Eagle Pass Equipment Appraisal

Eagle Pass truck, trailer and heavy equipment valuations. Starting at $295.

A red and green Ferromex locomotive and a boxcar crossing the orange steel rail bridge between Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, above the river and its reeds — Image credit: Miguel Angel Rodriguez via Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0

Eagle Pass equipment appraisal puts a certified value, in writing, on each piece of heavy equipment a Maverick County business owns. That includes the semi trucks and trailers of a carrier, the forklifts in a warehouse or a freight yard, a contractor’s excavators, dozers and skid steers, which are small loaders that turn by running each side at its own speed, or a ranch’s tractors. Every report is signed by a CMEA (Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser) and follows USPAP, which stands for Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

A whole fleet can go in one report, a line to a truck and a line to a trailer.
Desktop appraisals work from the photos and records you send, and the trucks stay on their runs.
An inspection is set up whenever the lender or the court has to have the equipment looked at.
Where each unit is registered and based is recorded when you tell us.
Before any work, the quote spells out the fee and the day of delivery.

USPAP-compliant
Signed by a CMEA
Rated 5.0 on Google

A military cargo truck with a camouflage cover, loaded with taped boxes, parked beside a white box trailer in a parking lot in Eagle Pass, Texas — The white box trailer is priced on its length, its age, and the state of its floor, its doors and its landing gear, the legs that hold up its front when it is parked.Image credit: Earl Armstrong, FEMA via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under Public Domain

Two yellow John Deere 333G compact track loaders parked side by side with their arms raised beside a wire-topped fence near Eagle Pass, Texas, with soldiers in camouflage standing by — Two loaders of one model can sell far apart, depending on their hours, the wear on their tracks and whether the cab is enclosed.Image credit: Maj. David Kilbourne, Texas Military Department via DVIDS, licensed under Public Domain

How do I get equipment appraised in Eagle Pass?

1. What is being appraised

First the form wants to know the kind of equipment and the count.

2. The rest of the form

Three more answers finish it: desktop or on-site work with the equipment’s city, the date the report is needed, and an email address for the quote.

3. One line per truck and per trailer

After the quote is approved, send the fleet list. Every truck and every trailer gets a line with its identification number, miles where there are any, where it is registered, and photos.

What should an Eagle Pass equipment owner know first?

The appraisal district: Property in a Texas county is valued for tax by its appraisal district. Maverick County’s is the Maverick County Appraisal District on North Veterans Boulevard in Eagle Pass. The yearly list of equipment and other business property that an owner gives the district is called a rendition. Maverick County Appraisal District
When the list is due: The Maverick district’s FAQ says to file a rendition after January 1 and no later than April 15. That is the date in Texas Tax Code section 22.23, which also says the chief appraiser extends it to May 15 on the owner’s written request.
A table with almost no labels: The depreciation table the Maverick district posts is a set of columns by average life in years, from 2 years to 30, and most of them stop at 10 percent of cost. Depreciation is the markdown for age. The file has only two labels, “Mobile Homes & Trailer” on one 15-year column and “HEB Equip” on a one-column sheet. It names no truck, no excavator and no forklift.
Two federal courts in two cities: Maverick County is in the Del Rio Division of the federal district court, whose clerk is on East Broadway in Del Rio. The bankruptcy court for the same district has no Del Rio division, and its San Antonio Division lists Maverick County.
How soon: Once every record and photo is in, a desktop report is ready in 7 to 10 business days. A rush on one or two units takes 24 to 48 hours. An inspection adds travel time.
Fee: Starting at $295. The size of the fleet, an inspection and a rush each raise it.

What is particular to trucks and equipment in Eagle Pass?

Trucks and trailers that can carry Mexican plates, a county table that names almost no equipment, and machines that work in rental fleets.

Trucks and trailers that carry Mexican plates

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) says Mexican vehicles that stay inside a border commercial zone, the area near the border where they are allowed to operate, do not need the additional Texas registration that vehicles traveling beyond it need. Its table gives Eagle Pass a zone of 4 miles from the city limits. So a truck or trailer in a file from here can carry Mexican plates. Miles, engine and condition price a truck. Type, length and the condition of the floor price a trailer. Where a unit is registered and where it is kept belong on the list beside its vehicle identification number (VIN).

A county table that names almost nothing

The Maverick district’s table is columns of years, and its two labels are “Mobile Homes & Trailer” on one 15-year column and “HEB Equip” on a one-column sheet, so it does not show which life a semi truck, an excavator or a forklift is given. Most of its columns end at 10 percent, and the “Mobile Homes & Trailer” column ends at 29 percent. Ask the district which column it used for each unit. When you send the list, each unit can be given a market value of its own to set beside that figure.

Earthmoving machines and rental fleets

TexPart Co. on U.S. 57 lists mini excavators, forklifts, double drum rollers and skid loaders for rent. A machine that has worked in a rental fleet can carry more hours for its age than one a single owner ran, and buyers ask for the hour meter reading. For an excavator or a dozer they look next at the undercarriage, the tracks and the rollers they run on. A skid steer is a compact loader that turns by driving its left and right sides at different speeds, and its price follows its tires or tracks and the attachments, such as buckets and forks, that sell with it.

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What equipment is appraised in Eagle Pass?

Trucking, yard, construction and ranch equipment in Maverick County, from a single trailer to a fleet.

Semi trucks

Semi trucks and dump trucks. Send the VIN, the miles and the engine make.

Trailers

Flatbeds, lowboys, which are low trailers for machines, and the rest of a fleet’s trailers. Give the length and the year of each.

Yard equipment

Forklifts and yard tractors, the short trucks that move trailers around a freight yard.

Earthmoving

Excavators, dozers, motor graders, wheel loaders, and skid steers or compact track loaders, the tracked version of a skid steer, each with its hours.

Oilfield trucks

Vacuum trucks, which carry liquid in a tank, and winch trucks, which pull loads onto the bed by cable.

Ranch and farm machinery

Tractors, their loaders and hay equipment.

If yours is not here, describe it on the form.

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How do I choose an appraiser for an Eagle Pass fleet?

Do they ask where each truck and trailer is registered?

In a border town a truck or trailer can carry Mexican plates as well as Texas plates, because Texas lets Mexican vehicles that stay in the border zone run without the extra registration. An appraiser who asks for each unit’s registration and base gives a lender or a court a list it can follow.

Will each unit have a value of its own?

The Maverick district’s table names no truck and has one column labeled “Mobile Homes & Trailer,” so a single fleet total cannot show how any one unit compares with the district’s columns. Ask for a figure on every unit.

Do they know which court is where?

Maverick County is in the Del Rio Division for the district court, and the bankruptcy court lists the county under its San Antonio Division. Give the date from whichever court set it when the form asks for your deadline.

Which offices and courts see an Eagle Pass equipment file?

The appraisal district. The Maverick district’s forms page has the notice an owner files to protest a value. A protest is a formal objection, heard by the appraisal review board, a panel of local residents, and an owner can bring evidence of value to it. Maverick County Appraisal District

The federal courts. Federal law places Maverick County in the Del Rio Division of the Western District of Texas, with court held at Del Rio. The bankruptcy court for the Western District lists its divisions as Austin, El Paso, Midland, San Antonio and Waco, and Maverick County is on the San Antonio list. The San Antonio Division’s office is in the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building on East Houston Street.

Lenders and the SBA. The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) lists Maverick County among the counties its San Antonio office serves. A bank will say whether it wants fair market value, what the equipment brings in a normal sale, or orderly liquidation value, what it brings when the sale has a deadline. The second is the lower of the two.

What do I send for an Eagle Pass appraisal?

The fleet or equipment list, one unit to a line.
Year, make and model, with the VIN or the serial number.
Miles for trucks and hours for machines.
Where each truck and trailer is registered and where it is kept.
Photos of each unit, its identification plate and its odometer or hour meter.
The lender’s or the court’s date, if one has been set.

Which parts of Maverick County are covered?

Eagle Pass and the rest of Maverick County, including:

Eagle Pass
Quemado
El Indio
Rosita
Elm Creek
Seco Mines
Normandy
Las Quintas Fronterizas
Chula Vista
Fabrica
Eidson Road
Siesta Acres
Radar Base

Webb County, where Laredo sits, is on the same SBA San Antonio list as Maverick County but is in the Southern District of Texas. Laredo heavy equipment appraisal

The bankruptcy division and the SBA office for Maverick County are both in San Antonio. San Antonio equipment appraisal

Texas equipment appraisal statewide

What else do owners ask an Eagle Pass equipment appraiser?

Is there a federal court in Eagle Pass?

No. Federal law, 28 U.S.C. 124, says court for the Del Rio Division, which includes Maverick County, is held at Del Rio, and the district court’s office list shows no Eagle Pass office. The bankruptcy court lists the county under its San Antonio Division.

What should I send for a trailer that carries Mexican plates?

Send its registration, its identification number, its type and length, and photos, and say where it is kept. If a lender or a court has asked for the report, say so when you describe the equipment on the form.

Which heavy equipment businesses are in Eagle Pass?

HOLT CAT has an Eagle Pass store on Arturo Flores Drive, and its page there lists parts for Cat skid steers, track loaders, excavators, motor graders, backhoes and dozers. TexPart Co. on U.S. 57 rents construction equipment for Eagle Pass and Roma.

Do you appraise equipment in Del Rio or Uvalde?

Yes. Val Verde County and Uvalde County are in the same Del Rio Division as Maverick County, and both are on the bankruptcy court’s San Antonio list. Each has its own appraisal district.

Request an Eagle Pass equipment appraisal quote

Semi trucks, trailers, forklifts, yard tractors, excavators, dozers, skid steers and tractors in Maverick County, appraised for carriers, contractors, ranches, lenders and courts. You answer four short questions on the form, and the quote comes to your email.