Dump trucks and tri-axles that load stone at a pit that close to town are the kind of equipment we buy, and if yours is parked at a quarry lot rather than at home, give us that address and we will collect it there.
A short run to a quarry still leaves a trail of paperwork, so hold on to it. Gather the registration, any scale tickets or service invoices you kept, and clear photos of the bed, the cab and the tires, and send them along with the VIN when you first get in touch.
Willis Mountain
Mineral mines up the road toward Willis Mountain
Two industrial-mineral operations, the Willis Mt Plant & Mullite Plant and the East Ridge Plant & Gieseke Plant, both appear 16.4 miles north of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Trucks that shuttle product out of mineral sites like these are welcome here, whether they are tractors, dumps or straight trucks.
If your truck spent its working life on a mine property, tell us which site and whether it can be reached by a road a rollback or lowboy can use. Knowing the access ahead of time lets us plan the pickup at the mine gate or wherever the truck now sits.
Heading east, the Burkeville Plant is a crushed-stone quarry 15.6 miles from Hampden-Sydney, as listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Owners who ran aggregate out of Burkeville can sell to us without hauling the truck back west first; we come to the county where it is parked.
Farther along the same direction, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows a rail yard at Crewe, 19.2 miles east. A day cab or tractor that moved freight to and from that yard fits what we buy, and the title, registration and a VIN photo are the three items to have in hand when you call.
Across the county, 323 farms are counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and Prince Edward’s leading products there are cattle, tobacco and soybeans. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and flatbeds that serve those farms are trucks we purchase from owners around Hampden-Sydney.
Tell us where on the property it is parked, whether a gate needs opening, and who will be there, and send a few photos taken in daylight so we can see the whole truck.
Quarry and local payrolls
A small job base around the college town
The LEHD job counts (LODES) for 2023 record 347 positions based in Hampden-Sydney, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Prince Edward Plant, a crushed-stone quarry, 5 miles north of town. We buy a single truck from a family business or an owner-operator just as readily as several from a larger outfit.
Whether you own one service truck or a pair of dumps, the steps are the same: share the VIN, the photos and where the truck is kept, and we arrange collection from that spot.
Titles in this state are handled by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, and its DMV Customer Service Center - Farmville at 300 North Virginia Street, Farmville, 23901 is 6.3 miles from Hampden-Sydney. If the title has gone missing, a replacement can be requested there, at one of the DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices, before the sale.
If a bank still shows on it, bring the lien release with you to the Farmville center so the replacement title prints clear.
The questions we get asked in Hampden-Sydney
- Will you collect a dump truck that hauls from the Prince Edward Plant?The Prince Edward Plant is 5 miles north of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from quarry lots like it as well as from homes and yards; just send us the address.