Under a mile
Raceland’s neighbour on the rails
Just 0.9 miles east of Raceland, the Russell yard appears in the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that drops or picks up loads there can be collected wherever it sits between trips, whether that is a driveway in Raceland or a lot near the tracks, so give us the street address when you first get in touch.
Four miles south-east of town, the same federal rail map shows the AK Steel yard. If your rig has hauled loads through that gate, keep any yard passes or delivery tickets with the title and registration, and mention which yard the truck worked so our questions fit the job it did.
Tank and asphalt
Product racks ten to fourteen miles south-east
Energy Information Administration listings put the Big Sandy - Asphalt terminal 10.1 miles south-east of Raceland and the Viney Branch terminal at 14 miles in that same direction. Asphalt tractors and fuel tankers that load at those racks are trucks we buy, and a full set of photos showing the tank, the frame and the cab is the best place to start.
Marathon Petroleum runs a liquid bulk terminal at that same 14-mile mark, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. For a tank truck that pulled product from there, gather the title, current registration and any tank inspection certificates into one folder before you call us.
Coal plants
Paired coal plants south-east of Raceland
South-east of Raceland, Branham & Baker Coal Terminal sits 17.3 miles out and Kentucky Coal Terminal 17.6 miles, both coal preparation plants carried on Mine Safety and Health Administration rolls. End-dumps and tri-axles running between those two plants can stay at the site; send us the gate contact so a driver can be let through.
Raceland owners who sub-haul for either coal plant often keep their tractor’s service book in the cab. Photograph its pages, along with the VIN plate and the odometer, and send them in one message.
Raceland’s westbound haul to Liberty Stone
Heading west rather than east, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Liberty Stone as a crushed-stone quarry 17 miles from Raceland. Dump trucks that haul aggregate out of that pit belong on the list of equipment we purchase.
A quarry truck is often left on the pit floor or at a contractor’s yard instead of in town. Tell us which, and whether a tow rig can reach the spot, and we plan the pickup around that location.
Inside town limits
A small town’s working base
Raceland held 276 jobs within its limits in 2023, by the reckoning of the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. For a town that size, work trucks tend to belong to owner-operators and small outfits, and the person named on the title is the one who needs to sign it.
If the truck is registered to a small business rather than to you personally, have the business’s paperwork ready along with the title, so the signature on the transfer matches the owner on record.
Greenup herds and row crops
Livestock and grain rigs off Raceland-area farms
Around Raceland and the rest of Greenup County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 475 farms, with cattle leading corn and soybeans. Livestock haulers and grain trucks from those operations are welcome here.
A farm truck is usually parked behind a barn or at a field gate rather than on pavement. Describe the lane, mention any soft ground, and send a photo from the road so the tow driver knows what to expect.
Raceland’s nearest county clerk counter
Replacement titles in this state come from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet through county clerk offices, and the nearest to Raceland is the Greenup County Clerk - Flatwoods Branch Office at 2513 Reed Street, Suite #3, Flatwoods, 41139. A missing title can therefore be sorted out close to home, at a county clerk branch the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet lists 1.7 miles from town.
Bring your ID and the truck’s VIN to the Flatwoods branch, and start that request before you contact us so the replacement is in hand by the time we collect.
The questions we get asked in Raceland
- My tractor sits near the Russell yard, just east of Raceland; does it have to come to you?The Russell yard is 0.9 miles east of town on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from wherever the truck stands. Name whoever runs that lot and we will sort out the gate with them.
- Which Flatwoods office reissues a title for a Raceland owner?The Greenup County Clerk - Flatwoods Branch Office, 1.7 miles away at 2513 Reed Street, Suite #3, Flatwoods, handles titles for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Request the replacement there before we arrange pickup.
- Would you take a dump truck that pulls aggregate out of Liberty Stone for Raceland jobs?Liberty Stone, a crushed-stone quarry 17 miles west on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, sends out the kind of dump trucks we purchase. Send the VIN, an odometer photo and the title details to start.
- Do you take tankers that loaded at Big Sandy - Asphalt?Big Sandy - Asphalt, 10.1 miles south-east in Energy Information Administration listings, loads exactly the tank and asphalt trucks we buy. Include photos of the tank and frame with your first message.