Pits on both roads
Quarry roads north and south of Bear Creek
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 4E Aggregates, a crushed-stone quarry, 15.2 miles north of Bear Creek, with the Rockwood Mine, which cuts dimension stone, 17.5 miles up the same direction. If your dump truck or tractor has been loading at either pit, it may well be parked near the quarry gate rather than in town, and that is fine; give us the site address and we will plan collection there.
Heading south instead, MARION COUNTY ROCK appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a crushed-stone quarry 17.7 miles out of Bear Creek. A truck that has shuttled rock from that site should come with its registration and any maintenance log you kept, plus photos of the bed, the frame and the cab, so we see the whole unit before we arrive.
Sand and gravel are worked further out: All Star Sand & Gravel, Inc. sits 21.5 miles south and RIVER ROAD SAND AND GRAVEL 23.7 miles south-west, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list of operations. If your tandem or end-dump spent its seasons between those pits and job sites, tell us where it stands today and whether a rollback can reach it.
Bear Creek carriers
A dozen carriers with logs and lumber on their books
Twelve active carriers are registered around Bear Creek in FMCSA’s carrier census, and three of them list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo, the same count that lists general freight. A log truck or a flatbed tractor that has worked the timber side of that mix is one we buy; keep the title and the knuckleboom or trailer details together when you reach out.
Among those twelve, one hauls dry bulk commodities and one carries garbage, refuse and trash, again according to the federal carrier census kept by FMCSA. A pneumatic tanker tractor or a roll-off and refuse body both qualify, so tell us the body type and the VIN at the start and we can ask the right follow-up questions.
Ten of the town’s registered carriers run intrastate only and two cross state lines, by FMCSA’s census, while five are private fleets moving their own goods. If your truck carried freight for your own business rather than for hire, that changes nothing about selling it; the paperwork we need is the same.
Eighteen, thirteen, one
Bear Creek’s three biggest rosters, unit by unit
Bear Creek’s biggest registered fleet runs 18 power units with 18 drivers, the next 13 power units with 6 drivers, and the third a single tractor and its driver, figures that come from FMCSA’s carrier census. Whether you are retiring one unit or thinning several, list each VIN with its title status and we can arrange pickups truck by truck.
FMCSA’s census also records two new carriers registering here in 2025 and none in 2024. A carrier that opened recently and is now changing direction can sell a tractor the same way a long-standing fleet does: title in the registered name, registration current, and a few clear photos.
Drivers based in town are split by FMCSA’s carrier records between 14 who stay within 100 miles and 21 who run further. A truck from the longer-haul group may be parked at a terminal or a customer’s yard when you decide to sell, so give us that location rather than your home address.
Payroll on the line
Box trucks and day cabs behind Bear Creek’s factory jobs
Manufacturing accounts for 77.7 percent of the work located in Bear Creek, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts showed for 2023. Box trucks, day cabs and yard tractors that have served plants like these are part of what we buy, so tell us what the truck pulled or carried and where it is stored.
Out of 337 positions counted in town by the LEHD job counts for 2023, 262 were in manufacturing. If your truck was tied to a plant contract, gather the registration and any service records the shop kept, since those answer most of the questions we would otherwise ask.
Livestock and grain around the town
Cattle, corn and soybeans lead the farm list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, which counted 612 farms across Marion County, the county Bear Creek sits in. Grain trucks, cattle haulers and farm tractors pulling hopper trailers are all trucks we collect, often straight from the barn lot or the field edge.
A farm truck in Alabama still needs its title in hand to sell, so look for it before harvest ends rather than after. Snap photos of the bed or trailer, the tires and the dash, then send them with the VIN and the farm’s address.
Titles in Alabama are handled by the Alabama Department of Revenue through County License Plate Issuing Officials, and the one the department lists nearest Bear Creek is the Lawrence County office at 14451 Market St., Moulton, 35650, about 28.6 miles away. If the title is missing, that office is where a replacement application starts.
Before driving to Moulton, check the name on the registration matches yours and bring the VIN and your ID. A duplicate in hand is what lets us collect the truck, so start that application before you send us photos.
The questions we get asked in Bear Creek
- Will you collect a dump truck sitting at a crushed-stone pit north of Bear Creek?Quarries such as 4E Aggregates, 15.2 miles north on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, are places we collect from; send us the site address and gate details.
- Is a Bear Creek log hauler with a lumber trailer something you take?Logs, poles, beams and lumber show up as cargo for three of Bear Creek’s carriers in FMCSA’s census, and log trucks and flatbed tractors from that work are trucks we purchase.
- Bear Creek private fleet carrying our own product: does a not-for-hire tractor qualify?Five of Bear Creek’s registered carriers are private fleets in FMCSA’s census, and a truck from one sells with the same title and registration as a for-hire unit.