Sand, gravel and clay near Phenix City
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Phenix City Plant II, a sand and gravel operation, 6 miles east of Ladonia, and Phenix City Mine, another sand and gravel site, 6.3 miles to the south-east. Dump trucks and end-dump trailers that shuttle aggregate out of pits like these are trucks we buy. If yours is parked at one of those sites, tell us which one and who controls the gate, and we will arrange the collection there.
Boral Clay Pits, an industrial-mineral mine, appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records 6.6 miles south-east of town. A truck that hauls clay on that short run often stays on site between loads. Photograph the cab, the bed or trailer, the frame and the tires, and send the VIN along with the photos so the truck we see is the one you describe.
Trucks on the Shady Grove and Auburn quarry roads
Roughly 19.8 miles north-west, Shady Grove Quarry is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration as an industrial-mineral mine. A tri-axle or a tractor that has worked that quarry road can be sold from wherever it now stands; give us the address and say whether a tow truck can reach it without moving other equipment.
Auburn Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, lies 22.7 miles west of Ladonia according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A truck kept near Auburn rather than in Russell County is collected near Auburn. Have the title in your name and the current registration to hand, and we can work from the truck’s location.
The Opelika propane terminal and the Mahrt yard
Up the road toward Opelika, 18.2 miles north-west of Ladonia, the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal handling propane, the Opelika Propane Terminal. Bobtails and tank trucks that load propane at a terminal like that are on the list of vehicles we purchase. Keep any tank inspection certificates and service records together with the title, since they tell us the truck’s history in a way pictures cannot.
Twenty miles south of town, the North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the Mahrt rail yard at 20.2 miles. A day cab or a flatbed that has moved freight to and from that yard can be collected where it sits. Send us the odometer reading with the VIN first; most of our other questions follow from those two.
Cattle, corn and horses on county farms
Cattle come first, then corn, then horses, among the 266 Russell County farms tallied by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and stock trailers pulled behind a farm tractor-trailer all fit what we buy. If the truck is parked in a barn lot or a pasture, tell us how the gate opens and whether the ground is firm enough for a carrier.
Before you contact us about a Russell County farm truck, find the title and check that the name on it matches yours. If it does not, the state’s title agency handles a transfer or a replacement, so start that request first.
Selling while you stay in Ladonia
Ladonia itself held 734 jobs in 2023, a figure from the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES), alongside the pit and quarry work just outside town. Whether your truck served one of those local employers or ran out to the pits and quarries, the sale starts the same way: a phone call, the VIN, and a handful of photos.
Owners who live in Ladonia but keep a truck at a job site in Phenix City, Auburn or Opelika can stay at home through the sale. We collect from the address you give us, so name a contact who can be there when the truck is picked up and have the signed title ready for that person to hand over.
The questions we get asked in Ladonia
- Can you pick up a dump truck still sitting at one of the Phenix City sand and gravel pits?Phenix City Plant II is 6 miles east of Ladonia and Phenix City Mine 6.3 miles south-east, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from either one. Name the pit and the person holding the gate key.
- Who replaces a missing title on a Russell County cattle truck?A cattle hauler from one of the 266 Russell County farms counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture needs a title in the seller’s name. A replacement title comes from the state’s title agency; start that request and tell us it is under way when you contact us.
- Do you buy propane bobtails that load at Opelika?The Opelika Propane Terminal, 18.2 miles north-west of Ladonia according to the Energy Information Administration, is the kind of site those trucks serve, and bobtails are on our list. Send the VIN, photos and any tank inspection certificates you have.