Coal and stone sites
Coal, stone and gravel around Hanceville
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places the Dodge Mine coal preparation plant 11.9 miles south-west of Hanceville and the Black Warrior Mine No 1 coal mine 23.2 miles to the south. A dump truck or tractor that has shuttled between those two sites may still be parked near one of them, and that is fine: give us the site address and the name of whoever controls the gate, and we collect it there.
Crushed stone comes out of Mine #1, 17.6 miles south, and the Brooksville Quarry, 17.9 miles east, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. If your truck hauled aggregate out of either, have the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the bed, the frame and the cab ready before you call.
East and north-east of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Gargus Borrow Pit for sand and gravel at 20 miles, TREMENDOUS PIT for dimension stone at 20.3 miles, and Guntersville Sand at 23 miles. Pit #1, another dimension-stone quarry, lies 23.1 miles west in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Tell us which of these pits the truck served and send the VIN, so our first questions are about the truck itself.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 149 active carriers based in Hanceville; 51 list general freight, 44 list machinery and large objects, 35 list farm supplies and 31 list logs, poles, beams and lumber. Lowboys, flatbeds, log trucks and dry vans all fit that mix, and we buy each of them from owners here.
Of those carriers, the federal census shows 117 operating intrastate and 31 interstate, with 94 running as private fleets that move their own goods. If your truck worked inside a private fleet, the registration may sit in the business name, so have the person who can sign for that business on hand when we talk.
Hanceville’s three biggest fleets on the FMCSA roster run 96, 35 and 11 power units. Whether you are letting go of one truck from a small outfit or several from a larger yard, list each VIN with its title status, and we line up the collection for every unit together.
Radius and bridges
Short hauls, long hauls and Cullman County bridges
Drivers here split almost evenly by FMCSA’s carrier census: 218 work within 100 miles of base and 228 go beyond it. A truck on longer runs may be sitting at a terminal or a customer’s lot out of state when you decide to sell, so tell us the exact address where it is parked today.
Across 19 local carriers that report mileage, the median truck covered 18,142 miles a year according to FMCSA’s census filings. Read the odometer and photograph it alongside the dashboard; that single picture answers several of our questions at once.
Of the 23 bridges the National Bridge Inventory records for Hanceville, 10 carry a posted load limit and none has clearance under 14 feet. When you describe the pickup spot, mention any posted bridge on the way in, and we plan the recovery truck’s route around it.
How old the Hanceville trucks inspected roadside are
Have the model year, make and engine on the title or registration in front of you when you reach out.
Those same inspection records show 30.8 percent of the inspected Hanceville trucks at ten or more model years old. Newer or older, every unit is handled the same way: title, registration, VIN and photos, and a pickup arranged at the truck’s location.
Cattle, grain and Cullman County jobs
Cattle lead soybeans and corn across the 1,574 Cullman County farms tallied in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and feed trucks that sit on a farm between seasons can be collected from the farm itself; send directions to the barn or field gate where the truck stands.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 1,762 jobs in Hanceville in 2023, 195 of them, or 11.1 percent, in manufacturing. Plant delivery trucks and contractors’ dump and flatbed units can be sold from the shop yard where they are kept.
The Hanceville seller’s title and paper trail
A Hanceville truck changes hands on its Alabama title, so look for it first and check that the name on it matches the seller. If it has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a replacement, and it helps to start that request before we arrange collection.
Keep service records, inspection reports and any lien release together with the title. If a lender is still listed, tell us its name early; the sale can go ahead once the lien release is in hand.
The questions we get asked in Hanceville
- Can my dump truck stay at the Brooksville Quarry while Hanceville is home?The Brooksville Quarry sits 17.9 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from sites like it where the truck stands. Give us the quarry name and a contact who can let the recovery truck through the gate.
- Do you buy log trucks and farm-supply haulers from Cullman County?Thirty-one Hanceville carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber and 35 list farm supplies in FMCSA’s carrier census, and we purchase both kinds of truck. Send the VIN, the title status and photos of the cab and frame to start.
- My Alabama title for the Hanceville truck is lost; can the sale still happen?Hanceville trucks are titled in Alabama, and a lost title is replaced through the state’s title agency. Tell us it is missing when you first contact us, so the rest of the sale is ready when the replacement arrives.