Cut stone, south road
Two dimension-stone quarries below Stamford
Continental Quarries Inc sits 9.3 miles south of Stamford, and Gene Swenson Quarries lies 17 miles out in the same direction; the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists both as dimension-stone quarries. A truck that hauls cut stone off those benches may well be parked at the pit rather than in town, so give us the quarry name and the gate contact when you reach out.
Machinery and large objects are a registered cargo for 5 Stamford carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census. If your tractor pulled a flatbed or lowboy for that work, list the trailer separately from the power unit and photograph the deck, the kingpin and the cab so each piece is described on its own.
Cattle, wheat, cotton
Hauling for the cattle, wheat and cotton farms
Around Stamford, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 988 farms across Jones County, with cattle, wheat and cotton leading the list. Grain, feed and hay appear as a cargo for 9 local carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and farm supplies for 8, so a seller here is often parting with a grain truck, a hay hauler or a tractor that pulled a hopper at harvest.
Farm trucks around Stamford tend to sit in a barn lot or beside a field instead of a paved yard. Tell us the road, the gate and whether the ground is dry enough for a trailer to come in, and send pictures of the bed or body along with the tag and the VIN plate.
Twenty-five carriers, mostly small and mostly in-state
Of the 25 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census places in Stamford, 22 run intrastate and only 3 cross state lines, while 15 are private fleets hauling their own goods. General freight is listed by 12 of them in that FMCSA roster, ahead of grain at 9 and farm supplies at 8.
None of these operations is big: the three largest Stamford fleets in the federal carrier census hold 3, 3 and 2 power units. One new carrier registered in 2025 and none in 2024, by the same FMCSA count. If you are winding down a two- or three-truck operation, we can look at each unit together; send a VIN and photos for every truck in one message.
Annual mileage is modest by the figures seven local carriers reported to FMCSA: their median is 25,000 miles a truck. Have the odometer reading and the registration ready, since those are the first two things we ask about.
Local loads and long hauls from Stamford
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 24 drivers from Stamford carriers working past a hundred-mile radius and 13 staying inside it. A truck from here can therefore be sitting anywhere along a route when you decide to sell, and we come to where it is parked rather than asking you to bring it home.
If the truck is out of state or across Texas on a run, give us the address of the yard or truck stop and the name of whoever holds the keys. Keep the logbook or trip sheets with the title so the paperwork travels as one bundle.
Bridges, jobs and building around Stamford
The National Bridge Inventory records 13 bridges around Stamford, with none load-posted and none under a fourteen-foot clearance. A tall sleeper, a loaded stone trailer or a hay rig can reach most pickup spots here without a detour, so the nearest paved road to your truck is usually all we need to know.
Stamford held 702 jobs in 2023 according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 7 construction establishments. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from that building work fit what we purchase; send the body type and the VIN with your first message.
Jones County tax office and a lost title
Copies of a lost title come from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which works through the county tax assessor-collector offices. For a truck registered in Stamford, start with the Jones County tax assessor-collector and bring your ID and the VIN.
Start the replacement before we schedule the pickup, and tell us if a lien was ever recorded on the truck, so the release can be found and filed alongside the new title. Registration slips and any service records can go in the same folder.
The questions we get asked in Stamford
- My rig sits at a stone quarry below Stamford; will you pick it up at the pit?Continental Quarries Inc is 9.3 miles south of town by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, and we collect from quarry yards like it. Send the quarry name and a gate contact.
- The title for my Stamford grain truck vanished years ago; which office replaces it?The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues title copies through the county tax assessor-collector offices, so a Jones County owner starts with that county’s office.
- Do you take farm trucks used for grain and hay?Grain, feed and hay are a cargo for 9 Stamford carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and those trucks are part of what we purchase. Send photos and the VIN, and tell us where the truck sits on the farm.