Shell and fill
The mine south-east of South Venice
Florida Shell & Fill Company LLC, an industrial-mineral mine on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, lies 8.3 miles south-east of South Venice. A dump truck or end-dump trailer that has hauled shell and fill out of that pit can be sold from wherever it is parked between runs, whether that is a home driveway in South Venice or a yard closer to the mine road.
When you contact us about a truck that loaded at that site, send the VIN, a clear photo of the body and hoist, and the registration in the name that appears on the title. If the truck still sits at the mine, give us the name of whoever controls the gate so pickup can be set up with them directly.
Owners who ran shell to Sarasota County jobsites sometimes keep load tickets or scale slips in the cab. Those are not required, but if you have them, a few photos of them help us understand what the truck hauled and where.
Local building work
Building crews in South Venice
Of the 1,663 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in South Venice for 2023, 358 were in construction, a 21.5 percent share. Upfitted pickups, stake beds, small dump trucks, boom trucks and crane trucks from those crews are all commercial vehicles we buy.
If your company is winding down a crew or trimming its yard, list each unit by year, make and VIN in a single message rather than one at a time. We can look at a single truck or a whole row of them parked behind a shop on the same property.
Equipment bodies carry their own paperwork. For a crane, boom or lift body, any annual inspection certificate you have belongs in the set of photos you send, alongside the chassis title and current Florida registration.
Propagative stock, foliage and cattle on county farms
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 286 farms across Sarasota County, and the top three products it lists there are propagative material, cattle and foliage plants. Box trucks, reefer units, livestock trailers, flatbeds and farm-plated tractors from those growers and ranches are all on the list of what we buy.
A farm truck registered under agricultural plates still needs a title in the seller’s name to change hands. If the title shows a farm partnership or family trust, tell us that up front so we know who has to sign.
Trucks on a nursery or ranch are often parked well off the paved road. A short note on gate codes, soft ground or a turn-around spot for a tow rig saves a wasted trip out to the property.
The South Venice seller’s checklist of papers and pictures
Gather the Florida title, the registration and a photo ID for each person named on the title. If a lender still holds a lien, have the lender’s name and your account details so the payoff can be handled as part of the sale.
A title that has gone missing does not stop a sale from starting. Let us know when you first reach out, and request a duplicate through the state’s title agency while we work through the other details of the truck with you.
Photos should cover all four sides, the cab interior, the odometer and the VIN plate. For a dump or mixer, add the body, the controls and the plate on the hoist or drum so the equipment can be matched to the chassis.
The questions we get asked in South Venice
- My dump truck stays near the shell and fill pit rather than at home in South Venice; will the tow come out to it?The Mine Safety and Health Administration places Florida Shell & Fill Company LLC 8.3 miles south-east of South Venice, and we come to wherever the truck is parked, at the mine or anywhere else. Give us the location and a contact who can let the tow driver in.
- I run a small construction crew in South Venice. Will you look at several trucks together?Construction held 358 of South Venice’s 1,663 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, so if your crew is one of them and has more than one truck to sell, send the list with VINs and we will go through every unit in the same conversation.
- Do you buy trucks from Sarasota County nurseries and cattle farms?Sarasota County’s 286 farms, as counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are led by propagative material, cattle and foliage plants, and the box trucks, reefers, flatbeds and livestock rigs those growers use are all commercial vehicles we buy. Tell us where on the property the truck is parked.