Notasulga Quarry, six-tenths of a mile out
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places Notasulga Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 0.6 miles south-west of Loachapoka. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls aggregate out of that pit may be parked on the quarry grounds or at a yard just off the road between the two, and either spot works for a pickup.
If the truck sits inside the quarry gate, give us the name of whoever controls access and the hours the site is open. Add the VIN, a photo of the door plate and a few shots of the bed and frame, and we can line up the visit with the site rather than around it.
The Auburn haul
A second pit nine miles south-east
Auburn Quarry, another crushed-stone site, lies 9.2 miles south-east of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Owners in Loachapoka whose trucks split their days between the near pit and the Auburn one can tell us which yard the truck calls home.
Give us the address of that home yard, and the rollback goes there. A gravel lot behind a house, a shop bay or a quarry staging area are all fine, as long as someone can tell us how the truck is reached.
East on the propane route
Opelika’s propane terminal and the bobtails it loads
Thirteen and a half miles east, the Energy Information Administration records the Opelika Propane Terminal as a petroleum product terminal. Bobtails and tank trucks that load there and deliver back through the Loachapoka countryside are trucks we buy.
For a tank truck, have the tank’s test and inspection paperwork with the title when you reach out, along with photos of the tank plate, the cab and the odometer. Those records travel with the truck and save a round of questions later.
Industrial-mineral pits nineteen and twenty-four miles away
Shady Grove Quarry, an industrial-mineral mine, is 19.2 miles east of town, and Shorter Pit sits 23.9 miles south-west, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A Loachapoka owner who hauls for either may keep the truck at the mine rather than at home.
Tell us which of the two it is and whether the truck can be reached on a weekday. We travel to the mine, the yard or your driveway, so you never need to move the truck closer to sell it.
Cattle, soybean and hemp farms around town
Around Loachapoka, cattle lead the list of top products, followed by soybeans and hemp, on 357 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts in Lee County. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and flatbeds that serve those operations often spend the off-season parked in a barn lot or field edge.
That is a fine place for us to find one. Send a pin or the farm road name, note whether the ground is soft after rain, and include the title and current registration so the paperwork is settled before we arrive.
The questions we get asked in Loachapoka
- The Loachapoka truck’s title went missing; which Lee County counter replaces it?The Alabama Department of Revenue lists Lee County’s office for County License Plate Issuing Officials at 215 South 9th Street, Opelika, 36801, about 13 miles from Loachapoka. Start a replacement there and mention it when you contact us.
- Will you pick up a tri-axle sitting inside the Notasulga Quarry gate?Notasulga Quarry sits 0.6 miles south-west of town by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, so it is close by for us. Give us the gate contact and site hours and we will arrange collection on the quarry grounds.
- Do you buy propane delivery trucks that load at Opelika?Bobtails tied to the Opelika Propane Terminal, which the Energy Information Administration places 13.5 miles east, are trucks we purchase. Send the tank’s inspection papers, the title and photos of the plate and cab.