Oilfield town
Of the 466 jobs located in Sundown in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 297 in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, close to two thirds of the town’s work. A truck sold here has often spent its days on lease roads and well pads, so tell us which part of the field it served and send photos of any bed, winch or gin pole fitted to it.
Transportation and warehousing held 50 of those Sundown jobs, about 10.7 percent, according to the same LEHD figures from the Census Bureau. If your tractor or straight truck belongs to that group, have the title, current registration and any service log in one folder before you call, and we can go through the details in a single conversation.
Oilfield loads and general freight
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 12 active carriers based in Sundown, and six of them list oilfield equipment as cargo while seven list general freight. A winch truck, a pole trailer rig or a plain van tractor all fit what we collect, so describe the body and what it hauled rather than only the make and model.
Machinery and large objects appear on four Sundown carrier registrations in FMCSA’s census, and farm supplies on two. Heavy-haul tractors and lowboy setups from that work are trucks we take; send a photo of the data plate and the VIN along with the cab photos.
Most trucks here therefore stay inside Texas, so the one you sell is likely parked at a yard in or near town when we come for it; give us that address and a gate contact.
Among 48 drivers reported working within a hundred-mile radius, only three in the FMCSA census go farther afield. A median of 15,478 miles a year per truck, reported by seven Sundown carriers to FMCSA, is a neutral figure to note; have the odometer reading ready when you contact us.
Owner trucks and small fleets alike
Whether you have one truck or need to clear several from a yard, we buy them individually or together, and a list of VINs with their locations is the place to start.
When several units are being sold, keep each truck’s title with its own keys and note any that carry a lien, as recorded by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. That lets us match the paperwork to each tractor when we arrive at your lot.
Around Sundown and across the rest of Hockley County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 897 farms, with cotton, sorghum and corn the top crops. Module trucks, grain hoppers and farm-plated tractors from that work are welcome here, and they are often parked at a farmstead off a county road, so send directions and a photo of the approach.
If a truck is registered with farm plates, keep that registration with the title; the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issues both, and having them together keeps the sale simple.
A crushed-stone quarry toward Lubbock
East of Sundown by 21.3 miles, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Lubbock County IRock Crusher, a crushed-stone quarry. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that run stone from sites like it are trucks we collect, and we can pick one up at a quarry yard if the operator allows access.
For a truck kept at a quarry yard off the road toward Lubbock, tell us who manages the gate and when the site is open, so collection is arranged with them directly.
Duplicate titles in Texas come through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which works through county tax assessor-collector offices. For Sundown, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists the Hockley County Tax Office at 624 Avenue H, Ste. 101, Levelland, 11.1 miles from town on the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’ own listing.
Bring photo identification and the truck’s VIN to the Levelland counter when you apply. If the replacement is still in process, tell us when you first call, and we can plan the pickup around the date it arrives.
The questions we get asked in Sundown
- Do you take cotton module trucks from Hockley County farms?Cotton leads the crops on Hockley County’s 897 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and module trucks from that work are on our list. Send photos and the farm’s location.