Quarry rock, Flat Top
Quarries and the Flat Top yard on the edge of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists LIMESTONE DUST CORP., a crushed-stone quarry, 2.5 miles west of Bluefield, and the Bluefield Plant, another crushed-stone operation, 2.8 miles to the north-west. A dump truck or tractor that hauls stone out of either one is often parked at the quarry gate or a yard nearby, so give us the exact spot and the name of whoever can let us onto the property.
Flat Top, a rail yard on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies 4.3 miles north-west of town. If your tractor shuttles loads to or from that yard, tell us where it is usually parked and send a photo of the cab plate showing the VIN, which we match against the title.
Surface mines twelve miles west
Two coal operations, the Highwall Miner #1 and the Virginia Point Number 1 Surface Mine, appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records at 12.4 miles west of Bluefield. A truck that serves a site like these may be parked on mine property. Collecting from mine property needs the operator’s permission first. Have that contact’s name and number ready when you write to us.
Four Bluefield carriers list coal and coke among their cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census. If yours is one of them, gather the registration, the title and any service records kept at the mine shop, and photograph the frame and the body as well as the cab so the pictures cover the whole truck.
General freight, machinery and farm loads out of Bluefield
Twenty of the 34 active carriers that FMCSA’s carrier census places in Bluefield haul general freight. The same FMCSA census shows another 7 carrying machinery and large objects and 5 moving farm supplies. Tell us the body type on your truck and the trailer it pulls, if any.
FMCSA’s census splits the Bluefield group into 28 interstate and 6 intrastate-only carriers, and 27 of the 34 run private fleets carrying their own goods. A private-fleet truck is often titled to the business rather than a person, so have the name on the title and someone who can sign for that business ready when you call.
New registrations in the FMCSA census show 4 carriers starting in Bluefield in 2024 and 3 more in 2025. If you bought a truck to start one of those operations and now want to sell it, the title and the bill of sale from your purchase are the two papers to keep together.
Roadside inspections
What inspectors recorded on Bluefield trucks since late 2024
Forty Bluefield trucks were inspected at the roadside between 6 November 2024 and 7 August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2018, with 45 percent ten or more model years old. Whatever year yours is, send the model year, make and odometer reading with your first message.
Across 12 local carriers reporting mileage, FMCSA’s census gives a median of 10,532 miles per truck. Drivers listed with Bluefield carriers number 86 working within 100 miles of base and 44 going beyond it, by the same FMCSA count, so a truck could be at home in town or several states away when you contact us; tell us where it is today.
Paychecks and pastures
Bluefield jobs and the farms of Tazewell County
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts record 2,708 jobs in Bluefield in 2023, including 158 in manufacturing and 64 in construction. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau list 6 construction establishments here, which is where dump bodies, stake beds and equipment haulers tend to be kept, often in a contractor’s yard we can reach with the owner’s permission.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 500 farms across Tazewell County, with cattle, milk and corn at the top of the list. A farm truck parked in a barn lot or field is fine where it sits; give us directions to the gate and say whether the lane is passable for a tow rig.
Owner-operator tractors and multi-truck Bluefield fleets alike
The biggest fleet based in Bluefield runs 20 power units with 20 drivers, and the next two each run 8 power units, one with 6 drivers and one with 3, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Selling several trucks at once works the same way as selling one: list each VIN and where each truck is parked.
An owner-operator with one tractor and a fleet manager clearing out units both start with the same items: title in hand, current registration, and photos of each side. If a title has gone missing, Virginia’s title agency issues the replacement, so apply for it before the truck is collected.
The questions we get asked in Bluefield
- Our dump truck sits at LIMESTONE DUST CORP. just west of Bluefield; will you collect it from the quarry?LIMESTONE DUST CORP. sits 2.5 miles west of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from quarry sites like it. Give us the gate location and a contact who can let us onto the property.
- My truck hauled coal near the Virginia Point surface mine west of Bluefield; can I still sell it to you?Virginia Point Number 1 Surface Mine lies 12.4 miles west of Bluefield by Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and coal trucks are among those we buy. Arrange access with the mine operator first if the truck is still on the site.
- Will you take a Tazewell County cattle or dairy farm truck?Tazewell County has 500 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by cattle, milk and corn, and farm trucks are part of what we buy there. Send the title, the registration and directions to the barn lot or field where it stands.