Pine and pulpwood loads
Knuckleboom rigs, vans and flatbeds out of Marion
Of the 89 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census lists in Marion, 48 declare logs, poles, beams or lumber as cargo and 47 declare general freight. That mix points to log trucks, knuckleboom rigs and day cabs pulling vans or flatbeds, and any of them can be sold to us from wherever it sits between loads.
Grain, feed and hay show up on 19 of those Marion registrations, and machinery or large objects on 15, according to the same FMCSA census. If your tractor has pulled a lowboy for equipment moves or a hopper at harvest, tell us which trailer went with it, and whether the trailer is part of the sale.
Most outfits here stay inside Alabama: FMCSA counts 80 intrastate carriers in town against 9 that cross state lines, and 21 private fleets hauling their own goods. A farm or sawmill truck that never left the state still comes with an Alabama title, and that title is what we need to see first.
Family rigs and sawmill trucks
Few yards here park more than a handful of tractors
The three biggest Marion fleets in FMCSA’s carrier census run 8, 5 and 4 power units, so most trucks here belong to an owner who drives them or a family with a couple of rigs. Selling one truck out of a small yard is routine for us; give us the VIN for each unit you want gone and we take them one at a time or together.
New registrations have been steady but small, with FMCSA’s census showing 8 new Marion carriers in 2024 and 3 in 2025. If you started hauling recently and are stepping back, the truck’s registration and any lease or lien papers are what to gather before we talk.
Fourteen Marion carriers gave FMCSA’s carrier census a yearly mileage, and the middle figure among them comes to 42,500 per truck. Write the odometer reading down along with the VIN when you contact us; those two numbers frame the rest of the questions.
Short runs to the gin, the mill and the yard
Drivers working inside a 100-mile radius number 77 in FMCSA’s carrier census for Marion, with 62 running beyond it. A truck that turns around at Selma or Greensboro each day is likely parked at home or at a customer’s lot when we collect it, so give us the exact spot and who can let us in.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 305 farms in Perry County, led by cotton, cattle and corn. Trucks that haul modules to the gin, cattle to the sale barn or corn to the elevator often sit on the farm itself, and we can pick up from a field road as long as a tractor-trailer can reach it.
Crushers and clay south-east
Gravel, brick clay and the Selma rail yard
South-east of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists OAKMULGEE CRUSHER, a sand and gravel operation 20.5 miles out, and COGLE PIT at 24.8 miles. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that serve these pits can be sold from the pit lot if the operator allows access; tell us whose ground the truck is on.
Two industrial-mineral mines appear in the same Mine Safety and Health Administration records: 27-Henry Brick-2, 23.2 miles south-east, and Reynolds Mine, 24.3 miles east. If your truck hauled clay or stone out of either, keep the site’s gate rules and any MSHA paperwork with the truck so the pickup goes through the right entrance.
The SELMA rail yard lies 24.1 miles south-east of Marion on the North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tractors that shuttle freight between the yard and local shippers are trucks we buy, and a yard address is enough for us to plan around.
An eight-foot-eleven bridge on Medline Road
Of 31 bridges the National Bridge Inventory records around Marion, 4 carry posted load limits, and one clears under fourteen feet. The National Bridge Inventory lists that one as structure 020890, carrying Medline Road over Williams Creek, at 8ft 11in. If your truck is parked past that crossing, tell us, so the route in avoids it.
Load-posted spans matter for a loaded log truck or a lowboy, and the National Bridge Inventory flags four of them in the area. Mention any posted bridge on the road to your yard or farm when you describe where the truck sits, and we route the collection around it.
Scale-house checks on Perry County tractors
FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 55 Marion-based trucks inspected between September 2024 and August 2026, with a median model year of 2012 and 67% of them ten or more years old. Put your own truck’s year, make and model next to its VIN in the first message to us from Marion.
If your truck went through one of those roadside inspections, keep the report with the title and registration, along with any service records. Photos of the cab, frame, tires and fifth wheel round out what we need to look at the truck before collection.
Hale County’s plate office in Greensboro
Titles in Alabama are handled by the Alabama Department of Revenue through County License Plate Issuing Officials. The nearest listed office to Marion is Hale County, at 1001 Main St., Greensboro, 36744, about 16.7 miles away according to the Alabama Department of Revenue.
If the title is missing, start the replacement with that Greensboro office before we schedule collection, and keep the registration and your ID together. A lien still on the truck needs the lender’s release, so gather that paper alongside the title application.
The questions we get asked in Marion
- The log truck is sitting at a Perry County cutting site off a dirt road. Should I haul it to town before you see it?With 48 of Marion’s 89 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census hauling logs, poles, beams or lumber, woods pickups are familiar ground; leave the truck where it is and tell us how a tractor-trailer reaches it.
- Where do I go in this area to replace a lost title?The Alabama Department of Revenue lists the Hale County license plate issuing official at 1001 Main St., Greensboro, 36744, about 16.7 miles from Marion, as the closest office for a title application.
- Is there a low bridge to warn you about on the way to my place?Medline Road’s crossing of Williams Creek clears 8ft 11in in the National Bridge Inventory, the one span near Marion under fourteen feet; if your truck sits beyond it, say so and we plan another way in.
- My dump truck works the gravel pits south-east of town. Is the pit lot a workable pickup spot?OAKMULGEE CRUSHER, 20.5 miles south-east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and COGLE PIT, 24.8 miles out, are both within reach; give us the pit address and whoever controls the gate.