Dump trucks on the quarry roads toward Burton Stone
Burton Stone, a crushed-stone quarry listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, is about 10.4 miles west of Russell Springs. If your dump truck or tractor has been hauling aggregate out of there, it may well be parked at a yard nearer the quarry than the town, and we can collect it from that spot.
Williams Quarry, also on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, lies roughly 12.8 miles west. Before we come out, let us know whether the truck sits behind a quarry gate or at a contractor’s lot, and who holds the key, so the pickup can be set up with the right person on site.
Trucks that have worked stone runs often carry scale tickets or site logs in the cab. Leave those in the glovebox with the registration; they help us see what the truck has done without guessing.
Hay, feed and grain off Russell County farms
Around Russell Springs, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 639 farms across Russell County, with cattle, soybeans and milk at the top of the list. A grain truck, a livestock hauler or a feed tractor from one of those places can be sold from the barn lot where it stands.
Of the carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census here, 52 list grain, feed and hay as cargo and 48 list farm supplies. If your truck splits its year between harvest and hauling inputs, send photos of the bed or trailer hookup along with the cab and the VIN plate.
Seasonal trucks are often parked for months between runs. Tell us where it is stored and whether a tractor or loader is needed to clear the way to it, so the collection day goes to plan.
A manufacturing town on the job rolls
Manufacturing accounts for 1,076 of the 3,064 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) place here for 2023, a 35.1 percent share. Box trucks and tractors that shuttle parts or finished goods between plants and regional customers fit squarely within what we buy.
Construction is a smaller slice in that same LEHD tally, 78 jobs or 2.5 percent, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 20 construction establishments. A contractor’s flatbed or dump truck from one of those outfits can be sold just as it is, with the title and keys ready.
If the truck belongs to a business rather than to you personally, have the person who signs for the company available, since their name has to match the one on the title.
Carriers that stay inside Kentucky and haul their own loads
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 230 active carriers based here, and 194 of them run intrastate against 36 that cross state lines. For most sellers in Russell Springs, that means the truck is somewhere inside Kentucky, often in a shed or yard close to home.
Private fleets, which haul their own goods rather than other people’s, make up 171 of those carriers in the same federal census. A farm, plant or contractor selling one truck out of its own small fleet is a routine sale for us; just tell us which unit and where it sits.
FMCSA’s carrier census has 41 local carriers reporting yearly mileage, and their median sits at 10,000 miles a truck. Give us the odometer reading with the VIN when you get in touch, and we will take the rest of the questions from there.
Between August 2024 and August 2026, 204 trucks run by Russell Springs carriers passed through FMCSA roadside inspection records, and their median model year was 2021. Whether yours is newer or older than that, the steps are the same: VIN, odometer, photos of each side and the cab.
Just under a quarter of those 204 Russell Springs trucks, 24 percent by FMCSA’s roadside inspection records, were ten or more model years old. Any inspection reports you kept from a stop belong in the folder with the title, since they show where the truck was checked and when.
New registrations add to the mix too: FMCSA’s carrier census lists 11 carriers starting up here in 2024 and 7 in 2025. If you bought a truck to start one of those operations and now want out, the process is no different.
The county clerk and the Transportation Cabinet
Kentucky titles are issued by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and the work of replacing one is done through county clerk offices. If the title for your truck has gone missing, start at the county clerk before we schedule the pickup.
Bring the VIN, your registration and identification when you visit the clerk, and ask whether a lien is still recorded on the truck. If one is, the lender’s release has to be in hand before the title can be signed over to us.
The questions we get asked in Russell Springs
- Where does a Russell Springs owner go to replace a lost title?Russell County sellers go through the county clerk offices that handle titling for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Have the VIN and your ID with you when you ask for a duplicate.
- Do you buy grain and livestock trucks from local farms?Russell County’s 639 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture are led by cattle, soybeans and milk, and the trucks that serve them are ones we buy. Send the VIN, odometer reading and photos to get started.