is what lets us complete the purchase.
The questions we get asked in St. Jo
- Do you buy livestock or farm-supply trucks?Montague County has 1,644 farms raising cattle, horses and sheep, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and five St. Jo carriers on FMCSA’s census haul farm supplies. Trucks from that work are part of what we buy.