West toward the ridge
Augusta Plant, Elkton and the south-west sand pits
Augusta Plant, a crushed-stone quarry recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 14.1 miles west of Harriston. A tri-axle dump or a rock-body truck that loads there can be collected at the quarry gate, at your shop or in your driveway; tell us which, and who holds the key on the day.
Two sand and gravel operations, D M Conner Sand Co and ACRES SAND & STONE, share a spot 17.9 miles south-west of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine listings. If your truck spends its week hauling aggregate from that pair, send a photo of the body and the hoist along with the cab and the VIN plate, so we know the build before we ask anything else.
Up the valley in the other direction, Elkton Plant is a second crushed-stone quarry, placed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration 20.1 miles north-east. Owners who run between Elkton and the western quarries can tell us where the truck usually parks between loads, and we plan the collection around that spot rather than asking you to move it.
Two rail yards and Rivanna Station east of Harriston
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the SHENANDOAH rail yard 22 miles north-east of Harriston and the EAST CHARLOTTESVILLE yard 22.7 miles to the south-east. A day cab or a flatbed tractor that shuttles loads to either yard is a truck we purchase, and a copy of the registration plus a few clear photos is enough to open the conversation.
Rivanna Station, a military installation, is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at 22.7 miles east of town. If your truck is parked on or near a site with controlled entry, give us the gate rules and a contact name when you first get in touch, so the pickup crew arrives with what the guards will ask for.
Cattle, milk and corn across the valley
Augusta County held 1,460 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and cattle, milk and corn led the county’s list of products. Around Harriston that means livestock trailers’ tractors, milk tankers, grain trucks and farm dump trucks, all of which we buy straight from the farm that owns them.
A truck kept in a barn lot or behind a silo is fine to sell where it stands. Clear a path wide enough for a tow vehicle, note any soft ground near the lane, and have the title and the most recent service records at the farmhouse when the crew pulls in.
Hopeman Parkway
Waynesboro DMV, down the road from Harriston
Duplicate titles in this part of the state come from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, which handles them through its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices. The closest to Harriston is DMV Customer Service Center - Waynesboro, at 998 Hopeman Parkway, Waynesboro, 22980, which the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles places 8.9 miles from town.
If the title has gone missing, start the replacement at that Waynesboro counter before you list the truck with us, and bring your identification and anything showing the VIN. Tell us at the outset if a lender is still named on the certificate, so the lien release can be sorted alongside the sale.
What the Harriston crew needs on hand
Most trucks around Harriston sit somewhere between a quarry, a farm lane and a home driveway. Send us the address where yours is parked, the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of all four sides, the cab interior and the frame rails.
Keep the keys, the title and the registration together in the cab or at the house. If the truck has a dump body, a tank or a headache rack, say so in your first message, so the description we work from matches the truck the crew finds.
The questions we get asked in Harriston
- Can you load a dump truck from the Augusta Plant quarry lot instead of from town?Augusta Plant sits 14.1 miles west of Harriston on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, and we collect from there or from any lot nearby. Give us the gate details and a contact who can let the crew in.
- Which DMV office serves Harriston owners for a duplicate title?The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles issues replacements, and its DMV Customer Service Center - Waynesboro at 998 Hopeman Parkway is 8.9 miles from town by the agency’s own office list. Start there, then send us the new title or the receipt showing it was requested.
- Do you buy milk tankers and cattle trucks off farms around here?Cattle and milk headed Augusta County’s products in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the tankers and livestock haulers those farms run are trucks we purchase. We come to the farm, so the truck can stay in the barn lot until the crew arrives.