Log loads and dry vans
Clarksville’s timber, freight and lowboy outfits
Eighteen active carriers call Clarksville home in FMCSA’s carrier census, and ten of them list general freight. A dry-van tractor or straight truck from one of those outfits usually waits at the owner’s lot between loads; tell us which lot and whether a gate has to be opened.
Seven Clarksville outfits haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, according to the federal motor carrier register. A log truck with a loader or a pole trailer can be photographed where it stands; include the bunks, the loader and the cab, and keep the title and cab card together for the pickup.
Machinery and large objects appear as cargo for six local carriers on FMCSA’s list, and three carry farm supplies. Lowboy tractors and flatbeds from that work should come with a shot of the deck and the hitch, plus whatever service records the shop kept.
Clarksville’s fleet ladder
One sizeable operation and a handful of small ones
The biggest fleet headquartered in Clarksville runs 25 power units and 19 drivers on FMCSA’s register, while the next two each field 13 units with five and four drivers. An operation selling several tractors can send a single list of VINs, and the titles can be gathered in one place before we arrive.
Twelve Clarksville carriers cross state lines and six keep their trucks inside Virginia, the federal census shows, and seven run private fleets moving their own goods. A business selling a unit registered in the company’s name should have the title, the registration and a letter naming who may sign.
Half of the seven Clarksville carriers that file annual mileage with FMCSA put fewer than 8,000 miles on each truck, half more. Write the odometer reading on the photo list you send, so the number we see matches the dash on collection.
Aggregate haulers between two quarries
Some 18.8 miles west of Clarksville, a crushed-stone quarry near South Boston is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and tri-axles working that pit are often parked at the operator’s shop rather than in town; give us that address and a contact who can meet us.
Mecklenburg Rock, a crushed-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 21.2 miles east of Clarksville, sits on the other side of town. If your dump truck is kept near that site, send photos of the bed and the hoist with the cab, and say whether it can be reached by a lowboy or rollback.
Clover Yard
Clover Yard, up the line from town
Clover Yard lies 19.3 miles north-west of Clarksville on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. A tractor that has shuttled freight to or from that yard can be collected wherever it is parked; tell us the street or the yard gate.
Have the registration and the title in the same folder before the visit, along with any annual inspection paperwork the truck carries. That way the person meeting us at Clover or in Clarksville can hand everything over at once.
Tobacco barns, soybean fields and cattle pens
Tobacco, soybeans and cattle lead the 394 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records in Mecklenburg County. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and farm tractors around Clarksville are often parked at a barn or a field gate, so give us directions a stranger can follow.
If the truck is registered to the farm rather than to you, have the title showing the farm’s name and someone authorised to sign it. Send photos of the bed, the cab and any livestock body with your first message.
Owner-drivers in a small town
A small town economy with builders nearby
If the truck you are selling belongs to a family business here rather than to you alone, tell us whose name is on the title so the right person is there to sign.
Builders account for 19 establishments around Clarksville in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, and their dump trucks and flatbeds are part of what we collect. A building firm selling one should have the title, the registration and photos of the body as well as the cab.
Where Clarksville sellers go for a duplicate title
A replacement title in this state comes from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, whose DMV Customer Service Center - South Boston stands at 2039 Hamilton Boulevard, South Boston, 24592, about 19.3 miles from Clarksville. That office is one of the DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices the agency lists.
Start the replacement before you contact us if the title has gone missing, and tell us it is under way. A lien on the truck should be released in writing by the lender, and that letter travels with the title.
The questions we get asked in Clarksville
- Can you collect a log truck parked outside Clarksville?Seven Clarksville carriers haul logs, poles, beams and lumber in FMCSA’s carrier census, and their trucks are often kept away from town. Give us the road, the landing or the yard and a contact, and we come to the truck.
- My title is lost; which office near Clarksville can reissue it?The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles runs its DMV Customer Service Center - South Boston at 2039 Hamilton Boulevard, South Boston, 24592, about 19.3 miles from Clarksville. Ask there for a replacement title and tell us when it is on its way.
- Is a Clarksville tri-axle that hauls aggregate from South Boston or Mecklenburg Rock something you collect?Crushed-stone quarries at South Boston and Mecklenburg Rock appear in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, west and east of town. Dump trucks and tri-axles from that work are on our list; send photos of the bed and the cab.
- What should a farm in Mecklenburg County have ready?Mecklenburg’s 394 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture include tobacco, soybean and cattle operations. Have the title in the farm’s name, a signer for the farm, and photos of the truck where it is parked.