Greenwade and Clifton Plant, a short run from Whitney
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Greenwade crushed-stone quarry 6.3 miles south-west of Whitney and the Clifton Plant quarry 7.1 miles out on the same bearing. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that loads at either face is probably parked at a quarry yard or at the owner’s place in town, so tell us which one when you get in touch.
Gate rules at a working quarry decide when a pickup can happen, so give us a contact who can let a driver onto the site. Photos of the bed, the tailgate, the cab and the VIN plate, taken where the truck stands, let us arrange collection without a second visit.
Below the lake road
Two gravel pits between Whitney and Aquilla
Two sand and gravel operations appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records near town: one registered as WHITNEY, 8.5 miles south, and Aquilla, 9.2 miles south-east. Trucks working those pits often sit near the loading area between shifts, and we can collect from there if the operator agrees.
Further out, the Blum Quarry, a dimension-stone site the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 13.5 miles north-west, ships cut blocks rather than aggregate. A flatbed or a tractor with a heavy-haul trailer from that work is welcome; send the trailer details alongside the tractor’s.
Freight, coil, lumber
Fifty-eight carriers based around the lake
Of the 58 Whitney carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, 41 put general freight on their cargo list beside whatever else they carry. The same FMCSA census shows machinery and large objects on 14 of those registrations, metal sheets, coils and rolls on 12, and logs, poles, beams and lumber on 9; box vans, flatbeds and step-decks from that work are all trucks we buy.
Of those 58 carriers, the same federal census shows 19 running interstate and 39 staying inside Texas, with 19 classed as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck sold by a business needs the title in the company’s name and someone with authority to sign it; have that person ready before we schedule collection.
From one-truck owners to the biggest yard in town
The biggest operation in town runs 23 power units with 16 drivers, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, followed by fleets of 10 and 7 trucks. Owners with several trucks can sell one, a few or the lot; list each VIN and where each unit is parked, and we will plan the pickups around the yard.
New registrations stay modest: the federal carrier census recorded 4 new carriers in 2024 and 3 in 2025. A driver who started out recently and is now stepping back can sell the truck with the same title and registration used to put it on the road.
Trucks that stay close and trucks that range wide
Driver records in FMCSA’s census show 41 drivers here working within a hundred-mile radius and 73 going further afield. A long-haul tractor may be parked far from Whitney when you decide to sell, and we can collect it where it stands; give us the address and who holds the keys.
Fifteen Whitney carriers give FMCSA a yearly mileage, and their median truck covers 25,000 miles in a year by that federal count. Have the current odometer reading and the registration with you when you contact us, since those are the first two things we ask.
Model year 2016 in the middle of the Whitney list
Between late October 2024 and late August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records logged 26 tractors and straight trucks from Whitney-based carriers, the middle one built for model year 2016. Just under 54 percent of those inspected units were ten or more model years old, per the same inspection records.
Whatever the model year, the steps match: the title, the registration, any service records you kept, and clear photos of the cab, frame and tires. Inspection reports from roadside stops can go in the same folder if you have them.
Hillsboro’s tax office and a missing Whitney title
Whitney sellers missing a title go to the Hill County Tax Office, one of the county tax assessor-collector offices the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles works through, at 126 S Covington Street, Hillsboro, 76645, some 11.7 miles up the road per that agency. A seller who cannot find the title can request a certified copy there before we arrange the sale.
Bring photo identification and the VIN to that Hillsboro counter, and if a lender’s lien appears on the record, bring the lien release too. Once the copy is in hand, send us a photo of the front and we can move ahead.
Factory jobs, builders and farms around Whitney
Whitney’s 928 jobs in 2023 included 135 in manufacturing, a 14.5 percent slice in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 17 construction establishments locally, and a contractor’s dump truck, flatbed or service body is a truck we buy.
Across the wider county, Hill County holds 2,011 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, where corn, cattle and wheat lead the list. A grain truck or cattle hauler parked at a farm outside Whitney can be collected from the field gate or barn lot; tell us the road and the nearest landmark.
The questions we get asked in Whitney
- My dump truck is parked at the Greenwade stone face; must I haul it back to Whitney?Greenwade sits 6.3 miles south-west of Whitney in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect trucks from quarry yards like it. Name someone at Greenwade who can let our driver past the quarry gate.
- Who in Hill County issues a copy when a Whitney owner has lost the truck’s title?The Hill County Tax Office at 126 S Covington Street in Hillsboro, about 11.7 miles away, issues title copies for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. Carry your photo ID and the truck’s VIN to that Hillsboro desk.
- Can a Whitney business with its own private fleet sell several trucks together?Private fleets make up 19 of Whitney’s 58 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and we buy one truck or several. List each Whitney unit’s VIN with the yard or lot it sits on.
- My truck is on a long-haul run and not in Texas right now. Will you pick it up out of state?Seventy-three Whitney drivers work beyond a hundred-mile radius in FMCSA’s census, so trucks are often away from home; we collect where the truck is. Give us the out-of-state address and the person holding the Whitney truck’s keys.