Sand to the north-east
Pits on Silver Lake’s north-east and south-east sides
Only about 3.5 miles north-east of Silver Lake, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Lisbon Sand as a working sand and gravel operation. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls from a pit that close often stays parked at the pit or at the owner’s yard between loads, so tell us which of the two it sits at when you get in touch.
On the south-east side, the Astatula Sand Plant appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records roughly 9.9 miles from town. If your truck carried sand out of Astatula, send the VIN, a photo of the door plate and a few shots of the body and frame, and we can line up collection at that address.
Cement and crushed stone around Sumterville
Federal mine safety listings place the Sumterville Cement Plant and the Sumterville Mine, a crushed-stone quarry, both about 16.2 miles west of Silver Lake, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration puts the Sumterville Quarry a little farther at 17.3 miles. Mixers, bulk tankers and rock trucks are the kinds of equipment that work sites like these.
A mixer or bulk hauler that spends its days at a cement plant may carry plant gate passes or site records; keep them with the title so we can confirm which truck we are collecting. If the truck stays inside a plant fence, give us the name of someone who can open the gate on the day.
The Okahumpka mine off the Leesburg side
Okahumpka, an industrial-mineral mine in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, is around 8.4 miles south-west of town. Owners whose trucks served that site can sell from wherever the truck is parked, and we come to it.
Before we arrive, have the registration and any maintenance or inspection records in one folder. Photos of the cab interior, the odometer and the plate on the driver’s door let us match the paperwork to the truck you describe.
Day cabs around the Wildwood yard
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows a rail yard at Wildwood about 14.6 miles west of Silver Lake. Day cabs that shuttle freight to and from a yard like that are trucks we buy.
If your tractor is kept near Wildwood instead of at home in Silver Lake, that is fine. Send us the street address where it sits, and tell us whether a trailer is still hooked to it, so we plan the right pickup.
A missing title near Silver Lake
Silver Lake owners get their Florida titles through county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. Closest to town, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists the Lake County motor vehicle service center - Leesburg Service Center at 1720 N. Citrus Blvd., Leesburg, 34748, which the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles places about 5.4 miles from town.
A seller who cannot find the title can apply for a duplicate at that Leesburg counter before we collect. Bring your ID and the VIN, and if a lender was ever on the title, bring the lien release too, since the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists liens on its title records.
Work and nurseries
Jobs in town and plants across Lake County
Box trucks, service bodies and small dump trucks belonging to local businesses are all part of what we take.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture recorded 1,569 farms across Lake County, with foliage plants, propagative material and potted flowering plants at the top of the list. A nursery’s box truck or flatbed can be collected straight from the growing operation; just point us to the right gate and loading area.
The questions we get asked in Silver Lake
- Our tri-axle sits at Lisbon Sand or the Astatula plant near Silver Lake; will you collect it from the pit?Lisbon Sand, 3.5 miles north-east, and the Astatula Sand Plant, about 9.9 miles south-east, are both sand and gravel operations listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from sites like those. Send the pit’s name along with whoever holds the gate key there.
- A Silver Lake owner has misplaced the truck’s Florida title; which counter issues a replacement?The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists the Leesburg Service Center at 1720 N. Citrus Blvd., a Lake County motor vehicle service center that the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles puts about 5.4 miles away. Request the duplicate at that Leesburg counter and photograph it for us once it arrives.
- The tractor stays by Wildwood’s rail yard west of Silver Lake; does it need driving back to town?Wildwood’s rail yard is about 14.6 miles west of Silver Lake on the North American Rail Network, and the tractor can stay right where it is. Give us that address and a contact who can meet us.