Stone haulers on the short run to STAFFORD quarry
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists a crushed-stone quarry named STAFFORD 4.7 miles west of Aquia Harbour. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump tractors that load stone there may still be sitting at a yard along that short run, and we collect from wherever the truck is parked. Send the VIN, a photo of the bed and the hoist, and the title in your name.
Further out, a second crushed-stone quarry called GRAHAM-VIRGINIA stands 17 miles north-east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. If your dump truck ran stone from that pit toward Stafford County jobs, tell us which of the two quarries it worked and where it is kept now, so the pickup is planned for that lot rather than for your home address.
Sand south of town
Sand and gravel along the Rappahannock side
Woodford-VA Sand & Gravel lies 17.4 miles south, and Amrize Rappahannock Mine sits 18.1 miles south-east, both recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration as sand and gravel operations. A tractor that pulled aggregate trailers out of either one can be sold from the pit lot itself if that is where it is parked; give us the name of whoever can open the gate.
For a gravel truck that splits its time between those southern pits and Aquia Harbour driveways, gather the registration, any scale tickets or service invoices you kept, and clear photos of all four sides. Put them in one envelope with the title for the day of collection.
Fuel tractors loading at the two nearby racks
Two petroleum product terminals sit on either side of town: DUMFRIES, 9.3 miles north-east, and FREDERICKSBURG, 12.7 miles south, as the Energy Information Administration records them. Day cabs and tank-trailer tractors that load at either rack are trucks we buy, and a truck parked near one terminal can be collected there.
If your tractor hauled fuel from the DUMFRIES rack or the FREDERICKSBURG one, keep any hazmat inspection sheets and tank test records with the title. Tell us which terminal it loaded at and whether the trailer goes with the sale or stays behind.
Delivery trucks working the Marine Corps base
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Marine Corps Base Quantico lies 7.7 miles north-west of Aquia Harbour, and the Marine Corps Museum site is 4.3 miles north. Box trucks, flatbeds and service trucks that have made deliveries onto the base are trucks we buy, wherever in Stafford County they are kept.
If the truck is kept on post, tell us so we can arrange a meeting spot outside the gate, such as your driveway in Aquia Harbour. Have the title, the current registration and a photo of the VIN plate ready before we schedule the visit.
Farm trucks on Stafford County land
Stafford County holds 231 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and corn, cattle and honey top its list of products. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and stake-bed trucks from those farms are welcome here, and we come out to the barn or field gate where the truck sits.
A farm truck that rarely leaves the property may carry a farm-use plate rather than a full registration, so tell us which kind it has. Send the title, a photo of the odometer and pictures of the body, whether that is a grain bed, a cattle rack or a flatbed loaded with hive boxes.
Selling from a home in Aquia Harbour
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) place 269 jobs inside Aquia Harbour in 2023. Whether your truck works locally or across the county, we come to it. If yours is parked at your house, give us the street address and tell us whether the community gate needs our name in advance.
Owners who have moved away from Aquia Harbour can leave the truck where it stands and handle the sale from their new home. Email the title photos, the registration and a contact who can meet us at the truck.
The questions we get asked in Aquia Harbour
- My dump truck is parked at the STAFFORD quarry lot. Will you collect it from the pit rather than my house?The STAFFORD crushed-stone quarry is 4.7 miles west of Aquia Harbour on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from the quarry lot. Give us the name of the person who can let us in.
- My fuel tractor pulls a tank trailer out of the DUMFRIES rack. Does the trailer have to come with it?The Energy Information Administration places the DUMFRIES petroleum product terminal 9.3 miles north-east of Aquia Harbour, and we buy the tractor with or without its trailer. Tell us which you are selling when you send photos.
- I keep a cattle truck on my Stafford County farm. Is the barn an acceptable pickup spot?Stafford County’s 231 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture include cattle among the top three products, and we collect from the farm where the truck is parked. Send the title and the address of the field or barn.