Stone and coal westward
Quarries and coal mines toward the Warrior field
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Adamsville crushed-stone quarry 2.9 miles west of Graysville, with the Bessie Mine quarry 5.4 miles out on the same side. A dump truck or tractor that has worked those pits may well be parked at the quarry when you sell it; tell us which one, and who can let us onto the site for collection.
Coal sits a little farther out. Fishtrap, a coal mine 7.5 miles west, and Black Warrior Mine No 1, 8.5 miles to the north-east, both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Four Graysville carriers list coal and coke as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, so if your truck ran coal, send the VIN, a photo of the title and pictures of the cab, frame and bed together.
Rail yards at Ensley and fuel tanks near Birmingham
Nine miles south of Graysville, the North American Rail Network maps the Ensley rail yard, and East Thomas lies 9.2 miles to the south-east. Day cabs that shuttle loads to those yards can be collected wherever they are kept between runs, at a yard, a shop or your home, so give us that address when you get in touch.
Tankers have their own stop south-east of town: the Energy Information Administration lists the BIRMINGHAM petroleum product terminal 9.4 miles away, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Blendstar liquid bulk terminal at that same distance. For a tank truck or a tractor that pulled a tank trailer, have its registration and any terminal inspection records on hand when we talk.
Coal, car hauling and freight on in-state runs
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 18 active carriers based in Graysville; 15 operate intrastate and 3 cross state lines, while 6 run private fleets for their own goods. If your truck stayed inside Alabama, its state registration is what we will ask to see alongside the title.
General freight is the cargo listed most often, by 6 carriers in that census, with motor vehicles named by 4 and machinery or large objects by 3. Car haulers, lowboys and flatbeds all fit what we buy, so tell us the trailer type along with the tractor and we will cover both in one conversation.
Of the drivers registered to Graysville carriers, 70 work within 100 miles and 10 travel past that, according to FMCSA’s census. That same census puts the three biggest local fleets at 18, 12 and 11 power units; an owner selling several units can list them all at once, each with its VIN and title.
Roads to pickup
Nineteen bridges with no load postings
The National Bridge Inventory records 19 bridges around Graysville, and it lists none of them as load-posted and none with clearance under fourteen feet. A loaded tractor or a tall box truck can be reached on local roads without a detour, so a pickup at your yard or driveway is simple to arrange.
Send us the street address where the truck sits and a note on whether a gate, a fence or a soft yard stands between it and the road. That is enough for us to plan the trip out from town.
A Birmingham courthouse suite for lost titles
Titles in this state come from the Alabama Department of Revenue, and its county license plate issuing official for Graysville is Jefferson County, at 716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N., County Courthouse, Suite A-100, Birmingham, 35203, the address the Alabama Department of Revenue publishes. The Department of Revenue’s listing puts that office 10.9 miles from town, and it is where to start a replacement if your title has gone missing.
If the title shows a lienholder, bring the release with you, and keep the truck’s registration in the cab. With the replacement in hand, the rest of the sale can move ahead.
Wholesale and cattle
Wholesale jobs, builders and cattle farms
Workplaces in Graysville held 446 jobs in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, with wholesale trade accounting for 61 of them, a 13.7 percent share. Box trucks and straight trucks that make wholesale deliveries are welcome too; photos of the box, the liftgate and the cab are a good start.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 5 construction establishments in Graysville, so dump trucks and equipment haulers belong on the list of what we collect. Across Jefferson County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 398 farms, with cattle and cut Christmas trees among the top listings; a livestock hauler or farm truck qualifies too.
The questions we get asked in Graysville
- Our dump truck sits at the Bessie Mine quarry outside Graysville, so can your driver load it out of that stone pit?Adamsville quarry, 2.9 miles west by Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and Bessie Mine at 5.4 miles are both places we can go to collect a truck. Let us know who manages the site so the pickup can be arranged with them.
- With my Graysville truck’s title missing, which Jefferson County desk issues the replacement?Jefferson County acts as the Alabama Department of Revenue’s license plate issuing official, in Suite A-100 of the County Courthouse at 716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N. in Birmingham, which the Alabama Department of Revenue lists 10.9 miles from Graysville. Once the reissued title arrives, a photo of it lets the Graysville sale carry on.
- I run a coal truck that stays on Alabama roads, mostly near Fishtrap; would you take it on?Four Graysville carriers list coal and coke in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 15 of the town’s 18 carriers run intrastate, so a coal truck that never left Alabama fits right in. Send the VIN and the title photo to begin.