FMCSA’s carrier census counts 102 active carriers based in Roanoke, and 41 of them list logs, poles, beams and lumber among the cargo they haul. If your tractor has pulled a log trailer through Randolph County, tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays with you, and send a photo of each.
Another 40 Roanoke carriers in that same federal census list general freight, and 40 list machinery and large objects. A lowboy tractor or a box truck from this work is the kind of equipment we collect; have the Alabama title in the owner’s name and the current registration in the cab before we arrive.
Twenty local carriers haul farm supplies, by the FMCSA count. A straight truck that has carried feed or seed around the county can be sold with the same paperwork as a highway tractor: the title, the registration and the VIN.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Long Pit, a sand and gravel operation 11.9 miles west of Roanoke, and Wadley Crushed Stone, a crushed-stone quarry 12.2 miles west. A dump truck parked at either site can stay there; give us the gate contact and the hours the yard is open so collection fits around the loading schedule.
Wedowee Quarry, a dimension-stone quarry 14.3 miles north-west of town, appears in the same Mine Safety and Health Administration listing. Photograph a flatbed that moves cut stone from Wedowee with its deck empty, so the frame, the tires and the fifth wheel show clearly.
If the truck sits on quarry ground rather than at your home, write down the site name and the nearest road before you contact us. That one detail settles where the pickup happens.
Of Roanoke’s 102 active carriers in FMCSA’s census, 65 operate intrastate only, 37 run interstate, and 48 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet selling one unit needs the title in the company’s name and a signature from someone allowed to sign for the business.
Roanoke carriers employ 162 drivers inside a 100-mile radius and 70 beyond it, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For a driver on those Randolph County loops, give us the yard or driveway where the truck sleeps between runs.
Have the odometer reading ready with the VIN; those two figures answer most of our first questions.
Fleet sizes in Roanoke stay small: FMCSA lists the biggest local operation at 31 power units and 38 drivers, with the next two at 6 power units and 4 drivers each. Selling several trucks at once works the same way as selling one, with a title for each unit.
Note the model year from the title or the door sticker when you reach us.
Half of those 50 inspected trucks were ten or more years old, according to the same FMCSA inspection records. Older and newer units are both trucks we buy; if you keep an inspection report or service records, send copies along with your photos.
Plants, farms and building work in Randolph County
Box trucks and tractors that serve local plants can be collected from a plant lot as long as someone there can let us in.
Transportation and warehousing account for 71 Roanoke jobs, or 2.6 percent, in that 2023 LEHD release. If you drove for one of those employers and now own the truck yourself, the title must be in your name before the sale.
Randolph County has 611 farms, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture names corn, sheep and equine as its top products. A livestock hauler or grain truck from one of those farms may be parked in a barn or field; tell us whether a loaded truck can reach it.
Dump trucks and flatbeds from a building contractor are welcome, and a company-titled unit needs an authorized signature.
Getting ready to sell a truck in Roanoke
A recently started operator who financed a truck should ask the lender for a lien release before the sale, since the title has to be clear.
If the title is lost, Alabama’s title agency issues a replacement, and that request should start before you reach out to us. Bring the registration, a photo ID and the VIN when you apply.
Photos help most when they show the cab, the frame, the tires and the odometer. Send them with the truck’s location in Roanoke or the county, and we will arrange collection from there.