Quarries east of Stanton and the tipple to the south-east
A dump truck or tractor that has hauled aggregate out of either pit can stay parked near the quarry road; give us the spot and the name of whoever holds the gate key, and the pickup is arranged around them.
St. Helens Tipple, a coal preparation plant, sits 21.8 miles south-east of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck worked loads in or out of that plant, keep any site passes or scale tickets with the title, since they show the routes it ran and answer questions before we have to ask them.
For any quarry or tipple truck, the VIN plate, the odometer and clear photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab are what we look at first. Send those along with the registration and the rest of the conversation is short.
The same FMCSA census lists 62 of them as intrastate only and 10 as interstate, while 42 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods rather than for hire. A private-fleet truck sold by its owner company needs the title in the company’s name and a signature from someone authorised to sign for it, so have that person lined up before you call.
General freight is the cargo most Stanton carriers declare, at 20 on FMCSA’s census, followed by machinery and large objects at 17, motor vehicles at 13 and logs, poles, beams and lumber at 10. Lowboys, car haulers, log trucks and box trucks all fit that mix, and we buy each of them; say which body is on the chassis when you first get in touch.
The three biggest fleets registered in town run 39 power units with 28 drivers, and 6 units each with 6 and 3 drivers, per FMCSA. If you are clearing several units out of a yard that size at once, list the VINs together and we can schedule one visit for the lot.
Stanton carriers report 130 drivers who work within 100 miles of base and 26 who go farther, in figures FMCSA collects from each registration. With most driving kept local, the truck you sell is likely parked at home or at a yard in Powell County, and that is where we collect it.
Across nine local carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 19,330 miles per truck per year. Write down the exact odometer reading on your own unit and include a photo of the dash so the number we work from is the one on the truck.
New registrations are few: FMCSA’s census shows one carrier added in 2024 and two in 2025. If you started your authority recently and are now stepping away from it, the truck title and your USDOT number details are what we need; the authority itself is yours to close with FMCSA.
Ravenna yard and Blue Grass Army Depot to the south-west
A tractor that has shuttled loads to that yard can be collected from wherever it now sits; give us a street address or GPS pin.
Blue Grass Army Depot, a military installation, is 22.3 miles south-west of town on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list. A truck kept inside a secured site needs to be moved to an open lot before collection; tell us the plan and the address once it is out.
Flatbeds, stake bodies and straight trucks from that kind of work are on our list, and a lost or missing title for any of them is handled through the state’s title agency before the sale closes.
Contractors winding down a dump truck, a tilt-deck or a crane truck should gather the registration, any annual inspection sheets and photos of the equipment mounted on the frame.
Powell County had 165 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, cattle and goats at the top of the list. A grain truck or livestock hauler parked on a farm lane is fine where it is; tell us whether a loaded tow rig can reach it in wet weather.
The questions we get asked in Stanton
- I run my own goods in a private fleet. Can I still sell one truck?Private fleets make up 42 of the 72 Stanton carriers in FMCSA’s census, and selling one unit from such a fleet works the same way: a title in the owner’s name, a signature, and the truck’s location.