Private trucks dominate
Forty-four private outfits and a handful of for-hire haulers
Forty-four of Killen’s 70 active carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census run private fleets, moving their own goods instead of freight for hire. A truck from one of those private operations usually sits at the business that runs it, so tell us the yard or shop address and we will collect it there.
Of those 70 carriers, 46 stay inside Alabama and 24 cross state lines, on the split FMCSA’s carrier census records. An intrastate tractor and an interstate one need the same things from you: the title in the registered owner’s name, the current registration, and photos of the cab, frame and tires.
Killen’s biggest operations are small, with the top three running 8, 6 and 5 power units by FMCSA’s carrier census. If you are selling more than one unit from a fleet that size, list each VIN together in one message and we can plan a single collection.
Lowboys, feed runs and mixed freight out of Killen
General freight is the cargo most Killen carriers list, 28 of them, with machinery and large objects close behind at 23, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If your truck pulled a lowboy or a flatbed for equipment moves, include the trailer details when you write, or tell us the trailer stays with you.
Farm supplies show up for 19 local carriers and grain, feed and hay for 18 in the same FMCSA carrier census listing. A tractor that ran feed or grain is often parked out at the farm itself; give us the road and whether a truck can turn in the lane, and we will come to it.
Nineteen Killen carriers give FMCSA’s carrier census an annual mileage, and the middle truck among them logs 18,000 miles. Have the odometer reading ready alongside the VIN, since those two figures come up before anything else we ask.
Forty Killen trucks went through roadside checks from September 2024 to August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records give their middle model year as 2015. Sixty percent of that Killen group, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records, carried a model year at least ten years back.
Whatever year your truck is, the same short list gets it moving: the VIN, the odometer reading, any inspection or service records you kept, and a few clear photos taken in daylight. If the records are missing, tell us what the truck has done and we will work from that.
Lauderdale County license plate officials on Court Street
Alabama titles are handled by the Alabama Department of Revenue through County License Plate Issuing Officials, and the Lauderdale County office sits at 102 S Court St, Florence, 35631, about 9.3 miles from Killen. If the title for your truck has gone missing, that Florence counter is where a replacement application starts.
Before we collect, make sure the name on the Alabama title matches the seller and that any lien on it has been released. A lienholder’s release letter kept with the title saves a second trip down to Court Street.
Sheffield rail and the Tuscumbia quarries
A Sheffield rail yard lies 11.4 miles south-west of Killen on the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal in Sheffield as well, 13.2 miles out in the same direction. A truck that worked those sites may still be parked near the river; send us its location and we will route the pickup there.
Two crushed-stone quarries under the Tuscumbia Quarry name appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, one 11.6 miles and the other 14.2 miles south-west of town. Dump trucks and tractors that hauled stone from either can be collected at the quarry gate or wherever you keep them, once you give us the address.
Corn, cotton and construction crews
Across Lauderdale County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,130 farms, and corn, soybeans and cotton head the list of crops. A grain truck or farm tractor from one of those operations sells the same way as any other: title, registration and photos, with the truck left where it sits until we arrive.
In Killen itself, County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 21 construction establishments, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put the town’s employment at 570 for 2023. Contractors with a dump truck or a flatbed to sell can send the VIN and a photo of the bed along with the cab.
The questions we get asked in Killen
- Is the Court Street counter in Florence where a lost Alabama truck title gets replaced?Killen’s nearest title counter is the Lauderdale County office of the County License Plate Issuing Officials at 102 S Court St, Florence, 35631, about 9.3 miles away, acting for the Alabama Department of Revenue. File for the duplicate at that Court Street counter, and send us the VIN while it is in process.
- Can a grain truck stay out on a Lauderdale County farm until you come for it?Lauderdale County has 1,130 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and trucks from them are often parked out in the fields. Give us the road, the gate and how a truck reaches it, and we collect it there.
- Does a Killen private fleet with only a few units qualify?Killen’s 44 private fleets on FMCSA’s carrier census are exactly the kind of operation we work with. Send the VIN, odometer reading and photos for each unit you are selling.
- Is a dump truck kept at a Tuscumbia quarry close enough for pickup?The two Tuscumbia Quarry sites in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings lie 11.6 and 14.2 miles south-west of Killen. Tell us which site or yard the truck is at and we will plan the pickup around it.