North of the key
A shell pit just up the road from Manasota Key
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Florida Shell & Fill Company LLC, an industrial-mineral mine, about 1.2 miles north of Manasota Key. Shell and fill leave a pit like that in dump bodies and end dumps, so a tri-axle or tandem that has hauled from it is exactly the kind of truck we collect here.
If your dump truck runs out of that shell pit, it most likely sits at a yard on the Englewood side rather than out on the key itself. Send us the yard address, the VIN and a few photos of the body, the frame and the tires, and we will plan the pickup around where the truck is parked.
Replacing a missing title on the Englewood side
Manasota Key truck titles come from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, whose counter work is done by county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. For a seller on Manasota Key, the closest is the Charlotte County motor vehicle service center - Englewood, at 6868 San Casa Drive, Englewood, 34224, roughly 2.5 miles from town by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles location list.
If the title is missing or still shows a lender, visit that Englewood counter for a duplicate or a lien release, then call us. Bring the registration and a photo ID, and keep the lender’s release letter with the truck once it arrives.
Jobs on the key
Service trucks behind a small island workforce
On Manasota Key, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) record 551 jobs in 2023. Work on a key like this one usually arrives by box truck, landscaping rig, pool service pickup and contractor flatbed rather than by tractor-trailer.
Any of those work trucks registered to a business on the key qualifies, whether it carries a lift gate, a stake bed or a utility body. Tell us what the body is built for and list the equipment bolted to it, so the photos you send line up with the description.
Cattle and foliage inland
Cattle, horses and foliage nurseries inland
Away from the key, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 263 farms across Charlotte County, with cattle, equine and foliage plants at the top of the list. Livestock haulers, horse trailers pulled by heavy pickups, and nursery box trucks are the vehicles those operations keep.
A ranch truck or nursery delivery truck parked out on county farmland is no harder for us to reach than one in an Englewood driveway. Give us the gate location and tell us if the ground is soft after rain, and keep any farm-use registration with the title.
The questions we get asked in Manasota Key
- Can you collect a truck that is parked on Manasota Key itself?Manasota Key sellers should tell us the street address, which side of the water the truck sits on, and whether the yard or lot has room for a carrier. We come to the truck’s address.
- My title went missing on Manasota Key - is San Casa the counter for a new copy?The Charlotte County motor vehicle service center - Englewood, at 6868 San Casa Drive, is about 2.5 miles away and acts for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Sort the duplicate there first, then contact us.
- Do you buy dump trucks that haul from the shell pit north of the key?Florida Shell & Fill Company LLC, listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration about 1.2 miles north, is the sort of site those trucks serve, and we buy them. Send the VIN and photos of the dump body.
- Before a Manasota Key pickup, which documents and photos go to you first?A seller on Manasota Key should send the VIN, the title or the Englewood service center’s duplicate receipt, the registration, and photos of the cab, frame, tires and body. Add any service logbook kept for the truck.