Crushed rock and cut stone just outside Scottsboro
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Scottsboro Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 2.7 miles south-west of town, and Hollywood Quarry, also crushed stone, 7.3 miles to the north-east. A dump truck or tractor that loads at either pit may well be parked at the quarry yard when you call us, so tell us whose gate it sits behind and who can let us in.
North of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration registers two dimension-stone quarries: Cumberland #1 at 4.7 miles and Aguilar Stone Mines at 5.5 miles. We buy the flatbeds and heavy-haul rigs that move cut blocks out of those sites. Send a few clear photos of the cab, deck and tires, plus the VIN.
Scottsboro’s home-based carriers, in-state and out
Of the 165 active Scottsboro carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, an in-state-only group of 130 outnumbers the 35 with interstate authority. If your authority stayed inside Alabama, have the Alabama title and current registration in one folder; an interstate operator should add the cab card and any IFTA paperwork tied to the truck.
Of those 165 Scottsboro carriers, the same federal census marks 99 as private fleets, hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire. A contractor or manufacturer selling one truck from such a fleet needs only the titled owner’s signature and the keys, and we can collect it from the plant or shop lot where it is kept.
New registrations keep coming: the FMCSA census records 8 carriers that started here in 2025 and 6 in 2024. Local fleets in that FMCSA census include one of 47 power units with 50 drivers, one of 20 units with 7 drivers, and one of 19 units with 17 drivers. Whether you are selling one tractor or several from a lineup, send us the list of VINs together.
Lumber, lowboy loads and feed out of Jackson County
By cargo type, the federal carrier census shows 51 Scottsboro carriers hauling general freight, 38 moving machinery and large objects, 37 carrying logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 23 handling farm supplies. Log trucks, lowboys, box trucks and grain or feed haulers all fit what we purchase here, and we pick up wherever the truck is kept, including a wood yard or a farm lane.
Out on Jackson County’s 1,233 farms, growers raise mainly corn and soybeans and run cattle, going by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture tally. A farm truck or cattle hauler parked behind a barn is easy for us to reach if you give the road name and mention any gate or soft ground our driver should know about.
If a log truck has spent its life between Jackson County timber tracts and the mills, keep its title and any service invoices together. Tell us the trailer type it pulls as well, since a log trailer sold with the tractor goes on the same paperwork.
Short hauls and long runs from the Jackson County seat
Drivers registered with Scottsboro carriers split almost evenly in FMCSA’s carrier census: 251 stay within 100 miles and 212 go beyond that radius. A truck on a long run can be collected once it is back home, so tell us the yard it returns to and the week it is due.
Among 28 local carriers that report mileage to the FMCSA census, the median truck covers 25,752 miles a year. Read the current odometer off the dash and send it with the VIN; that pair answers most of our first questions about any tractor or straight truck.
Model years behind Scottsboro’s roadside stops
Scottsboro-based trucks stopped for FMCSA roadside inspection records from August 2024 to August 2026 numbered 112, and their middle model year was 2019. Of that inspected Scottsboro group, a 41 percent share carried model years a decade or more back, per the same FMCSA roadside files.
Whatever the model year on your title, we look at the whole truck from your photos and details. Include a picture of the door-jamb sticker or the VIN plate along with the dash, so the year and make on our side match yours from the start.
Plants, contractors and the river port
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 9,922 jobs in Scottsboro in 2023, and manufacturing held 2,956 of them, or 29.8 percent. Construction accounted for 301 jobs, wholesale trade for 288 and transportation and warehousing for 52 in that same LEHD release.
Jackson County builders show up as 38 construction establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns for Scottsboro. A dump truck, flatbed or service body that works for one of those builders can be picked up at the job site or the contractor’s shop; just tell us where it will be on the day.
Along the Tennessee River, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists a port at Guntersville, 22.8 miles south-west of Scottsboro. If your truck hauls to the river terminal and is stationed there, we can collect it at Guntersville and you do not need to bring it back to town.
Posted spans on Scottsboro’s back roads
The National Bridge Inventory lists 26 bridges in and around Scottsboro, with 2 of them load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. Tell us the roads leading to your truck so our driver can plan around those two posted spans with a loaded trailer.
If the truck sits on a farm or quarry road off the main highway, a pin dropped on a map is the most useful thing you can send. Pair it with a contact who can open the gate and we have what we need to plan the collection.
The questions we get asked in Scottsboro
- Our quarry dump truck never leaves the Scottsboro pit; does that matter?Scottsboro Quarry is 2.7 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect at the quarry yard. Give us the name of whoever controls the gate and the truck stays where it is.
- Will you take a Jackson County log truck off my hands?Logs, poles, beams and lumber are hauled by 37 Scottsboro carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and log trucks are on our list. Photograph the knuckleboom or bunks along with the cab, and include the VIN and dash odometer.
- The rig stays at the Guntersville river terminal now; would you collect from there?Guntersville’s port is 22.8 miles south-west of Scottsboro by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and we come to the truck there. Name the terminal operator holding the truck and we line up the gate time with them.
- Which documents does a Jackson County owner gather before selling?With 130 of Scottsboro’s 165 carriers running intrastate in FMCSA’s carrier census, most sellers here need just the Alabama title, current registration and the keys. Add service records if you have them, and the cab card if the truck ran interstate.