Sand and stone at Tolar’s edge
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Tolar Mine, a sand and gravel operation, 1.2 miles north-east of town, and Smith Pit, a dimension-stone quarry, 2.3 miles to the west. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that hauls out of either one can stay parked at the yard where it works; give us the gate contact and the hours the site is open, and the pickup is planned around that.
If the truck spends its days loading at one of those two pits, send photos of the bed, the hoist, the frame and the tires as well as the cab. Add the VIN and a photo of the odometer, and we can answer you about that exact truck rather than a general type.
Stone to the north and south-east
Quarry trucks working toward Granbury and beyond
Granbury Quarry, a dimension-stone site, lies 7.2 miles north of Tolar on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine list. Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration places GCH Materials (sand and gravel) 13.7 miles south-east, the Jackson Plant crushed-stone quarry 14.6 miles south-east, and Grindstone, another crushed-stone quarry, 17.5 miles north-west.
A haul truck that rotates between these sites may be sitting at any of them on a given week. Tell us which quarry it is at now and whether a lowboy or rollback can reach it, and we arrange collection from that spot, not from your house in town.
Tolar has 52 active motor carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and 42 of them operate intrastate only while 10 cross state lines. Most of those Texas-only outfits, 35 in that same federal census, are private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire.
For a private-fleet owner selling one unit, have the title in the business’s name and the registration ready, plus any service records kept in the shop. FMCSA’s census shows the biggest local operation running 50 power units with 22 drivers, the next 28 units with 14 drivers, and a third 18 units with 18 drivers, so a sale of several trucks at once is something we can line up truck by truck.
General freight, farm supplies and heavy equipment
General freight is the cargo listed by 28 Tolar carriers in FMCSA’s census, with farm supplies and machinery or large objects each claimed by 15 and grain, feed and hay by 11. That mix points to box trucks and dry vans alongside flatbeds, step-decks and lowboys built for moving equipment.
If your trailer goes with the tractor, tell us its length, deck type and axle count, and send a photo of its plate. A lowboy or equipment trailer sold together with its power unit needs both titles, so find the trailer’s title before you contact us.
Cattle, horse and goat country around town
Hood County counted 1,109 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and cattle, equine and goats lead its list of what those operations raise. Around Tolar that means livestock haulers, feed trucks and flatbeds carrying hay and fencing supplies.
A ranch truck is often parked in a barn lot or out past a pasture gate. Tell us the road, whether the ground is firm enough for a tow vehicle, and who can let us through, and send photos taken where the truck sits.
Model years on inspection
Across 40 trucks stopped between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year of Tolar-based trucks at 2017, with 42.5 percent of them ten or more model years old. Whatever year your truck is, send the VIN first; it settles the model-year and engine questions together.
The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns counts 15 construction establishments in the area, a group whose dump trucks, water trucks and service bodies we buy as readily as road tractors. Have the registration current or note when it lapsed, and we will tell you what else we need.
Duplicate titles through the Granbury tax office
Titles in this state are issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles through county tax assessor-collector offices. For a Tolar owner, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles lists an office 7.7 miles from town: the Hood County Tax Office, 1410 W. Pearl St., on the Granbury side of the county.
If the title is missing, start the duplicate at that Granbury office before you call us, and bring your ID and the truck’s VIN. Should a lender still be listed on it, have the lien release in hand too, so the paperwork is complete when we schedule collection.
The questions we get asked in Tolar
- Can you collect a dump truck straight from the Tolar Mine pit?Tolar Mine sits 1.2 miles north-east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from the pit itself. Let us know who manages the Tolar Mine gate and when the site opens.
- Do you buy livestock and hay trucks off ranches here?Cattle, horses and goats lead Hood County’s farm list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks that serve those places are ones we buy. Send photos and tell us how to reach the barn or lot where it is parked.