In-state haulers, interstate outfits and Waller’s private fleets
Of the 210 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census places in Waller, 165 operate intrastate only and 45 cross state lines. If your tractor has stayed inside Texas, its paperwork is usually simpler to gather: the title, the current registration and whatever service log the shop kept are the three things to pull out first.
Seventy-four of those Waller outfits are private fleets, per the same FMCSA census, meaning they haul their own goods rather than freight for hire. A contractor or farm operation selling a truck it used for its own work can sell it to us the same way a for-hire owner-operator would; tell us what the truck carried and send the VIN.
Fleet size here runs from single-truck owners up to outfits of 43, 39 and 32 power units, the three biggest in FMCSA’s census for the city. Whether you are letting go of one tractor or several from a yard, list each VIN and where each unit is parked so we can plan collection truck by truck.
Flatbeds for lumber, lowboys for machinery, vans for general loads
General freight is the most common cargo line, claimed by 126 Waller carriers in FMCSA’s census, with machinery and large objects next at 46. Day cabs, sleepers and lowboy-pulling tractors all come out of that mix, and for each one, photograph all four sides plus the cab interior before you contact us.
Thirty-three local carriers list farm supplies and another 33 list logs, poles, beams and lumber, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If yours is a flatbed tractor or a log truck kept on a property outside town, give us the road access details, since gates, soft ground and low wires all shape how a pickup is arranged.
New authority keeps appearing here too: FMCSA records 15 carriers registered in Waller in 2024 and 11 more in 2025. If you started up recently and are now selling, have the title in the name that matches your registration, or tell us up front if a lender still holds it.
Waller’s carriers had 203 of their trucks pulled into roadside checks between late August 2024 and late August 2026, and FMCSA’s inspection records put the median build year of that group at 2017, with 39.9 percent dating back a decade or more. Whichever side of that line your truck falls on, the model year and VIN on the title are what we start with.
Read the odometer before you call and have the figure ready alongside the engine make and transmission type.
Drivers who stay near base and drivers who range far
Waller carriers report 451 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 331 driving beyond it, per FMCSA’s census. A truck that runs local routes is often parked at the yard or a home lot by evening, which is where we can meet it.
For trucks that spend weeks out on the road, FMCSA’s driver split shows plenty of Waller operators in that group. If your rig is sitting somewhere other than Waller when you decide to sell, send us that address; we collect from where the truck is, not where the owner lives.
Hockley pits, Hempstead gravel and Sealy’s rail yard
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Hockley Mine, an industrial-mineral site, and the Hockley Plant sand and gravel operation 9.3 miles south-east of Waller. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that hauled from those pits can be collected from a yard near Hockley; keep any site access cards or load tickets with the truck’s paperwork.
Eleven point seven miles west, the Hempstead Plant appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as another sand and gravel operation. Further out, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows the Sealy rail yard 24.4 miles south-west. If your truck shuttled loads around Hempstead or Sealy, tell us which site so we know the roads it is parked near.
Wholesale jobs, rice fields and cattle ranches around Waller
Wholesale trade accounts for 508 of Waller’s 2,727 jobs in 2023 under the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, with construction at 393 and manufacturing at 322. Box trucks and tractors from distribution work and dump or flatbed units from building sites both fit what we buy, so describe the body type when you first get in touch.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 59 construction establishments in the area, and LEHD shows 60 jobs in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction. If a construction firm is selling a work truck, have the company officer who signs titles available, since the title has to be signed by whoever is named on it.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,545 farms in Waller County, with cattle, rice and horses the top lines. Cattle haulers, grain trucks and stock-trailer tractors kept on a ranch can stay put until collection; just give us the gate code or a contact who can meet us. If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues the replacement, and it is best to apply before we arrange pickup.
The questions we get asked in Waller
- A dump truck of mine sits by the Hockley sand pits - will you pick it up on site?Hockley Mine and the Hockley Plant sit 9.3 miles south-east of Waller in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we come to the truck at the site. Tell us who controls access to the yard so the collection can be arranged with them.
- The title for a ranch truck in Waller County has gone missing - where do I get a new one?The state’s title agency issues replacement titles for Texas vehicles, including the cattle and hay trucks on Waller County’s 1,545 farms counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Apply for the duplicate in the name on the record, then send us the VIN.
- My tractor never left Texas on intrastate authority - does that matter for selling it?Intrastate-only carriers make up 165 of Waller’s 210 on FMCSA’s carrier census, and we buy their trucks the same as interstate ones. Have the Texas title and current registration in hand when we arrange collection.