Sand, stone and cement around Groveland
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Astatula Sand Plant 8.6 miles north-east of Groveland and the Independent Mine, another sand and gravel operation, 10.1 miles to the south-east. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that shuttles between those pits and Lake County job sites can be collected at the pit, at your yard or at your house; tell us which gate to use.
West of town, the Mazak Mine run by Mid-Coast Aggregates is a crushed-stone quarry 9.5 miles out, and Okahumpka, an industrial-mineral mine, is 9.6 miles north-west, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. If your truck hauls stone off either site, send photos of the body, the tailgate and the cab, and note the axle setup so we know what we are coming for.
Sumterville’s cement plant and the SUMTERVILLE MINE quarry share a spot 16.5 miles north-west, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Bulk tankers and mixers tied to that plant are trucks we buy; have the title and current registration in hand before you call.
Freight, timber and heavy-equipment work out of Groveland
General freight shows up on 178 of the 317 active Groveland carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, more than half the town’s trucking outfits by that tally. Box trucks, day cabs and sleepers on that work all qualify, so give us the year, make and VIN and we can start from there.
Machinery and large objects appear on 47 Groveland carriers’ filings, logs, poles, beams and lumber on 39, and farm supplies on 37, per the same FMCSA census. Lowboy tractors, log haulers and flatbeds from those outfits belong in a quote request; mention the trailer if it goes with the truck.
Of those carriers, 247 operate intrastate only and 68 run interstate, while 113 are private fleets hauling their own goods, FMCSA records show. A private fleet selling a unit should have the company name on the title match whoever signs for the sale.
What Groveland trucks look like at the roadside
Groveland trucks stopped for FMCSA roadside inspections from August 2024 to August 2026 numbered 314; their median model year was 2021, and 21.97 percent were ten or more model years old. Whatever the year on yours, a copy of the last inspection report gives us its history in one sheet.
One Groveland-based carrier runs 449 power units with 303 drivers, and two more run 39 and 31 units, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. A fleet retiring several units at once can send one list of VINs and yard addresses instead of calling about each truck.
Short runs and long ones out of town
Groveland carriers report 707 drivers staying inside a 100-mile radius and 604 heading past it, per FMCSA’s carrier census. If your tractor is out on a longer run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will finish and we can meet it there.
For the 60 carriers reporting mileage, the median truck covered 19,434 miles in a year, FMCSA’s census shows. Note the odometer reading when you contact us; it is one of the first figures we ask for.
Thirty-one Groveland carriers registered in 2024 and twenty-two more in 2025, going by FMCSA’s carrier census. An owner-operator who started recently and is now stepping back can sell a single truck the same way a fleet sells ten.
Construction, warehousing and nursery country
Transportation and warehousing account for 1,455 of Groveland’s 6,769 jobs and construction for 1,260, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. The same LEHD counts give manufacturing 1,048 jobs and agriculture 460.
Around Groveland, 120 construction businesses and 4 warehousing ones appear in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Contractors selling a dump truck or a flatbed can have it collected from the job site if that is where it is parked; give us the site address and a contact on the ground.
Lake County holds 1,569 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by foliage plants, propagative material and potted flowering plants. Box trucks and reefers that move nursery stock are on our list; keep the reefer unit’s service records with the truck if you have them.
Wildwood rail yard and the routes north-west
Up the road toward Sumter County, the Wildwood rail yard lies 21.9 miles north-west of Groveland on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tractors that dray loads between that yard and Lake County can be picked up wherever they last parked.
If your truck sits near Wildwood or out by the Sumterville plant on that same side of town, there is no need to bring it back to Groveland first. Send the location, the title status and a few photos, and we arrange collection from there.
The questions we get asked in Groveland
- My dump truck is parked at a sand pit near Astatula. Does it have to leave the Astatula pit before you collect?The Astatula Sand Plant is 8.6 miles north-east of Groveland on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect at the pit. Give us the name of whoever runs the Astatula gate and we set the pickup up with that person.
- I run a private fleet hauling foliage and potted plants out of Lake County. Are nursery box trucks and reefers something you take?Groveland has 113 private fleets on FMCSA’s carrier census, and Lake County’s nurseries lead its farm list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, so box trucks and reefers from that work are trucks we buy. Have the title in the company’s name ready.
- Which documents should a Groveland owner pull together before calling?With 317 active carriers on FMCSA’s census in Groveland, the request we make of every one is the same: the title, current registration, the VIN and the odometer reading, plus inspection or service records if you keep them.