Mines and tipples around Barbourville
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places Mosley Branch, a coal mine, 7.5 miles west of Barbourville, and Hubbs Hollow Mine 7.9 miles to the south-west. If your truck is parked at or near one of those mine sites, send us the gate location and the name of whoever can let a driver in, and the collection gets planned around the site rather than around town.
Gatliff Tipple, a coal preparation plant, sits 14.4 miles south-west of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and the Manchester Complex lies 19.1 miles north-east. A tractor or dump truck that has hauled between Knox County mines and either plant can be sold from wherever it now stands; tell us which plant it served and attach photos of the cab, the frame and the body.
Trucks that shuttle freight between Knox County and that yard often end their working lives parked in Corbin rather than in Barbourville itself, and that is fine: give us the street address where the truck sits.
If the truck worked loads in and out of the Corbin yard, have the title, the current registration and any service records together before you call. Those three things let us move from a phone call to a scheduled collection without a second round of questions.
Timber, machinery and general freight
Of the 213 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census for the Barbourville area, 63 list general freight, 49 haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, 33 carry machinery and large objects, and 28 move motor vehicles. A log truck, a lowboy tractor or a car hauler from one of those outfits is the kind of truck we collect around Knox County.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 179 of those carriers working intrastate and 34 crossing state lines, with 159 running as private fleets that haul their own goods. For a private-fleet truck, the title is usually in the business’s name, so have whoever signs for the company ready to sign the transfer.
If you started a small hauling outfit in Knox County in the last two years and are selling the one truck it owns, the same title, registration and photos are all we need.
Small outfits and local miles
Fleets of 26, 20 and 20 power units, with 13, 12 and 9 drivers, top the list for the Barbourville area in FMCSA’s carrier census. Whether you are selling one tractor or several units from a yard that size, list each VIN, and tell us whether the trucks sit at one address or several.
Carriers here report 225 drivers working within 100 miles and 157 going farther, as FMCSA’s carrier census records it. Among the 28 carriers that report mileage to that census, the median sits at 22,932 miles per truck a year. Give us the odometer reading with the VIN so the paperwork matches the truck.
FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 108 trucks from the area inspected between September 2024 and August 2026, with a median model year of 2012. FMCSA roadside inspection records also show about 64 percent of those inspected trucks were ten or more model years old.
Whatever the model year of yours, send inspection reports and annual inspection stickers along with the photos. They show the truck’s working history in Knox County alongside the title and registration.
Cattle farms and county jobs
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 293 farms in Knox County, with cattle, corn and equine operations at the top of the list. A livestock hauler, grain truck or flatbed parked on one of those farms can be collected from the farm itself; tell us which gate to use and whether the lane takes a heavy truck.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 3,432 jobs in the area for 2023, and County Business Patterns lists 8 construction establishments. A dump truck or flatbed that has worked those construction jobs can be listed with the same title, registration and photos as any other truck.
If it has gone missing, the state’s title agency handles a replacement, and starting that request before you contact us keeps the sale moving.
Along with the title, have the registration, any lien release if the truck was financed, and clear photos of the VIN plate, the odometer and all four sides. For a truck kept out at a Knox County mine, farm or yard, add the address and a contact who can meet our driver.