A dozen small operators on Kinsey’s roads
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 12 active carriers based in Kinsey, and the three biggest each run a single power unit with one driver. That makes most trucks here owner-operated, so the person who calls us is usually the person whose name is on the title. Have that title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the cab, the frame and the tires to hand when you get in touch.
Nine of those twelve Kinsey carriers are authorised for interstate work and three stay inside Alabama, according to the same federal carrier census. If your tractor crosses into Georgia or Florida on its runs, keep its most recent annual inspection report with the rest of the paperwork; it answers questions about the truck before we have to ask them.
Freight, hay and timber
Grain trailers, log trucks and lowboys
General freight is the most common cargo class among Kinsey carriers, at 9 of the 12 in FMCSA’s census, with grain, feed and hay, logs and lumber, and large machinery each carried by four. A dry van tractor, a grain hopper rig, a log truck with its loader or a lowboy setup are all trucks we buy from this town. Tell us what the truck pulled and whether the trailer is part of the sale.
For a log truck or a machinery hauler, a photo of the data plate and a list of fitted equipment such as a knuckle boom or a winch helps us understand the whole unit. Where service records exist, gather them into one folder; if they do not, a short note about the work the truck has done will serve.
Cotton rows nearby
Cotton, cattle and corn country
Around Kinsey, cotton, cattle and corn lead the farm list, and the surrounding Houston County had 616 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Farm trucks, cattle haulers and grain trucks often sit in a barn lot or a field edge rather than a paved yard. Let us know where on the property the truck is parked and whether a gate or soft ground stands between it and the road.
A farm truck can be titled to the farm business rather than to a person. Check whose name the Alabama title shows before we schedule a visit, so the right signature is available when we arrive.
Kinsey’s title desk sits on Oates Street in Dothan
The Alabama Department of Revenue handles title applications, and its County License Plate Issuing Officials take them locally. The Alabama Department of Revenue’s office list puts Kinsey’s at Houston County, 462 North Oates Street, Admin Bldg, Dothan, 36303, about 5.8 miles from town. If the title for your truck has gone missing, start the replacement there before we arrange collection.
Bring the VIN, your identification and the registration to the Oates Street office when you apply. If there is a lien on the truck, a release from the lender belongs with the application too, and having it ready saves a second trip into Dothan.
Rails and stagefields
Rail yards to the south-west, Army airfields to the west
Two rail yards lie south-west of Kinsey on the federal North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Dothan at 5.3 miles and Barrett at 9.6. A truck that shuttles loads to those yards may be parked near one of them when you sell; give us the address where it actually stands, not just your home address.
Goldberg Stagefield lies 11.2 miles north-west and Toth Stagefield 14 miles west, on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records of military installations. Westward again, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Core Aggregates, LLC, a sand and gravel operation 22.6 miles from town. Dump trucks working that pit can be collected wherever their shift leaves them.
Fifteen crossings and clear headroom
The Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory counts 15 bridges in the Kinsey area, with no load postings among them and none recorded below fourteen-foot clearance. A tall sleeper or a loaded lowboy has open routes out of town, which keeps collection planning simple.
When you contact us, give the road the truck is on and the nearest crossroad in Kinsey. With the paperwork above in one place and the location confirmed, the rest of the arrangement is a phone call.
The questions we get asked in Kinsey
- My Kinsey truck’s title is lost; which Dothan counter replaces it?Kinsey’s title office, on the Alabama Department of Revenue’s list, is Houston County’s County License Plate Issuing Official at 462 North Oates Street, Admin Bldg, Dothan, about 5.8 miles away.
- Will you take a Kinsey log rig or hay hauler along with its trailer?Kinsey’s carriers list logs and lumber and grain, feed and hay among their cargo, four carriers each in FMCSA’s census, and those trucks are ones we buy along with the trailers if you are selling both.
- Can you collect a truck kept on farm ground outside Kinsey?Houston County’s 616 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture mean many trucks around Kinsey sit on farm ground; tell us the gate, the lot and the ground conditions and we will collect it there.
- Can you reach my truck if it is near the Dothan rail yard?The Dothan yard is 5.3 miles south-west of Kinsey on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from the address where the truck is parked, near the yard or anywhere else.