Two and a half miles down
Quarry rigs parked by Maylen Mine
Maylen Mine, a crushed-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists just two and a half miles south, is close enough that a quarry truck parked there is practically a Black Diamond pickup. If your dump truck or end-dump tractor sits in a pit yard on that side, send us the gate address and the hours someone can let us in.
Twenty-two and a half miles further south on the same agency’s roster stands the Brooksville South Cement Plant. Mixer and bulk trucks that ran between the cement works and Citrus County sites are welcome here; photograph the chassis plate and the drum or tank so the VIN and body type are clear before we talk.
A Crystal River pit just west of the crossroads
Westward from Black Diamond, 5.9 miles out, MSHA records place the Amrize Crystal River Quarry, a second crushed-stone operation. A tri-axle or a lowboy tractor that worked that pit can stay right where it is; we bring the truck off the quarry lot or out of your driveway, whichever is easier for you.
Have the registration and the most recent annual inspection sheet for a quarry rig in the cab when we arrive. A few photos of the bed, the frame rails and the tires, sent ahead, let us match the truck to your description on arrival.
East of the mines
Phosphate ground east at Manko
Six miles and a tenth east, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Manko Co Sec 5 Mine/Phos as an industrial-mineral mine. Haul trucks and water trucks that served a mineral site out that way are trucks we purchase, whether they are still on the property or already home.
If the truck belonged to a contractor working the mine, tell us whose name is on the title before anything else. A truck titled to a company needs an officer’s signature, and knowing that up front keeps the pickup simple.
Hay flatbeds and horse haulers on Citrus County farms
The 2022 Census of Agriculture from USDA counts 602 farms across Citrus County, and cattle, equine and goats lead its list of what those farms raise. Around Black Diamond that points to stock trucks, flatbeds for hay and pickups pulling horse trailers on rural lots.
A farm truck kept behind a barn or out in a pasture is fine; tell us whether the ground is firm enough for a tow rig and where the gate is. If the truck carries farm tags, say so, and bring the registration that goes with them.
One-owner trucks in a small Black Diamond workforce
Black Diamond held 436 jobs in 2023, a figure from the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES).
Write down the VIN, the odometer reading and the body type, then text or call us with them. Those three details are enough to start a conversation about a Black Diamond truck, and the rest of our questions follow from them.
Meadowcrest Blvd.
Getting a duplicate title off Meadowcrest Blvd.
Titles here run through the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which handles them at county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. Black Diamond sellers are about 3.2 miles from the Citrus County motor vehicle service center - Crystal River, which the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists at 1540 North Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River, 34429.
Go to that Meadowcrest Blvd. counter for a duplicate if the original is missing, and ask there about any lien still listed on it. If a lender financed the truck, bring its lien release along with the title.
The questions we get asked in Black Diamond
- Can you pick up a dump truck sitting in the Maylen Mine yard south of Black Diamond?Maylen Mine is about two and a half miles south of Black Diamond on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from quarry yards like it. Send the yard’s gate address and the name of whoever holds the key on pickup day.
- My Black Diamond rig’s title went missing - is the Crystal River service center the place to fix that?The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles places its Citrus County motor vehicle service center - Crystal River at 1540 North Meadowcrest Blvd., about 3.2 miles from Black Diamond, and you can apply for a duplicate there.
- Do you buy livestock and farm trucks in Citrus County?Citrus County’s 602 farms, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, raise mostly cattle, horses and goats, and the stock trucks and flatbeds that serve them are trucks we purchase. Mention whether the truck stands by the barn, in a pasture or beside the house.