Seventy-three carriers on a small-town register
Of the 73 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census lists for Van Alstyne, 43 haul general freight, 13 carry machinery and large objects, 13 move motor vehicles and 11 handle farm supplies. A van tractor, a lowboy rig, a car hauler and a feed truck can all come out of the same zip code, so tell us which of those jobs yours did and what trailer it last pulled.
The same FMCSA register splits the town’s carriers into 46 intrastate and 27 interstate operations, with 32 running as private fleets that haul their own goods. If your truck stayed inside Texas, a current Texas registration and the title are usually the two papers that matter most; an interstate unit should also have its cab card and any IFTA decals noted when you send photos.
New registrations jumped in FMCSA’s carrier census from 1 in 2024 to 11 in 2025. If you are one of those newer owner-operators and the truck is still financed, send the lender’s name and payoff contact with the VIN so the lien release can be lined up alongside the title transfer.
One big fleet and a lot of single trucks
One Van Alstyne-based fleet registers 92 power units and 72 drivers with FMCSA, a second runs 20 units with 15 drivers, and a third runs 15 units with 7 drivers. A yard selling several tractors at once should send a list of VINs with unit numbers, and we can walk the lot on one visit rather than truck by truck.
Twenty-eight Van Alstyne carriers file annual mileage with FMCSA, and their trucks log a median of 23,803 miles apiece. Have the odometer reading and the engine hours written down before you call, since those two figures, the VIN and a few clear photos answer most of what we ask first.
Van Alstyne model years
What roadside checks show about local cabs
FMCSA roadside inspection records from September 2024 to August 2026 cover 74 trucks tied to Van Alstyne carriers, with a median model year of 2011.5 and about 59 percent of them ten or more model years old. Whether yours is a 2011 or a newer cab, a photo of the door-jamb plate lets us tie its VIN to the Texas title.
Hold on to those inspection reports: if your truck went through a roadside check in that window, a copy of the report and your most recent annual inspection sheet give a clear record of the unit alongside its Texas title.
Plants, crews, ranches
Factories, contractors and Grayson County farms
If your box truck or tractor sits at a plant or warehouse lot, clear access with the site and we can collect it there.
Forty construction businesses operate around Van Alstyne according to the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Dump trucks, flatbeds and water trucks from contractor yards often sit on a job site rather than at home, so give us the site address and the gate hours along with the photos.
Grayson County holds 2,851 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, wheat and horses at the top of its product list. For a cattle hauler, grain truck or stock trailer rig parked on a ranch, tell us if the lane in is gravel and if a lowboy has room at the gate; we collect it from the pasture.
Sherman rail yards and the Ambrose sand pits
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the SHERMAN (DGNO) yard 15.2 miles north of Van Alstyne and a second SHERMAN yard 15.6 miles north. A drayage tractor that works those yards can be picked up from your home base in town; send the title and the registration number and we schedule from there.
Northeast of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Ambrose sand and gravel operation 20.9 miles away and the Amrize Ambrose Sand Plant at 21.8 miles. If your end dump or belly dump has been hauling out of those pits, list the trailer with the tractor and photograph both, since we can take the pair together.
Bridges, routes and the drivers who run them
Of the 26 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory around Van Alstyne, 1 carries a posted load limit and none sit under 14 feet of clearance. Tell us which road the truck is parked on so the pickup driver can route around that single posted bridge if it lies on the way.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows the town’s carriers employing 231 drivers who stay within 100 miles and 227 who run farther out. A long-haul sleeper may be sitting at a terminal or a driver’s house rather than in Van Alstyne itself; give us that address and we go to the truck.
The questions we get asked in Van Alstyne
- Do you buy trucks from farms around Van Alstyne?Grayson County’s 2,851 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lean toward cattle, wheat and horses, and stock haulers and grain trucks from those operations are trucks we buy. Send the title, photos and the ranch address.
- Can you collect a dump truck from a sand pit?The Ambrose sand and gravel operation sits 20.9 miles northeast of Van Alstyne on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Give us the site name, the gate contact and the hours, and the pickup is arranged at the pit.