Sand, gravel and stone near Gargus and Brooksville
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Gargus Borrow Pit, a sand and gravel operation, 3.1 miles east of Oneonta, and Brooksville Quarry, a crushed-stone site, 6.9 miles north. A dump truck that loads at either one may be parked at the pit itself when you contact us. Give us the pit name and the gate contact, and we collect it at the pit.
Further out, Ashville Rock Quarry sits 9.9 miles south-east and TREMENDOUS PIT, a dimension-stone quarry, 7.7 miles north-east, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your stone hauler cycled between these sites, put its oil-change and brake records in the cab before pickup so they travel with the truck.
On the far side of the Ashville road, the Mine Safety and Health Administration places NATIONAL CEMENT COMPANY’s cement plant 23.7 miles south-east and Guntersville Sand 21.9 miles north. If your tractor pulled pneumatic tankers or bulk trailers to those gates, tell us which trailer stays and which goes, and send photos of each with the VIN plate visible.
Oneonta carriers: mostly in-state, mostly private
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 168 active carriers based in Oneonta, and 130 of them are registered intrastate only, against 38 with interstate authority. For most sellers here, that means an Alabama title and an Alabama-only USDOT number; have both to hand, plus the cab card if the truck was ever plated under IRP.
Private fleets account for 101 of those carriers, per the same FMCSA census, meaning the trucks haul the owner’s own goods rather than for hire. A contractor or farm business selling one of these should have the title in the business’s name and a signed authorisation from whoever can sign for the company.
FMCSA shows Oneonta adding ten carriers in 2025 after five joined in 2024. If you started an operation recently and are now selling its truck, the bill of sale from your purchase and the current registration are the two papers we will ask for first.
Lowboys, log trucks and farm-supply haulers
General freight is the cargo class most Oneonta carriers list on FMCSA’s census, with 81 carriers, followed by machinery and large objects at 43. A lowboy or drop-deck tractor used for equipment moves is something we collect; tell us the fifth-wheel setup and whether a trailer is included.
Farm supplies appear on 41 carrier registrations and logs, poles, beams and lumber on 31, per the FMCSA carrier census. Log trucks with a loader or bunks fitted should be photographed from both sides and from behind, with the loader controls in shot, so we know exactly what equipment comes with the chassis.
Oneonta-based trucks stopped for 107 roadside inspections from September 2024 to August 2026 had a 2018 median model year in FMCSA roadside inspection records, and 44.9 percent were ten or more years old. Whatever the year of yours, the VIN and the current odometer reading are the first two things we need.
The FMCSA census puts the median at 22,000 miles a year per truck among the 31 local carriers that report mileage. FMCSA’s census shows three fleets registered in Oneonta running 29, 27 and 27 power units; if you are selling several trucks from one operation, send a list of VINs and where each is parked, and we plan the collections together.
Drivers on FMCSA’s census for Oneonta split 263 working within 100 miles and 221 running beyond it. A truck that was on a long run when you decided to sell can be collected wherever it ends up; just give us its address.
Plant jobs, contractors and cattle farms
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 record 4,020 jobs in Oneonta, with 256 in manufacturing, 91 in construction and 60 in transportation and warehousing. A box truck or flatbed from a plant or job site is something we collect as readily as a tractor; tell us what body is fitted.
Oneonta’s 33 construction establishments, counted in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, run dumps, stake-beds and flatbeds. Builders selling a dump or a stake-bed should clear tools and materials from the bed beforehand and note any fitted equipment, such as a hoist or tool boxes, in the photos.
Blount County has 980 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, corn and soybeans as the leading products. A grain truck or livestock hauler may be sitting at a farm off a county road; send us directions and tell us whether a gate needs opening.
Of the 8 Oneonta bridges in the National Bridge Inventory, 3 carry load postings and not one has clearance under 14 feet. If your truck sits on a road that crosses one of the posted spans, mention it so the collection route avoids it.
Height is not a problem on these crossings, per that same federal inventory, so a tall sleeper or a raised dump body can come out on the local roads. Tell us whether the truck is on a paved lot, a gravel pad or a pasture, and we bring the right equipment.
The questions we get asked in Oneonta
- My dump truck sits at the borrow pit east of Oneonta; does it need driving into town first?Gargus Borrow Pit sits 3.1 miles east of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from there. Give us the operator’s gate contact so access is arranged.
- What do you need when a Blount County farm business holds the truck’s title?Blount County counts 980 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and a farm-owned truck sells the same way. Send the title in the business name and a signature from whoever can sign for it.
- My truck only ever hauled inside Alabama; is that a complication?Oneonta has 130 intrastate carriers on FMCSA’s census, against 38 interstate, so an Alabama-only truck is the usual case here. Keep the Alabama title and current registration with the truck for collection day.