Golden Gate side
Golden Gate Quarry and the sand pit beyond it
Golden Gate Quarry, a crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine register, lies 6.4 miles east of Island Walk. A tandem dump or end-dump tractor that has hauled rock out of that quarry is exactly the kind of truck we collect, and we can pick it up at the yard where it is parked rather than asking you to move it.
A little farther along the same easterly line, 846 Mine LLC runs a sand and gravel operation that the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 7.5 miles from town. If your truck splits its days between the two sites, tell us which gate it sits behind on the day you contact us and who holds the key, so the driver arrives at the right entrance.
For a quarry truck parked out past Golden Gate, pictures of the cab, the bed or trailer, the frame rails and the VIN plate tell us most of what we need, and any service log kept during those rock runs fills in the rest.
Northbound pits
Stone, sand and minerals up toward Fort Myers
North of Island Walk the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Fort Myers Quarry, a crushed-stone site 15.4 miles out, and Corkscrew, a sand and gravel operation 15.6 miles to the north-east. Owners who base a truck near either one can leave it there; give us the street address and the hours the site is open to visitors.
Bell Mine, an industrial-mineral mine the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists about 20.3 miles north, rounds out the ring of extraction sites near town. A water truck, a lowboy tractor or a roll-off that has served it belongs on the same list as the quarry trucks, and the same paperwork applies: title, current registration and whatever maintenance log you have.
A lost Island Walk title, sorted in Naples
Titles in Florida go through the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, whose counters are county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists the Collier County motor vehicle service center - Naples, at 2335 Orange Blossom Drive, Naples, 34109, about 4 miles from this town.
If the title is lost, or still names a lender whose loan is closed, start the duplicate or lien release at that Naples counter before we schedule collection. Bring the registration and a lien satisfaction letter if there was a loan, and the clerk can tell you what else Florida asks for on a commercial vehicle.
Ranch and hive country
Herds, horses and hives around Island Walk
Island Walk’s county counts 330 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, where cattle, equine and honey are the leading products listed. Stock trailers’ tractors, flatbeds that move hay or hives, and single-axle farm trucks from those operations are all trucks we take on.
A farm truck is often titled to a ranch or a family partnership rather than to one person. Check whose name is on the certificate before you call, and if it is a business, have someone ready who can sign for it, along with the registration and a few photos taken where the truck usually sits.
Starting a sale from an Island Walk yard or pasture
Begin with the VIN, the odometer reading and where the truck is parked: a quarry yard off to the east, a pasture gate, or a driveway in town. Those three details let us plan the visit around the site rather than around you.
Then add the title status, the registration and a handful of clear pictures. If something is missing, say so at the start; a duplicate from the Naples service center can be underway while we arrange the rest.
The questions we get asked in Island Walk
- The dump truck I run sits behind the Golden Gate Quarry gate. Must it come out first?Golden Gate Quarry is about 6.4 miles east of Island Walk on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, and we collect from the quarry yard itself. Let us know who controls access so the visit is cleared with the site.
- The certificate for the rig parked at Island Walk has gone missing - can a duplicate be had at the Naples service center?Collier County’s motor vehicle service center at 2335 Orange Blossom Drive in Naples, roughly 4 miles from Island Walk, handles titles for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Apply for the duplicate at that Naples counter and let us know the paperwork is moving.
- Do you buy farm trucks from cattle and horse operations?Cattle and equine lead the 330 Collier County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks that work them, from stock-trailer tractors to flatbeds, are on our list. A VIN, a few pasture-side photos and the ranch or owner named on the certificate get it moving.