Two hundred and twenty carriers in and around Andalusia
For a seller, that usually means the truck is parked somewhere in Covington County or close to it, so give us the yard or farm address and we will collect it there.
A private-fleet tractor or straight truck often has its service history kept in-house; pull those records together with the title before you call, and the questions we ask will be short ones.
New registrations add to the list each year: the census shows 9 carriers starting up in 2025 and 7 in 2024. If you are one of those newer outfits and are trimming a unit, the registration and the title in your company’s name are the two papers to find first.
Logs, machinery and general freight
In FMCSA’s census, 82 Andalusia carriers list general freight and 77 list machinery and large objects. Lowboys, step-decks and the tractors that pull them fit what we purchase; photograph the tractor and the trailer separately so each is clear.
Sixty-four local carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber in the FMCSA census, and 44 list farm supplies. A log truck with a loader, or a tractor that pulls a pole trailer, is something to describe up front: tell us what equipment is mounted and whether it goes with the sale.
The census puts mileage at a median of 13,992 miles a year per truck across the 55 carriers that reported it. Write down the odometer reading and the VIN when you first contact us; both go on the paperwork.
Quarries and stagefields around town
Cedar Creek Pit, a crushed-stone quarry 22.3 miles west of town, and Dig In Mining, another 23.9 miles to the south-east, both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your dump truck or tractor is parked at a pit, tell us whose site it is and who can open the gate on collection day.
To the east, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places Skelly Stagefield 20.6 miles out and Runkle Stagefield 22.9 miles out, both military installations. A truck stored on a base or behind a controlled gate needs a contact who can sign us in, so name that person when you reach us.
Plants, wholesale yards and Covington County farms
Manufacturing accounts for 1,477 of Andalusia’s 6,402 jobs, a 23.1 percent share in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. Box trucks and tractors tied to a plant or a wholesale yard can be collected from the loading area if the site allows it; ask the yard manager first.
A grain truck, cattle hauler or flatbed kept on a farm is often titled to the farm itself, so check whose name is on the title before we schedule anything.
For building work, County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau counts 26 construction establishments here. A contractor’s dump truck or flatbed parked on a job site can be picked up where it sits once the site is clear for us to reach it.
Whatever the model year of yours, have the registration card and any inspection reports ready to share.
The three biggest local fleets in the FMCSA census run 155, 91 and 26 power units, against 149, 29 and 25 drivers. If you manage several units and want to sell more than one, list each VIN and where it is parked so the collections can be planned together.
Short runs and longer hauls from Andalusia
Drivers working for Andalusia carriers number 571 within a 100-mile radius and 365 beyond it, by FMCSA’s census. A truck that runs local routes is usually back in town at night, which makes it simple to meet; one on longer hauls may sit at a terminal elsewhere, so tell us where it will be.
Whichever kind of driving your truck does, send photos of the cab, the frame, the tires and the fifth wheel. Those, the title and the VIN are what we need to start.