The stone pits around Locust Fork
Mine #1, a crushed-stone quarry, lies 5.1 miles south-west of Locust Fork on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls aggregate from that pit is often parked at the quarry gate or a nearby lot rather than at a house in town, so give us the exact spot and whether a loader can get in beside it.
Up toward the north-east, the Mine Safety and Health Administration places Brooksville Quarry at 15.9 miles and TREMENDOUS PIT, a dimension-stone quarry, at 17.5 miles. Block and slab haulers working those two sites tend to run flatbeds or heavy-spec tractors; photograph the deck, the headache rack and the data plate on the door so we know which build you have.
East of Locust Fork by 13.3 miles, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Gargus Borrow Pit, where sand and gravel are dug. If your truck spent its seasons there, note which body it carries, end dump or belly dump, and send a picture of the hoist and tailgate along with the cab.
Black Warrior coal and the Dodge Mine prep plant
Black Warrior Mine No 1, a coal mine, is 15.6 miles south-west of town, and the Dodge Mine coal preparation plant is 18.6 miles west, both as recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Coal haulers out of those sites usually pair a tractor with an end-dump or a walking-floor trailer; tell us whether the trailer goes with the sale or stays behind.
Mine-site trucks can carry site permits, MSHA-related stickers or company decals. Leave those in place for the photos and mention them in your message; we sort out what comes off before collection, and you keep any permit papers that belong to your operation.
NEW BOYLES yard and the Birmingham side
Twenty-one miles south-west, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows the NEW BOYLES rail yard at 21.1 miles. A day cab that shuttles freight to and from that yard may be stored on the Birmingham side rather than in Blount County, and that is fine: we collect from the address where the tractor actually sits.
South of town at 21.9 miles, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists NG AASF02 Birmingham, a military installation. If your truck is parked anywhere with a gate or a guard post, warn us ahead of time and tell us who can sign the driver in.
Hay, cattle and grain haulers off Locust Fork farms
Cattle lead the county’s farm sales, with corn and soybeans behind them, across 980 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts in Blount County. Around Locust Fork that usually means livestock trailers, grain trucks with hoppers or dump beds, and a single-axle flatbed or two kept by the barn.
A farm truck may carry farm plates or have sat in a shed between harvests. Bring the title and the current registration slip, even if it is a year or two old, and send photos of the bed and the hitch along with the dash so we can see the whole truck.
Small-town crews
Contractor pickups and service bodies from Locust Fork crews
LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau put 314 jobs inside Locust Fork for 2023, spread across a town of farms, crews and quarry drivers. Work trucks in a small town like this often belong to owner-operators and family outfits, and the paperwork may sit in a kitchen drawer rather than an office file, which is all we need.
Around Locust Fork the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns records five construction establishments, the sort of crews that keep dump-insert pickups and service bodies busy on Blount County jobs. Pickups with dump inserts, service bodies and small roll-offs from crews like those are on our list; tell us the GVWR on the door sticker and whether the body is bolted on or part of the chassis.
A duplicate title for a Locust Fork truck
A Locust Fork owner without a title applies for a duplicate through the Alabama Department of Revenue, which works through County License Plate Issuing Officials. On the Alabama Department of Revenue office list, the Blount County office sits in Oneonta, 10.9 miles from Locust Fork, at Room 104 of 220 2nd Ave. E., Oneonta, 35121, the address the Alabama Department of Revenue gives.
Start that request before you contact us, and bring your ID and the VIN to the counter in Oneonta. Tell us when you have applied; we can line up everything else around the paper while it is on its way.
The questions we get asked in Locust Fork
- Can a tri-axle sitting at a quarry outside Locust Fork be picked up there?Mine #1 is 5.1 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and trucks parked at sites like it are collected where they stand. Give us the gate address and who can let our driver in.
- My title is lost; which office near Locust Fork issues a replacement?Oneonta’s Blount County office of the County License Plate Issuing Officials handles it for the Alabama Department of Revenue, 10.9 miles from town per the Alabama Department of Revenue. Apply there with your ID and VIN.
- Do you buy cattle trailers and grain trucks from Blount County farms?Cattle, corn and soybeans top the list for Blount County’s 980 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks and trailers that serve them are ones we buy. Send the title details and photos of the bed or trailer.
- Can you pick up a coal-hauling tractor stored near the Dodge Mine?The Dodge Mine coal preparation plant lies 18.6 miles west of Locust Fork per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, well within reach for collection. Say whether the coal trailer goes with the tractor or stays with you.