Pits off the bay road
Gravel pits north and north-west of Bon Secour
Baldwin Sand & Gravel, LLC. works 2.3 miles north-west of town, and Rueggs Pit lies 7.1 miles north, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration as sand and gravel operations. A dump truck or tractor that has shuttled aggregate from either one may still be parked at the pit gate or a nearby yard, and that is where we can collect it. Give us the pit name and the gate it sits behind when you get in touch.
Trucks that load at a pit tend to stay close to it between jobs, so a Bon Secour seller often has the truck on a work site rather than in a driveway. Tell us who holds the gate key or who to call on site, and send a few photos of the bed, the cab and the VIN plate so we know what we are coming out to.
Reefers to lowboys
Reefer, lumber, machinery and dry freight out of Bon Secour
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 12 active motor carriers based in Bon Secour, and the cargo they register splits evenly: two each for refrigerated food, general freight, logs, poles, beams and lumber, and machinery or large objects. That mix means a seller here might have a reefer tractor, a log truck, a lowboy hauler or a dry-van unit, and we buy each of those.
Of those carriers, the federal census counts 10 as intrastate and 2 as interstate, with 9 flagged as private fleets moving their own goods. If your truck carried your own business’s loads inside Alabama, have the registration and any annual inspection sheets handy; an interstate unit should come with its USDOT number noted as well.
Small outfits and one thirteen-unit operation
The largest Bon Secour fleet in FMCSA’s census runs 13 power units with 10 drivers, and the next two each run a single power unit with 2 drivers. Whether you are clearing one tractor or several, we handle each truck on its own title, so list the units you want gone and where each one is parked.
One new carrier registered here in 2025 and none in 2024, according to the same federal census. A recently started owner-operator selling a first truck needs the same things as a long-time operator: the title in the business or personal name it was registered under, the keys, and a phone number for whoever can meet us at the truck.
Mobile County office
The Michael Blvd. counter in Mobile
In Alabama, titles run through the Alabama Department of Revenue, and its County License Plate Issuing Officials handle the counter work. The Alabama Department of Revenue’s list of offices puts the Mobile County office at 3925 Michael Blvd., Suite F, Mobile, 36609, 34.9 miles from Bon Secour.
If the title is missing, start the replacement there before we schedule pickup, and bring your photo ID and the truck’s VIN. If a lender is still on the title, tell us at the start so the lien release can be lined up alongside the rest of the paperwork.
Soybeans, cattle and a manufacturing payroll
Across the county, 853 farms are counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, cattle and cotton at the top of the list. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and flatbeds used on those farms are trucks we purchase, and they can be collected from the field edge or the barn where they sit.
Jobs located in Bon Secour totaled 231 in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and 72 of them, a 31.2 percent share, were in manufacturing. A box truck or tractor that served a plant here may carry the company’s lettering; that is fine, but the person selling must hold the title or have the authority to sign it.
Base roads east
Properties out toward Barin Field and NOLF Wolf
Barin Field lies 7.5 miles north-east of Bon Secour and NOLF Wolf 11.1 miles east, both listed as military installations by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A truck stored on a property out toward either site is still within reach for collection; send us the street address rather than the installation name.
If the truck sits behind a controlled gate or on land you do not own, arrange access with the property holder before the visit and tell us any height or weight limits on the way in, so the right recovery truck is sent.
The questions we get asked in Bon Secour
- My aggregate truck sits behind a pit gate north of Bon Secour, so do you come out to the pit for it?Pits such as Baldwin Sand & Gravel, 2.3 miles north-west, and Rueggs Pit, 7.1 miles north, are listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from sites like those; tell us the gate and who can let us in.
- My title went missing and the truck is in Bon Secour, so which Mobile counter do I visit?The Mobile County office of the Alabama Department of Revenue’s County License Plate Issuing Officials, at 3925 Michael Blvd., Suite F, Mobile, is 34.9 miles from town; start the replacement there with your ID and the VIN.
- Do you buy reefer and log trucks here?Refrigerated food and logs, poles, beams and lumber each account for two of Bon Secour’s 12 active carriers in FMCSA’s census, and we buy tractors and trucks from both kinds of work.
- My private fleet only runs Alabama loads out of Bon Secour. Does that change anything for selling?Nine of the carriers based in Bon Secour are private fleets and ten are intrastate, per FMCSA’s carrier census, so that setup is common here; have the Alabama registration and title ready for each unit.