Lone Mountain and Mayflower, just west of Dryden
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Lone Mountain Plant, a coal preparation plant, 6.6 miles north-west of Dryden, and the Mayflower Preparation Plant 8 miles to the west. A tractor or dump truck that has shuttled loads into either plant may well be parked near the site or at a home off the valley road; send us the address where it sits today and we will plan the pickup there.
Haul trucks from prep plant work tend to carry plant gate passes, weigh tickets or load logs in the cab. Keep those with the title, and add photos of the bed, the frame and the tires, taken where the truck stands near Dryden.
Powell Valley Stone and the quarry run toward Norton
Powell Valley Stone Company Incorporated, a crushed-stone quarry, is 11.4 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine records. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump trailers that pull from a quarry like that are trucks we buy, so tell us the axle setup and the body length when you first contact us.
Norton Quarry, another crushed-stone operation, sits 18.4 miles north-east of Dryden according to the same Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your dump truck splits its time between the two quarries, let us know which yard it is closer to; that is where our driver will head to load it.
Rail siding north-east
The Andover yard and a strip mine beyond it
Thirteen miles north-east of Dryden, the Andover yard appears in the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. Trucks that feed coal or stone to a rail siding like Andover are often day cabs or tandem dumps, and the registration card plus a clear shot of the VIN plate is the first thing to gather.
Strip #12, a coal mine on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list, is 17.8 miles north-east, out past the rail yard. A truck stored at a mine lot that far from town can still be collected where it is, as long as you tell us who can open the gate and when the site is reachable.
Valley livestock
Cattle, sheep and horse farms across the valley
Lee County had 629 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and cattle, sheep and equine operations led the county’s farm list. Stock trailers, flatbeds and farm trucks that move animals between Dryden pastures and the sale barns are part of what we take, and the farm address is usually where we pick them up.
Many farm trucks in the valley carry farm-use tags or have sat in a barn between seasons. Whatever the registration shows, have the title in the owner’s name and a few photos taken in daylight, with the cab, the bed and any livestock rack in frame.
Jonesville DMV
Jonesville’s DMV counter, eleven miles off
A missing title is handled by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, which issues replacements through its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices. The closest one listed by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is the DMV Customer Service Center - Jonesville, at 195 Hill Street, Jonesville, 24263, 11.1 miles from Dryden.
Bring your identification and the truck’s VIN to Jonesville and ask for a replacement title before we schedule collection. If a lien shows on the record, bring the lender’s release as well, so the replacement title comes back clear and ready to sign over.
The questions we get asked in Dryden
- Will you collect a truck parked at a coal plant near Dryden?Lone Mountain Plant sits 6.6 miles north-west and the Mayflower Preparation Plant 8 miles west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration listing, and we can collect from either area. Give us the site address and the name of whoever controls gate access.
- Which DMV office near Dryden handles a replacement Virginia title?The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles lists the DMV Customer Service Center - Jonesville at 195 Hill Street, 11.1 miles away, as the nearest office for a replacement. Carry your driver’s license and the truck’s VIN up to Hill Street.
- Do you take livestock trailers from Lee County farms?Lee County’s 629 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are led by cattle, sheep and equine, and the stock trailers and farm trucks that serve them are trucks we buy. Photograph the trailer floor, gates and hitch, and tell us whose name is on its title.