Shell pit up the road
Shell and fill hauled from just up the road
Florida Shell & Fill Company LLC, an industrial-mineral mine the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 2.8 miles north-west of Grove City, is close enough that a dump truck working its pit may be parked at a house in town tonight. If that is your truck, the driveway or the yard where it sleeps is where we collect it.
Trucks that haul shell and fill out of a pit like that one tend to be tandem dumps and end-dump tractors. Before you call, take photos of the bed, the hoist, the cab and the VIN plate, and find the registration so the name on it can be checked against the title.
Sand, gravel and mineral sites two dozen miles inland
Head east from Grove City and the Mine Safety and Health Administration places Washington Loop Mine, a sand and gravel operation, 23.6 miles out, with DSF Bishop Mine, an industrial-mineral site, at 24.2 miles in the same direction. A truck that runs loads between those two and the coast can be picked up at either end of its route.
Tell us which of the eastern pits your truck works and where it is kept between shifts. If it stays at a mine yard rather than at home, give us the gate contact and the hours so the pickup can be arranged with the site.
Grove City builders
Construction crews behind a fifth of local jobs
Of the 342 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in Grove City for 2023, construction accounts for 77, a share of 22.5 percent. Flatbeds, box trucks, dumps and stake beds all belong to that kind of work, and we buy each of them.
If a contractor here owns the truck under a business name, have the company’s title and a note from whoever signs for the business ready. A truck that carried tools or a mounted body can be sold with that equipment fitted; list what is on it when you send photos.
Ranch and greenhouse
Cattle, horses and foliage plants around Grove City
Around Grove City, cattle, horses and foliage plants lead the 263 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts across Charlotte County. Livestock haulers, horse-trailer tractors and nursery delivery trucks come out of farms like those.
A farm truck is often titled to a family member or to the ranch itself. Check whose name is on the title before we talk, and if the truck is parked out on pasture, tell us the gate and whether a tow truck can reach it on a dry track.
A replacement title a mile and a half from home
Titles in Florida come from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and its listing puts the Charlotte County motor vehicle service center - Englewood at 6868 San Casa Drive, Englewood, 34224, about 1.4 miles from Grove City. The department lists it among the county tax collector service centers and license plate agents that handle Florida titles for owners in Charlotte County.
If the title for your truck is lost or still lists a lienholder you have cleared, a Grove City owner can ask the Englewood center for a duplicate or a lien release. Bring your ID and the registration, and let us know while that request is in progress so we can plan around it.
The questions we get asked in Grove City
- My dump truck hauls for the shell pit up the road; can you pick it up right at the Florida Shell & Fill site?Florida Shell & Fill Company LLC is 2.8 miles north-west of Grove City according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, so a truck there is a short trip for us. Give us the site contact and the gate hours and we can collect it at the pit or at your home.
- I misplaced the title to my rig; is there a Charlotte County counter close to Grove City that can reissue it?The Charlotte County motor vehicle service center - Englewood, at 6868 San Casa Drive, Englewood, 34224, sits about 1.4 miles from town on the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles location list. Ask there for a duplicate title, bring ID and the registration, and tell us it is on the way.
- Do you buy cattle trucks and horse haulers from Charlotte County farms?Cattle and horses head the list for Charlotte County’s 263 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks that serve them are ones we buy. Send photos of the tractor, the VIN and the title holder’s name to start.