Pits below the town
Quarry haulers between Hazel Green and Huntsville
Two crushed-stone operations listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration lie just below town: Huntsville North Quarry, 10.5 miles south, and North Huntsville Quarry & Mill, 10.9 miles south-west. A dump truck or tri-axle that loads at either one is often parked at the pit or a yard near it at the end of a shift, so tell us which site and we will meet it there.
For a quarry truck, photograph the bed, the hoist and the tag axle along with the cab and the VIN plate. Keep the title and current registration together in the cab or in one folder at home, since those two papers are the first things we ask to see.
Construction work appears in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns as 30 establishments around Hazel Green, and the LEHD job counts for 2023 put 84 local jobs in that sector. If your truck was used on those jobsites, say which kind of work it did when you first contact us.
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 102 active carriers in and around Hazel Green, of which 36 run interstate and 66 stay inside Alabama. Whichever group you belong to, have your USDOT number handy when you reach out; we use it to match the truck to the authority it ran under.
Private fleets make up 67 of those registrations under the federal carrier census, meaning businesses hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire. A contractor or farm that owns a single truck can sell it just as a for-hire operator can; the title in the business name and someone authorized to sign for the company are what we need.
The three biggest operations near town run 14, 8 and 8 power units according to FMCSA records, with 7, 6 and 4 drivers. Most outfits here are small, so if you have two or three units to let go at once, list each VIN and where each one sits so a single visit can cover them.
Reported cargo
Lowboys, car haulers and box trucks out of Hazel Green
Among the cargo classes carriers report to FMCSA, 40 local outfits haul general freight, 26 move machinery and large objects, 20 carry motor vehicles and 17 handle farm supplies. A box truck, a lowboy tractor, a car hauler and a grain or fertilizer rig all fit what we take.
If yours pulled a lowboy or a step-deck for heavy equipment, tell us whether the trailer goes with the tractor or stays behind. For car haulers, note the ramp setup in your photos so the description matches the rig we arrive to collect.
Manufacturing accounts for 94 of the 1,060 jobs counted in Hazel Green by the Census Bureau’s LEHD figures for 2023, and wholesale trade adds 52. Delivery and shuttle trucks working those employers can be collected from the loading dock or the lot where they are kept.
Grain and supply rigs on Madison County farms
Corn leads the crop list for Madison County’s 928 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of cotton and soybeans. A grain truck or a farm-plated tractor is usually kept at the barn or the field edge, and that is a fine place for us to pick it up.
Give us directions past the last paved road if the truck is out on a farm lane, and mention any gate code or the name of the person who keeps the key. Farm plates and registration should stay with the title so the paperwork matches the vehicle on the day.
Radius, arsenal, rail
Local routes, Redstone Arsenal and the rail ramps
Drivers based here split between 127 who work within 100 miles and 66 who go farther, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For the 26 carriers reporting mileage in that census, the median truck covered 9,200 miles, a figure we note as context and nothing more.
Redstone Arsenal is 20.7 miles south of town on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of military installations. The Bureau also places the Huntsville intermodal ramp 22.4 miles south-west, and the North American Rail Network shows the Huntsville Intermodal yard at 22.1 miles. If your tractor is parked near any of these, give us the exact address and who can open the gate.
New registrations stay modest in the federal carrier census, with 4 carriers added in 2024 and 3 in 2025. If you started up recently and the truck is still financed, tell us the lender’s name so the lien release can be lined up alongside the title.
The questions we get asked in Hazel Green
- Do you buy trucks from a farm that only runs one unit?Madison County has 928 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and a single grain or farm-supply truck from any of them is welcome. The title in the farm’s or owner’s name is what we need to see.