Two stone pits north of the post town
Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry, a crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, lies 10.1 miles north of Fort Campbell North. A dump truck or tri-axle that runs stone out of that pit may well be parked near the scale house or at a yard on the road up, and we can collect it from either spot. Give us the address and a name for whoever holds the gate key.
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists Elkton Quarry, another crushed-stone site 17.9 miles to the north-east. Owners who split loads between Elkton and Hopkinsville should tell us both locations, since the truck could be sitting at either one on collection day. An Elkton or Hopkinsville stone hauler is easiest to assess from pictures of its dump bed, hoist cylinder, cab and VIN plate, sent along with your first note.
Quarry trucks often carry scale tickets and service logs from the pit office. Keep any you have with the title; they show where the truck has worked, and if none survive, a plain description of the routes is enough for us to begin.
The yard at Guthrie
On the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a rail yard at Guthrie shows up 17.7 miles east of town. Tractors and day cabs that shuttle freight between that yard and Christian County’s farms and quarries are among the trucks we purchase from sellers here.
If your tractor is parked at Guthrie rather than at home, you do not have to move it back toward Fort Campbell North. Send us the yard’s location and the name of someone who can let our driver in, and we arrange the pickup where it stands.
Corn, soybeans and tobacco
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture puts 1,095 farms in Christian County, with corn, soybeans and tobacco as the top crops. Grain trucks, straight trucks with hoppers and the tractors that pull them to the elevator sit on many of those farms between harvests, and those are the trucks a farm family in this county most often calls us about.
A farm truck is frequently titled to the farm rather than to one person. Before you contact us, check whose name is on the Kentucky title, and if it reads as a farm business, have the person who signs for that business ready to sign for the sale as well.
Barn and field locations are fine for collection. Tell us which lane or field gate the truck sits behind, and whether the ground there is firm in wet weather.
Freight, building and plant jobs in town
In 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) recorded 2,177 jobs in Fort Campbell North, of which 86, or 4 percent, were in transportation and warehousing. A driver who owns one tractor, or a small operator with two or three, can sell to us directly from a home driveway here.
The Census Bureau’s LODES figures give construction 60 jobs, a 2.8 percent share, and manufacturing 63, a 2.9 percent share. Those sectors run the dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks that end up for sale in town.
For Fort Campbell North, 4 construction establishments appear in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor closing out a unit, or a whole small yard, can hand us one truck or several on a single visit; list each VIN so we plan for all of them.
What to have ready
Keep the Kentucky title for the truck close by, along with the current registration card. If the title shows a lender, say so up front and have the lien release on hand.
Clear photos taken in daylight, covering all four sides, the cab interior, the dash with the odometer showing and the VIN plate, answer most of our first questions. Add any service invoices or inspection sheets you kept from the shop.
The questions we get asked in Fort Campbell North
- Will you pick up a stone truck at Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry, ten miles up from Fort Campbell North?Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry is 10.1 miles north of Fort Campbell North on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect trucks at quarry sites. Arrange gate access with the quarry and pass us the contact.
- Does a Christian County corn or tobacco grower’s farm truck qualify?Christian County’s 1,095 farms, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, grow mostly corn, soybeans and tobacco, and the trucks that move those crops are ones we purchase. Send photos and the title holder’s name.
- Can a tractor left beside the Guthrie yard be collected without bringing it back to Fort Campbell North?Guthrie’s yard, 17.7 miles east on the North American Rail Network, is a pickup point like any other for us. Leave the tractor there and give us a contact who can open the gate.