Sell your semi truck for cash in Chilhowie the easy and convenient way

The Glade Stone Plant, a crushed-stone quarry listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 6.6 miles south-west of Chilhowie. Dump trucks and tri-axles that load aggregate there tend to be parked near the pit or at a yard close to it, and we collect from wherever the truck sits. Give us the yard address and say whether a loaded lowboy or rollback can reach it.

Farther out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Tazewell County Quarry 17.7 miles to the north-west and Jones Creek River Rock LLC, a sand and gravel operation, 23.6 miles east. If your truck has run between more than one of these sites, list them for us along with the body type: dump bed, belly dump or flatbed. That tells us which equipment to send.

Coal Creek Prep Plant, a coal preparation plant that MSHA records 24.8 miles north-west of town, rounds out the mining sites near Chilhowie. A haul truck from that direction should come with its registration card and a few clear photos of the cab, the frame rails and the bed.

East of Chilhowie by 12.7 miles, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists Heniff Transportation as a liquid bulk terminal. Tractors that pull tank trailers can be parked at a terminal lot, so tell us whether the tractor is at the terminal lot, at home or at a shop.

If you are selling a tractor that pulled tank trailers, send the VIN, the odometer reading and any service records you kept. Say whether the trailer goes with it or stays behind; we can take the tractor alone or both together.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 20 active carriers based in Chilhowie, and five each list general freight, logs and lumber, heavy machinery, and metal sheets, coils and rolls among their cargo. Log trucks, flatbeds, step decks and lowboys are the equipment that cargo mix uses, and we buy every one of those body styles.

Of those twenty, 12 run interstate and 8 stay within Virginia, according to the same federal census, and 12 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck is often registered to a business rather than a person, so have the name on the title match the seller, or bring a letter from the company authorizing the sale.

New registrations keep arriving: four carriers joined the federal census in 2025 and two in 2024. An owner-operator who started recently should still have the purchase paperwork and the title in hand, which is all we need to begin.

The three biggest fleets based in town run 102, 62 and 62 power units, with 120, 117 and 40 drivers, per FMCSA’s census filings. Whether you are retiring one tractor from a fleet like that or selling the only truck you own, the steps are the same: VIN, photos, title, and where it is parked.

Drivers at Chilhowie carriers mostly stay close: the federal carrier census shows 252 of them working within a hundred-mile radius and 69 going farther. Six carriers reported their annual mileage to FMCSA, and the median came to 26,350 miles per truck. Tell us the odometer reading when you write; it is one of the first facts we record.

Eighty trucks run by Chilhowie-registered carriers went through roadside checks from September 2024 to August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records give them a median model year of 2019. In that Chilhowie group, 27.5 percent carried a model year a decade or more back, on the same federal inspection records.

An older tandem and a late-model day cab are equally welcome from a Chilhowie seller. Whichever year yours is, the model year on the registration and the engine make are two details to include in the first message, along with a photo of the data plate on the door jamb.

Manufacturing accounts for 380 of the 1,298 jobs located in Chilhowie, or 29.3 percent, on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, and wholesale trade adds 132 more. Box trucks, straight trucks and day cabs that serve plants and distributors fit right into what we collect from town.

Nine building contractors operate around Chilhowie, a count the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns publishes. Contractors with a dump truck, a flatbed or a service body to let go can send all of their units on one list, and we will plan the collections together.

Out on the farms, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 568 operations across Smyth County, with cattle, corn and milk at the top. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and milk tankers kept on a farm can stay right where they are; give us the farm road and gate details.

If the title has gone missing, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles issues replacements through its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices. For Chilhowie, the nearest is DMV Customer Service Center - Marion, at 1595 North Main Street, Marion, 24354, 11.2 miles from town.

Bring your ID and the truck’s VIN to Marion and ask for a replacement title before the sale. If a lender still holds a lien, have the lien release ready too, so the transfer goes through cleanly.

• Can a tri-axle still sitting at the Glade Stone pit be picked up there?Glade Stone Plant sits 6.6 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and trucks parked at a pit like that can be collected on site. Name the quarry gate and whoever on site holds the key to it.
• If my Chilhowie truck title is misplaced, where do I get a new one printed?The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles handles it at DMV Customer Service Center - Marion, 1595 North Main Street, Marion, 24354, which is 11.2 miles away.
• Are Chilhowie log haulers and coil flatbeds on your buying list?Five Chilhowie carriers in FMCSA’s census list logs, poles and lumber, and five list metal sheets, coils and rolls; we buy the trucks and trailers both kinds of work use.
• Can I sell a tractor that pulled tanks to the Heniff terminal?Heniff Transportation’s liquid bulk terminal is 12.7 miles east of Chilhowie on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, and tank-hauling tractors from that run are trucks we buy. A tank-run tractor’s VIN, odometer figure and four or five photos get things started.