A dump truck or tri-axle that runs stone out of there is probably parked at a yard near the quarry road or at the owner’s place in town, and either spot works for collection. Send us the address and a photo of the body along with the cab.
Broadway Quarry lies roughly 14.1 miles north, another crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. If your truck splits its time between the two pits, tell us which one it is nearest when you are ready to sell, and have the registration card and the VIN plate photographed before we talk.
Around Dayton, farmland fills the valley: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,722 farms in Rockingham County, with milk, cattle and corn as the leading products. Milk haulers, cattle pots and grain trucks from those farms often sit in a barn lot rather than a yard, and we collect from the farm itself. Give us the lane directions and a gate contact.
On FMCSA’s carrier census, 8 of the town’s carriers list farm supplies as cargo and 7 list livestock. If your rig is one of them, gather the trailer’s paperwork too if it goes with the sale, and note whether the tractor and trailer share a title or carry separate ones.
Where Dayton’s workers clock in
Manufacturing accounts for 1,496 of the 2,091 jobs located in Dayton, a 71.5 percent share in 2023, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Box trucks and tractors tied to plant shipping docks are a familiar sight here, and a truck that belongs to a plant’s own fleet can be sold by whoever holds its title. Have the person who signs for the company ready when we call.
Construction makes up 182 of those jobs, or 8.7 percent on the same LEHD figures, while County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 23 construction establishments. For a contractor’s flatbed, dump or service body, list the attached equipment, such as a crane, liftgate or plow mount, so we know exactly what comes with the chassis.
Twenty-six small fleets, mostly private
On that FMCSA census, 18 hold interstate authority and 8 stay within Virginia. With a fleet that small, the person who signs the title is usually easy to reach, so have them ready when we call.
FMCSA’s census has general freight listed by 15 carriers, with 7 carrying machinery and large objects. Federal registration shows two carriers new in 2025 and one in 2024. If you started hauling recently and are selling the truck you began with, keep your USDOT number handy so we can match the unit to your filing.
Drivers split 24 within a 100-mile radius and 44 beyond it, FMCSA’s census shows. Wherever your truck is when you decide to sell, whether at home or out on a run, tell us where it will be parked.
The Shenandoah yard and the haul across the valley
Trucks that shuttle loads to and from a rail siding there may be kept on that side of the valley, and we can collect from either end.
A truck parked near the yard can stay there while you handle the sale from Dayton. Share the location, the hours someone can open the gate, and photos of the tires, fifth wheel and frame.
A lost title in Dayton is replaced through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, which handles titles at its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices. The closest is DMV Customer Service Center - Harrisonburg, at 3281 Peoples Drive, Harrisonburg, 22801, about 1.8 miles from town.
Bring your ID to the Harrisonburg counter, and tell us at the start if a lender is still named on the title. Once the new title is in hand, photograph both sides and send them before pickup.
The questions we get asked in Dayton
- Do you buy cattle trucks and milk haulers from Rockingham County farms?Rockingham County’s 1,722 farms, counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, lead with milk and cattle, and we buy the trucks that serve them. Tell us which farm it is on and how to reach the barn lot.