Black Lease and Hamby
Quarry trucks south-west and north of Potosi
Crushed stone comes out of the Abilene Black Lease Quarry 7.4 miles south-west of Potosi, a site on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine list. Dump trucks and tractors pulling end-dumps that load there are trucks we buy, and if yours is still parked by the pit, give us the gate contact so the pickup can be set up at the quarry rather than in town.
Eagle Crusher #1, another crushed-stone site, is 13.5 miles north-west of Potosi on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and Hamby, a dimension-stone quarry, lies 16.9 miles to the north. A truck that hauled block or aggregate from either one can be sold from wherever it sits; send the VIN, a clear set of photos of the bed or trailer and the cab, and the title holder’s name.
The Abilene rail yard and the fuel terminals
Eight point two miles north of Potosi, the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the ABILENE rail yard. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from a yard like that often stay parked near it between runs, so tell us the exact lot and who can let us in.
Two petroleum product terminals appear in Energy Information Administration listings at 13.2 miles from Potosi, one north and one north-west, both under the Abilene name. If your tractor pulled a fuel tanker between those terminals, keep any terminal loading records or inspection sheets with the title; they tell us where the truck worked before we see it.
Dyess
Selling a truck from Dyess or nearby lots
Dyess Air Force Base is 10.9 miles north-west of Potosi in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics facility listings. If you are stationed there and the truck is in base housing parking or an off-base lot, tell us which; entry to a gated installation has to be arranged before anyone arrives.
A posting that ends while the truck is still in Taylor County does not tie you to staying. Leave the keys with someone local, sign the title as the state’s title agency requires, and finish the sale from your next duty station.
Cattle, wheat and horse hauling in Taylor County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,222 farms in Taylor County, with cattle, wheat and equine at the top of its list. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and tractors that pulled horse trailers around Potosi are all trucks we purchase, and a truck parked in a pasture or behind a barn can be collected where it stands.
On a ranch the truck may be titled to a family member or to the operation instead of to you. Check whose name is on the title before you call, and if it is missing, the state’s title agency handles a replacement; tell us early so we can wait for it.
Paperwork in hand
Getting a Potosi truck sale lined up
Gather the title, the current registration and any service records, and take photos of every side of the truck, the cab interior and the odometer. Say whether it worked out of a quarry, the Abilene yard or a fuel terminal so the questions fit its route.
Give us the address where the truck sits now, whether that is a ranch road outside Potosi, a lot near Dyess or a yard by the rail line. If a lender is still on the title, have the payoff contact handy so the lien release goes in with the sale.
The questions we get asked in Potosi
- My end-dump sits at the Black Lease quarry outside Potosi. Should I haul it to a lot in Abilene before you look at it?The Abilene Black Lease Quarry is 7.4 miles south-west of Potosi on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect from there. Share who controls the gate so the pickup can be arranged with the site.
- My orders move me away from Dyess before the truck sells. What happens to it?Dyess Air Force Base, 10.9 miles north-west of town per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is a place we can collect from once access is arranged. Leave the signed title and keys with someone you trust and handle the rest from your new posting.
- Do you buy cattle trucks and grain trucks from Taylor County ranches?Taylor County’s 1,222 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lean on cattle and wheat, and the trucks that serve them are ones we purchase. A VIN, a few photos of the stock trailer or grain bed and the titled owner’s name get a Potosi ranch truck started.