If your truck has only ever worked inside Alabama, the Alabama title and registration in your name are the two papers to find before you call us.
Of those 48 carriers, 18 are private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. A contractor or sawmill that owns its tractors falls in that group; if the truck is titled to the business, have the person who can sign for the company on hand when we arrange collection.
Fleets here are small: the federal carrier census shows the three biggest Brent operations with 14, 12 and 6 power units. Selling one truck out of a group like that is common, so tell us which unit it is by VIN and leave the rest of the fleet out of it.
Twenty Brent carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, the same count as list general freight. A log truck or a flatbed that has pulled timber off Bibb County tracts is a truck we purchase; send photos of the bunks, the stakes and the trailer coupling along with the cab.
Machinery and large objects are carried by 18 local carriers, and 6 haul motor vehicles, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For a lowboy tractor or a car hauler, note the trailer setup in your first message and include the registration, so the paperwork and the photos describe the same rig.
If your dump truck or equipment hauler served those job sites, list it with any service records you have kept.
Coal, stone and mineral sites near town
If your dump truck or tractor is parked at a quarry lot, give us the gate contact and the hours the site is open so the collection can be booked with them.
Two coal mines, Camp Cherry Austin and Rockcastle Mine, sit 14.5 miles north of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and Reynolds Mine, an industrial-mineral site, is 21.9 miles south-east. A truck kept at a mine yard can stay there; we come to it, so send the mine name and the spot where it is parked.
Rail yards toward Vance and Roberta
The Mercedes-Benz Plant rail yard lies 16.6 miles north of Brent on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tractors that shuttle between that yard and the plant gates can be collected where they are parked; tell us whether the lot needs a badge or an escort to enter.
Roberta, a second rail yard on the same federal network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration, is 23.7 miles east of town. If your truck has worked that yard and is stored nearby, a street address or a dropped map pin is enough for us to plan the trip out.
Have the model year and VIN from the registration card ready; those two lines answer most of what we ask first.
Whichever side of that line your truck falls on, the title, the registration and recent inspection reports are what to gather before you reach out.
Eight Brent carriers report mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census, and their median is 30,000 miles per truck. Read the odometer before you call and include a photo of it, so the figure you give matches the one we see.
If you started hauling recently and bought the truck on a loan, ask the lender for the lien release now; a clear title in your name is part of the sale.
When a title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues the replacement, and the request goes in under the name printed on the registration. Start that early; we can talk through the rest of the sale while the duplicate is on its way.
Cattle and goat farms in Bibb County
A livestock hauler or farm truck parked in a pasture or barn can be collected right there; tell us whether the lane to it is gravel or dirt.
Farm trucks are often titled to a family member or to the farm. Check the name on the Alabama title against the name of whoever will sign, and if they differ, sort out who signs before the pickup date.
The questions we get asked in Brent
- I run a small private fleet hauling machinery. Can I sell one tractor and keep the rest?Eighteen of Brent’s 48 carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census are private fleets, and selling a single unit out of one is routine for us. Give us that tractor’s VIN and title, and the rest of your fleet is not involved.