FMCSA’s carrier census lists 24 active carriers in Gretna, 15 of them running only inside Virginia and 9 crossing state lines. If your truck is one of the intrastate units, tell us the Virginia towns it usually works between so we can find it on the day of collection.
Nine of those Gretna carriers are private fleets, according to the same federal census, meaning they move their own goods rather than freight for hire. A private-fleet straight truck or tractor is often parked at the owner’s shop or farm, so give us that yard’s address along with the VIN.
General freight is the most common cargo line, claimed by 14 of the town’s carriers in FMCSA’s census, and 7 list machinery and large objects. A tractor that has pulled a lowboy for equipment moves is something we take, trailer or no trailer; say which you are selling.
The biggest Gretna fleet in the federal carrier census runs 13 power units with 12 drivers, the next 11 power units with 6 drivers, and the third 5 power units with 4 drivers. Whether you are selling one tractor or several, list each unit’s VIN and where it is parked so we can plan one trip.
Read the odometer before you call and send a photo of the dash with the cab shots; it answers our first question straight away.
New registrations are steady but small: FMCSA lists 2 carriers that started in 2024 and 3 more in 2025. If your authority is recent and the truck is still titled to you personally, the name on the title is the name we need on the bill of sale.
Jacks Mountain and the yards at Dundee and Clarkson
Jacks Mountain Quarry, a crushed-stone operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 22.9 miles west of Gretna, is the nearest mine on its rolls. Dump trucks and tri-axles that haul aggregate out of there are trucks we buy; tell us the body type and bed length when you write.
South of town, the North American Rail Network maps the Dundee rail yard 24.6 miles away, and the Clarkson yard sits 24.9 miles east. If your day cab shuttles loads to either yard, it may be parked near the rail siding rather than in Gretna, so give us the exact spot.
A truck working the quarry or a rail yard can sit on a site with a gate and sign-in rules. Let us know who controls access and the hours the gate is staffed, and we will arrange collection around them.
Dairy, cattle, tobacco
Around Gretna, the county counts 1,053 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and milk, cattle and tobacco top the list there. Milk tankers, livestock haulers and flatbeds that carry tobacco or hay to market all fit what we purchase.
Five Gretna carriers list grain, feed and hay as cargo in FMCSA’s census, and another 5 haul logs, poles, beams or lumber. A log truck or grain hauler kept at a farm should be reachable from a field road; tell us if the lane needs a dry day for a heavy truck to get in.
Find yours before you contact us, and if the title carries a lien from a farm loan, have the lender’s release ready too.
The closest to Gretna is DMV Select - Chatham, at 131 S. Main Street, Chatham, 24531, which the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles places 8.8 miles from town.
Bring your ID and the truck’s VIN to Chatham, and if a business owns the truck, bring proof you can sign for it. Once the replacement is in hand, send us a photo of the front of the title along with the registration card.
Gretna had 589 jobs in 2023 under the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, for a town of 1,452 residents. Many of the trucks based here work out of a home lot or a small shop, so tell us whether ours will be a driveway collection or a yard pickup.
Dump trucks, flatbeds and roll-offs from builders and site contractors are trucks we buy; send photos of the body and any lift or hoist with the cab.