Astatula sand and the pits around Howey
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Astatula Sand Plant, a sand and gravel operation, just 3.1 miles east of Howey-in-the-Hills. A tandem or tri-axle dump that loads at a plant that close may well be parked at the pit gate or a yard on the way rather than in town. Tell us which, and give us a contact who can let us onto the property.
North of town, Lisbon Sand is another sand and gravel operation, listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration at 11.7 miles out. If your dump truck has hauled from both Astatula and Lisbon, one set of photos covers it: the cab, the bed, the plate and the VIN on the door jamb. Send those with your registration and we can start the paperwork from wherever you are.
Cement, crushed stone and the Okahumpka mine
Sixteen and a half miles west, the Sumterville Cement Plant and the Sumterville Mine, a crushed-stone quarry, share one location in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Mixer trucks, bulk cement tankers and rock haulers that run out of that site are trucks we purchase. If a mixer is yours, note the drum make and size when you write to us, along with the chassis VIN.
Closer in, Okahumpka is an industrial-mineral mine 6.8 miles west, and the Mid-Coast Aggregates Mazak Mine, a crushed-stone quarry, lies 14.3 miles to the south-west, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list. For a truck that splits its loads between these sites, send along any service log or annual inspection sheet you keep. It lets us see where the truck has worked without asking you to dig for it later.
Getting a Florida title in order near Howey
Titles in this state are issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and its offices are county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. The closest to Howey-in-the-Hills is the Lake County motor vehicle service center - Plantation Service Center, at 25321 US Hwy 27, Suite 108, Leesburg, 34748, about 4.7 miles away on the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles location list.
If the title is lost, or still lists a lienholder you have settled with, the Plantation Service Center in Leesburg is where a replacement or lien release gets handled. A photo ID plus the VIN off the door jamb covers the application at that counter. Once the corrected title is in your hands, a photo of the front and back is all we need to move ahead.
Rail north-west
Rail freight out at Wildwood
Head 19.1 miles north-west of Howey-in-the-Hills and you reach the Wildwood rail yard, a site the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics map on their North American Rail Network. Day cabs and flatbeds that shuttle between that yard and the quarries to its south are part of the mix of trucks we collect in this corner of Lake County.
Should your tractor be parked at a terminal near Wildwood rather than at home, we can collect it there. Share the street address, any gate hours, and whose name the registration is in, so the pickup is arranged with the right person on site.
Plants and foliage
Nursery country around the lakes
Foliage plants top the crop list for the 1,569 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts across Lake County, followed by propagative material and potted flowering plants. Box trucks, refrigerated straight trucks and stake beds that move nursery stock from growers to customers fit squarely within what we buy.
A reefer unit carries its own serial number and hour meter, separate from the truck. When you send photos of a refrigerated box truck from a Howey-area nursery, include the reefer’s data plate as well as the chassis VIN, so both halves of the truck are described from the start.
Howey’s factory floor
Factory jobs inside the town limits
Of the 530 jobs based in Howey-in-the-Hills during 2023, manufacturing held 127, close to a quarter, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Trucks that deliver to or ship from local plants range from box trucks to tractors pulling vans, and we buy across that range.
Whether you run a single straight truck for a shop in town or own several units, we handle each one on its own title. List every VIN, where each truck is parked and who holds each title, and we will work through them one by one.
The questions we get asked in Howey-in-the-Hills
- Can you collect a dump truck that stays at the Astatula pit instead of in Howey?Astatula Sand Plant is 3.1 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list, and we collect trucks where they sit. Name the pit entrance we should use and the person who holds the gate key there.
- If my Howey-in-the-Hills truck has no title in hand, which counter in Leesburg replaces it?The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists the Lake County Plantation Service Center at 25321 US Hwy 27, Suite 108, Leesburg, about 4.7 miles from town, as the nearest office. Carry photo identification and the truck’s VIN to that service center when you apply.
- Do you buy refrigerated trucks from Lake County nurseries?Lake County’s 1,569 farms, on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, lead with foliage plants, and reefer box trucks that serve those growers are trucks we purchase. Send photos of the reefer data plate along with the cab and VIN.