Mines and prep plants around Paintsville
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Job 5, a coal mine 7.2 miles north of Paintsville, and MBM#1, another coal mine 15.8 miles to the east. A tractor or dump truck that has worked either site may still be parked at the mine when you decide to sell. Give us the site name, the road in, and a person who can let a driver through the gate.
Two coal preparation plants appear on Mine Safety and Health Administration records south-east of town: Prep Plant # 1 at 8.7 miles and #1 PLANT at 11.4 miles. If your truck has shuttled loads between a mine face and one of these plants, tell us which plant and which pit. Have the title and the registration card together before we call back.
Coal and coke is listed as the cargo of 29 Paintsville carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census. Owners in that group can send photos of the cab, the bed or trailer, the frame and the VIN plate, which lets us line up the truck you describe with the one we will collect.
Rail near Paintsville
Two rail yards south of Paintsville
According to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the PAINTSVILLE rail yard lies 1.1 miles south-east of the town centre. We collect a truck parked near that yard from the lot where it stands. Tell us the lot’s address and who holds the keys.
The same North American Rail Network shows the MARTIN yard 16.9 miles south of Paintsville. For a truck left down that way, send the street address or a pin from your phone’s map, plus the name of whoever controls the lot, and we will arrange the collection with them directly.
Coal, timber and freight haulers based in Paintsville
There are 162 active carriers based in Paintsville in FMCSA’s carrier census. The census lists general freight for 45 of them, machinery and large objects for 28, and logs, poles, beams and lumber for 23. Whatever your truck hauled, a flatbed, a lowboy, a log truck or a box van, it fits within what we collect.
Of those 162, FMCSA’s census counts 133 that operate intrastate, 29 that cross state lines and 108 operating as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet owner should have the company title in hand and a signature from whoever is authorised to sign for the business.
If you started up recently and are now selling the truck, keep the purchase paperwork and any lien release with the title so the transfer goes through cleanly.
Eastern Kentucky fleets
The three largest Paintsville fleets in FMCSA’s census run 18, 16 and 9 power units, with 11, 41 and 23 drivers respectively. If you run a handful of trucks and want to sell more than one, list each VIN and where each unit is parked so we can plan a single trip for the group.
Drivers working within 100 miles number 257 against 119 who go further, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Read your odometer when you photograph the dash and include that reading with the VIN.
Of the 76 Paintsville trucks stopped for FMCSA roadside inspections from September 2024 to August 2026, the median model year was 2015 and 53.95 percent dated back ten years or more. Tell us the model year and engine of yours, and include any inspection reports or service records you kept.
Johnson County
Farms, building and work in the county
Johnson County had 199 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, equine and corn at the top of the list. A farm truck or livestock hauler parked out on a county road can be collected where it stands; give us directions a driver can follow past the last paved turn.
The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns counts 8 construction establishments in the area, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put Paintsville at 3,582 jobs in 2023. Contractors selling a dump truck or a flatbed should send the title, the registration and photos of the body as well as the cab.
The questions we get asked in Paintsville
- My truck is parked at a Johnson County mine. Will a driver collect it from the site?Job 5 lies 7.2 miles north of town and MBM#1 15.8 miles east, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from sites like those. Give us the mine name and whoever can open its gate.
- My truck hauled coal to a preparation plant south-east of town. Will you take a coal hauler from that work?Coal and coke is the listed cargo of 29 Paintsville carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and trucks from that work are ones we collect. Tell us which plant it served and send photos of the bed and frame.