East pit, west plant
Crushed stone from Grayson Stone Quarry and Mouth of Wilson
Grayson Stone Quarry, a crushed-stone pit the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 2.4 miles east of town. If your dump truck hauls from that face, we collect it at the quarry lot or your yard, whichever is easier to reach, so give us the gate details and the name of whoever holds the key.
Westward, the Mouth of Wilson Plant appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a second crushed-stone quarry, 8.5 miles out along the state line. A tri-axle or tandem kept at that plant can be collected there. Send us a photo of the data plate on the door jamb along with the VIN.
Jones Creek River Rock LLC, a sand and gravel operation 13.3 miles north-west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, rounds out the aggregate sites around town. If your truck has hauled river gravel there as well as quarry stone, gather the service records from every shop that worked on it before you call.
Pole trailers, knuckle booms and machinery lowboys
Of the 23 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census places in Independence, 12 list logs, poles, beams or lumber as cargo, and 15 list general freight. A log truck with a knuckle boom or a tractor that pulls a pole trailer on weekdays and a van on Saturdays both fit here; tell us which trailers go with the sale and which stay with you.
Eight local carriers in that same FMCSA census haul machinery and large objects, while six carry farm supplies. Lowboy tractors and the hydraulic or detachable-neck trailers behind them are welcome, and a photo of the trailer’s own plate and registration card lets us confirm it as a separate unit.
The FMCSA census also shows that the biggest outfits in town run four power units at most, with one of them employing four drivers and another two. For an owner-operator with a single tractor, the person named on the title signs, and the registration card in that same name completes the set.
Where they haul
Short hops to the quarry and long interstate runs
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 13 interstate and 10 intrastate operators here, and 12 of the town’s carriers run private fleets hauling their own goods. A farm or sawmill that keeps a truck for its own loads can sell it just as a for-hire carrier can; the title in the business name and a signer authorised for that business are what we need.
Some 22 drivers working from Independence go beyond a 100-mile radius, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, against 15 who stay inside it. If your sleeper is out on a run when you contact us, tell us the date it returns to Grayson County and where it will be parked.
Ten carriers reported mileage to FMCSA, and the median among them was 13,755 miles a truck in a year. Have the current odometer reading ready alongside the VIN when you reach out, since those two figures start every conversation.
Cattle and firs
Farm trucks from cattle pastures and tree lots
Grayson County held 616 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle at the top of the list and cut Christmas trees next. Cattle haulers, grain-box straight trucks and flatbeds stacked with baled firs each November all qualify, including those registered as farm vehicles.
A tree farm’s flatbed often sits idle from January until fall, parked in a barn or field off a gravel lane. That is fine; give us directions past the last paved turn and tell us whether a rollback can get close, and the truck stays where it is until collection.
Look for the farm truck’s title among the farm records before you call, and photograph the registration showing the farm-use plate.
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles handles replacement titles through its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices, and the nearest is DMV Select - Independence (Town of Independence) at 317 East Main Street, Independence, 24348, 0.4 miles from the centre of town by the department’s own listing. A seller who cannot find the title can walk there before contacting us.
If a lender’s lien is still on the title, bring its release letter along to that Main Street counter. Once the replacement title arrives in your name, photograph the front and back and send them with the registration card.
Plants, contractors and a bulk terminal
Manufacturing accounted for 258 of the 1,885 Independence jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, a 13.7 percent share. Plant-owned box trucks and yard tractors are part of what we collect, and a purchasing manager can sign for the company as long as the title is in the firm’s name.
Contractors retiring a dump truck or a crane-equipped flatbed should list attached equipment such as a plow mount or toolbox, so the description matches the photos.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists a liquid bulk terminal 23.6 miles north-west of Independence. If your tanker tractor is parked out that way, give us the terminal’s address and a contact who can let a driver through the gate.
The questions we get asked in Independence
- Our tandem dump sits in the lot at Grayson Stone Quarry east of town; will you collect it at the pit?Grayson Stone Quarry is 2.4 miles east of Independence on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from the pit lot itself. Let us know which quarry hand can unlock the lot for our driver.
- Would you take a log truck with a knuckle boom from a Grayson County outfit?Logs, poles, beams and lumber are cargo for 12 Independence carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and their log trucks and pole trailers are among what we buy. Include the loader or boom details in your photos.
- Can I sell a farm-plated cattle truck?Cattle lead the farm list for Grayson County in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and farm-plated haulers from those pastures are welcome. Have the Virginia title and the farm registration on hand.