Two yards by the river
Rail sidings a mile from Chattahoochee
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the CHATTAHOOCHEE (AN) yard 1 mile south-east of town and the CHATTAHOOCHEE (CSXT) yard 1.4 miles to the south-west. A tractor that shuttles loads to either siding is probably parked within a few minutes of the tracks, so give us the street or the lot nearest the yard you use.
If your truck sits beside one of those rail sidings on land that belongs to somebody else, tell us who controls the gate. We arrange collection with whoever holds the key, and you do not have to be standing there for it.
Photos taken where the truck is parked help us plan the approach: one of the cab, one of each side, one of the plate and one showing the VIN on the door jamb or dash.
Attapulgite and stone
Clay plants east, quarries west
East along the county, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Active Minerals Attapulgite Division 16.7 miles south-east and the Quincy Plant and Mines 16.8 miles east, both mineral processing plants. Dump trucks and tractors pulling end-dumps from those clay plants are the kind of equipment we collect, so say which plant your truck served when you reach out.
Heading the other way, the 1874 Marianna crushed-stone quarry is 20.3 miles west and ROCKY CREEK MINE AND MILL lies 20.5 miles west, according to MSHA records; A-Mining Group II LLC., a sand and gravel operation, is listed 18.9 miles south-east. A truck left at a quarry gate can be picked up there once you tell us the site and a contact on shift.
Keep any site entry passes or scale tickets that show where the truck has hauled. They are not required, but they let us match the truck you describe with the work it has done.
Thirty carriers near the Chattahoochee yards
Thirty active carriers are registered here in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 21 of them run intrastate only while 9 cross state lines. Another twelve on that FMCSA list are private fleets moving goods for their own business. Whichever group you belong to, have your USDOT number ready alongside the registration for the truck you are selling.
Thirteen of those carriers list general freight as their cargo with FMCSA; 7 haul motor vehicles, 6 carry farm supplies and 6 move machinery and large objects. A car hauler, a flatbed for equipment or a box truck for mixed loads all fit what we purchase, so tell us the body type along with the make and model.
Fleets here are small: per FMCSA filings, the two biggest each run 5 power units, one with 7 drivers and one with 5, and the next runs 2. If you own several units, list each VIN separately and we can collect them on one visit or on separate ones, as suits you.
Local runs and out-of-state runs from Chattahoochee
Drivers based here split almost evenly by distance in the carrier census FMCSA maintains: 33 stay inside a hundred-mile radius and 31 go beyond it. A truck on longer runs may be parked out of state when you decide to sell, and that is fine; give us the address where it sits and we come to it.
A median of 10,000 miles a truck comes from the seven Chattahoochee carriers that filed annual mileage with FMCSA. Write down the current odometer reading before you call, since it is one of the first details we ask for along with the VIN.
New registrations stay steady, with 3 new carriers in 2024 and 2 in 2025 under the federal census. If your authority is recent and the truck is still under a lien, tell us the lender’s name so the payoff can be handled as part of the sale.
The Calhoun Street office in Quincy
Titles here are handled by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles through county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. For a truck registered in Chattahoochee, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists its nearest office as the Gadsden County motor vehicle service center - Quincy, at 16 S Calhoun St, Quincy, 32351, about 16.7 miles east of town.
Bring photo ID and the VIN to that Quincy office to apply for a duplicate if the original is missing. If a lender still holds the title, ask them for a lien release first, since the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles needs it before the title can pass to us.
Keep the registration with the title and any service records in one folder. Handing it over at collection means nothing has to be posted afterward.
Corn, milk and goats
Farm trucks and Gadsden County work
Around Chattahoochee and across the rest of Gadsden County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 489 farms, with corn, milk and goats leading the list. Grain trucks, milk tankers and livestock haulers parked in a barn or field can be collected where they stand, as long as we know how to reach them.
Chattahoochee held 2,034 jobs in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES), farm and town work together. If the truck belongs to a farm or a business rather than to you personally, have the person who can sign for the owner on hand when we arrange the pickup.
The questions we get asked in Chattahoochee
- My truck is parked near the CSXT yard south-west of town. Does it have to leave that siding lot before you collect?The North American Rail Network puts the CHATTAHOOCHEE (CSXT) yard 1.4 miles south-west of town, and we can collect from a lot near it. Name whoever controls that lot near the CSXT siding and we set the visit up with them.
- Which Gadsden County office reissues a title that went missing on a truck kept by the rail yards?Quincy is where the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists the Gadsden County motor vehicle service center, at 16 S Calhoun St, about 16.7 miles east. Apply for the duplicate there with your ID and the VIN.
- Do you buy dump trucks that haul from the clay plants near Quincy?Active Minerals Attapulgite Division and the Quincy Plant and Mines, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration about 17 miles from town, are served by trucks of exactly that kind, and we purchase them. Send the VIN, a few photos and which plant or yard the truck sits at.
- I run a private fleet of two trucks. Can both go from Chattahoochee at once?Twelve of the 30 carriers in FMCSA’s census for Chattahoochee are private fleets like yours, and we take more than one unit at a time. List each VIN and where each truck sits.