Stone north of town
Quarry trucks on the Lexington side of Jessamine County
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Lexington Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 3 miles north of Nicholasville, with Richmond Road Quarry 9.9 miles out in the same direction. A tri-axle or tractor that hauls aggregate out of either pit can be sold from the yard where it is kept between jobs; give us that address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Builders keep those pits busy too: the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns puts 170 construction establishments in Jessamine County. If your dump truck splits its weeks between quarry loads and job sites around Nicholasville, photograph the bed, the hoist and the cab, then send the title and current registration with those pictures.
Rail yards and fuel terminals up toward Lexington
Two rail yards, LEXINGTON (NS) at 11.2 miles and LEXINGTON (RJCC) at 11.8 miles, both north of Nicholasville, appear in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tractors and day cabs that shuttle loads to those sidings can be collected wherever they sit between runs, so tell us whether that is a home driveway in town or a lot near the tracks.
Close by, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the RJ Corman liquid bulk terminal 11.8 miles north, and two petroleum product terminals named LEXINGTON show up 11.9 miles out on Energy Information Administration records. For a tanker or a tractor that pulls one between those sites, list the trailer pairing, keep any tank inspection paperwork with the title, and include the VIN in your first message.
Jessamine County authorities, by cargo and range
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 581 active carriers here, 490 of them intrastate and 91 interstate, with 400 operating as private fleets. Most of these trucks stay inside Kentucky, so a Kentucky title in your name and a current registration card are usually all the paperwork the sale starts from.
General freight is hauled by 211 of those carriers, machinery and large objects by 143, motor vehicles by 71, and logs, poles, beams and lumber by 56, per the same FMCSA records. Lowboys, car haulers and log trailers all fit what we purchase; tell us whether the trailer goes with the tractor or stays behind.
In FMCSA’s carrier census, driver counts here split almost evenly, with 1,294 driving within 100 miles and 1,260 beyond it. For a sleeper that is out on a long run when you reach us, name the place it will be parked when it comes back to Jessamine County.
What Nicholasville tractors show at inspection stops
Between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 394 trucks tied to Nicholasville carriers, with a median model year of 2019 and 29.4 percent ten or more model years old. Whichever year yours is, the year, make and VIN on the title are what we ask for first.
Among the 98 carriers here that report mileage to FMCSA, the median works out to 12,250 miles per truck. Read the odometer off the dash on the day you contact us and send a photo of it, so the figure on file matches the truck we arrive to collect.
Factory routes, wholesale loads and horse farms
Of 13,282 jobs located here in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 2,217 in manufacturing, 918 in construction, 501 in wholesale trade and 190 in transportation and warehousing. Box trucks and straight trucks on plant and wholesale routes are as welcome as tractors; a registration card plus the keys and any service records from the shop that maintains it make the handover simple.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 619 farms in Jessamine County, led by equine, cattle and corn operations. A stock trailer tractor, a horse hauler or a grain truck parked on a farm outside Nicholasville can be picked up right there; send directions to the barn or field gate along with photos of each side.
Past the county line
Trucks working out toward Madison County
Blue Grass Army Depot lies 23.2 miles south-east of Nicholasville on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of military installations. If your truck is parked at a contractor yard out that way rather than in town, we go to it there; share the address and any gate-access steps.
Newer outfits keep appearing as well, with 28 Nicholasville carriers added to FMCSA’s census in 2025 after 17 the year before. An owner-operator closing a recently opened authority can sell the truck the same way as an established fleet, starting with the title, the registration and clear photos.
The questions we get asked in Nicholasville
- My dump truck sits at Lexington Quarry just north of Nicholasville; does it have to come into town first?Lexington Quarry sits 3 miles north of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list, and we collect trucks from quarry lots like that one. Name the quarry staff member who can walk our driver to the truck.
- Will you take a Jessamine County log truck with its trailer?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 56 carriers here hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber, and those tractors and trailers are trucks we purchase. Send the title, the VIN and photos of the bunks and the cab.
- My truck runs out of the rail yards up in Lexington. Will you collect it beside the LEXINGTON (NS) siding?The North American Rail Network puts the LEXINGTON (NS) yard 11.2 miles north of Nicholasville, and a truck parked near it or the RJCC yard can be collected where it stands. Send the street address of that lot and the phone number of whoever unlocks it.
- I keep a horse hauler on a farm outside town. Would you buy the truck that pulls it?Equine operations lead the 619 Jessamine County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and a truck that pulls horse trailers is one we buy. Send directions to the farm and photos of the truck from each side.