Beans, corn, hogs
Grain trucks and farm supply haulers around Mayfield
Graves County holds 1,129 farms, and soybeans lead its harvest ahead of corn and hogs, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. If your truck spends harvest season moving beans or corn off those farms, it may be parked at a farm shop or grain bin rather than in town, so give us the road and the farm’s location when you get in touch.
Mayfield’s 260 active carriers include 65 hauling grain, feed and hay and 62 moving farm supplies, going by FMCSA’s carrier census. A hopper-bottom tractor or a straight truck with a grain body fits that work; send us a photo of the body, the plate and the VIN so we know which setup you have.
Hog operations are among the county’s top three products in that same USDA tally. Livestock and feed haulers should note the body type and any trailer that goes with the tractor, so we can plan for the whole rig at one stop.
Clay and gravel
The clay mill and gravel pits north of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Hickory Clay Mill, an industrial-mineral mine, 4.7 miles north of Mayfield, and a sand and gravel operation run by Mid-South Construction Company Inc about 5.3 miles north. A dump truck or tri-axle that works those pits is often kept on site between loads; tell us whether we would collect it at the pit gate or at your yard.
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration shows another sand and gravel operation 18 miles east of the city. For a truck based at a pit, have the title and current registration together before the pickup, along with any service records you keep in the cab.
Builders are part of the picture too: the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns lists 44 construction establishments, while its LEHD job counts tie 55 construction jobs to Mayfield in 2023. Contractors selling a dump body, a lowboy tractor or a flatbed can send photos of each unit and list them together in one request.
Riverport, fuel terminals and rail yards toward Paducah
About 22 miles north, the Paducah-McCracken Riverport appears on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of ports. Tractors that pull grain or bulk loads toward the river can be collected at the riverport area or back in Mayfield, whichever is easier for you; just tell us the address.
Two petroleum product terminals in Paducah, 21 and 23.3 miles north, are listed by the Energy Information Administration. If your truck has hauled fuel out of those terminals, say so in your first message and have the tank paperwork or inspection records you hold ready to share.
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places two rail yards roughly 20.5 miles north of town. A day cab that shuttles freight between those yards and Graves County shippers is one we can pick up wherever it sits at the end of a shift.
What Mayfield’s carriers carry and how far they go
General freight leads the cargo list, with 73 carriers registered for it in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 56 list machinery and large objects. A flatbed or step-deck tractor that moves equipment around western Kentucky is a good fit for us; a few photos of the deck and the hitch help us understand the setup.
Most firms here stay inside the state: the federal census records 181 intrastate carriers against 79 interstate ones, and 188 run private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck kept for a farm or a business that only moves its own loads can be sold the same way as one for hire, with the title in the owner’s name.
Driver records filed with FMCSA show 523 drivers working within 100 miles and 325 going beyond that radius. For the 69 carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA, the median sits at 9,643 miles per truck a year, so a local farm or gravel truck should be listed with its odometer reading and VIN.
One tractor or a yard of them
The three biggest fleets in FMCSA’s census for Mayfield have 61, 57 and 26 power units, and the first two employ 63 and 60 drivers. If you are selling several units at once, send a list of VINs with the plate state for each and we will work through them together.
New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 19 carriers starting up in 2025 and 7 in 2024. An owner-operator who started recently and wants to sell a tractor should have the title or, if the truck is financed, the lender’s details ready.
If a title has gone missing, the state’s title agency in Kentucky handles replacements, and it helps to start that request before you list the truck with us. If a lender still holds a lien, have its release signed and kept with the title.
Fleet age and jobs
Model years on the road and the local job base
Between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records caught 97 trucks from Mayfield carriers, whose median model year was 2020. In those FMCSA inspection records, about 27.8 percent of the trucks were ten or more model years old; either way, we take every one by its VIN and the photos you send.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 6,912 jobs in Mayfield in 2023, with manufacturing at 532 and wholesale trade at 247. Box trucks and tractors that serve plants and warehouses in town are usually parked at a loading dock or company lot, so tell us the gate hours when we arrange collection.
In the same LEHD job counts for 2023, transportation and warehousing accounts for 77 jobs and agriculture, forestry and fishing for 79. Whichever line of work your truck is in, the registration, the title and a set of clear photos are what we ask for first.
The questions we get asked in Mayfield
- Will you take a soybean or corn hauler off a Graves County farm?Graves County has 1,129 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by soybeans and corn, and grain trucks from those farms are trucks we buy. Send the VIN, photos and the farm’s location.
- Can you collect a dump truck at the gravel pit north of Mayfield?Mid-South Construction Company Inc’s sand and gravel operation sits about 5.3 miles north of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we can arrange collection at a pit like that if you tell us the gate and who will meet us.
- My tractor is parked at the Paducah riverport; does it have to come down to Mayfield first?The Paducah-McCracken Riverport is about 22 miles north on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics port list, and we come to where the truck is, so leave it there and give us the address.
- What should I have ready before selling my truck in Mayfield?Kentucky’s title agency issues the title you will sign over, so have it in hand with the current registration, the VIN, any service or inspection records and a few clear photos of the cab, frame and body.