Sawlogs and boxes
Millport’s lumber tractors and van freight
Of the 21 active carriers based in Millport on FMCSA’s carrier census, 11 list logs, poles, beams and lumber as a cargo they haul, and 10 list general freight. If your tractor pulled a log trailer or a flatbed of lumber, tell us which trailer it ran with and whether the trailer is part of the sale too.
Six Millport carriers also report machinery and large objects, and two report dry bulk commodities, according to the same FMCSA census. A lowboy tractor or a dry bulk rig parked at a home lot in town is something we collect from where it sits; send the address and a few photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel.
Millport carriers split between in-state and interstate
FMCSA’s census splits the town’s carriers almost evenly: 10 run interstate, 11 stay inside Alabama, and 11 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet truck selling off a farm or a sawmill yard needs the same papers as a for-hire one, so have the title and the current registration in the owner’s name.
Drivers on Millport carriers number 33 working inside a hundred-mile radius and 19 going beyond it, by the federal carrier census. Seven carriers reported their annual mileage to FMCSA, with a median of 36,667 miles per truck; give us the odometer reading with the VIN when you first get in touch, and every other question follows from those two.
Small outfits, one seventeen-truck operation
The biggest fleet registered in Millport runs 17 power units with 8 drivers, the next runs 9 units with 8 drivers, and the third has 4 of each, per FMCSA’s carrier census. An owner retiring several tractors at once can list them together; send one VIN per truck and tell us which yard each one is in.
Most other carriers in town run a single truck or two under the same federal census. If yours is the one truck you own, the sale is still handled directly with you: the title, a photo of the dash and the keys are what we will ask for.
Mines off to the east
Phillips Pit, Bankston Mine and the sand haul
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Phillips Pit, an industrial-mineral mine, 19.3 miles south-east of Millport, and Bankston Mine, another industrial-mineral site, 24.9 miles east. A dump truck that hauled out of either pit can be collected at the mine yard or at your place; tell us who controls the gate.
West Alabama Sand & Gravel sits 21.9 miles north-east of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. For a tri-axle or end-dump that worked the gravel run, keep any site inspection sheets or service records with the truck so they come with the photos.
Twelve spans nearby
Bridges, building firms and jobs around town
Twelve bridges stand in the Millport area on the National Bridge Inventory; a single one carries a load posting, and every one clears fourteen feet. When we plan the route to your truck, tell us if the lot is reached over that posted bridge so the pickup comes in another way.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau counts 10 construction establishments in the area, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put local employment at 282 jobs in 2023. A contractor clearing out a dump truck or a tractor from a job site can leave it there and send us the site address.
Horse, sheep and honey farms near Millport
Millport’s farm country shows 278 farms across Lamar County in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with equine, sheep and honey at the top of the county’s list. A farm truck or a livestock hauler kept in a barn outside town can be picked up there; give us directions to the barn and say whether the gate is locked.
For a truck on a farm that changed hands, check that the name on the title matches the seller before you call. If it does not, sort out the transfer at the Fayette office before we collect.
A Millport owner without a title deals with the Alabama Department of Revenue, whose County License Plate Issuing Officials do the counter work. The Alabama Department of Revenue lists the Fayette County office as the nearest one at 113 N. Temple Ave., Fayette, 35555, a drive the Alabama Department of Revenue listing puts at roughly 17 miles from Millport’s centre.
Take your ID and the VIN to the Fayette office if the title has gone missing, and ask about a replacement before you list the truck with us. Once the title is in hand, send a photo of the front of it along with the truck photos.
The questions we get asked in Millport
- Can my dump truck stay at Phillips Pit rather than come back into Millport for collection?Phillips Pit lies 19.3 miles south-east of Millport on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from there. Name the pit contact who can unlock the yard and we line up the collection there.
- Will you take a Millport log tractor off my hands?Log and lumber hauling is listed by 11 of the 21 Millport carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and those tractors are trucks we buy. Start with the VIN and odometer reading, then add pictures of the bunks, cab and frame.