Sand, gravel, minerals
Gravel, minerals and stone around Fayette
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places West Alabama Sand & Gravel 5 miles north-east of Fayette and the Bankston Mine, an industrial-mineral mine, 10 miles east. A dump truck that has shuttled between those two sites can stay parked at the yard or the pit while you sell it; send us the gate address and the name of whoever holds the key.
Further out, All Star Sand & Gravel lies 17.8 miles north and MARION COUNTY ROCK, a crushed-stone quarry, sits 22.6 miles north-east, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. If your tri-axle or end-dump hauled aggregate from either one, photograph the bed, the hoist and the cab with the VIN plate in frame, and have the title in your name before we talk.
Blue Creek
Coal hauling east toward Blue Creek
Blue Creek Mine No. 1 is 23.7 miles east of town and Blue Creek Processing, a coal preparation plant, is 24.2 miles east, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A tractor or dump truck that ran coal between the mine and the plant may still be sitting on a contractor lot out that way, and we can collect it there rather than in Fayette.
Before collection at a mine-side lot, confirm who controls access and whether a site escort is needed, and keep any site paperwork the truck carried with the title.
Log trucks, flatbeds and grain trailers in town
Logs, poles, beams and lumber appear as cargo for 47 of the 101 active Fayette carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census. Log trucks with knuckleboom loaders, pole trailers and the tractors that pull them all fit what we buy; tell us whether the loader and trailer go with the tractor or are sold separately.
FMCSA’s carrier census also shows 42 Fayette carriers hauling general freight, 30 moving machinery and large objects, and 22 carrying grain, feed or hay. For a lowboy or a hopper trailer, a photo of the trailer’s own VIN plate and its registration card saves a second round of questions.
Splitting those 101 Fayette operators by type, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 77 intrastate, 24 interstate and 50 running private fleets for their own goods. If a mill, farm or plant holds the title rather than you, the officer who signs its paperwork has to sign the truck over too, so ask them before we schedule anything.
How many trucks Fayette fleets run, and how old
The three biggest fleets registered in Fayette run 12, 10 and 8 power units, going by FMCSA’s carrier census. An owner retiring several units at once can list them together with VINs and locations, and we can plan one trip to collect them.
A typical Fayette truck logs 27,500 miles a year, the median among the 22 local carriers that report mileage on FMCSA’s carrier census. Jot the odometer from the dash onto your phone along with the VIN, and both numbers will be at hand the moment we pick up the call.
Roadside inspections recorded by FMCSA between September 2024 and August 2026 covered 40 trucks from Fayette, with a median model year of 2013 and 57.5 percent ten or more years old. Whatever year yours is, the model year and engine make printed on the registration are what we need to start.
Jobs and cropland
Manufacturing payrolls, contractors and corn and cotton farms
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 3,047 jobs in Fayette in 2023, with 696 of them, 22.8 percent, in manufacturing and 114 in construction. Box trucks and straight trucks that served a plant dock are often titled to the company, so check whose name is on the title before you reach out.
Building contractors account for 11 Fayette establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor’s dump truck or flatbed can be collected from a job site or a shop yard; give us the address where it is parked today.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 329 farms in Fayette County, growing mainly corn, cotton and soybeans. A farm truck, grain hauler or cotton module trailer can be picked up from the farm itself; have the title ready and note any farm tag on the registration.
The questions we get asked in Fayette
- The log truck is still out on a cutting tract past Fayette, so must I haul it to town?With 47 Fayette carriers listing logs and lumber as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, we expect trucks to be out in the woods. Leave it where it sits and send us directions and a gate contact.
- I can’t find the paper title for my Fayette log tractor; where does a replacement come from?A duplicate comes from the state’s title agency in Alabama, and it should be in hand before collection. Put that application in now, and meanwhile text us the VIN and a few cab photos so the rest is ready when it arrives.
- Can you collect a dump truck at a gravel pit near Fayette?West Alabama Sand & Gravel is 5 miles north-east of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and a pit like that is a normal pickup spot for us. Name the person with the pit gate key and describe where on the pad the dump truck stands.
- Our sawmill crew runs a handful of trucks; can the whole Fayette group be bought at once?Fayette’s largest registered fleets run 8 to 12 power units on FMCSA’s carrier census, and a group like that can go in one sale. List each truck’s VIN, location and titled owner, and have an authorised signer ready.