Across the inlet
Selling a truck that lives on the Vilano side
For a town of this size, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) put 775 jobs inside Vilano Beach in 2023. Many trucks kept on this stretch of the island sit in a driveway or a side lot rather than a yard, so tell us the street address and whether a tow rig can turn around there before we plan the collection.
With a working base that small, a truck here is often a single owner’s unit rather than one of a row. Send the VIN, the registration and a set of photos taken in daylight, cab and frame both, and we can talk about the truck as it sits on your property without you driving it across the bridge.
Lewis Speedway
Where a Vilano Beach title gets sorted out
Titles here run through county tax collector service centers and license plate agents. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles places the nearest counter 2.2 miles from Vilano Beach, at 4030 Lewis Speedway in St. Augustine, under the name St. Johns County motor vehicle service center - St. Augustine.
If the title is lost, or still shows a lender whose loan has closed, that Lewis Speedway counter is where a duplicate or a lien release gets handled. Start that errand before you call us, and keep the lender’s release letter with the registration so both arrive together when we look at the paperwork.
A title in a business name needs whoever signs for that business to sign it over. Find out who that person is early, since the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will want the signature to match the name printed on the certificate.
Inland haul
Haul trucks on the run southwest to the mine
SRM Materials East Palatka, an industrial-mineral mine on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, lies 21.7 miles south-west of the Vilano bridge. Dump trucks and other haulers based on the island may spend their working days on that run inland.
If your truck has hauled from East Palatka, tell us where it is parked now: at home on the island, at the mine site, or somewhere between. We collect from wherever it stands, and knowing the spot ahead of time lets us bring the right equipment for the ground it is on.
Bring together any service records or site paperwork from the mine work. A plain list of what the truck did there and which body it carries, whether dump, flatbed or something else, answers most of the questions we would otherwise ask one at a time.
Honey, horses, cattle
Away from the beach, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 223 farms across St. Johns County and ranks honey, equine and cattle as its leading products. Livestock haulers, pickups that tow stock trailers and flatbeds that move hives or hay are all trucks we buy from owners here.
A farm truck often stays registered to the farm rather than to a person. Check whose name is on the Florida title before we talk, and if a horse or cattle operation has closed, have the paperwork that shows who can now sign for it.
Farm units are usually parked in a barn lot or a pasture gate off a county road. Give us directions a driver can follow, plus a photo of the approach, so the collection can be planned around soft ground or a narrow lane.
Before the bridge
What to gather on the island before you reach out
Vilano Beach is 2.2 miles from the Lewis Speedway service center that the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists, so a missing document is a short trip to fix. Have the title, the current registration and a photo ID of the owner on the title in one folder.
Then add photos: each side of the cab, the dash with the odometer showing, the frame rails and any body or equipment mounted on the chassis. With those, the VIN and the address where the truck sits, we have what we need to start the conversation.
The questions we get asked in Vilano Beach
- Is there a Lewis Speedway counter for replacing a lost title from the island?The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles lists a service center 2.2 miles from Vilano Beach, at 4030 Lewis Speedway in St. Augustine, that handles title work for the county. Get the duplicate there before the truck changes hands.
- Will you collect a truck parked at the East Palatka mine?SRM Materials East Palatka lies 21.7 miles south-west of Vilano Beach on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we come to where the truck is, whether at the site or at home on the island. Give us the location and access details when you get in touch.
- Will you take a truck off a honey, horse or cattle farm in this county?St. Johns County has 223 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by honey, equine and cattle, and we buy the trucks that serve them. Have the farm’s title and registration ready, along with photos of the truck and its body.