Quarries and coal
Stone pits west and south, coal plant north
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places Crimson Stone, a crushed-stone quarry, 2.2 miles west of Hueytown, with Bessemer Quarry 2.8 miles to the south. A dump truck or tractor that has shuttled stone out of either pit is one we collect, and it can stay at the quarry lot or your house while we arrange it. Have the title in your name and photos of the bed, cab and plate before you call.
Oak Grove Preparation Plant, a coal operation 3.5 miles north of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and the Bessemer Shale Mine 5.7 miles south-east round out the mine sites close by. If your truck is kept on a site like these, tell us who controls the gate so a pickup can be cleared with them, and send any service records you kept while it worked there.
Containers off the Bessemer and Birmingham ramps
Just 3.9 miles east, the Central Alabama ICTF at Bessemer is a rail intermodal ramp in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and the same agency lists the Birmingham ramp 7.5 miles south. Day cabs pulling chassis between those ramps and local warehouses are part of what we purchase. Give us the VIN and the odometer reading first, then the registration.
Flintridge and Elliot, two rail yards 6.5 and 7.4 miles to the north-east, appear in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor left near either yard does not need to be driven back to Hueytown; send the street address and a phone number for whoever can hand over the keys.
Lumber, coils and machinery on Hueytown flatbeds
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 59 active carriers based here, 50 of them intrastate and 9 interstate, with 25 operating as private fleets hauling their own goods. Most of those trucks stay inside Alabama, so the title and tag will usually be Alabama ones; have both ready along with the cab card.
Among those carriers, the FMCSA census lists 21 hauling general freight, 15 moving machinery and large objects, 10 carrying logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 9 hauling metal sheets, coils and rolls. Flatbeds, lowboys, log trailers and coil rigs all fit what we collect. Photograph the trailer deck and any securement gear with the tractor so we see the whole setup.
Drivers working within 100 miles number 120 in that FMCSA census, against 57 who go farther out. Ten carriers report a median of 45,877 miles a truck a year to FMCSA’s carrier census; note your own odometer figure when you get in touch.
Single trucks and short rosters
The three biggest Hueytown carriers in the FMCSA census run 15, 10 and 9 power units, so nearly everyone selling here is an owner-operator or a small fleet. Selling one truck or several works the same way: one title per unit, each signed by the name printed on it.
New registrations stay rare, with FMCSA’s carrier census recording one new carrier in 2024 and one in 2025. If you are closing down an older authority, keep your USDOT number on hand; it helps us match the trucks to the company that owns them.
Model years FMCSA inspectors logged on Hueytown rigs
FMCSA roadside inspection records covering 58 trucks from Hueytown carriers, checked between September 2024 and August 2026, give a median model year of 2019. Have the model year and engine listed on the registration ready when you call.
In those FMCSA roadside checks, 39.7 percent of the Hueytown trucks stopped had reached ten or more model years. Whatever the year on yours, send the inspection reports you hold; they give us a dated record of the truck alongside your photos.
Plants, builders and Jefferson County cattle
LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau put 4,594 jobs in Hueytown in 2023, including 295 in manufacturing, 233 in wholesale trade, 194 in transportation and warehousing and 181 in construction. Box trucks and straight trucks that deliver for those employers are welcome here as well as tractors.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 47 construction establishments, and dump trucks, mixers and equipment haulers working their sites can be collected from the job yard. Across Jefferson County, the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 398 farms, with cattle and cut Christmas trees at the top; livestock and farm trucks qualify too.
The National Bridge Inventory shows 6 bridges in town, none load-posted and none under 14 feet, so a tall or heavy truck can usually be reached right where it is parked.
The questions we get asked in Hueytown
- Will you collect a dump truck sitting at Crimson Stone or Bessemer Quarry?Crimson Stone sits 2.2 miles west and Bessemer Quarry 2.8 miles south on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect from quarry lots like these. Tell us who manages the site so the visit is cleared in advance.
- Do you buy log trucks and coil haulers from Hueytown carriers?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 10 Hueytown carriers hauling logs, poles and lumber and 9 hauling metal coils, and both kinds of truck are ones we purchase. Send photos of the tractor and trailer together.
- Is an Alabama title enough to start a sale from Hueytown?Most of the 59 carriers in FMCSA’s census for Hueytown run intrastate, so an Alabama title and registration in your name come first. Add the VIN, the odometer reading, any inspection reports and clear photos of the truck.