The quarry seven miles west at Fieldale
Martin Marietta’s Fieldale Quarry, a crushed-stone operation recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 7.3 miles west of Chatmoss. A tri-axle or tandem dump that hauls stone out of Fieldale is often parked at a home lot in Chatmoss between runs, and we collect it from wherever it sits.
If your dump truck loaded at Fieldale, tell us the body type, the axle setup and whether the bed or tailgate has been swapped. Send photos of the hoist, the bed floor and the cab door tag along with that description.
Over the state line
Eden Plant, the second Chatmoss pit
Southeast of town, 10.8 miles out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Eden Plant, a second crushed-stone quarry. With Fieldale to the west and Eden to the south-east, a Chatmoss hauler can work either pit and still park at home each night.
Owners who split loads between the two quarries sometimes keep the truck at a yard near one of them rather than in town. Give us the exact yard address and the name of whoever can unlock the gate, and the pickup is planned around that spot instead of your driveway.
Fifty jobs moving freight out of Chatmoss
Of the 216 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) place in Chatmoss for 2023, 50 sit in Transportation and Warehousing, a 23.1 percent share. Box trucks, straight trucks and day cabs from that kind of work are all trucks we buy here.
A day cab or box truck that worked a local route should come with its registration card and any service invoices you kept. Write down the VIN from the door jamb and the odometer reading on the dash; those two answer most of what we ask first.
Leaf, grain and hogs
Tobacco, wheat and hog farms around town
Around Chatmoss, Henry County holds 258 farms according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with tobacco, wheat and hogs leading the county’s list. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and flatbeds that moved cured leaf are the kinds of farm trucks that come from that mix.
A farm truck often stays in a barn or beside a field for most of the year. Tell us the road it sits on, whether a loaded truck can reach it in wet weather, and whether the title is in the farm’s name or yours, so the paperwork lines up on collection day.
Virginia DMV help near the quarries
A missing title in this corner of Virginia is replaced through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, and its nearest Customer Service Center to Chatmoss is DMV Customer Service Center - Martinsville at 310 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, 24112, about 3.4 miles away. The Virginia DMV handles replacements through its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices.
Bring your driver’s licence and the truck’s VIN to the Starling Avenue counter if the title has gone astray. If a lender is still listed on it, ask that lender for a lien release before you contact us, and keep that letter with the replacement title.
Railroad east of Chatmoss
Rail freight out east
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, records the DUNDEE rail yard 24.9 miles east of Chatmoss. Tractors that shuttle loads between the rail line and plants in Henry County may be parked at either end of that run.
If your tractor is sitting near the Dundee yard rather than in Chatmoss, there is no need to bring it home first. Send the location, a few photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel, and a phone number for whoever is on site.
The questions we get asked in Chatmoss
- My dump truck is parked at a lot near the Fieldale quarry. Can the Chatmoss pickup happen at that lot?Fieldale Quarry is 7.3 miles west of Chatmoss on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, and we pick trucks up from lots like that one. Pass along the Fieldale lot address and whoever holds its gate key.
- My dump truck title vanished in a move; who in Martinsville can reprint it?DMV Customer Service Center - Martinsville, at 310 Starling Avenue about 3.4 miles from Chatmoss, is the nearest Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office that handles replacement titles.
- Does a hog or tobacco truck from around Chatmoss qualify?Henry County’s 258 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, grow tobacco and wheat and raise hogs, and the grain, livestock and flatbed trucks that serve them are trucks we buy.