Stone north-west, gravel west
Rock, sand and gravel west of Carbon Hill
Up the road 12.1 miles north-west of Carbon Hill, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists MARION COUNTY ROCK, a crushed-stone quarry and the nearest pit on its map of the area. A dump truck or tractor that loads stone there may be parked at the quarry yard rather than at home, so give us the street address or the gate it sits behind and a phone number for whoever holds the key.
Westward, the Mine Safety and Health Administration places the All Star Sand & Gravel pit 15.3 miles out and West Alabama Sand & Gravel 18.1 miles to the south-west. If your truck has spent its days between those two pits, photograph the bed, the frame and the tires as well as the cab, and send the VIN with the pictures.
Choctaw and Blue Creek coal
Coal haulers on the road to Choctaw and Blue Creek
Choctaw Mine, a coal mine, lies 19.1 miles south-east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Due south, the Blue Creek coal mine and its preparation plant sit about 21.5 and 22.2 miles away in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. A tractor or end-dump assigned to that run can stay where it is parked; we arrange collection at the site once you tell us who can let us in.
Two industrial-mineral operations round out the map, with GOB Farms 13.1 miles east and Bankston Mine 18.6 miles south-west in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If the truck you want to sell is still on a mine property, ask the site office whether outside vehicles need an escort, and pass that on to us before the day of pickup.
Carbon Hill’s 39 registered haulers
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 39 active carriers registered in Carbon Hill, and 12 of them list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo while 14 list general freight. Log trucks and flatbeds are as familiar here as box trucks, and we take either; tell us the trailer setup and whether a loader or a headache rack is fitted.
Ten carriers in town haul machinery and large objects and seven move motor vehicles, by the same federal census. Lowboys, rollbacks and car haulers fit those lines of work, and the registration card plus a photo of the data plate on each trailer will answer most of our first questions.
Mostly local routes, mostly in-state
Of Carbon Hill’s registered carriers, FMCSA lists 34 as intrastate and only 5 as interstate, and 23 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck that never left Alabama still needs its Alabama title and current registration in hand when we collect it, so find both before you call.
Driver counts filed with the federal carrier census put 56 drivers on short local routes and 25 on longer runs beyond that radius. Among the six carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median was 12,712 miles a year per truck. Have your own odometer reading ready, as we ask for it alongside the VIN.
One eleven-truck outfit and many owner-operators
The biggest operation in town, per FMCSA records, runs 11 power units with 11 drivers, and the next two each run 3 trucks with 2 drivers. Owners selling one truck or several can list every VIN in one message, and we work out collection for all of them from wherever they are parked around Carbon Hill.
Federal registrations also show 3 new carriers opening in Carbon Hill during 2025 after none in 2024. If you bought a truck recently and are selling it on, the purchase paperwork and the title assigned to you are what we need to see.
Alabama titles are handled by the Alabama Department of Revenue through County License Plate Issuing Officials, and the one serving this area is Walker County at 1900 3rd Ave., Jasper, 35502, about 14.7 miles from Carbon Hill. If the title is missing, start the replacement there, and sell once the new title shows your name.
When a lender still holds a lien, ask it for a lien release letter and bring it to the Jasper office with your ID and registration. The Alabama Department of Revenue’s title-application guidance covers the forms; once the title is back in your name, send us a photo of both sides.
Cattle, horses and town employers
Walker County holds 437 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by cattle, horses and cut flowers. Stock trailers and the farm trucks that pull them are welcome; if the truck carries farm plates, tell us and bring the registration that goes with them.
Carbon Hill employers held 437 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Whether your truck worked for one of those employers or for the mines around town, a short note on what it hauled helps us ask the right questions about it.
The questions we get asked in Carbon Hill
- The log truck sits at a cutting site past Carbon Hill. Can it stay put?Twelve Carbon Hill carriers haul logs and lumber according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and many of their trucks sit at cutting sites. Leave it where it is, send us the location and a contact, and we collect it there.
- Will you collect a truck from a mine or quarry?Coal, stone and gravel sites from 12.1 to 22.2 miles out ring the town on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we arrange pickup at the site. Tell us the site rules for visitors before collection.