Tilden Plant and the San Miguel lignite pit
South-west of Three Rivers, the Tilden Plant is an industrial-mineral mine the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 20.9 miles from town. If your tractor or dump truck is parked near that plant’s gate or along its haul routes, give us the exact yard or lease road and we will plan the pickup at that spot.
Out the other direction, about 23 miles north-west according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies the San Miguel Lignite Mine, a coal operation. If your truck worked coal or overburden runs at San Miguel, send photos of the cab, frame and tires with the VIN, and tell us where on the property it sits today.
General freight, lowboys and oilfield rigs based in Three Rivers
Twenty-six of the 50 active carriers that FMCSA’s carrier census places in Three Rivers move general freight. Box trucks, flatbed tractors and day cabs from that general-freight group are all trucks we buy, so a seller only needs the title, the registration and a set of clear photos to start.
Machinery and large objects account for 12 local carriers in the same federal census, while liquids and gases and oilfield equipment each count 7. Lowboys, winch tractors and tank-pulling units from those outfits are welcome here; list the trailer or body type when you contact us so the questions that follow fit your rig.
Of those 50 outfits, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 47 hauling intrastate only, 3 crossing state lines, and 13 operating as private fleets that carry their own goods. A Texas-only operating authority makes no difference to a sale, so have the cab card or Texas registration handy alongside the title.
Short hauls between George West, the mines and Three Rivers
Driver counts in FMCSA’s census put 83 Three Rivers drivers inside a hundred-mile radius and 41 working beyond it. Since most of these trucks finish the day close to home, the pickup usually happens at a shop, a ranch gate or a yard in or near town; tell us which one.
For the 9 local carriers that reported mileage in FMCSA’s carrier census, the median truck covered 18,478 miles a year. Note your odometer reading in the first message, alongside the VIN, since those two figures shape every question we ask afterward.
The biggest local operations in FMCSA’s census are small: one runs 10 power units with 2 drivers, and two others run 8 each, with 7 and 3 drivers. An owner selling several units from a lineup that size can send one message listing every VIN, and we handle them together.
A 2007 median from roadside checks on Three Rivers tractors
Between October 2024 and August 2026, the 35 Three Rivers carrier trucks stopped for FMCSA roadside inspections had a median model year of 2007. Model year alone is a neutral line on the listing; we buy across every year, so write it down with the make and model and send it with your photos.
Roughly 82.9 percent of those 35 trucks, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records, carried a model year at least a decade back. If your tractor falls in that share, the paperwork matters more than the calendar: a clean title, current registration and any inspection or service records you kept.
A duplicate title from the George West tax office
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through county tax assessor-collector offices, and for Three Rivers sellers that is the Live Oak County Tax Office in George West, 78022, about 9.8 miles from town per the agency’s own listing. Visit that office before you sell if the title has gone missing, since a duplicate there keeps the sale moving.
A title still showing a lienholder needs the lender’s release before transfer, and the George West tax office can process that change on behalf of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. Bring your ID, the release letter and the truck’s VIN when you go, and let us know which paperwork you already hold.
Ranches and plants
Cattle, deer and factory work around Three Rivers
Around Three Rivers, Live Oak County counts 793 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, deer and horses as the leading categories. Stock trailers, feed trucks and ranch tractors parked behind a pasture fence are all collectable, so give us the gate location and any road notes so the pickup crew can reach it.
Manufacturing holds 180 of the 1,047 jobs in Three Rivers, a 17.2 percent share by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, and wholesale trade adds 77 more. A box truck or tractor retired from plant or distribution routes can be collected from the loading dock where it last worked.
For contractors around Three Rivers, the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns lists five construction establishments. Dump trucks and equipment haulers from a contractor’s yard belong on the same list, with the title and registration ready to go.
The questions we get asked in Three Rivers
- Where can a Three Rivers owner replace a lost truck title?The Live Oak County Tax Office in George West, about 9.8 miles from Three Rivers, issues duplicates for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Will you collect a truck parked out near a mine site?Trucks near the Tilden Plant, 20.9 miles south-west by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s location, or the San Miguel Lignite Mine to the north-west can be picked up where they stand; send us the yard address.
- Is a truck that only hauled Texas loads one you will collect?Forty-seven of the 50 Three Rivers carriers in FMCSA’s census operate intrastate only, so a Texas-only truck is the usual case here; have the title and Texas registration ready.
- Do you buy older model-year trucks?Trucks from Three Rivers carriers had a median model year of 2007 in FMCSA roadside inspection records, and we buy across every model year; send the year, make, model and VIN.