Phosphate and limestone west of Inverness
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Manko Co Sec 5 phosphate mine 7.9 miles north-west of town, with the Lecanto Mine quarry 9 miles west and the Maylen Mine quarry 9.9 miles west. A dump truck or tractor that hauls stone from those pits is often parked at a quarry gate or a yard off the Lecanto side of the county, so give us that address and the name of whoever can let us onto the property.
Quarry sites keep their own gate rules, and a pickup inside one goes smoothly when the paperwork is already in the cab. Have the title, the current Florida registration and any service log together, and send photos of the bed, the frame rails and the cab before we set a collection date.
Cement runs
Cement kilns south and east, rails at Wildwood
Two cement plants sit just under twenty miles out, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration: Brooksville South 18.2 miles to the south and Sumterville 18.8 miles to the east. Pneumatic tankers and bulk trailers working between those kilns and Citrus County job sites can be collected wherever they are parked, in Hernando or Sumter County as easily as in Inverness.
East along the same corridor, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Wildwood rail yard 18.4 miles from town. If your tractor shuttles loads to that yard, tell us which lot it is kept on and send the VIN with your first message.
What Inverness carriers load: lumber, machines, vans
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 139 active carriers based in Inverness: 56 list general freight, 24 haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, 23 move machinery and large objects, and 19 carry motor vehicles. We buy log trucks, lowboys, car haulers and van tractors alike, so name the trailer or body that goes with the unit when you write to us.
Of those carriers, 119 run intrastate and 18 interstate in the same federal census, and 62 operate private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck that never left Florida still needs a clear title in the seller’s name; if a lender is listed on it, tell us the lienholder up front so the release can be arranged before collection.
Small fleets and short hauls around Citrus County
The three biggest fleets on FMCSA’s carrier census here run 19, 9 and 5 power units, with 4, 9 and 6 drivers respectively. Owners selling one tractor out of a small yard, or clearing several at once, can list every unit in a single message with VINs and where each one stands.
Driver records in that same census count 157 operating within 100 miles and 98 beyond that radius, while the 24 carriers reporting mileage show a median of 12,250 miles per truck a year. Local-haul units like these usually sit at a home yard or a driveway between jobs, which is where we come to load them.
FMCSA added 10 new carriers in Inverness in 2025 and 6 in 2024. If your operation is newer and the truck’s paperwork is still in a company name you recently formed, have the business registration and an authorized signer ready at pickup.
Model years at the roadside, clearances in town
Of 34 trucks from local carriers checked between January 2025 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2014, with about 56 percent ten or more model years old. Whatever the model year of yours, send the year, make and engine on the first contact, along with the odometer reading and the title state.
None of the 9 bridges the National Bridge Inventory records in Inverness carries a posted load limit, and none clears under 14 feet. A lowboy or tall box truck can come out of town on the local roads without a detour, so tell us only whether the site itself has tight turns or soft ground.
Contractors in town, cattle and horses on Citrus pasture
Of the 9,226 jobs counted in Inverness for 2023, construction held 151, or 1.6 percent, in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 53 construction establishments, the kind of contractors that run dump bodies, flatbeds and equipment trailers out of a shop yard.
Across Citrus County, 602 farms appear in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, horses and goats the leading livestock. Stock trailers, hay trucks and farm-plated units parked on pasture are collected on the property; mark the gate, tell us whether livestock will be in the field, and keep the title with you.
The questions we get asked in Inverness
- Does a dump truck sitting inside a Lecanto quarry have to be driven out to Inverness first?The Lecanto Mine quarry sits 9 miles west of Inverness, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from there directly. Give us the gate contact and the site’s visitor rules so the pickup is arranged with the operator.
- Are Citrus County log trucks and timber trailers something you buy?Twenty-four Inverness carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo, and their trucks are among what we buy. Include the trailer’s details, the title and photos of the bunks and the tractor together.
- Can you collect a cement tanker that works the Sumterville plant?Sumterville Cement Plant is 18.8 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and a tanker parked there or anywhere along that run can be picked up where it stands. Send the VIN, the registration and the address of the yard.
- What should I have ready when you arrive in Inverness?Inverness carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census are mostly intrastate, 119 of 139, so Florida title and registration are what we check first. Have both on hand along with keys, any service records and an ID matching the name on the title.