Coal seam and pits
Coal and crushed stone around Kimberly
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Black Warrior Mine No 1, a coal mine, 4.4 miles south-west of Kimberly. A dump truck or tractor that has worked a coal site like that is something we collect where it stands, so tell us whether it is parked at the mine, at your home or at a shop, and who can let our driver onto the property.
Two crushed-stone quarries also appear on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list: Mine #1, 6.5 miles east of town, and Southern Red Rock, 10.8 miles to the west. If your truck has hauled aggregate out of either pit, send photos of the bed, the frame and the cab, along with the VIN, and say which quarry it served.
Quarry and mine trucks often stay on site between jobs. If yours is still behind a quarry gate, give us the name of the person who holds the key and we will arrange pickup with them directly, so you do not need to move it first.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 11 active carriers based in Kimberly, nine of them operating intrastate only and two crossing state lines, with one private fleet among them. Whichever group you belong to, have the title and the current registration in hand before you contact us.
General freight is the cargo listed by seven of those carriers, according to the same federal carrier census, while two each list logs, poles, beams and lumber, machinery and large objects, and metal sheets, coils and rolls. Whether yours is a box truck, a log truck, a lowboy tractor or a flatbed rigged for coils, we buy it, and the cargo it carried helps us ask the right questions.
The largest fleet in town runs a single power unit with one driver, by FMCSA’s count, so most sellers here are owner-operators selling their only truck. If that is you, a clear title in your own name and a recent registration card are the two papers that make the sale straightforward.
Kimberly carriers registered in 2024 and 2025
FMCSA’s census records a pair of Kimberly carriers registering in 2025, after a single one in 2024. If you started a trucking authority in the last couple of years and are now stepping away from it, the truck can still be sold even while the loan or the lease paperwork is being settled.
In that case, gather the payoff letter from your lender along with the title or the lienholder’s details. With those papers in front of us, we can work out who signs the title over and where it is sent.
Rail yards and a bulk terminal to the south
New Boyles rail yard lies 12.7 miles south of Kimberly on the North American Rail Network, and the Birmingham ABWR yard is 14.7 miles in the same direction. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from those yards are part of what we take; note on your message which yard the tractor worked and how it is set up.
About 14.6 miles south, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records Bulk Transport CO as a liquid bulk terminal. If you pull tankers between that terminal and points north, include photos of the tractor’s fifth wheel and plumbing, and tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays with you.
Building trade and bridges
Construction jobs and the bridges around town
Of the 358 jobs located in Kimberly in 2023, construction accounts for 81, a 22.6 percent share, by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Seven construction firms keep an establishment in town, according to County Business Patterns. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service trucks from that work are all trucks we purchase, so list the body type and any equipment mounted on it.
Of the eight bridges the National Bridge Inventory lists for Kimberly, none is load-posted and none clears less than 14 feet. A loaded tractor or a tall box truck can reach the local roads without a detour around a posted crossing, which keeps collection from a yard in town simple.
The USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 398 farms in Jefferson County, with cattle and cut Christmas trees among the top products. A farm truck or livestock hauler from one of those operations is welcome too; send the title, a photo of the VIN plate and the address where it sits.
The questions we get asked in Kimberly
- My truck hauled coal near Kimberly. Do you pick up at a mine?Black Warrior Mine No 1, listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration 4.4 miles south-west of town, is the kind of site we collect from. Give us the location and a gate contact and we arrange the rest with them.